The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-21


in succession Woodrow Wilson. Virginia,
in the days of Washington and Jefferson,
would and could not afford to withhold its
Endorsement of these great Americans.
They We're sons of Virginia it is true,
but the whole United States mad the great
est respect for these men and needed their
services. So with Oscar Underwood Ala
bama has no more right to fail TO give an
Endorsement to him than Virginia would
| have had the right to refuse to indorse
Washington or jefferson.
Let us see how Captain Hobson stands
among the members of Congress, his own
colleagues. On Monday last when Mr..
Underwood arose on the floor Of Congress
to defend himself against ISLANDERS that
We're hurled at him by Captain Hobson,
he met with a demonstration from men,
hers in Congress that has had no equal
| in the history of the government Mr..
Underwood asked the question of his col
leagues, IL there was any man in Con-
81 ess other than Captain Hobson who
believed or claimed to believe the charges
made by Hobson, that he OJnderwood
was dummy and tool of Wall street and
the whisky interests. The verdict was:
mol MOI Noi'' without single dissenting
voice. Imagine such a spectacle. There
stood Captain Hobson alone, the once
supposedly great but now fallen man,
among his own colleagues in Congress.
ey cry member raising his voice against
him and hurling back in his face the
charges he had made as untrue.
Mr.. Underwood in Congress this
week, in defending himself further
against these charges of Captain Hob
son, stated that he Underwood had
only been absent five times from his
post of duty during his is years con-
\ ft,aaR -
gress from the Ninth district of Ala :
bama. He stated further that these
five days absence were caused by q
death in his own family and by illness
of himself. Mr.. Underwood was a cam
didate for the presidency and never
left his post at Washington. A large
majority of the people of Alabama are
ready to say, and will say with their
ballots, We'll done, thou good and
faithful servant" Mr.. Hobson, on the
other hand, has been absent from Con
gress probably oftener and longer than
any man who has ever occupied a seat
| in that distinguished body. Which oi
the men will you choose? Underwood
or Hobson? The good book says some
| thing very similar to this: "The laboreI
| is worthy of his hire" land the ass
shall not be muzzled.' Therefore the
people of Alabama should reward I'm
derwood with a seat in the United
States Senate and leave Hobson 'un-
muzzled.' Again, most, of Captain Hob
sons admirers will admit that he is
tull of egotism more SO probably than
any other man who has ever lived. As
an Illustration of his vanity and ego
tism, note how he opened his present
campaign for United States senator in
the first speech made in Alabama, at
Huntsville last spring. The Huntsville
Mercury and other papers in this state
and 1t has never been disputed, report,
ed that Captain Hobson stated that he
was winner (meaning in the present
senatorial primary because he be-
1onged to the stars of the universe.
Further, the people of the Sixth dis
trict remember his circular that he
sent out to the voters in his last cam
lpaign for Congress in which he stated
as follows:
"Stand by me and l viii lead you
into the realm where Alabama will
lead the south, the south will lead
America and America, dispensing peace
and the gospel, will regenerate the
world
Fellow A1abamians, just think OF
such unpard enable vanity and egotism
not to say genuine case of the 'bis
head" If Hobson belongs to the stars
of the universe he should stay in the
skies instead of the United States Sen
ate. Again, no man, however great, is
worthy to put himself up as a fault
less leader of men. Christ alone is
worthy to do this. Hobson is MOI
worthy to do this. is not such van