The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-03

 the entire speech to the jury. T tried to send it out to every voter in my dis trict," said the witness. 'I don't think it was quite 16,0oo I sent it out as promptly as I could after delivery. It takes from five to ten days to get it printed, and then that much longer to get it. mailed. q delivered the speech, 'Conscription is Undenocratic,' January 20. 1917. 1 de- livered the speech, Paying for the War, March 20 1918, and also made a speech April 6, all of which were similarly sent out The speeches were all offered as evidence.
 act" lie testified. The act was offered in evidence
 ; VOTED AGAINST ESPIONAGE
 ACT son final passage I voted against the espionage act in the House,' said the witness, in reply to question by Gov ernor Miller. "I voted for later amendment to the act" The original act was offered in evidence.
 Asked about theN result of the pri- mary of August IS, 1918, MT. Altman addressed the court in opposition to al- lowing this to be answered. eff the de- fendant is allowed to show the result of the election" said MT. AltmaR we would have just as much right to show that men who were his friends, before the publication of these scartoons now pass him on the streets of Birmingham and refuse to speak to him. The court overruled the objection, following ex- tended arguments by both sides.
 q was successfufin the primary
 said the witness. Approximately
 12,z5O votes were cast. received
 about 60 per cent of the votes. Two
 other candidates, F. NJ. Jackson and
 4. J. Dickinson,-stayed in the race
 to the end. J. q. Thompson was
 the republican candidate against
 me in the general election, though,
 think, he did not depend entirely
 on republican votes. LEot great
 many republican votesefn the eIec-
 tion.
 ssHe got 1O5: votes and I got
 about S000.s
 Gentlemen, I am going toilet you wash your dirty political linen here" said the court.
 'You'1l have to have a good deal more water, then" said Mir. Huddleston
 The court refused to permit the ad- mission as evidence of the telegram sent by President Wilson regarding Mr. Huddleston. q think he is the greatest man in the world" said Judge Steele, "but cannot see any bearing of = his telegram on this case"
 q voted in favor of the declaration of war against Germany" said the wit ness in reply to question.
 KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OATH
 q introduced the House bill 5712 on August ', 1g17. The so-called Knights of Columbus oath was printed in the Congressional Record several years be- fore. Nobody ever contended that the so-called oath was genuine. My reso- lution was printed in the Menace, an nti-Catholic publication, and subse- ouently 'retracted. The Menace said it was published under misapprehen- sion.
 .sThird Liberty Bonds were being
 sold April 6, the day ' delivered
 my bond speech. was told nov
 ing picture stars were holding a
 meeting outside the capitol while
 | was speakfng.o
 MT. Altman brought out certain pa triotic extracts from Huddleston's Winning the War speech. He also at tempted to show 3that Secretary Me- Adoo and others, including President Wilson, were in exact accord with Mir. Huddleston on bond issues and taxa ton. 4$
 In reply to questions he said he bought bonds from the woman's com mittee of Birmingham because he thought it his patriotic duty to buy them.
 'I regarded the explosives act as ex- treme." he said. "and unjustifed and liable to work hardship on innocent people,"
 He also made certain explanat tions of the espionage bill and claimed it would also work unjust hardship on innocent people He said he introduced and secured the adoption of an amendment removing the press censorship.
 q was especially opposed to Section of the act.' he said. (which put re- straint on free speech"
 He testified there were over 100 war measures. only three of which he voted against.
 The complainant was still on the stand when court adjourned for the night
 VIEWS NOT CHANGED Witness E. H. Nation was excused as soon as court convened this morning. the defendant not wishing to cross examine him.
 Lee F. Self of Village Springs. the next witness, testified that at the time the cartoons were published he was a subscriber to The Age Herald. He identified the various cartoons com plained of, saying that he say them in the paper at the time of their pub lication.
 On cross examination Governor
 Miller asked the witness if he
 was not warm personal friend of
 Mir. Huddleston prior to the pub
 lication. He snid he was.
 "Are you still his friend and ad-
 mirer."
 q am.-
 "Your views toward him were
 not changed by these cartoonsss
 "No.o
 lMr. Altman then began the intro auction of numerous articles from Tho Age-Herald prior to the time the car toons were published. He read many dispatches from Petroarad about the bolsheyiki.. He exhibited to court and jury cartoons bearing on bolsheyik rule in Russia. The court upheld his contention that these articles and car toons were admissible as showing what readers of The Age Herald would un- derstand by the words "bolshevik' and "bolshevism" as applied to. Congress man Huddleston INTRODUCED MANY EXTRACTS In his attempts to prove that the car toons were published with malice toward E Notice tO the