The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-09

From the Mobile Register.
 Yesterday the Mobile Underwood club
 put lists in circulation throughout the city and county with a request to democratic voters to sign the lists as supporters Of
 the brilliant Alabamiap for the democrat l ic presidential nomination. As there has | been no sign of opposition to MT. Under
 wood in this county and the voters are apparently united in the state pride which I his name calls forth, the Underwood club should have at least 5000 names on it's roll before the week is out, in preparation Tor the great mass meeting to be held here within few days. It would be big thing | for Mobile county to go before the state with an Underwood club of such propor- ticns, slgnlrying that substantially the en- tire electorate of the county pins its faith
 on the Aabamian.
 Mobile has outlived the stigma that once attached to this county in state politics. | It used to be said that there was no such thing as political unity in Mobile In two state elections the error of this statement has been fully demonstrated. The unani-
 nous sentiment of the people or Mobile
 for Underwood is another demonstra- ton.
 Jefferson county, as the home of MT. Underwood and the largest county in pop ulation in the state, may be expected to enroll a very large membership In It's oh- derwood club, and Mobile county shouid be next to Jefferson, with at least oOoo qualified voters pledged to support and work for the nomination of the Alabam- ian. Even from the republican ranks comes the opinion that the democratic nominee will be elected.s The main work is. therefore, to secure the nomination | of Mr. Underwood He is growing In l strength with the democratic press anu | the people of the country daily. Much oi
 this gain in popular favor is due to MT. | Underwood himself and the admiration or the people of the United States for man who does not permit political ambition 10 interfere with his public duties, but fac- | tor in the growing strength of MT. Un- | derNood is the influence exerted by his | friends in Alabama by means Of core | snondence to other states. Hundreds of
 letters have gone from Mobile alone to
 tho press and political leaders or the southern states, setting forth the quallh- cations of MT. Underwood and his claims
 upon the support of democrats through | out inc country. In several instances &C.,
 tivitv for Mir Underwood in distant states
 is directly traceable to this correspond
 ence. As the work of Mir. Underwood | friends in this respect has proved val 1 uable, it is proposed to enlarge 1t by nav l ing a strong appeal to democrats printed l in letter form and circulating it in busi- ness mail from Mobile. The commercial connections of Mobile extend to every part
 of the United States and this letter Will obtain as wide circulation as the whole sale and retail interests can give it. When the Underwood club membership roll IS oolnpleted every man on the roll should | mako if his business to send one or more
 copes of this address to democrats in other states with whom he has business or personal relations Other democratic can didates fcI the presidential nomination are maintaining costly publicity bureaus in | Washington and sending out tons or | "oopv" every week to the newspapers of
 | the country. MT. Underwood has only q
 small organization in Washington look
 ing out for his interests and has no pub
 lcity bureau. Let the men of Mobile
 and of Alabama generally form them
 selves into a publicity bureau for him,
 sending letters to their friends in other
 states to show their whole hearted be-
 lief in him, and he will have the most powerful bureau that can be organized.