Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-10-14

| senatorial campaign of Democra tic
Leader Underwood in the House, to-
day, when ne charged that his support
of Underwood's Presidential candidacy
i at the Baltimore convention was OBJ
| tanned under false pretenses." Hob
| son, himself a candidate in the pres
ent Alabama contest, referred to print
| ed reports of a recent speech in which
/ he charged that Mr.. Underwood was
''the tool Of wall street and the IL
/ quor interests and read from the
| SENATE investigation of campaign
funds the testimony of Senator Bank
head containing the record of a con-
| tribution of $4,000 from Thomas F.
Ryan and BaHkhead's statement that
| Underwood had not known who fl
| nanced his campaign.
Had | known" shouted Hobson.
that Thomas Fortune Ryan, the man
| whom Mr.. Bryan rebuked and named
| before the Baltimore convention and
| accused of being the tool of Wall
| street. had financed that major per-
! ton of the campaign of Oscar w.
| Underwood. | not only would not have
supported him, but would have
/ IpuSHt Hill sfitG what 10 iiC
never would have been the choice of
| the people of Alabama. The support
| of the people of Alabama for Mr.. Tn
derwood for President was secured I'M
der false pretenses, and | here de-
clare that their support of him for the
United States Senate shall not be
obtained under similar false pre-
lenses
Underwood was on his feet at once,
and was loudly cheered by the Dem
ocrats and Republicans as he was
recognized The majority leader first
referred to Hobson's published speech
and said he had been waiting to an
swer it when he could look Mr.. Hob
son in the face"
Il would like the gentleman Mr..
Underwood continued, turning toward
Hobson, TO say here what he said in
his Alabama speech, and whether Ire
charged me with being a tool of Wall
Street and the liquor interests"
Il used the double word,' replied
Hobson. Il read the testimony
have just read here from the cam
paign contributions hearings. and |
assumed that what Senator Bankhead
said was true. that Mr.. Underwood did
not know his campaign was being fl
nanced by Wall Street. l said that he
was in the hands of managers and was
being used and apparently did not
know it. ! said that he was dummy
being used as tool and that if he
had been dummy used as tool of
Wall Street. he could be, used by the
liquor interests or any other INTERESTS
But did you charge directly that
was the tool of Wall Street or the Ii
quor interests?" Mr.. Underwood de-
manded.
Il said you were a dummy" Hobson
replied withs emphasis. and as a
dummy You had been used and could
be used again.
Underwood then demanded to hear
anything else in his public life upon
which to base such statement.
HCbson referred to the conference on
the tariff bill which struck out the
Pomerene amendment requiring the
full revenue tax on brandies used in
terrifying wines. He charged that i'll
scented to let more than s7,00o.0eo
ItSt III ltie IbIhtlS III lhC ilstuoi
terests.''
After explaining briefly the history
of that amendment, Underwood turn
ed to answer Hobson's general charge
rs there any other men in this
chamber who believes the charge that
am OF ever have been the tool of Wall
Street." he demanded. swaying in his
place to face every member present
mo, no." shouted members of both
sides.
Hobson attempted to interrupt I'm
derwood. but desisted when members
shouted. sit down. you've had your
time
Il was told continued Underwood,
that MIR. Ryan had made contri-
button to my campaign fund, that he
had done so without asking any ques-
tons whatever as to my policies say
| ing that it was given solely on the bas-
| is thta he was a Southern man ana
wanted to see a Southern man elected
| President. Does the gentleman charge
| that Theodore Roosevelt Is tool OF
| the interests because George w. fei :
kins contributed to his campaign fuho .
Does he charge the present president
of the United States with being q tooi
of the interests because Mr.. Meteor
mack subscribed to his campaign or
| because Fortune Ryan subscribed sio,
coo to his campaign when he was
candidate for Governor of New Jer-
sew? There was not a single candidate
in any party whose campaign was NOT
financed in part at least. by wealthy
men Of New York. just as intimateis
connected with Wall Street as Mi
| Ryan.
| Il do not regard President WILSON
as a tool Of the interests. | regard MN
as one of the greatest statesmen OF
America. The gentleman from Alaoa-
ma will never get the President OF tie
Unitca States to agree with his state
ment that am a tool of the interests
syhe president Knows where | staho
Atid awhatSM stand for."2Et Is
The row veered over to the pre-eoh
| vention differences between AIR. undef
| wood and Mr.. Bryan and an old editoria
| in which Mr. Bryan referred to Mr. IN
/ derwood as a Wall street candidate
| Every body knows that at one tim'
| there was a difference between Mr. Bry
| an and myself said Mr.. Underwood
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