The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1913-12-12
UNDERWOOD MEETS
HOBS0N'S ATTACK
House Leader Replies to Charge
of Liquor Alliance.
GALLERIES CHEER HOBSON
Many Prohibitionists Hear Plea i'm
House For Constitutional
Amendment

Amendment.
Washington, December 11.-Shat-
tering the rules of the House of Rep
resentaties champions of prohibition
who late today packed the galleries
broke into reparted outbursts Of an
plause and shouted as Representative
Richmond Pearson Hobson, Of Alta
bama, pleaded for a resolution which
would submit a constitutional probi-
bltion amendment to the States.
The extraordinary demonstration
continued unrestrained for many min
utes as Mr.. Hobson proceeded to dis
cuss the prohibition question and
was not checked until Mr.. Hobson had
drawn into controversy his colleague,
Representative Underwood. who now
is negaged with him in a race for the
United States Senatorship from Ala
bama. The injection of personal poll
tics into the situation brought the ma
jority leader to his feet with a reply
to Mr.. Hobson and this precipitatcd
applause from the members on the
floor
Republican Leader Mann at this
point demanded that the rules of the
House be observed and Representa-
tive Moon of Tennessee. who was i'm
.he chair, admoniShed the spectators
Quiet was restored temporarily after
voice from the gallery shouted:
Were American citizens"
HOBSON REFERS TO UNDER
WOOD
In the course of his speech Mr..
HobSon had said:
I'VE ought to have our party un-
derstand now while Jhe war is on
that it never was intended for an
alliance with the liquor interests. Yet
there is great Democrat, a great
Alabama, who is present today who
recently announced-at least that is
the way read iH-tfre reports-that II
prohibition continues to be injected
into Democratic politics either pro.
hibition would be ground to dust OF
the Democratic party must die. take
second place to no man who loves his
party, and let me tell you that if the
Democratic party is only to live by
Joining with the liquor interests to
debauch the American people then in
Gods name let il die"
Mr.. Hobson fairly shouted these
words as he reached the climax. With
arms waving and shaking his head a
most literally in the faces of members
who sat near him, including Mr.. I'm.
derwood few feet away, he drew
from the packed galleries prolonged
cheering and even stamping of feet
Before the tumult had subsidized Rep
resentative Underwood, who had beer
Quitely listening rose i'm his place
Cheers and hand-clapping from Dem
ocratic and Republican members OIL
the floor greeted him.
UNDERWOOD REPLIES.
. Il wish to say to the gentleman
from Alabama" Mr.. Underwood be
gan, that l regret exceedingly tha
in presenting the petition for tn,
cause of prohibition to the house HI
: should have drawn into his speech
partial utterance of mine that mis-
interpreted my remarks. At SOM
other and in the proper place | vii
- interpret my remarks"
Mr.. Hobson replied that he though
he had been justified i'm his remark
and that he had correctly quoted MI
Underwood, suggesting that the latte
= be given all the time he wanted to i'm
terpret his remarks to the house
| Cheers came from the gallery an
? Mr.. Underwood again rose.
I Il am not going to detain thi
: house now" he said " The gentle
2 man from Alabama has made a paI
70 tial statement that did not reflect m
Y views. l did no think that the foo
I OF this house with public business be
- fore us, was the proper place for tn
1 gentleman or myself to drag our pei
J., sonal differences. ] occupy the pos
20 tion of the leader of MS party in thi
/. house, and | cannot, occupying tina
;. position, engage in a personal cor
troversy with the gentleman froI
Alabama, as it might work injury [
the party
- when the gentleman attempts t
= infict a personal issue here he in
E jures his own cause in the estimatio
y of many Of his own people. | hop,
p for the balance of the time that W
n are engaged i'm a personal politics
9 conflict, that he will let it be tough
s out i'm the field of politics and let u
- devote our time here to discussion {
:. public business without injecting int
# il our personal differences.
e A NATIONAL QUESTION.
y Applause from the floor followe,
9 Then Mr.. Hobson declared that TIL
- personal issue had become a nation;
- question, that the senatorial fight /
!, Alabama was such that "the liQuC
- interests on one side and the mori
y; forces on the other had made it
- national question"
Up to this time no attempt ha
y. been made by the chair to restrai
the enthusiasm of the galleries, pacl
ed with delegates TO the conventio
of the Anti-Saloon League and I'll
Womens Christian Temperant
n Union. The crowds extended in
is long lines in the corridors outsid
d and even those who could not see, bI