The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-13

From the Montgomery Advertiser
ON. OSCAR UNDERWOOD did not
need to come to Montgomery to
= give an account OF his steward
ship; the people of Montgomery were ia
niliar with his record and proud that
there was an Alabamian who could stand
forth as the greatest legislator of his day.
The splendid meeting at the Grand Mon
day night served its purpose-to have our
people clearly understand the issues Of
Underwood how high he stood in the IS
.tmation of the citizenship of the people
of the county
Mr.. Underwood Is not q ranter. or q
demagogue; times have changed in the
American Congress. The demand in Con-
gress now is for a man who has force,
ability and character. and not for the pol
itician who can make one rousing speech
on one subject. Mr.. Underwood has )b-
tanned his. unchallenged position in the es-
timation of the American people as a
questioned ability, moving force of
tildfd anu d utNOliDH To tHe DeSL
terests of the. people of his country.
Mr.. Underwood, in his speech Monday
night put the spirit of his candidacy
clearly and forcefully before the people
who heard him at the Grand theatre; he
is making the race on his record and his
accomplishments, not on the demerits,
or shortcomings of his opponent. Ills
work, his record and his accomplishments
are before the people of Alabama. On
his record and his accomplishments he is
asking promotion at the hands of the peo-
pie to the United States Senate. II MIR.
Underwood Is not entitled to honor and to
promotion, what public servant of Ala
bama is?
IF it is absent treatment you want l
am not the man." Mr.. Underwood says.
Do the people OF Alabama want absent
treatment? Do they want a man who nas
no weight or influence in Congress, who
hardly carries his own vote because he
is not there to cast 1t. or do they want
man that stands head and shoulders
above every man in Congress, because he
is an able statesman and a faithful
worker? In this section of Alabama the
people have made up their minds as to
the type of man they want, and we be-
lieve that large majority of the people
of the state have already decided that 1t
would be the rankest of ingratitude to
turn down and request OF Oscar Under
wood for promotion. =,
Y Mr.. Underwood is calling no names and
flinging no mud. He Is a statesman; q
man of the type of John Tyler Morgan;
he puts his claims before the people OF
Alabama on his record. If such mis-
fortune as the defeat of Oscar Underwood
were possible, the people of Alabama
would be deprived of the chief legislative
stay and support of the democratic party
and the democratic administration. In
the House the magnificent leadership Of
Oscar Underwood made possible the quick
and easy passage of the democratic tariff
bill and the democratic currency bill No
man in the country is more appreciative
of the services of Mr.. Underwood than is
President Wilson. No man is more alive
to the Importance of transferring to the
Senate of Mr.. Underwood than is the
President. There Is no leader like Oscar
Underwood In the Senate today; if there
were there would be no trouble in pass
ing the administration bills. If he were
in the Senate today he would be as Rhod-
erick Dhu, "one blast upon his horn were