The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-14


 street arm in arm, entering a. restaurant or cafe together and enjoying a quie, little meal The two men hobaobbed about together until the matter was fin ally settled, then they shook hands. Aldrich went down to the capitol and took underwoodss seat and Underwood came home.
 Cnderwood's next election was then and there a settled matter. When he came home. to Birmingham he was made a martyr, a large crowd met him at the old Louisville and Nashville station with brass band and gave him d rousins welcome. He received three times the attention paid Aldricll when he returned to Birmingham a few weeks later In derwood entered the race undaunted and in 1896 was elected again; there was no doubt about it this time, and Congress- man Oscar w Underwood has repre- sented the Ninth district of Alabama In the House of Representatives ever since.
 Policy Is Work
 Since his return. toacongress in 1896 he has never made an active personal cam paign. Uiiderwoods policy was work, and work all the time. His political cam paigHs were conducted accordingly. During tue of year or his term, the year after his election and preceding the end of his term, he always came home and just visited round among the fel- lows. He didn't do any out and out campaign work, but he made 1t a point to get into all corners of his district, make public speeches once in while but more often just talk with the indi- vidual voter and get his opinions and suggestions and ideas on matters of leg isation for the district. When the rail- roads sighted certain part of the country, and good deal of 1t was slghted in that section of Alabama in those days, Underwood got off the train, hired livery rig and struck out across country. Little knots of voters would gather about him att various places and they would talk over mat tcrs. sin} 2. sort of man to man way and if tue cYops We're hot toa urgeiH or the weather too inclement.f they uften per- suaded the conaressinan to .linGer with them few hours until they could pass the word around, gather crowd to- gether and Underwood would make them a little speech In that Way Ne kept m touch with his. constituents and when the last year of his term. expired he would return from Washington, make a few sneeef,es. and srfhen the votes were counted r5ndetw4Qd was still coneresS man. s, as. sfs s X z z ss s n sf ,x He did lots Dawy campaign work that is, Wstt o5s tl'e state ana saunll3S fine distfi1ts ftk ths democratic party4t!tt general dpH fR& local democratic canaE7 dates, i1, bsrti6paar, Now Oscar underT wood is fiiHsHiost loved democrat in the state of AB6aana v His Social Life
 MT. Underwood's social life is simply and unofficious. He lives on South HisA. lands. the luxurious residence sectionfol Rirlningham, but his residence F plain two-story frame house, very Weii' appointed and furnished. although uere is not the slightest trace of lavisraess or tinery about it. It instantly cieates the i'.home impression upon stanser entering it's portals for the nrS t'i,ie' It is located where the ultra fasiionauio district was in the early daV or DIT mingham. Since then membes or the smart set have moved their f)alaces on up the side of Red mountah, put ln- derwood and his original home remain,f It is painted white and sets Tor back from the street. the lawn forming & considerable knoll with winding pata leading up to the front pdrch which over looks the street from arather high aiu- jude. From Mir Undetwoods back win dow he can looKe down into the valley where lies Birminghan's toiing business and industrial districts. Directly behind the house and on across the valley he-l low stands the high. black smokesta ck3 and ,cupola of the Sloss furnaces, amqn} the largest of the plants whose industf have done more than anything else 70 bring Birmingham her greatness ITn on across the valley is the new miiYon