The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-06

Alabama is rich in material resources and she is justly proud of every agency and institution that contrib utes to her well being and prosperity, but the one institution that rises in splendor and inspiring power above all the rest is the Alabama home. Here in it's sacred precincts were born and nurtured the forces that have made the state the glorious thing that she is and here she will find her inspiration her ideals and lofty principles for growth and guidance. for all the years to come. Henry W. Grady spoke truly when he said, The hearthstone is the true altar of liberty and the strength of the republic is lodged in the homes of the people" The flowers that grow in her gardens or beautify her fields and forests are not comparable in loveli- ness to those that bloom about the hearthstone and grace with their charm and beauty the home circle of the state. Eyes radiant with the beautiful blue of the violet, or glowing with the fasci- hating bxown of the pansy cheeks tinged with red roses and ruby lips half rarted In smile of glad surprise, and a woman's soul uplifted in the splendor if her eyes. These fair daughters are the priceless jewels in the Alabama
 
 should rest upon the white man who will not 1t any hazard protect and de- fond them. I care not whether she lives in the city. in the town or in the rural district, close to nature and to natures God, every path open 10 her feet-every foot of ground upon which she stands is within the sacred confines. Jurisdiction and dominion of the white man. Whether she is walking alone AL. Et- or whether she is alone in the home, wherever she goes, the oath of the white man to protect and defend her, and the negro who dares to lay his black hand upon her forfeits his right to live-he's got to die,
 O'Neal attacked me for shooting negro, who had insulted a white wo- man in a street car in Washington He took the negro's side of the matter and asked in speech what I was doing with a pistol and why I did not ask for a speedy trial of the case in Wash ton. I replying to his attack upon me, I said that I had offered an amendment in the House which provided for separ- ate cars for negroes and whites in Washington, and that we had debated 1t nearly all the afternoon and the next morning when l arrived at my office. I found a number of anonymous letters written to me by negroes in Washington, that were insulting and threatening. l showed them to some Of my friends in the House and asked if they thought the negroes would dare to make a prediction after speaking in belief that they would and advised me to get a pistol and carry it awhile, and that is why I had it. He also asked in his speech why I did not de- roand speedy trial. The District At tcrney and court officials were Republi- cans and the negroes were urging that be virogously prosecuted and they raised a fund in the negro churches for that purpose, There were negroes on the grand jury that indicted me and there would have been negroes on the jury to try me. I was acquitted at the hands of President Wilson when he came into office. He had the Demo- cratic District Attorney dismiss the case against me Immediately after O'Nears attack upon me for shooting
 2 negro in Washington, the negro paper published at Birmingham, The Reporter, attacked me for shooting the negro and also criticizing my position on the question on the race question So, Mir O'Neal has the whisky interest and the negro press both behind him in his attack upon me.
 It may be that he thought that Republican president would he elected and that if a vacancy should occur in Federal judgeship in Alabama, that Moton, the head of the Tuskegee In- stitute. could be instrumental in hay ing him appointed judge.
 The state of Alabama has passed rigid prohibition laws and the ship ment of whisky into the state was prohibited even before the Federal +, at naEepd the Volstead act became law. So neither the Federal amendment. nor the Volstead act were responsible for this state of things One of the candidates, MT. O'Neal, undertakes to hold the Federal amendment and the Volstead act responsible for the dry state of things that now exist Under the Ala hama prohibition law, neither light wines nor beer Is permitted to be sold. This is not true of some of the other states so the Volstead act is not re- sponsible for this condition of things in Alabama. O'Neal has been going about the state saying that if he were elected that he would permit light wines and beer to be sold in Alabama when he knows and every other man with any understandine at all knows that he could not do such a thing The state law would prevent such thing.
 Tn the face of this situation the candidate who tells the voter that he could and would permit light wines and beer sold in the state, if he is elected to the Senate, states that which is not true and he is deliberately try ing to deceive the voter and seeking to obtain votes under false pretenses. I have said before and here repeat that in my judgment the whisky in forests are furnishing the financial hacking to the ONeal campaign. l have exposed his hypocrisy on the light wine and beer proposition and in | tie last Ian of the campaign. facing 1 defeat at the hands of the home-lov T ing. determined Democracy of the state | in an attempt to bolster cause fast 1 ia Hing into direnute. he has sought joint debate with another candidate slreadv eliminated from the race, 1 Both of them were in the same frame | of mind as to the necessity of doing l something to attract passing notice be- fcre the curtain went down on the 11th l day of May
 The Bible tells us about how foolish it is to spread a net before the very eyes of a bird that you expect to ca tch. but the Scriptures have not prevented the O'Neal gang from pick Ing out from the temperance and pro- h.bition forces of the State. Captain 1 White the very man that they think would he an easy mark. if they can succeed in taking votes from me. The