The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-12-28
Schedule Made for All Ex-
cept Last Too Days of His
Vacation Period
SOME NEW FEATURES
TO BE BROUGHT OUT
Will Deliver More Than q Speeches
But VIII Promptly Return to
Washington When Cong
ress Reassembles
Nv HUGH w. RonERTs

oscar w. Underwood, democratic leader
and democratic candidate for the Senate,
has returned to Alabama. He will re-
sumo the campaign which his duties in
ConGress estopped some weeks ago. His
first ADDRESS will be delivered in Gadsden
tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock, and from
reports received at headquarters he VIII
be greeted by large and enthusiastic
audience.
During his vacation of two weeks-for
he will return to Congress when duty
calls-he will deliver more than u
speeches. His itinerary completed, eX-
eept for the last two days of the Yaea-
ton. which days he will devote TO the
southern extremity of the state, provides
for addresses in the following counties;
Etoxah, Cherokee. DeKalb, Jackson,
Madison Marshall, Cleburne, St Clair,
Clay. Lee Tallapoosa, Coosa, Talladega,
Chiffon, Gilmore and Montgomery.
During his absence from Alabama, Mr..
Underwood has aided in rendering another
signal service to his country, for he
played a conspicuous part in the pass
age of the currency pill, the companion
measure of the great tariff legislation
which. bears his name.
Card Houses Destroyed
There is a spirit of expectancy through
out the state in regard to "A new note to
be struck during the period of the re-
sumption of the campaign. While on his
tour of the state in November, Mr.. Under
WOOD successfully destroyed many of the
card houses erected py his opposition.
Wnen that opposition charged that he
was insincere in his vote on the Webb
anti shipping bill, he produced letter
from the author of the bill in which
Congressman Webb declared that the
leader sincerely supported the bill
throughout its trials, and that he was
regarded as a friend of the measure.
When the opposition charged that Mr..
Underwood was unfriendly to labor, the
leader p1 odueed a signed statement from
Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, proving that
while Mr.. Underwood had supported GER
tain labor bills. his opponent had not
When the opposition en1eavored to prove
that prohibition was the issue of this SEN
storial campaign, Mr.. Underwood proved
that in the last senatorial campaign Mr..
Hobson publicly declared that tile defeat
of local optionist and the election of
a prohibitionist Capt Frank S. White,
would be oalamitous.
So there seems to be reason for the be-
lief that new chord will be struck.
Just what will be the new feature is a
matter of speculation.
Sessions Was Called
While during the absence of Mr.. Under
wood there has been a distinct lull in
the campaign, the week past was not I'M
productive of development.
One of the significant new features
brought to light was the fact that the
republicans, for one of two reasons, or
beth. are preparing 20 support Captain
1iobson. 1t was pointed out that their
support of Hobson would tend to cripple
the democratic party inasmuch as Mr.
Underwood is the leader of that party 1t
was also pointed out that Captain Hobson
indorses the direct election of presidents
and vice presidents through a constitu-
tional amendment, which if adopted
would make one of the great republican
states more powerful than the solid SOUTH
As another possible reason why the re-
publicans are lining up behind Hobson it
was pointed out that in tariff legisla-
ton he supported the 'standpatp repub-
Loan principle of high protective tariff
on lumber, despite the fact that the lum-
Der trust at that time was represented
By q vicious lobby of sinister motives
Another development of the week was
the query propounded by Forney John
sion. Mr.. Underwood's campaign man
lager, of Walter Sessions. county leader
Nor Mr.. Hobson. Mr.. Johnston asked il
oMr. Sessions did not know of his own
acknowledge that when Hobson charged
sshat Underwoods support of the Webb
,uiil was insincere, that Hobson was en-