The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-24
ENTHUSIASTIC ADMIRERS DO HONOR TO OSCAR UNDERWOOD
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| people of Birmin gham should rise above the differences of @ purely local na- l ture.
 His remarks were greeted with bois- I terouS applause and there remained no doubt but that the banqueters were unqualihedly in favor of Mir. Under l wood as the next President-and that they desired the delegation to stand for him to the very last
 Other Speeches
 1 Joseph B. Babb spoke of Birming- hams opportunity and his speech dealt almost entirely with the probability oi MT Underwood securing the nomina- | ton of the democratic party. Follow 1 ing MT. Babb, w. B. Bankhead made 1 a beautiful speech. There is in tho state scarcely'a more popular speak CT than MT. Bankhead, and when he reached his climax which was an en- thusiastic declaration for MT Under wood, the banqueters, in their delir- ious joy, practically lost control oi | their faculties.
 1 Maj w. W. Screws, editor of the Montgomery Advertiser, spoke of "Tht Press" He reviewed the accomplish. ments of the democratic party through. out period of 50 years, and went into detail concerning the activity of south | tion. Before his conclusion he declared | for MT. Underwood, and no comp,i ment of the evening was more to tn, satisfaction of the banqueter than his l James Weatherly, member of the Bir | ningham commission, made an exceed | ingly happy speech, and he added nu 1 merous other brilliant compliments t, l these which had already been heapeC | about the shoulders of MT. Underwood | The brilliant orator of the Fifth con l gressonal district, J. Thomas Heflin, thei spoke, and he endeavored to show jus | what southern men had done in the crise I with which the country has been con frcnted in the past. From the time o | the famous utterance of Patrick Henry | throughout the legislative leadership o | Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, and thu military leadership of the father of hi country, George Washington. Mir. lief lin traced the history of the nation. H concluded by referring to MT. Under wood as the southern man to take up tn | work of these famous leaders of though and action and rush the work to a happ, completion.
 The Guest of Honor
 The programme then indicated that MI Underwood would be the next speaker. | Mir. Morrow introduced him as the gues of the evening. The toastmaster declare that Kentucky claimed MT. Underwoo because in that state he had first sec the light of day; that Minnesota claime I him because in the streams of that stat he had waded when a lad and when
 lad had climbed it's trees; that Virgini claimed him because in that state he ha secured higher education that Alabam claimed him because in this state he ha reached the pinnacle of his fame, an that the nation claimed him because tn
 nation recognized in him leader in tn troubous times which we are about t see.
 MT. Underwood arose to his feet Tn lapplause was deafening. Nothing coul check the enthusiastic outburst of tn
 banqueters. Seldom has such demon I' stration been made in honor of an ind
 vidual within the boundary of the south
 land.
 Mir. Underwood referred thankfully { the innumerable kind remarks which ha been made concerning him. With charat
 teristic spirit. he then abandoned the sut Ject on which every speaker had dwe ! and on which the banqueters desired fun Ether to dwell, and discussed "A Repro
 sentative Government"
 To every word of the address the pee , ple listened with rapt attention. Fr,
 ouently the speaker was interrupted b spontaneous applause After tine COT | clusion of his address. while the ban : lpayed furiously, there occurred q tumu tuous rush toward the table of Il