The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-13
Dr. F. w. Barnett and Other Speakers Address Im- mense Crowds on Down.
 town Corners CROWDS CHEER EVERY REFERENCE TO THE NATIONS PRESIDENT Followers of Huddlest0n Put Loyalty Before Per-
 sonal Preference and
 Change Vote

l There was never a chance fol
 any Huddlestonite to break ur
 the meeting at the First Nation
 al Bank building yesterday aft
 ernoon, from the time it began at 5:30 o'clock until 1t conclud led at z o'clock, although there
 Twas one man who yelled out
 .Hnrrah for Huddleston!'
 only to be taken out of tht
 crowd and escorted across tho
 street by two policemen, te
 whom he was turned over by the gentlemen in the crowd who
 had decided to nip any such
 movement in the bud on the
 first signal from the Huddles- tonites.
 One man wormed his way through the crowd with a card bearing Hud- dleston's picture stuck in his hat, but no one noticed him, and after several attempts to attract attention he left the meeting. He said nothing and no one molested him. Outside of these two instances it was Woodrow Wilson meeting and the crowd greatly enjoyed the speeches that were de- liyered by Rev. Middleton s. Barn. well, Commissioner Henry Page Bur- russ and Frank Willis Barnett. l While practically every man in the crowd wore a badge of red, white anu 1 blue, bearing the name of Woodrow Wilson, many Huddleston men were rec ognized in the crowd, and especially noticeable were several prominent men ! from Bessemer.
 REV. FAREWELL SPEAKS Mr Barnwell made the first speech. He was just back from Pinson, where he had had a rather strenuous day in talk l ing the meeting away from Huddleston. which he did, however. and he spoke briefly, but every phrase was a knock out blow to the Huddleston following A week ago I would have talked about HuddlestOn's record to you peo. pie, but now I don't have to do that, for President Wilson has looked into that, and what lhe says about it IS enough for me. For no man. who is :l man. will dare disobey when the chier has spoken.
 There are thousands of good men who have supported Huddleston, and many of them have changed It is to thoss Who ars open to reason that I want to speak, and not to the deep dyed in -the- wool Huddlestonite, for I have no desire to talk to him, as he is prejudiced, and 1t would be a waste of time.
 "If we send a man back to Congress who has defied the President, then there Will be sent across the land message that Birmingham has repudiated the President. Tonight I know that that great man in the White House is won dering if Birmingham will prove loyal to him and the administration tomorrow. And the answer is going to be received by him just like General Pershing gave 1t to the French people: LaFayette, ws are here for we are going to say to MT. Wilson Wednesday morning: Wood row Wilson, we are here
 VICTORY IS WON
 We have fought and battled our way in this fight to defeat George Huddleston against odds. When we started we were battering our heads against a stone wall. seemingly. but it has already ended in victory for Woodrow Wilson.
 Out at Pinson today Huddleston went to speak and shake hands and be among the crowd that assembled there fo- picnic. and we went also. And I am glad to say that we jerked his meeting from him. and when approached Hud- dleston on the ground, introduced myself to him an6 told him that I wanted to divide time with him, he dropped my hand and walked away like the cur that he is
 Later vixen he spoke, was in the audience and when he called for his enemies to deny statements that he had made, stating that they were not pres ent. answered: We are here and ne went white with rage, and raising nis arms to high heaven, exclaimed: Don't you speak to me again. and shortly thereafter the meeting was adicurned, and then we talked to them.
 'Huddlestor may mean well, but he does not know enough. The reason ths st. only reason that an American needs. is his record"
 COMMISSIONER BURRUSS
 Commissioner Burruss delivered an elo- l quent appeal to the voters to support the President. and his eulogy of Wood. row Wilson was a magnificent effort. l He read tho letter the President wrote to Mississirpian about Senator VardA- man, which showed that President Viii son was playing no favorites, or tryin:y to single out any one man to defeat, and that there was nc possible chance for anyone to state that the President was dictatorial Or that he was -dictating to anyone, anywhere, as 10 what they should do.
 Following Commissioner Burruse, Frank Willia Barnett spoke. He was howled down Saturday night at the same place where the speaking was held yes terday evening, and he proposed to make 1! a speech there yesterday afternoon, aud 1t was so advertised. He delivered the goods with g punch, and cheer after cheer went up from the audience ttas filled the street. and when he had con cluded speaking there was vocifefcus appiause ana three cheers were given the speaker
 RARNETTS SPEECH
 MT. Bsrnett having bean tue principal | speaker of the afternoon took more tims ! than any of the other speakers, the mat ter of going into George Hudd1eator'S |