The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-10

Washington, December 9.-(Special) Charles R. Pickard. an old resident of Huntsville, Ala, but now an official q Washington, tells a good story on oscar w. Underwood that has never heen published.
 Mr. Pickard, although a lifelong TO- publican. is great admirer of MT. Underwood and is one of the men who early recognized in the democratic lead CT those rare qualities that are maN- ing him one of the most successful leaders of the age.
 T saw that there was something to this man Underwood more than 2j :. ears ago." said MT. Pickard in the New Ebbett hotel last night. Tt was about 1886. 1 was clerk of the court at Hunts file when oscar Underwood, a rising young lawyer of Birmin gham, came to Huntsville to represent a client who was suing defendant of the town. Tine defendant was represented by the late Judge Brickell who, previous to that time, had been on the supreme court bench of the state.
 Judge Brickell, as is well known, was one of the best lawyers in the state but was disposed to be overbear- ing to young lawyers at the bar. lie seemed to take great delight in embar Iassing and sneering at the young sters.
 MT Underwood did not escape on this occasion. MT. Underwood had not been heard of beyond the narrow circle of his personal and professional acquaintances and that was very narrow. Judge Bricllell took him for d dainty bit of meat and, especially since he was from another Town.
 eGuderwood had based his argument in his case on a not well nnown decision of the supreme court of Alabama. He had made a strong and convincing argument. Judge Rrickell made a severe attack on the particular decision, pronouncing it is as absurd and questioned that such a decision had ever been made by the supreme court of Alabama or any other state
 'Mr. Underwood sat unmoved in his seat until Brickell was through and then ris- ing slowly, deliberately to his feet, re- pled in that even, quiet tone and manner that have made him famous.
 If your honor. please; if you will turn to the Alabama, page so and so you will find the decision to which l refer and on which I depend for decision in this case. By looking further you will also discover that the opinion was written by the dis 1lnguished gentleman who now opposes
  surd. However, the decision, though ii- diculous it may be, has never beer cnanged and is still the law
 ''Oscar Underwood won his case.''
 One of the big newsgathering assocla- tons with large bureaus in both ends of the capitol employed a new boy to carry copy from the bureau in the House press gallery to the bureau on the Sen ese side at the beginning of the present session of Congress.
 Just after the opening of the first day s session last Monday the boy was handed @ batch of copy and ordered to deliver it to the chief of the bureau in the Senate gallery. The boy disappeared and did rot return in time to carry the second batch of stuff. Another boy was secured and the copy delivered marked add lead already delivered"
 It was discovered that the lead had never been delivered. The new boy had disappeared and with hita the copy.
 A search was instituted, and after some time the boy was fourd coming up from the remote bowels # the capitol base n1cnt. The boy explained that there was no Senate in the building, that he had found nothing that answered the descrip- ton anybody that knew anything essp0ut any Senate.
 The frs week of the session started off with mat easy swing that forecasts long, lard session. Aside from the out was delivered in few minutes after the