The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23
Says Politics Should Be Sub ordinated to the Nations
 War Activities
IS VISITING EVERY
 COUNTY IN STATE
Back From Southwestern Section of Alabama, He Is Greatly Pleased With Conditions He
 Found

The war comes first; certainly above the personal political ambitions of any man, regardless of how important he may consider his election,'' said Lieutenant Governor Thomas E. Kilby last night, will begin speaking campaign.
 F When l announced as a candidate for governor, l expressed the hope that we might have a quiet, dignified campaign. free from personalities and the dissen- sions that have characterized the politi- cal races in Alabama in recent years, and the subsequent declaration of war by the United States government against Ger man autocracy made the type of cam- raign l desired all the more advisable
 Consequently, I have refrained from making any public speeches thus far, desiring to do nothing that would detract from the campaigns waged in the in terest of Liberty Bonds, the Red Cross Y. M. C. A. and War Savings Stamps For the same purpose I have declined to circulate any campaign buttons, be- iieving that the coats of all patriots in Ala banla at this time should be adorned with the war support insignia, if any at all
 ENDORSED BY VOTERS
 My ideas along this line were very well stated by The Age-Herald, which waged a very successful campaign in favor of subordinating state politics to the greater interests of the nation at war; and any man who mingles among the people of the state on political mission at this time will very quickly come to realize that this policy has been indorsed by the great majority of the voters of the state Their minds are on the tragedy that is being enacted on the western front, in which the sons of Alabama are playing valiant part. They are thinking seriously, and as con- sequence of the prevailing state of mind on the part of our people, I believe they will reach safer and saner verdict in August than could have been attained had they experienced a repetition of the campaign of 1909, or the one of 1915.
 ''Vithin few days" MT. Kilby con tirued, T shall have completed trip to every county seat and nearly every town of any size. as well as thorough canvass of the rural districts of the 67 counties, and when this personal cam paign shall have ended I shall open whirlwind speaking campaign. in which I hope to double up ofl most of the ter, ritory I have covered thus far. I shall not StdrC LnlS tTlp, nOWeNei uiitil dLtSi June 2s, when the War Savings cam paign will be brought to a close as far as the big drive is concerned
 GOOD WORD FOR NEWSPAPERS
 While the amendment is undoubtedly the foremost issue in the minds of the people, politically speaking, the exigencies of the war have forced them to give more serious attention to the business needs of the state, and I have had scores of letters and personal messa ges of con sratylation on the advertisement I pub lisfied in The Age-Hera1d last Sunday setting forth my ideas as to how the states fiscal affairs should be handled Incidentally, this campaign has taught me that the newspaper is the cheapest and best medium through which to reach the voters of Alabama, and do not hope to be able to reach nearly so many people on the stump as I have reached through the press and by personal touch.
 Mir Ililby has just returned from trip to southwest Alabama, and he ex- himself as delighted with the sup port he was accorded there, as well as with the outlook for a fine crop. Both and agriculturally, he says, Alabama is prospering today as never before He leaves this morning for An niston. but will be back in Birmingham Monday. leaving Monday afternoon on the last lap of his statewide canvass He travels in a car. and his tour of the state is said to have been the most thor ough ever made by candidate for pup in state