The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-27

dress will be issued by central commit tee and mailed to every legal voter m the state. A statewide committee. in the membership of which every county will have representation, will be organized Following the lead of Cullman county, Jefferson and all other counties of the state will organize Underwood clubs. The leaders in the Underwood campaign will determine within the next two weeks as to what action the state democratic ex- ecutive committee should take in the in terest of the congressman. As practically every member of the executive commit tee is heartily interested in the oppor- tunity which Alabama and the south have in virtue of the prominence of MT. Un- derwood, there is no reasonable doubt but that they will put into effect that plan of selecting a delegation which would in their consideration be most favorable to the chances of Alabama's favorite son.
 MT. Underwood's Vacation As the friends of MT. Underwood are serious in their belief that he has a fa- vorable chance to receive the nomination in the national convention, there is no doubt but that some plan of acquiring the instructed delegations of other states will be devised. It is confidently believed that as result of serious and earnest effort the majority of southern states will send their delegations to the national con- vention instructed to vote for MT. Un- derwood. The advisabiIity of establish ing a bureau of publicity with head quarters in New York has also been dis cussed.
 After the expiration of the extraordi- nary session MT. Underwood came to Bir- mingham about September 15. In Sep tember, in addition to Jefferson, he visited Perry and Bibb, other counties of his district, making speeches at Marion and Centreville. Returning home from the lat ter place, he visited Tuscaloosa and was received and shown attention by conn., n1ittee of prominent people of that city.
 October 21 he went to Kentucky for the purpose of participating in the gu- that state. In Kentucky he made sev- eraI speeches and at Louisville was com- pIimented with a. magnificent banquet Considerable credit is given to MT. Un- derwood in the fact that the democrats swept the state. and especially in that the well established republican majori- ties in the mountain region was so mo- tceably reduced.
 From Kentucky Mir. Underwood went 10 Chicago, where he made addresses and was banqueted by the Iroquois club. a notable democratic organization, and the Young Mems Industrial club. From the Windy City he visited St. Louis and delivered a. formal address before the Young Mems Democratic club of that city.
 Entertained in Alabama
 After a ten days recupteration at Hot Springs Mir. Underwood returned to Ala bama voicing the hope that he would be permitted to rest during the remain
 ing days of his vacation. Shortly after his arrival in Birmingham he visited Blount county of his district, and at Oneonta made an informal address. This visit was followed by another ito Gull man, in which county the first Under wood club in the state had been formed. He was entertained by this club in the city of Cullman, and during the even- ing made an address. Returning to Bir- :ningham he made the principal address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new Young Mems Christian association building. Later he attended the banquet spread in honor of pr. George H. Denny by the alumni of the University of Ala bama and the members of the University club.
 At the University club last week he was a guest of honor at a banquet ten dered by the newspaper men, and the final incident of his visit occurred Thurs uay night, when at the Country club, under the auspices of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, the people of Alabama united in complimenting him with what was perhaps the most mag nificent banquet ever spread in the state.