The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-05

Mdhy oI the Alabama uelesateS ana most of the members of the Birmingham
 Underwood Marching club returned from Baltimore yesterday.
 1 The Southern's Birmingham special, due at D. m, relied into the Terminal sta
 tion an hour and 30 minutes late. well | filled with prominent democrats. They went to Baltimore to work for Underwood and they worked faithfully to the last. Or this train, very naturally, the chief topic of conversation was politics. Since, the great Alabama statesman failed to get the presidential nomination all the Ala bama democrats accept the Wilson and LSiarshall ticket with party loyalty and with much enthusiasm,
 | All the democratic travellers from Balti- more expressed themselves optlmistical1y as to the outlook for democratic victory l In November, On the train between At lanta and Birmingham an Age-Herald re- porter obtained these interviews, Made Good Fight
 Nathan l.. Miller; "The Underwood peo- pie are going home feeling that they have made a good fight and accomplished good not only for Alabama but for the entire south. Loyal support will be given to the ticket as nominated. It was expected from the beginning that the contest would first be between Clark and Wilson; that after a tryout of one or the other of them 1t would become manifest that he could not be nominated, and Underwood would fall heir to the strength of the unsuccessful one. It so happened that Clark had his tryout first, and believe his strength would have come to Underwood had not his friends become enraged at what they regarded as an unfair attack by Mir. Bryan upon Mf. Clark. This attack tied MT, Clarlx's friends to him and prevented Underwood from getting the expected sup port from the Clark forces.
 "If Wilson had had his tryout first think Underwood would have fallen heir to greater part of his following, and in that event would have been nominated. When 1t became apparent that the Clark people, whatever the reason may have been, would not come to Underwood, his name was withdrawn. This was in keep ing with Underwood's campaign from the beginning, which was to make fight for the nomination himself, but not to stand as an obstructionist. It was with a full understanding of MT. Underworld s posi- ton that had the honor of framing the resolution passed by the Alabama state convention instructing all delegates to vote for him until nomination was made The instruction was so framed out of a desire to convince the country at large 4t lf s any other candidate.
 When Senator Bankhead first con- sidered withdrawing his name there were rumors all around that Illinois would return to Underwood, but when the Illinois delegation informed the senator that they were going back to Clark for another trial they left Under wood in the position of an obstruction ist. which position neither he nor his friends desired to occupy. If Wilson was second choice in Alabama to begin with. and he probably was. the nomi- nation actually made reaches Alabama s second choice.
 "The nomination for Vice President, think, will meet with very general favor.
 "The term progressive was very much over worked and around it was played a great deal of demagogy. On sober consideration, however, it will not drive from the ticket the support of the con- servatives for the actual distinction be- tween the two Is not great enough to drive any democrat to the support of President Taft. l hope therefore, that our ticket will hold all conservative democrats and perhaps draw a few Of the Roosevelt republicans. l believe the ticket will be elected"