The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-17
RUSHTON DEFINES
 ATTITUDE IN TROY
Makes No Mental Reserva- tons Regarding Enforce
 ment of 18th Amendment

Troy, April 16.-Ray Rushton, cam didate for the United States Sem ate to succeed Senator Bankhead, spoke to a large audience at the courthouse last night In the main, his speech was along the lines of constitu-
 tional government and increased eff eiency and economy in governmental af- fairs. Amongst other things. he said:
 As you all know, the law, as well as the length of my purse, limits my cam paign expenses. and the only way that
 have of reaching the people to any great extent is through the newspapers and through the mails In preparing my announcement l felt that was com
 but 1 tried in every way to make it clear how l stood on every proposi- tion that might arise in the campaeDsl.
 ln the paragraph in my platform in reference to states rights, I said this:
 I will, therefore, oppose any fur ther amendment to the Constitution that takes away any of our reserved rights or that tends toward centralization. But lest silence might be misunderstood. | will say now that I will faithfully fnl- fill the other to support the Constitu- tion of the United States, including it's amendments legally adopted
 This ought to be clear to everyone, but the use of the last two words, 'Ie> gally adopted has caused some to thinA that I had some mental reservation in reference to the eighteenth amendment. want to say that as to that amend- ment, have none. The Supreme Ccss% has not yet passed upon the question, but I believe thta it will that 1t IS legally adopted. The only reservation I have is in reference to the fifteeath which applies to negro sui frage. I have never believed that that was legally adopted. While the requisite three-fourths of the states were recorded as voting for it, to make up that three-fourths, they counted many southern states that only had de facto fovernments I am not desiring to stir up any sensation about the Vi teenth amendment, but if the adoption of the woman's suffrage clause should stir up the negro suffrage question again, it may be- that to protect our white civilization the old fight that we thought was settled will arise again
 "Now. as to the eighteenth amend ment. The first section of it reads as follows:
 Section 1. After one year from the ratification of this article, the manu- facture, sale or transportation of intox- icating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereon from, the Unlted Slates anu ai' 'o' ''o' subject to the Jurisdiction thereon TOT beverage purposes is hereby prohibit%d.
 .'Section 2 gives Congress and the sew eral states concurrent power to enforce it Before senator can take his seat, he must make the following oath:
 "T. A. B., do solemnly swear Cor af- firm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United states against all enemies, foreign and domes- tie: that I will bear true faith and al legiance to the same; that l take tnls obligation freely, without any menta, reservation or purpose of evasion and that I will well and faithfully dischaFg> the duties of the office on which am about to enter.
 There is no man who knows me who would believe that I would violate thls oath or evade it. I would forfeit the of every man if 1 did so.