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

Mobile Times, strong supporter of ONeal. framed this matter up nearly two weeks ago. It picked out Captain White as the man desired to be pitted against O'Neal in the home stretch of this campaign. It said that the issue would be settled between ONeal and White. MT, Abercrom bies strength had already come to me, practically all of it before he withdrew from the race. One of his strongest supporters at Tus- caloesa told me that he desired to sup
 port me. that he thought 1 was the man to defeat ONeal and that he was going to advise Abercrombie to with draw from the race. Captain White should withdraw. The vote in the pri- mary will bear out the correctness of my statement in this regard. He will not poll 25,000 votes out of total Of 140, 900 and every vote cast for him should be cast for me.
 "I have been in the state six weeks and am confident of my election. l have seen no well informed Democrat who doubts that I will be nominated. The election is near at hand and l want to make prediction after speaking Tn nearly fifty counties of the State. vii carry more than fifty counties and will have a majority over all of the candidates of more than twenty thou sand votes.
 Captain White is about as old as Senator Bankhead was when he died and eight years ago, when he ran for the uneXpired term, 10 succeed Senator Johnson, he told the people of the state that he was getting to be an old man and that he desired to go to the Senate so that he could say he had been a United States Senator. He told the people that he would be grateful if A. 1I ,rfx h f,, hat that he would be satisfied and through. He does not seem to be satisfied, but he is through. I am in the prime or life and have had sixteen years Of training and experience in the lower House of Congress and in order to gratify Captain Whites desire to be sent to the Senate, you will have to vote to retire me from the halls of the National legislature. I have not seen thousand Democrats since I have been in the state. who have shown any de- sire or disposition to do such thing In fact. a great majority of those who fought for Captain White in his race against Senator Bankhead in l9lS' are for me The man who led his fight in that race in West Alabama. pr. w. M. Faulk of Tuscaloosa, Is one of my most devoted and enthusiastic supporters! lie is one of hundreds that 1 could men Y
 who supported Senator Bankhead in that race are for me. Captain White will not be within 40, 900 votes of me when the final count is had on the night of May 11th The dummy race scheduled by the O'Neal and Wnlte ca ampaign managers will deceive no one rot even the two cvandidates who are seeking a place in the sun. Rushto,' should also have a part in the tarclcal
 I iah Rrip at least fan one of them, while the other was saving his piece
 supported the Volstead Act ana am for carrying out the provisions or the Federal amendment althouen did not vote for the Federal prohibition amendment. There Is no difference oe- tween Captain White and myself on law enforcement measures, lhen why should any Democrat take any chances in tbfs mater by giving his vote to Cantain White? I was in Montgomery two or three weeks ago. when friend of mine told me that one of ONeaFs varmest supporters. who admitted that I was leading all the candidates said that they must start a propaganda 10 inc effect that the race was between o'Neal and White. that this would pre- vent some O. Whites votes rom going f. Heflin so it is now plain to every d,scerning Democrat in the state that the O'Neal propaganda has borne fruit. and that he who first declined to meet Captain White or any one else In joint debate in sheer desperation and faclne ce rtain defeat. he agrees to series of joint debates.
 The Booker Washington Institute. a negro school at Tuskegee, had cer- tain number of acres of land set apart for the use and benefit of that institu- ton and nobody desires to tax those acres that were set apsrt for school purposes. but no man can defend the i proposition that it is right or just Tor the farmers who own hundteds of i acres of land in Macon county and who l navs taxes on that land to see it tx- ! empt because sorehohv desires 10 tuy | it and give if to the pooker Washing- | TOT school Tn other words. why should | lard which is suhicct to taxes when 1 the titia Is vested ,r white man l nr exempt from taxation when the 1 title Poes out of white man and i, vests in a negro. democratic rep 1 ~ASentative in the lep'-''.~~e ietro- | luced < bill which rro -a that the lands that had formerly been paving | taxes to the state, bu. which had been |