The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-28
HUNDLEY TALKS OF
 TRIP ID NEW YORK
Finds Strong Effort Being Made to Unite On ROOse- welt for President
 Next Time

l Judge oscar R. Hundley returned l from New York last night after an | absence of two weeks, during which
 time he had an opportunity of dis | eussing with various public men pres
 ent conditions both politically and
 commercially In response to an inqury
 by a representative of The Age-Her-
 aid Judge Hundley said. Tn a busi-
 ness way, New York generally is not especially optimistic. Wall street seems
 to have a case of the 'doleful dumps but you know Wall street always gets
 that way when business and political conditions do not go to suit it. Money is plentiful in New York of course, as it is in other parts of the | country, but investors are getting more cautious and are rather in waiting attitude. They are inclined to criticize
 President Wilson's attitude in relation to trust legislation, contending that he
 is going too far and is hurting general business
 ''The Mexican war, of course. is the
 theme of much discussion among all classes of people, in the social clubs. the political clubs and the cafes. It seems to be the uppermost thought in everybody's mind, and while some peo- pie deprecate the commencement of armed hostilities with Mexico, yet the patriotic spirit which permeates the breast of every loyal American has aroused the people to an earnest sup port of President Wilson in the posi- uon he has now taken. Many people regard this unfortunate condition as one placed upon the Wilson admins tration by the weak and vacillating oil Tx.1a a...
 truthfully that Madero was not only the constitutionally elected President of Mexico, but was the choice of the majority of the Mexican people and when he found it impossible to pro- tect the lives and property of Ameri- can citizens our country should have immediately backed him up with arms and men to sustain his constitutional government; but Taft did not grasp the situation as he should and viewing alone his early retirement from office, simply dumped the whole matter upon Wilson's administration. Unless some peace arrangement is early made, from what ] could learn, there is grave fear that the war will be a long and bloody one"
 Asked as to what discussion, if any. he heard in relation to the next pres 1dential campaign. Judge Hundley said: T was in consultation both with prom inent republicans and progressives and find that there is a determined and persistent effort at work in both par ties to secure the nomination of Col onel Roosevelt the standard bearer of both the progressive and repub- lican parties in the next campaign. This effort, l truly believe, is going to result in the desired end, namely: The renomination of Colonel Roosevelt by union of all the interests opposed to the democratic party The war with Mexico will probably cause a cessation of these efforts for the moment. for it is not known as yet what attitude Colonel Roosevelt will bear toward the war with Mexico. Every politician and prominent man in New York seems to be on the qui vivie as to what Colonel Roosevelt will do. feeling that what ever he does says will command the immediate attention of the nation.
 "I also found the woman suffrage movement in New York especially strong. I addressed a gathering in New York by invitation to speak generally upon any subject that I might choose, and while I did not speak upon suf- frage or mention it in my speech. one of the speakers who preceded me in- cidentally alluded to it and met with an almost unanimous response from the audience. I talked to many newspaper men and women about this question and none of them seemed to have a shadow of a doubt as to the result in New York state and in fact in the whole country in time.
 'I came back from New York far as Atlanta with Mir. Frank Munsey off Munsey's Magazine, and he thinks that it is only a matter of five or ten years when the whole country will grant votes to women"