The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16


derwood was at home. went to the polls
and voted wet Mr.. Underwood pre-
tends to deny it in the words: 1 dld
not vote for liquor in 1911 No one
ever said he did But he voted for 1t
when he did vote. He stands today as
a liquor man and he dare not deny that
lie voted for liquor in 1907, for ne
knows we will produce the affidavit
of the minister who saw him do it,
Passage of Webb Bill
Mr.. Hobson, dealing with Mr.. I'm
derwood's part in the Webb bill, said
that the PEAL test on the bill came
upon the vote for consideration. Mr.
Underwood did not vote. being paired
with Mr.. Mann of Illinois, although the
latter was present.
"He did not lift his finger to help
Us when the fate of the bill hung in
the balance. But he got on the band
agon later. when we didn't care
whether he voted for it or not"
Mr.. Hobson charged that Mr.. Under
wood opposed a bill prohibiting the
sale of liquor in the District of Co
lumbia.
Mr.. Hobson referred to Mr.. Under
woods statement at New Decatur that
he had written the tariff bill into a
law.
Louis XIV. l believe, was the last
man to try to write a statute on the
books and they cut off his head. II
Mr.. Underwood is trying to write u
statute on the books Well cut off his
head politically"
: Mr.. Hobson called attention to the
Bryan resolution at the Baltimore con-
vention regarding support of a can
didate by Wall street. He said Mr..
Ryan's contribution of s35, 900 made Mr.
Underwood ineligible for democratic
i.
discard is asking whether he has re-
deemed the pledges of democracy"
Coming to the race question, Mr. Hob
sell said:
For 20 years it has been an estab-
lished fact that when any southern
democrat injected the race problem
into campaign he was in extremis'
in the last extremity. There is a let
ter on file in the woman's suffrage
headquarters at Birmingham from Mr..
Underwood stating that when the wom-
on of Alabama want suffrage they'll
get 1T. But he's opposed, as / am. to
the federal government having any
Part in naming the qualifications for
the electorate of Alabama"
Explains Uniform Bill
The uniform bill Captain Hobson ex-
piained. was passed to prevent diseriml-
nation against any soldier or sailor in
uniform in the District of Columbia sim
ply because of his wearing the uniform.
Determinations because of race or color
are unchanged, and this was debated fully
Oh the floor of the House, Mr.. Hobson
said The bill passed unanimously, and
Mr.. Underwood did not at any time op-
pose il. Mr., Hobson paid a beautiful
tribute to the plain soldier and sailor. and
the national uniform, lie also referred TO
the fact that the Baltimore convention out
a plank in the platform urging that the
same law be adopted in the various
states of the union He said that Mr.
Underwood sought the nomipation on that
platform.
IF ]. Lee Long had. brought this ques-
tion up | would not have been surprised.
II the author of the criminal cartoons
had fostered it, 1t would not have sur
prised me. But it has shattered all my
conceptions of Mr.. Underwood to think
that he should tell it from the stump. I
dent believe it's the real Underwood that
is doing Is. He's good man. He's my
friend. His family and my family are
friends. l can only believe that Mr. I'm
-derw ood was driven to inject that by his
spperiors in this campaign"
Mr.. Hobson told that Mr.. Underwood
had seven appointments to make, and
that two of these appointees were ne
81 ues, one at $1,000 salary and one at $40
a year. Many other committees. he said,
employed white boys as ,iessengers. '"Tte
committee of which your own congress-
man is chairman, I believe, has white
boy, acting as messenger who is studying
at night"
But / don't question Mr.. Underwood S
soundness on the race question, and he
knows I am sound on 1t. Well have to
PIT that down in category No. 3 again.
Filipinos at West Point
The bill to name Filipinos to West Point.
he said, placed the appointive power in
the hands of the President. Thousands
of whites reside In the Philippines. No
President. he said would appoint negro
under that bill
or the Brownsville BILL Mr.. Hobson
said that there has been no court of in
cuiiy. Officers sent there to investigate
the matter were not vested With the right