The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-06
HEFL|N TALKS OF UNDERWOOD'S WORK Has Done Much to Harmon
 ize the Party TAFT WILL BE EASY Says People Realize That President Is Tool of the Interests and
 Cannot Appreciate the
 Peoples Needs

yesterday by Congressman J. 1hoho1 Hehin. who remained over in Birmingham after delivering an address at East Lake Labor Day. In discussing MT. Under wood and the democratic chances, MT. Hefin fiayed President Taft and the party over which he holds sway.
 MT. Underwood as the majority floor leader, and as chairman of the commit tee of ways and means. has pleased all the members of his party" said MT. Hefiin. He has been charged with an extremely difficult duty. and in the full fillment of the tasks given him he has merited not alone the plaudts of his Colleagues, but he has deserved the loud applause that has echoed from one end of this nation to the other. His tarin work has been satisfactory, and 1t Is matter of common information that he has been strictly honest and exceedingly careful in handling that important work. MT Underwood is to the mind of any fair man competent to i'll the post Of President of the United States and he would fill that position as ably as he has that of majority leader of the House
 Split in G. o. P.
 q have had a number of the demo- cratic members of the last Congress tell me that they hoped theirs would be the chance to vote for the brilliant Alabamian
  for President. If he Is nominated, either Nor the presidency or the vice presidency, there is not the slightest doubt but what he would add great strength and dignity to the ticket I would be exceedingly glad to vote for him, and do all that l can in my own way to give one of Alabama S qualified for any position that could be given him by the people of this great na- tion."
 In speaking of the chances for dem ocratic victory next year, MT. Hef1in said:
 'The democracy of this nation presents a rank and file solid and determined. On the other hand the republicans are split many, many ways. I have been told by some of the leading republicans at Wash ington-of course l cannot mention their names-that the republicans are in bad condition. They refer to the progressive type, the standpatters the regulars, the administration and the anti-administra- ton men. Some are for one man and some for the other, and the result is that the C. O. P' is in a mighty bad fix.
 lize weakness of MT. Taft and do not care to nominate him again. However, they un- derstand that 1t will be practically im- possible for them to get out of it. The democrats with good strong man can easily wipe them off the face of the earth in the next campaign. 1 have never seen the democracy of this nation in such splendid condition for an overwhelming victory of vast benefit to the nation The republicans in Washington are of the opinion, and they have expressed it to me, that if we beat Taft next year the democratic party will be in power for 20 years at least That is the stake we are playing for, and we have every assur- ance that such glorious result will be obtained.
 Taft Is Small Man
 President Taft is small man when it comes to running this nation. He has no sympathies with the people. He does not known their wants or their ambitions. He has always been a judge, sitting on a bench ruling in cold blooded way, matters of law. He has never associated with the people. He is rich and his brothers are millionaires many times over. So he has nothing In common with the great struggling mass of the people who desire most of all those things with which their chief executive should be most familiar. We want a man that can serve tffe people and not the interests.
 MT. Taft would do for a police court judge, but when it comes to ruling great nation of people he is a misfit. He is fearfully weak and tool in the hnds of the interests. They tell him, See here, we helped you out in that campaign before, veto that bill and we will help you again Caring nothing for the people and knowing less of their troubles and not being in sympathy with them caused the man who sits at the head of this un- rivalled nation to veto that tariff measure designed to give relief to countless mill lions of suffering humanity.
 Personally Mir. Taft is a nice man. I like him. We all like him personally. But a man completely saturated with the desires of the interests cannot hope to competely reinvest himself with informa- tion as to the needs and hopes of the rank and file of the people.
 with such man as this as our oppon- ent the champions of the people--demo- crats-have only to be on guarV to win this next election. It is sure to come if wesonly watch the enemy and remain as strong and unbroken as we are at this time.
 ~'This most gratifying condition is part ly due to Mr. Underwood, who as chair man of the committee of ways and means, has done such splendid work and from which he has earned and been ac- corded the thanks and appreciation Of the people who have been so unmercifully deceived and misled by constituencies party of servants of the vested interests. 'oThe Congress recently adjourned has made good and we have done the fair thing. The people, warrant you. will certainly not forget that"
 Congressman Hefin will leave for his home in Lafayette today.
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