The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-07
HOBSON VOTED WITH
REPUBLICANS FOR A
HIGH LUMBER TARIFF
CONTINUED From Page one.)

wood on his triumphal whiiwind cam
paign over this section of the state in
his few days of refutation of the alb
surd charges of r. P. Hobson, con
tinued today with undiminished luster
Never before, it is told. has there been
such contagious enthusiasm accorded a
candidate as that shown to Oscar Under
wood at Alexander City this morning and
at Goodwater this afternoon. At the
latter place., although he arrived one
hour late, and although the weather
was biting cold, there awaited patient
ly some 500 people from this section
to hear the framer of the tariff bill
and the leader who is responsible for
the currency legislation which is of
such unnamable benefit to the farmer
and business man.
Ovation Spontaneous
When he walked into a densely
crowded courthouse at Goodwater the
ovation was spontaneous and unques-
tionably sincere From time to time
during his speech there was to be heard
distinctly, This is the man we want,
he may not be n fiowery orator but he
is ii statesman"
The audiences at Goodwater as well as
those at Alexander City listened without
the slightest shade of impatience to his
two hours discourse of the remedial Leg
| isaton that has been enacted by the
democratic party, ana in which he has
been the paramount influence
| At Alexander City Mr.. Underwood spoke
| in the courthouse to at least 800 persons.
| They could not get standing room. Old
! time politicians told the staff correspond
ents accompanying Mr.. Underwood that
they could not recall any time in the last
fG years when the people would come so
far in such weather and listen with such
unabated interest to a political address.
introduced by Maxwell
lie was introduced by ]. c. Maxwell,
president of the First National bank. He
is also moderator of the Central Baptist
association and is chairman of the board
of deacons of the First Baptist church.
He paid a wonderful tribute to Mr.. Under
wood. After the speaking the distin-
enlshed leader of the democratic majority
was the guest of Judge George c. Sorrell
at luncheon. At that party was seated in
ao6ition to Mr.. Underwood and Mr. Sor-
rell the following: Mayor T. c. Russell
and John A. Darden of Goodwater who
| accompanied Mr.. Underwood from Alex
| ander City to Goodwater: DR.. j. A. Gig
gans, Sam Porch, Joseph Tankersley a
woely known fruit man of this section
| DR.. c. G. Radford, j. NJ. Campbell, James
| Gum and others.
| The two speeches of Mr.. Underwood one
at Alexander City and the subsequent one
at Goodwater, We're made after a drive
of 16 miles in a surrey and were along
the lines OF those delivered previously dur
ing his campaign, excepting his reference
to the complete failure of Captain Hobson
to rise to an opportunity to do something
for education.
Captain Hobson tells YOU" said Mr.
Underwood, that in the extreme back
of his lead he has hopes of bigger navy.
while in another extreme corner of his
head Ire has something for prohibition
but right in fron there Capping his fore
head) he has education of the masses
He pictures the little white schoolhouse
on the hill in a beautiful language How
ever. he came to be the senior member of
the committee of education of the Con-
gress of the United States. I offered him