The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

These two old cronieC. Captain White that the only issue m the campaign to select a United States senator in Alabama is the prohibition question. Ire people of Alabama claim that they have settled that question and intend to keep it settled. These two old cronies have agreed 70 say that prohi- bition is the issue and that the race IS between them. l answer their folly with the Scripture. "Let the heather rage and imagine vain thing. The ridiculous idea of proil bition being the only issue involved when the senator IS elected and will represent Alabama IxslAERYAnhloNENleh1laiAfzS1EllIsGE-S-.Ez .Ez questions affecting OCT interests in many ways. The commerce of Ala bama, the south ans the nation is of great importance to our people. as well as agriculture. lpon which nearly 3oe0,O0O people in Alabama are en- gagged or dependent.
 Alabama is becoming a great fruit producing state and the hog and cat tie industries are assuming large pro- portions The comp-stion of a good road system throughout the state, the development of our water power and the improvement of our rivers and har bors for navigable purposes, bet ter marketing methods for our fafm CTS. the advancement of the cause of education and vocational training, the matter of fair treatment and full jus tice to our soldier bows. the defeat of universal military Straining, which would substitute for American democ- raey German autocracy: the reduction of federal taxes anl the removal of war burdens from tre backs of our people as rapidly as possible. And yet these two old cron.es in the Punch ans Judy show appear before the teotlights and declare solemnly that tha only issue in the senatorial race IS prohibition and that the race is be-. tween the aforesaid and the ssmes Captain White says that he is in favor of enforcing the Volstead act. So am 1. Then why should any democrat
  date defeated waste his vote or take any chances by throwing away their vote to Captain White. when he can, make his vote coun- with telling eff feet by casting it for me.
 Refers to Opponents
 Isecause of the fis,ht that I have made for the cotton industry, I will poll more than four-fifths of the farmers. merchants and bankers, and because they indorse my democracy. and my record the iawvers, doctors, preachers. teachers. crummers. labor. ers-men in all the walks of iife-ara supporting me. Then am I not justi- fled in calling upon every man who wants to see the prohibition law en- forced to join the great following back of me In this race. who not only. wants 10 see the prohibition law en- fo, ced. but who wants to see the work that I am now carving on in the House contipued in the Senate. oNeal is compelled to say that prohibition Is the only issue because he Is the mouthpiece. pet and protege of the whisky interests. He is trying to for get his record as governor and thd people wish that they could. Not a sish was heard. not :. tear was shed when his term of office expired. He went out by unanimous consent The  negro societies organized in this state to procure pardons for negro criminals secured the pardon of more negro criminals under O'Neals administra- tion than any three administrations preceding him. He made a speech to the negroes at Tuskegee in which he condemned white men who lynched a negro for committing rape as cold blcoded murder-rs and expressed thel hope that tho time would soon come when .'ere would bs no lvnching for an, offense. I would not have made hat sneech to thcsa negroes for my -'cht arm. ror'd hove told them that the'- had Y in their power to ston 1vnching and thst the only waN n stop it wes to stop the crime thao ~nuses it If +hA time ever comes VI en .sr ~-h;te men of the south arg rot wild and frantic with rage when