The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-23
THINKS DEMOCRATS
 ARE SURE TO WIN
 IN COMING ELECTION
Expresses Appreciation of Alabama's Recent Action in Sending Delega- ton for Him to Baitimore-ln
 Excellent Health Except
 for a Slight Cold
By HUGH W. ROBERTS


 MT. Underwood on board train from
 AttaIla to BlrminEham)
 we have had session of hard work and great responsibilities.
 we have demonstrated to the country that the democratic majority in Congress- is able to cope with the difficult tasks of government and maintain a united front.
 I've have redeemed the pledges of our party in enaetlng legislation that will relieve the people from many of the bur- dens caused by unjust taxation and ex- travagant expenditure of public funds.
 we have rewritten and reduced to a just and equitable basis the metal sched- ule, the chemical schedule, the sugar schedule and the wool schedule. and have passed an excise tax bill placing part of the burden of taxation directly on the wealth of the country
 We have reduced the amount carried in each appropriation bill that has been passed, in the aggregate many millions of dollars under the amounts carried In the same bills enacted by other ses- sions of Congress-
 Thus spoke Mir Underwood when asked to tell what he has been doing in the period which has intervened since he left Birmingham, November 26 He re- turned to Birmingham last night. With him came Mrs. Underwood and his brother, S. S. Underwood, of Montreal Oscar w Underwood, Jr., a student of the University of Virginia, arrived yes- terday morning, The family has gath cred to witness the marriage ceremony of MT. Underwoods elder son, Lewis. to Miss Mary Campbell Wedresda.f sven- ing. Mir and Mrs Underwood are at the Hotel Hillman and will return to Washington immediately following tho ceremony.
 At Attala MT. Underwood was greeted by oscar C. Turner, president of the Un- derwood Marching Club of Alabama. and The Age-Herald reporter. After having made the above terse statement, he spoke as follows in reference to politics:
 Democrats to Win
 'I believe the nominee of the demo- cratic party will be elected in the fall We have united party and united on a clean-cut issue that Is attractive to the American people-the reduction of the burden of taxation and economy in public expenditures.
 "Our adversaries are torn asunder. They are in two eampss one fighting to main tain the ancient standpat falacies of the republican party. and the other aban- doning everything in it's effort to over throw representative form of govern ment and destroy the federal constitu- ton We are going to win.
 "The preservation of our republic the protection of the rights of the people and relief against the present burdens Of tax alton Is dependent upon democratic sue cess
 T cannot find words to express my appreciation" continued the democratic leader, ."of the great honor the people of Alabama have conferred upon me by sending the united delegation from our state to the Baltimore convention in- structed for me as the democratic can didate for President of the United States"
 Mr Underwood did not go into the situ- alton as concerns the relative chances of each of the democratic candidates. but he did not hesitate to affirm his eonvic- tion that he considered his own oppor- tunity one of roseate hue. Mir Under wood expects to carry Georgia and Flor ida and, of course. Mississippi. With this strength he expects to be formidable in the convention. As is generally known, if Is almost a certain fact that the dele gation of New York will vote for him on the third or fourth ballot. and it Is also a certainty that alone of all the dem ocratic candidates he will be able to carry