The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-17
HERzBERG IS SURE
RA|NEY WILL WIN IN
SEVENTH DISTRICT
Voters Thoroughly Aroused
and More Prominent
Speakers Are to
Visit District

Gadsden, September 15.-(SpeciaL)
"Capt. L. B. Rainey will be elected to
Congress by a decisive majority" said
Judge l.. L. Herzberg of Gadsden, chair
man of the Seventh district democratic
congressional committee, today.
81 understand that republicans through
out the district and in Washington,
where they are said to be obtaining
financial help for their candidate, are
claiming that they are going to slip their
man in but they are going to find them
selves much mistaken" continued Chair
man Herzberg.
True, we were somewhat concerned
over the situation a couple of weeks
ago." Judge Herzberg went on, due TO
the seeming lack of interest, but the stu
alton is much different now. The visit
of Representative Helm in the district
to make speeches for our nominee caused
stir of interest that has steadily
grown, and l have assurances daily from
all parts of the district that the voters
are becoming aroused to the Importance
of this election, are aware that the
republicans hope to profit by democratic
apathy and put their man over while
the democrats are asleep, and that they
Rainey's election is assured.
Nor are we taking any chances We
are leaving nothing undone that could
possibly be done to stir the people up,
and there will be more speeches made
on behalf of our candidate during the
last 10 days of the campaign than were
ever before made in this or possibly in
any other Alabama district in the same
length of time.
Representatives Heflin, Oliver, Dent
and Blackmon of the Alabama congress
sional delegation are coming down for
number of speeches; Judge w. w.
Brandon of Tuscaloosa and Col Jesse
Stallings of birmingham are also COM
ing into the district to make addresses,
and possibly Senator Underwood. If the
latter can possibly get away from Wash
ington, where he is detained BY the fight
in the peace treaty, he has assured me
he will be here. Then a number of local
speakers will be heard, and there won't
be county in the district but that will
have had a half-dozen or more speeches
before the date of the election, Septem-
Der 80.
democrats of the district are aroused
to the Importance of this election chief
ly because. of the boasting of the repub-
licans. The latter have declared they are
going to elect their candidate, c. B.
Kennemar of Marshall county, and then
say to the country that this district has
repudiated our Presidents leadership and
is opposed to the league of nations. Of
course, the election of a republican to
Congress from an Alabama district would
be worth much to the republicans for
advertising purposes in their national
campaign next year. but nothing of that
sort is going to happen.
1.-The people of this section are for the
league of nations, because they believe
it will reduce the danger of war to a
minimum, and they fear, along with
President Wilson and other great states
men and thinkers of the world, that if
the league is defeated there will be an
other war, and that soon. That would
mean that we would have to begin arm
ing again at a cost of not millions, but