The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-24
UNDERWOOD ID HE END, " IS THE CRY OF TIE TENNESSEE CLUB Open Tennessee Headquar-
 ters in Nashville
 Monday
PROMINENT MEN
 ARE ENTHUSIASTIC
President Names Committees on Ways and Means, Press and an Execu- tive COmmittee-Many Tri-
 butes Paid to Alabamian

Nashville, February 23.-(Special)-An enthusiastic meeting of the followers Of Oscar w Underwood was held this even ing at the assembly rooms of the Tulane hotel. and at this meeting President H. H. Mayberry announced his committees that are to assist in securing the Tennessee delegation for the Alabama congressman and also announced that headquarters would be opened at the Maxwell Monday and a vigorous fight begun over the state.
 Speeches were made by MT. Mayberry, Mayor Howse, Secretary Alberto Hudson, John Trotwood Moore, w. q. ILutcheson, W. B. Clark, S. M Allen, John Caldwell, Alex e. Fite Bradley Walker and others. President Mayberryi called attention to the great interest that was already awak- ened in advance of the opening of the headquarters and that there were several hundred members enrolled on the club membership.
 Open Headquarters Monday
 lie said that competent men would be in charge of the headquarters beginning Monday, and that business like, syste- matic course would be pursued in getting the state 10 0nutl NbDu lpi ISS- ident. He stated that from every point there was cheering news and that the situation became more encouraging each day, 4..
 Mayor Howse in responding to calls said that the great desire was to elect dem ocrat to the presidency and when the dem ocrats had the chance they should rally 10 the support of Underwood. He thought that the other sections should be made to know that the south had as much gray matter as any other section could offer TOT the highest position such great big dem- ocrat as Oscar Underwood. All classes, he said, were invited to join the movement to instruct Tennessee for Underwood, and he hoped all democrats would line up that way.
 "A Second Cleveland
 w c. Hutcheson spoke of MT Gnder- wood as the biggest democrat in the coun- try and second Cleveland
 Alex G. Fite told of starting out for Wilson but turning 10 Underwood when he commenced to find out what great leader he was.
 John Trotwood Moore, the writer, who formerly lived in Perry county, Alabama made an enthusiastic speech and said that the favorte of the club not only repre- hented all that was ldeal III the Old soutii, but all that was progressive in. the new south.
 pr. Alberto Hudson told of the courage Of MT. Underwood in the heated political campaigns in Alabama when his life was threatened at speaking points. He had as- surance that Mississippi would go for Un- derwood.
 Underwood to the End"
 One of the most heartily applauded points in any of the addresses was when Bradley Walker said that the sentiment of the club should be Underwood, first, last and all the time. President Mayberry said that the campaign cry of the club would be Underwood to the end.''
 Paul w. Treanor read an excerpt of letter he had received from a prominent democrat at the national capital, which showed that Underwood was gaining rapidly over the country.
 The committees named by the President were as follows:
 Underwood Committees
 Committee of Ways and Means-E. c. Farcloth, chairman; Charles Cohn, Henry Scruggs, J. B. Carr, Leo D. Wedge.
 Press Committee-Paul w. Treanor chairman; w. J. Ewing. Lyle Andrews, II. D. Harkreader, Bradley Walker, Hart Blanton, J. A. Gilbreath.
 Executive Committee-H. II. Mayherry, chairman; H. E. Howse, F. C. Faircloth, II. D. Harlxreader, Paul w. Treanor, pr. Alberto Hudson, J. A. Gilbreath.
 The club adjourned subject to a call of the president and the work of the mem bers will now be devoted largely to the organization of the congressional districts of the state.