The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-28
CROWD AT GENEVA ENTHUSIASTIC OVER
 ]. SPEECH BY RUSHTON
Candidate Is Also Heard at Hartford and Samson
 During the Day

Geneva. April Special )--One of the has yet greeted Ray Rushton of Mont gomery, candidate for the short term in the Senate, cheered his address at the courthouse here tonight.
 Earlier in the day Mir. Rushton ao- dressed crowds at Hartford and samson Mir. Rushton in his address here tonight called attention of his hearers to the de- mand for economy in governmental af- fairs, pointing out that the wave of ex- travagsnee with which the country has been engulfed was being encouraged unin- Itentionally, perhaps, by the extravagance which pervaded governmental activities Of every character.
 This country must come down to earth and realize that it must produce more
 and have more before the cost of living is to come down, and the place to begin
 the economy is in the administration of governments" said Mir Rushton. The high cost of everything which everyone
 must use from day to day is partly trace able to the mania for increasing appro- | priations for all manner of affairs m Washington. The time has come to halt this It must be halted if the country i is to avert crash which would have con-
 sequences so far-reaching that it is ap- palling to think of. 1 stand for reduced taxes, and the only way we can secure a
 reduction il taxes is to reduce the cost of government This can De done by rigid
 economy and careful supervision of all government expenditures. l pledge my
 selt to devote my energies to the end that taxes be reduced"
 1 Mr. Rushton promised his hearers that 1 he would bend his energies to the en- | forcement of all constitutional provisions
 under which the United States lives and
 has its being This is a government or
 laws and not of mem said the speak
 CT, "and I stand for. the constitution above | all else. | promise you that when | take my seat in the Senate l will do all within my power to see that all amend ments to the constitution legally adopted are enforced"
 l The speaker pointed out that he believed
 the prohibition amendment was legally
 adopted. He stated, however, that he did
 not believe the negro suffrage or fifteenth amendment had ever been legally adopted and said he would vote on the womap suffrage amendment upon the basis that the fifteenth amendment was illegal.
 ! At Samson this afternoon, in introduce ing MT. Rushton, Oscar Mui;Sey Of Geneva declared that MT. Rushton was the only one of the five candidates in the short term senatorial race who stood Tor re' duced federal taxes and for strict ad' herence to the constitution of the states and of the federal government. He re- ferred to the recent victory of MT. Rusn' ton in his fight on the Alabama income tax, pointing out that the Montgomery candidate had warned committees of f1t state legislature before the income taa law was enacted that such a law wouic be unconstitutional. MT. Mulkey said tht refusal of the legislature to heed MT Rushton's advice had resulted in the ne cessity for special session of that body
 to frame additional revenue laws, thereby causing vast additional expense to the state.
 At Geneva tonight and at Samson this afternoon, large crowds evidenced the greatest enthusiasm for the Montgomery candidate Scores surged about him te shake hands, and the enthusiasm founo vent in cheers Hats were thrown into the air and shouts for Rushton were the
 order of the day. MT. Rushton will leave here early Wednesday for Andalusia, OPT and Florala, where he will make ad' dresses.