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The Alabama Pri
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Mr. Underwood's majority, not
withstanding the larger vote by many
thousands, polled in ms contest tnan
in the snort. term contest, was so
email as to bo Insignificant, 1,800 in
round figures, and is considered by
many of his supporters as well as by
his opponents a rebuke to his stana
on the liquor traffic and his vote
for the Esch-Cummins railroad bill,
which every representative from Ala
bama, voted against a bill which,
among its objectionable features,
4oimn awav from the state public
service commissions the right to fix
interstate rates, which latter vote of
his was regarded by many even of
his friends as inconsistent with his
contention for state rights and fed
eral interference with those allegec
rights," in his opposition to the na
tional prohibition amendment. They
could not reconcile the two votes, nor
has any one attempted to do so but
prohibitionists of Montgomery, many
business men and powerful factors in
not only the business life but the po
litical life of the community, notwith
standing this, though it may mean
the ruin of this community as a dis
tributing center, were willing to
make, the sacrifice for what they hon
estly believed to be the welfare of not
Mr. Underwood who had hitherto
boon so consistent and Irroconcllablo
enemy to prohibition.
in the short torm contest, the issue
O'Neal favored a
Alabama alone, but of the whole
country. Surely Mr. Underwood can
notr and will not, be unappreciatlvo
of this self-sacrifice of leadinc am-
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-iHMuuMiuiB uuainessmen or one ot wu cieany maue. u'woai ravorou a
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iii , umB ea m Aiaoama. Those r ui,cai 01 1110 voisteau act or sucii
willing to make solf-sacrifico for the modification that would moan Us
till 111 I A nrnnil l.. n . . I ., .I t 1 . , . . .
UUa. buu uuaorvo au praise and
cannot be too highly commended, and
it is to the credit of Montgomery.
The Journal doubts whether the busi
nessmen Of Mr. YTnr1nfwrnVo M.,
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city of Birmingham would have been
wining 10 ao so Had they been in
practical repeal, and a resubmission
of tho amendment to the various
states and a roforondum required for
us auopuon. All tho other candi
dates either took tho position that
prohibition was settled or that it
should not bo disturbod, standing by
Tf.u, tu uW au uttu wvy uccn in mvuiu. "ui u uiBiuiuuu, iuuuiii
litigation over tho question when tho tno amendment and tho Volstead on-
campaign was going on. forcomont law. Tho result of that
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Mr. Underwood should take warn
ing over tho small vote he received
over his leading competitor should
mako him respectful of tho views and
wishes of those constituents back
home. They have conferred upon
him a high honor, if not tho highest,
within their gift, and this for tho sec
ond time. They have confided In
him a great trust. He will, no doubt,
consider and have in future more re
gard for their wishes. If he hasn't
known it in the nast. hia small ma
jority which should have been at least
40,000, because of his national and
international reputation, should" show
him not only the temper but tho
views of his Alabama constituency
whatever may be the wish of this or
that class of interested persons here
or elsewhere. To illustrate: Mr. Un
derwood may reasonably claim, if he
disregards representativo govern
ment, that he was ignorant of the
wishes of the masses of the people
of Alabama on the prohibition ques
tion, therefore, voted as ho thought
best. But tho issue was squarely
made H the short term senatorial
contest by Governor O'Neal, and no
man knows better than o this fact.
O'Noil Was defeated, overwhelmingly
defeated, being third in the race of
four, and his first and second choice
votes constitute tho wet vote of Ala
bama. That vote taken from the total
vote cast in that short term contest
shows the wet vote. Every man who
did not vote for O'Neal as first choice,
and voted for some other candidate
for personal reasons, voted for O'Neal
as second choice, thereforo his com
bined vote shows the total wet vote
in Alabama. O'Neal's total first and
second choice vote was 34,214 and
the total vote cast in the short term
contest was 127,000. These figures
show the dry vote to be 92,786 as
against the O'Neal vote of 34,214
a majority of drys thus shown to bo
KR.R72. This oucht to be convincing
und satisfying to Mr. Underwood as
to the views of his constituency on
this specific question. If not he would
be hard to convince. But we have
no doubt Mr. Underwood will recog
nize the popular voice back home. In
fact, Mr. Underwood practically
pledged himself to his prohibition
supporters and to them he is indebted
fbr his election, that he would not
vote to change tho Volstead act nor
would he vote to resubmit the prohi
bition amendment, for what else
could he have meant when he said
,M,f nfMithitinn was dead and he
i,i nn hva tn hold a postmortem. If
this is not what he meant then he
didn't mean anything except iiuvrnt.
in view the purpose to deceive the
people -of Alabama, and this
charge against, a man of Mr
Underwood's high character, would
be indeed reckless, and would
bo naturally and very proper
resented by his menus. .uvu0
of prohibitionists in Alabama be
lieved he meant what he said and
have insisted that what he said
fihould go with the masses of prom
hitionists all those not "prohibition
Sties''' or "political prohibition
fanaiics oi i eI)itncts ap-
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contest furnishes conclusive proof ao
to how tho people of Alabama gtand
how tho constituency of Mr. Under
wood stands. Tho successful candi
date for tho short torm, Mr. Hoflin,
took practically tho samo view of the
Volstead act and the. amotvlnu-iu as
did Captain White, who ran second in
the race, that tho Volstead act should
not be disturbed and that it was tho
law and fihould be enforced, aud thai
the national prohibition anion Jmout
was in tho constitution and Is thoro
by duo process. ol law, and KhouW
remain thoe. Mr. Hoflin led in tho
race, receiving a total of 57,718 first
and second choice votes, whtlo Mr,
O'Neal, tho only wet competitor, re
ceived a total of 34,234 votes, 3,
408 votes less than Mr. Hefln, Captain
White, another dry candidate, re
ceived a total of 43,135 first and sec
ond choice votes also loading Mr.
O'Neal, his plurality boing S,901.
Thus with three candidates in tho
field dividing tho dry vote, the wot
candidate runs second to two of
them, and not many votes ahead of
the hindmost candidate, who, by tho
way, is one of tho state's moat dc
Afirvine men and patriots, who in tho
race was ground between tho uppor
and nether millstones. Montgomery,
Ala., Journal.
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FOR ARMENIAN INDEPENDENCE
A Washington dispatch, dated Juno
2, says: General Torcon, who as
chief of the Armenian forces on Jan.
31, 1918, proclaimed at Erzerum the
independence of Armenia and camo
to tho United States hoping that ho
might be able to lead back an Armen
ian legion to fight for the defense oi
Armenia, issued a statement here to
night in which ho declared lie was
not surprised that the American Sen
ate had refused authority for an
American mandate over Armenia.
General Torcon declared the plan
for foreign mandates over Armenia
had been brought forward by Armen
ian politicians and asserted tnat uie
dilemma now confronting Armenians
lies with the National Armenian
Delegation at Paris, and, especially
with Bogos Nubar, who had for five
years, he said, neglected every op
portunity offered the Armenians for
the formation of a national military
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I was present yesterday," said
General Torcon, "in the Senate dur
ing the discussion of tho Armenian
question. The refusal of the Ameri
can mandate over Armenia did not in
enrnrfnn me. Personally, I
kave never been partisan to any for-
6ign mandate over Armenia.
"As one or tno signature ui ..
proclamation of Armenian inaopym
ence at Erzerum' on3ui.Zl,1919,
and simply as a soldier, I find that
the.words 'independence' and 'foreign
mandate' annul one another. The
stem of mandates was put forward
by Armenian ponuumuu.
tactics. The fiasco to which it has
led is conclusivo.proof of this. Since
the conclusion of tue annuity x u..
not ceased to advocate, in England
'as in the United States, the formation
of an Armenian army to inspire re
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