The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-23
Hobson With the Shipbuilders


puts 1t, for the protection of the
needy, in the hands of the govern
ment"
Hobson With the Shipbuilders
Mr.. Underwood charged, in attacking
,ne record of his opponent that for six
, years he had consistently voted in the
| interest of the ship builders and ar
NOR plate manufacturers, but stressed
the fact that he had not done so from
immoral motives.
'I do not charge added Mr.. Under
| wood, that either of these trusts has
/ contributed to his campaign expenses.
| But 1t has been proved that certain mem
| bers with whom he voted did receive
| contributions from these trusts.
Years ago I introduced a bill provid-
| ing for the construction by the govern
ment of an armor plate manufacturing
plant. A committee, appointed to investi-
gate, visited Birmingham. The bill was
subsequently killed by Mark Hanna. When
| President Wilson acquired office, his ad-
ministration expressed favor for a ma
tional armor making plant.
what has Captain Hobson done in this
regard? For years he has been a mem
| Der of the committee on naval affairs OF
the House. Has he ever raised his hand
| against the shipbuiiders' trusts and the
| armor manufacturers trust?
| ''And still he calls me tool Of the
interests.
Regarding the Webb Bill
'In his speech in Birmingham Tuesday
night he charged me with being insin-
| cere in my support of the Webb anti
shipping bill. He has a peculiar method
/ of campaigning. He makes charges,
presume, to obscure his own record.
! 'ETe knows that he had no ground on
| which to question my sincerity regarding
the Webb bill. And another who was near
| him when he made that charge knows
| that I am not assailable on that ground
| MY opponent came to me before the
| elections last fall and asked that the
| Webb bill be brought out of committee.
| I declined. I did not desire to make mem
| bers of Congress targets to be shot at
in the elections. The man who supported
! the bill would have been assailed by the
opponents of the bill and vice versa. But
| I told my opponent that after the cleo
| tons I would call the bill out of commit
| tee, urge its passage, and support it.
| II did so and it is law today.
Strange Methods of Campaigning
| He has strange methods of campaign
| ing.
Because opposed the Jackson amend
ment to the democratic bill providing for
| publicity to campaign contributions, he
charges that I opposed publicity to cam
paign contributions.
'The democratic bill was the unan-
nous report of the bill on election of a
/ president and vice president. My oppo-
nent is a member of the committee which
| reported the bill. Mr.. Jackson. a repuo-
| lican of Kansas, offered an amendment.
| Before the democratic bill could come to
vote, the republican amendment had
| to be downed I voted against this re-
publican amendment and for the demo-
| cratic bill providing for publicity to and
/ 1irait lot of nai ion
did my opponent support the repub-
| lican amendment or the bill which was
prepared by and ndorsed by the demo-
| Gratis of the committee of which lie is n
| member?
"And it was likewise with his charges
that l opposed an amendment involving
| the eight-hour day He tells the truth
| sometimes, but not the whole truth. and
the whole truth he sometimes withholds
| for purposes all his own.
| "He says that l know nothing of tariff
reform. That is a terrible indictment
against the democratic party, which made
me chairman of the ways and means
committee of the House, intrusted with
| the writing of the bill for the redemp-
ton of the pledges of the party"
olive Pair" and "Dead Pair"
Both in attacking the record of his op-
| ponent and in ridiculing the charges of
Hobson that he was absent last December
at 80 roll calls out of "A, Mr.. Underwood
described the difference between "a live
pair and "a dead pair
| He stated that when he was writing
| the tariff bill and was discussing import
ant matters with business men from all
| sections of the United States, he had "a
| live pair" with Republican Leader Mann,
| who, at all sessions, was present.
He declared that between "a live pair"
and the pair which Hobson had, there
was a material difference He explained
| that whenever a democrat was absent
the clerk declared him paired with re-
| publican who was absent and that the
pair meant absolutely nothing unless an
excuse for his constituents might be con-
sidered something"
Facts From HObsOn's Record
| In regard to Hobson's record, he pre-
| sented the following facts:
| He voted four times for republican
| tariff bill.
| He voted with the republicans for a
high protective tariff on lumber.
| For six years he has consistently voted
| and sometimes against his own party
| in interest of ship builders and armor
| plate manufacturers.
Out of 997 record roll calls in his six
| years in Congress, he had missed 565.
| That during the last six months, when
] the democrats were enacting tariff legis-
| lation, he attended Congress only 16 days.
| That for that 16 days of work he had
drawn salary for six months or 1924 per
| day of actual labor for the government.
Refers to Brownsville Outrage
During the course of his address there
| were insistent cries that Mr.. Underwood
| discuss Hobson's record In regard to the
measure providing for a hearing of the
| negro soldiers who shot up Brownsville
and killed men. women and children.
! Mr.. Underwood stated that Captain
| Hobson was the only southerner of either
| party to support the measuref
He declared that these negroes had shot
| up three other towns.
| He declared, however that Hobson, in
| his opinion, did not support the petit
| tion of these negroes for reinstatement
on the ground that he desired to give
| them another opportunity to shoot up a
town and murder women and children,
| but because it would result in securing
| for him advertisement valuable to his
| chautauqua career.
Had he voted against the measure and
with all other members of Congress from
| the SOUTH" said Mr.. Underwood, in the
| papers on the morning after, he would
not have been featured. AS 1t was, he
| received notoriety from Maine to Califor-
MIA"
Work for Home District
Mr. Underwood reminded that his op-
ponent had charged that he had never
done anything for his district.
"Before Mr.. Hobson came to Congress-"