Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-16
elf To
WILSON Barred
BY DEBATE
Underwood Is Given Information
That Financier Gave Money
Through Col. Harvey,

posed" makes the following state
ment.
THE campaign has now progressed
far enough to enable the Democratic
voters to know the methods that are
being exploited by the Wall street
crowd to capture the Baltimore con-
vention. Mr. Harmon and Mr.. Tn
derwood are the reactionary candi-
dates
MIR. Harmon was picked out first.
but the big business began to smile
on Mr.. Underwood as soon as II be-
came evident that MIR. Harmon was
not making Roadway as a candidate.
They have now divided up the terri
tory in which they think d reaction
airy has chance. and Mr.. Harmon is
running in few States in the North
and Mr.. Underwood in six States in
the South
Had | known that Thomas For
tune Ryan, the man whom Mr.. Bryan
rebuked and named at the Baltimore
convention and accused Of being the
tool of Wall street and OF trying to
capture the party in the interest OF
Wall street, was financing the major
part of the Compa!gn of Oscar w.
Underwood. not only would | not have
supported him but | would have
fought him. and. what is more, he
never would have been the choice of
the people Of Alabama
False Pretenses Charged.
Mr.. Speaker, the support of the
people Of Alabama was secured for
Mr. Underwood for the Presidency
under false pretenses. | here declare
that their support of him for the
United States Senate shall not be
similarly obtained under false pre-
lenses"
Mr.. Underwood, replying to Hob
sons statement said:
Mr.. Speaker, | viii say TO this
House that no man and no interest,
no matter how great or important,
has ever used me q a tool or dummy
Not only the men on the floor Of this
House, hut the people OF the United
States, from ocean TO ocean. have
seen me placed in positions whore
temptations and powerful interests
were rolled upon me, and / challenge
any man, no matter who he may be.
to point to a single blot on my public
or private career | want to say TO
the gentleman that during the ten
years in which / have been elected To
the Congress Of the United States no
body has ever subscribed to nv Con
greasioual campaign fund except my
y
sought the support Of the liquor IN
terests Of any other interests"
There was an animated passage at
arms between HobsOn and Under
wood when the former attempted 20
place before the House an exa I
statement OF his charges
Aobson Is Challenged.
Mr.. Underwood ask the gentle
man to say now, did he charge me In
Wetumpka, or anywhere else in Ala
bama, with being a tool Of Wall street
or a tool of the liquor interests
Mr.. HobsOn--I will tell the gentle
man. / used the double word and !
will tell him exactly what the double
the testimony which l have just read
assumed that what Senator Bank
head said under oath was true-that
Mr.. Underwood did not know that
his campaign in Georgia Mississippi
and other States was financed by
Wall street.
Mr.. Underwood the gentle
man knows that l did not know ~
Mr.. Ryan's contribution to my cam
paign fund as Senator Bankhead did
Mr.. HObson-I am glad that the
gentleman will make that statement
now. l asked the people of Alabama,
and I ask him now, when the charge
had been made publicly why did nor
my friend the peoples friend at least
look a the books and find out, and
then with that preface
Mr.. Underwood Will ask the gen