The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
NOT IN TEN YEARS HAS STATE SEEN 50
 MUCH BITTERNESS
Within Past Few Days Voters of State Have Been Worked Up to
 Fever Heat
By FRED H. GoRMLEY

cial. )-Alabama IS now Wit messing the end of the bitterest
 political caml ign since the
 amendment fig, t in 1909, a campaign into \ Aich political novelties have beS l introduced and into which Tor the first time in the states history an injunction has been used to prevent the publication of cer- tain charges.
 The democratic voters of Alabama, Tuesday, May Il, will decide who shall be the two United States sena- tors, who shall be president of the public service commission, who shall be the states delegates at the demo- cratic national convention, who shall be the two judges of the state su- preme court, who shall be the judge of the court of appeals to complete the unexpired term of Judge Joel b. Brown, promoted to the supreme court; who shall serve as democratic national eommitteemen; who shall De state commissioner of conservation and who shall hold other public ot- fees in the state.
 The campaign had been tame at- fair compared with others of the past until ten days ago but the last hours have seen charges and counter charges hurled from one camp to an other and hs enEendered bitter ness which .nnot be eradlcatea Tn ITNDERWOOD'S ADVANTAGE Senator Oscar w. underwood seeks to succeed himself as United states senator His opponents are l.. B. Mus grove and Judge Samuel D. Weakley. The consensus Of opinion has been
 that Senator Underwood had great lead over his two opponents ana that he would be nominated in the primary. During the past few days great drive has been made by supporters of MT. Musgrove. who have made spectaeu- lar campaign in many counties aha who have brought every force at thelr command to break the strength of the Underwood opposition,
 Underwood hendaunrters sntur-
 day declared that this strength has lot been broken and that he VIII
 bc returned to the senntc by majcrity ns great ns the one he received in his campaign with Richmond F. HobSon six yenrs ago. Musgroyc headquarters claimed that appreciable changes have been made during the past ten days and that he will make close race with senator Underwood.
 Judge Weakley has made quiet. dignified campaign with the exception Of the times he has severely cciti- cised MT. Musgrove ard those who are backing him in preference to Juage Weallley who has been one Of the leaders of the prohibition fight In the state since prohibition became an is- sue It is believed he will receive an excellent vote. but there are few who regard him as serious contender TOT tho honor.
 REACHES CLIMAX MT Musgrove's campaign reached us climax Sunday whu1 certain labor leaders obtained an injunction pre- venting the publication of an adver- tisement prepared by friends of Sena- tor Underwood which gave certain in- formation regarding some union labor activities. Immediately after obtain ing the injunction the MusGrove com
 mittee published the important ex- tracts from the advertisement, thus giving the voters just the facts the Underwood supporters intended to put
 before them.
 Friends of MT. Musgrove. who at
 tended the rally of un.on men in Mont gomery Wednesday evening. admitted that the purpose of f. e injunction Lad been accomplished and that 1t had served to put more enthusiasm Tn the Musgrove campaign than could have
 been obtained in any other way This probably is the first time an in Junction has ever been resorted to in political fight.
 SHORT TERM RACE The fight for shor1 term senator as tht successor of Senasor John Fl. Ba k head deceased has develoDed into one of the most interesting of the cam paign No one knowa what will be the finale During the week former Gov.
 Emmet O'Neal and former Senator Frank s. White representing anti prohibitionists and p-ohibitionists re- spectively have made several joint speeches in which they insisted that prohibition is the real issue.
 J. Thomas Heflin and Ray Rushton have operated independentiy and have declared that prohibition is settled and that the state shouu turn to the is- sues of more vital inportance at this tme Both have made much neadwa-s and reports indicate that they have hac excellent audiences at the DO pts they have touched.
 It Is doubtful whether there is
 ' man in Alabama who would be
 willing to express opinion as
 to the winner of tbis fight. Each of the four candidates has a large
 following and nothing but the off eiaI count can satisfy the voters ns to the winner. 1t i> unusual thing for person three days be- fore the election to be unable to express an opinion as to the stroDgest candidate.
 DELEGATES HAVE EASY TIME Strange as it may seem. little thought has been given to the race for delegates to the national convention. Ire candidates have given no atten- ton to the campaign and there has
 been no open fight for the places. Alabama is first on the roll call of tho national convention and it's vote al ways has a psycholoeical effect, but
 so much interest has been shown in tho other campaigns that no one has
 devoted any time to this contest. No candidate for inc presidential nomination has mad. a fight in the open in the state. thoaeh it is regarded as certain that friencs of w. c Me (COntfnued on Page Stxl