The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-10
BRANDON PROMISES ALL WRITTEN IN PARTY PLATFORM
"Nine Points" of Governor elect Embodied Almost ver- batim in Document Pro-
 muIgated by Party
By FRED N. 0ORMLEY Montgomery Bureau, Tho Age-Herald, 2A1-2 First National Bank Buiidins

county Judge W. W. Brandon of Tus-
 ceioosa made an address Juno IT,
 1891, and in that address he pro-
 which he predicted would be tho basis for the work of the democratic
 administration which would start in
 January. 1929.
 At midnight of Thursday of this week those nine points, changed only in those particulars which met thc approval of Judge Brandon, were written into the platform of the dem oeratic party of Alabama and on this platform, approved in all things by Judge Brandon, he was Instructed to go before tho voters of Alabama in the general election in November as the democratic nominee for governor. Whom Judge Brandon set forth
 those nine points in the Lexington
 speech he did not know they would get into the newspapers. The cam paign had not opened. Judge Bran don had not announced for governor. His appearance on a speakers plat
 form was by invitation of citizens
 of Lexington beat who were having Q
 celebration at Providence church. lie had not discussed political issues up to that time. His address was not l intended as a part of a political cam paiEn which would be developed
 months later.
 But Judge Brandon did express
 himself on issues which he believed
 would be guides in the campaign and did say what he believed a demo- cratic administration should seek to do for the people Of the state and in this discussion of men, issues and things Judge Brandon set forth the | following blanks which since that time were looked upon as Brandon's nine points.
 Brnndon's Nine Points 1. Reduction in taxation. 2. Reduction in expenses of gov | ernment.
 3. Abolition of tax adjusters, (. Abolition of field agents of the | state tax commission. 5 Keeping the state government l in the hands of the people. 6. No reduction In Confederate
 pensions.
 T. No reduction in appropriations | for education and for eleemosynary l institutions.
 8. Liberality toward states neces- | sary institutions but "the cutting to the bone in aii other departments of l government"
 g. A poor state and q rich people
 rather than Q rich state and poor | people.
 After that Lexington address. the l frat on issues of the state campaign
 of 1922, Judge Brandon entered into | the fight for the democratic nop,i- nation for governor and won the l nomination by a majority of 115,0o0, 1 the greatest majority ever given a candidate in Alabama. In the same | primary which gave Judge Bran
 don his nomination delegates were | selected to the state democratic con
 vention and In this convention Thu-s- day Judge Brandon's nine points | ampIified and changed only slightly
 by Judge Brandon, were written into
 the democratic platform in the fol-
 lowing words:
 Some Points Amplified | l. A reduction in taxation. | 9. Reduction in expenses of gov- 1 ernment and the cutting to the bone 1 of all departments and economizing | in every practical way.
 | g. Abolition of tax adjusters and | unnecessary agents of the state tax | commission and all other unneces- sary employees of the state. (. Maintenance of the present pro- | nlUltioH lAWS AHQ hH8 StIlCt SuLOTC6- | ment of the same.
 5, Keeping the state government ] in the hands of the people and re- moving as far as possible the ten- 1 den0y to oentralize government. 6. No reduction In Confederate pensions.
 T. No reduction in appropriations for education or eleemosynary insti- l tutions.
 8. Liberality toward the states 1 necessary institutions for its sun-
 fortnnates and its development of the human rass.
 Q. A poor state and rioh people rather than . rich state and . poor l people.
 The vteissitndss of the campaign and tho trials in the convention did not bring . change in point one Point two rematned unchanged sx- cept that the declaration regarding to ths bone in all departments was taken from point eight and trans ferred to point two and the words and economiginG In every practical way' were added to point two. Point three was unchanged except the declaration regarding abolition was amplifisd SO as to include "unneces- sary agents of the state tax commis- sion and all other unnecessary sm- ployes of the state."
 This addition removed point four of the original declaration and in Its
 piaos went the declaration main tenan0e of the present prohibition
 laws and the strict enforcement of the same" Point five was nor ehaHgs1 except that the words "ana removing As far as possible tho ten-
 denoy to osntrailss government were added. Point six was not changed what ever, This also 10 true of point seven. Point eight remained the same ex- -espt that the words "hut the cutting to the bone in all other departments of government were Transferred to point two and tho words Tor it's unfortunates and its development of the human race" took their place. m final point. .a poor state and a rich people rather than . rich state and . poor people" went into the platform
 just as It was written in the Lexing- ton address. Beeks AgrfcuIture In addition to the nine points of Judge Brandon's platform, the plat form of the democratic party pro vides Tor the continuing support of the organization for the improve
 ment of agriculture and sives an un-
 qualified indorsement to the Ala bama seaport amendment, which VIII Dc submitted to the voters in November. and to the amendment
 which gtves Talladega :. and eight other cities the right to levy a small
 special tax for the improvement of
 their water systems.
 Democrats who gathered for the
 state convention and who made
 study of the platform reached the conclusion that sufficient latitude
 was allowed gnate
 Brandon for the working out of
 plans for the government of the
 state during his administration