The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-23

ALh OE TGEN EfkAEN0
 With this hope shattered, is became evident during the latter part of the week that the anti-amendists would de- vote their entire time to the campaign against the ratification of the amend ment. During the first part of the week there was discussion of meeting in Birmingham early in July Tor the pur- pose of attempting to center on ona of the candidates already In the race, but it would seem that this is forelorn nope because no candidate on the anti amendment side. with the exception of Charles E. Teasley. has indicated any
 lelief that the anti-amendists woull center on enc candidate. Mir. TeasIey has remarked to friends several times that .,ug before the election he would be centered on and would be the only recognized candidate of the anti-amend- ists before election day.
 No one knows on what Mir. Teasley has based his assertions because noth-
 ing has occurred in the opelA to indicate that the anti-amendists are yet center ing on any candidate. However, the
 story that an effort would be m1ds early in June to center on a candidate and that 1easIey's friends were ring fcdueIS WEE Etu0ldAAy diNNooSNN- ~ could geS little support from friends of other candidates. William w. Brandon.
 who was here this week, said he was absolutely satisfied with the way things
 were going. John H. Wallade, Jr., when he heard the report abopt the get-
 together meeting, declared that he would denouncu it and continue his race. John
 Purifoy said nothing, but continued his campaign through the mails.
 
 MILLER IS FORMIDABLE One or two things occurred thls week to indicate that Nathan l.. Miller will
 be recognized as Thomas E. Kilby' $ running mate MT. Miller announced his candidacy for lieutenant-goveruor last Sunday, coming out unequivocaf1y for tle prohibition amendment. This was in line with the campaign of MT. kilby. 1nomas L. Bulger, wno supported the prohibi tion bins in the last senate and assisted much in putting through the programme becr-i4e of his position as | president pro tenn, has made no decla- ration on the subject. However he came | to Montgomery this week and a Mont ] gomery newspaper quoted him as saying | that the prohibition amendment would l be defeated in his section One may | take this statement for all 1t is worth l 1t didn't express his conviction. but did l tAplcoS IlfS OPluiOH dS " AON tAtS l amendment was being received in one | section
 l If the amendists are playing the game ! to the eno, and no one has accused 1 them of letting anything slip by, they l probably will lend support td MT. Miller 1 He is Jefferson county man and Jef- l ferson has q vote of about 1S,000. U | is not an unusual thing for popuiai l running mate to put the banner ovei l Che top for himself and his fellow can 1 didate and considered from the stand | point of plain politics, it would not ot l bad idea for amendists to get behind | him.
 | Mr Buiger has begun state cam | paign since MT. Miller announced. Hs | was already fortified because he sus pectad that he would not go in with l out opposition and recently visited sey l eral sections of the state. SD it may ns i seen that neither expects the other tt l default CT that he will be permitted ts l walk under the wire.
 FUN CAUSED BY CARTOON ] Fun was injected into the campaign | this week by the cartoon which ap | peared in the Alabama Citizen. the of | ficial organ of the Alabama Anti-Saloos l league, which is supporting MT. Kilby l Amendists and anti-amendists alik I look it over with great interest and | l was the cause of many friendly jibe at the capitol.
 The cartoon showed the old swmmini
 hole marked "wet." In up. to his. wais was John II. Wallace, Jr., while Charle B. Teasley was to be seen walking ul ! stream cn stilts. Further down stream was William w. Brandon, with one foo
 on one side and the sPther oh the othe side, indicating that he was a-straddl ] of the issue. John Purifoy didn't ap pear in the picture at all fndicatin; that he was too far behind to be seen l Thomas l.. Kilby was standing on soli' rock, marked dry" In his hand h | held a banner which said: You cal ask mo how I stand on any question and get the truth"
 Never in the history of any campaigl has so much space in the weekly news papers been used as is being bought paid for anG used by the anti-amendists Each newspaper is carrying one or nor columns of plate matter each week. Tn anti-amenGment campaign committe has made contract with a plate com pany for the getting out of this intor NJ nation. It a man wants his name be fore the people of Alabama now al l that is necessary is to write an argu 1 lnent against the ratification of tn | amendment. He will get a column i each weekly newspaper at tne eXpen3 of the anti-amendment committee. I AmendistS are using little newspape 1 space now. They have spent their tim in organizing and in getting candidate I fer the legislature into the field in eacl county and senatorial district.
 CANDIDATES ASSESSED
 While the subcommittee ot the stat | executive committee charged with tn
 duty of preparing for the primar.