The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-24
j 5Ef ,JD WILL
 'rr F PRESIDENT
 SAYS ]. LIE LONG
fl Known Alabamian Dis :usses Politics While SO- journing at Hot Springs
 for a Short Time

Hot Springs, Ark. May 23-(SpecaL) That Oscar Underwood, recently nomi- mated and elected United States senator from Alabama, will some day have the high honor of being nominated for Pres dent of the United States by the demo- cratic party, was the statement made by Senator-elect Underwood's friend, J. Lee Long, of Greenville, who for the past 20 years has been prominently identified with democratic politics In that state
 Mir Long is accompanied to this city by his wife, his two nieces, Miss Alien Jones, also of Greenvile, and Mrs J. M Anderson of Montgomery. Jack Boiling of Greenville is also with the party, and during their sojourn here Mrs. M. H. Dickerson of Forest City, Ark. was their guest. They are registered at the Ar lington hotel They, however. are not the only residents of Alabama who are so- journing in this city. Mrs. J. Pollock and daughter of Mobile and F. B. Simon of Birmingham are also registered at the Arlington.
 Hot Springs has warm place in it's heart for Oscar Underwood. who has | made it a point to visit the famous Ar kansas Spa whenever lie can ma lne up- l portunity to do so, and immediately after | nIs nomination tor Unlted States senator d congratulatory telegram, which was | signed by d large numper of the leading cluzens and ouicials of the Business | Mens league, was wired hlm, to which l he made immediate response.
 l Il have known MT. Underwood for 20 years," said Mr. Long, and consider him l n the big tle country. Some day Oscar Underwood will be nominated tor President of the United States. 1t is my opinion, too, that if he had received the nomination instead of Wilson MT. Un- derwood would have made a better Presi- dent than Woodrow Wilson. We would
 not have had MT. Bryan, who is striving to win the Noble peace prize, and who
 has disgraced every citizen of the United States by his peaceful tactics in the Mex
 ican controversy. What Bryan should have done would have been to serve mo- tice on Mexico that if one drop of Amer
 ican blood was spilled in Mexico the
 United States would blow them from the
 face of the earth. As 1t is, his policy has
 shamed the American people.
 l Bryan is a theorist and d dreamer.
 was a member of the convention that nominated him in 1908 and l was in his | home city later. In conversation with
 a man who runs a garage in Lincoln | was struck by what that citizen said of l Bryan. The man told me that he was a republican but intended to vote for -ryan because he lived in Bryans home town but he said that Bryan never had the ability while engaged in the practice oi law in Lincoln to impress a jury. He al
 ways made a fiowery speech, but it gen.
 erally lacked conviction and
 was usually against him.
 Mr Long stated there were two grea
 things that Wilson, however, had ac
 complished. One was the reduction of the
 tariff and the other was the new cur
 rency law.
 For years we have been talking abou reducing the tariff but it was never re
 duced until Wilson became President, 1 said MT Long. "The new currency lav
 is one of the best measures that was eve passed. It takes the power away iron Wall street it formerly possessed and i
 a remarkable exemplification of progres
 sive legislation
 | MT. Long also stated that, while he ex
 pected to be more or less active in poll tics, he had determined never to offer fo any office He has served on the stat 5 and county committee and for eight year was chairman of the state tax commis
 sion.
 declared, when it behooves me to devot l my activities to making a little money" | He is at present engaged in the req
 office in Greenvle a branch office Il . Birmingham.
 q regret very much that business neces , sitates my return this week" he said. U was troubled with rheumatism in one 0
 my feet. but your wonderful baths hav'
 knocked that out of me. or .-~r-t may manufacture their baths. but IT.
 only real ones to my way of thinking, ar : to be found here This city has tn greatest water in the world. The ladie . are not inclined to return with me. heard them talking about remaining her.
 a little longer and it is probable that will have to make the trip home alone" | Compliments of Business Mems League |. Hot Springs, Ark, w. M. Evel. Pub lcty Agent.