The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-31
House Leader Cheered by
Thr0ngs ON Visit to
Shriner Meeting
MAKES NO MENTION
OF THE SENATE RACE
Ovation Equals Reception at Mobile
Monday-Big Banquet Closes the
Shriner Celebration at the
Capital-Many Attend
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MONTGOMERY, October sa--lspecial.1 Not
as politician seeking public office. nor as
a statesman whose achievements have
won the plaudits of his country. but as
private citizen. member q zamora tenn
pie of Birmingham, osc ~. Underwood,
author or the Underwood tariff bill and
democratic leader in the national House
Of Representatives. came to Montgomers
today and participating in the ceremonial
exercises of Alcazar temple. of the Order
of Mystic Shriners of this city.
But Notwithstanding the fact that Mr..
Underwood came TO Montgomery as a
private citizen lie received an ovation
upon his arrival here that eaualed his re-
ception at Mobile on Monday. when he
attended the opening session of the South
ern Commercial congress. II was Under
wood day in Montgomery,
Met by Admirers
Mr.. Underwood came down on the
Zamora special train from birmingham.
accompanied by nearly 200 members of
the temple of that city. Birmingham
special arrived at o'clock and was met
at Union depot by a thousand or more
Shriners and admirers of the famous
House leader. The Auburn cadet band
was on hand. as we'll as local bands, and
as soon as the train bearing Mr.. Under
wood pulled into the station. strains of
music filled the air. and continued dur
ing Mr.. underwood's triumphal march
to his hotel
Mr.. Underwood came as member of
Zamora temple of Birmingham and, dis
oarding the dozen or more automobiles
placed at his disposal marched with the
Magic city delegation up the middle of
the street. The sidewalks on either side
of the street were lined with concourse
OF people eager to see the famous House
leader, and at his appearance thousands
OF voices rang out in cheer after cheer.
Immediately upon his arrival at the hotel
Mr.. Underwood was surrounded by hun
~ eae ~ ardent admirers and Ii avas witts
difficulty that he was able 60 push
through the surging throngs TO go TO
lunch. He dined with several of his
friends at the Beauvoir club.
Greatest Ovation
But Mr. Underwood received his great
est ovation during the Shriner parade.
Thousands upon thousands eheered him as
he rode through the streets in his auto
mobile, and was constantly lifting his
hat to admiring throngs that called oat
his name from the streets, store windows
and other places as the gay procession
passed.
Following the Shriner parade. Mr.. I'm
derwood went to the Gay league hotel
and there he was forced to make brief
speech to the hundreds of friends crowd
ed in the lobby. Mr.. Underwood said
he was glad to be in Montgomery; ex-
fara ulaA h f,ht In ,lxI,
tdipate in the exercises of the day, and
thanked his friends for their hospitable
and cordial reception He had been II
Shrlner for 20 years. he said, and was
therefore. keenly in sympathy with the
work Of that organization. die did not
speak one word of politics. nor In any
way refer to his candidacy His address
was that of private citizen acknowledge
ing a kind reception.
Again Forced to Speak
At the Shriner banquet tonight Mr.. Tn
derwood was again forced TO speak, his
remarks being along the same lines as
his address at the hotel. But his recep-
tlon at the Auditorium was the greatest
he received during the day, for around
the banquet table were gathered Shriners
from all parts of the south who had come
to Montgomery for the exercises of Al
cazar temple, and they united with the
Alabama delegation in paying tribute and
honor to the man who was both their
brother and "A congressional representa-
tive more widely known than any man
in America.
The visit of Mr.. Underwood TO Mont
Eomery made the day one OF the most
memorable in the history of the city,
since hundreds of visiting Shriners from
all parts OF the south united with the
popular House leader in making the oc-
casion one of rare prominence and sig
nificance. Altogether there was In the
neighborhood of 5000 Shriners in the city
and in honor of their coming Mont
gomery was gay with banners, decorations
and general holiday aspect
The principal temples represented were
Abba at Mobile. Zamora at Birmingham,
Al Shah at Macon, Ca. and Alcazar at
Montgomery, the latter having been new
ly organized. Abba temple had nearly 200
members present, equaling the Birming-
ham delegation, other Shriners were here
from Macon, Savannah Cincinnati. ST.
Louis and several cities I'm North Caro-
lima. South Carolina and Virginia
The ceremonial exercises closed with
an immense banquet at the city hall audi
torium tonight, following the initiation
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