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

1He iueDdte was presided over by b. M. Allen. Captain White was intro- duced by C. r. Beddow. "We have had some great men in the Senate from Alabama" said Mir. Beddow. "Morg an, Pettus and Bankhead could hold their, own with the great of the country and the world. And we still have s ,me great men. men with courage to stand up and speak their convictions. Two of the candidates in this raca have been eliminated because they would take no issue.
 "CNeal is for whisky. Some people think that that is a dead issue hich has been buried for some time. I.at it is the issue of this race. White i3 10: prohibition"
 There is no issue between O'Neal ard Heflin. and between o'Neal and Rushton," said Captain White All three of these men are on the same wet platform. Hefln and Rushton have never said that they were for or against prohibition. tut both have all ways voted wet ticket
 "O'Neal accepted my challenge as soon as he learned that I had the support of Brooks Lawrence and the Anti-Saloon League. It's a question of prohibition or liquor.
 STATES RIGHTS
 My opponent say. that he is op posed to the Volstead act and is for states rights. States rights have al- ways been on my side of the ques-, ton. States rights says that every state shall have the power to govern itself. But O'Nears states rights is to have light wines and beers manu-. factured by other states poured down on our state.
 But, after all what has this to do with the question? Prohibition has been established in our constitution. He says that he will destroy it, that he will make the Volstead act futile by not enforcing it. He will have to swear to enforce i. if he ever goes to Congress. and he rever will.
 This scheme of my opponent is no. as innocent as it appears. It is not for the purpose of giving us a little wine for our stomach's sake. or & little beer to make us happy and gay. Ii is a wedge in the prohibition laws wHich will sooner or later be the means of destroying them. "0'Neal says that the Volstead act deprives us of our rights But it is the moonshiner who operates still in .he hills and the bootiegger who haunts the alleys in our city who Is iIurt. ThoSe Who make moOnShine and bring it to the city to sell are the ones who O'Neal says should be pro- tected. You don't want light wines and beer. He wants old red liquor, straight.
 "Heflin claims to carry the state. by 40.000 votes. Heflin has the i'm, agInation of four year -old boy If you want to know about ONeal ask Tom Heflin. If yod want to know about Heflip ask O'Neal If you want to know about Rushton ask both of them. They are all in the same bed and that bed is wet. You know that they are all in the same bed by the way they kick each other
 "l am standing by the farmer. r stood by him in Washington and in Montgomery. I fought more for cot tor than Tom Heflin ever dreamed of when he was asleep.
 'I am for the soldier boys. They went over and fought and won the war They should be paid some of the financial loss in making this sacrifice by cash bonus. am the only cana didate who is in favor of the bonus for the soldier. The others are either si- lent or against it.
 q am the only White man on the ticket" Captain White declared. clos ing "Be white man. vote the White ticket and get White man for sen ator."