The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-22

son. Mir McElderry's cuttlefish meth ods show that his only object is to di- vert attention rom tho vital issue,
 namely, the legislative records of the Irrespective candidctes.
 The diversion of attention to Sem ator Clarke. ex-Congressman Burleson and others is immaterial, and has
 nothing to do with the case. His drag ging them in on his malicious attack
 on mo and others Is merely an effort to befog and befuzzle the issue The Congressional Record for the Sixty first, Sixty-second and Sixty third Congresses show that when the
 agricultural appropriation bill was up those Congresses Underwood was here working and voting for more liberal
 appropris tions for agricultural pur- poses and that on the other hand Con- gressman Hobson took absolutely no rart in the matter and Is recorded as
 absent and not voting. Congressional Record Sixty-first Congress. page 16S0 Congressional Record Sixty-second Con- gress, page 4174; and Congressional Record Sixty-third Congress-, page
 4S01)
 The Congressional Record shows that all during the four months fighting one year ago in the House for par eel post Mir. Underwood was on hand working and voting for parcel post and that Congressman Hobson took no part in that long fight and is recorded as absent and not voting. (Congression- al Record Sixty-second Congress, page 11,761 and pages previous.
 The Congressional Record for the Sixty first Congress. at pages 77e5 and T76s, show that Underwood was pres ent arguing and voting when the bill was up for establishing postal savings banks and that Hobson was recorded as absent and not voting.
 The Congressional Record for the Sixty-second Congress. page PAP. shows
 that Underwood was preesnt and
 worked and voted for the proposed amendment to tho constitution pro- viding for the direct election of Unit l ed States senators and that Hobson did not vote.
 The Congregational Record for the Sixty-second Congress, page 422e shows that Underwood worked and voted for the establishment of a chill dren's bureau and that Hobson took ab- | solutely no part in tho matter and failed to vote.
 The Congressional Record for the Sixty first Congress, page 4174 shows that Underwood worked and voted for
 placing agricultural implements on the free list and that Hobson did not even vote on the bill.
 The Congressional Record for the Sixty-first Congress. pages sS60 and S957, shows that Underwood led the fight, argued and voted for the Scott bill. the first timo 1t was up, aimed at gambling in cotton and that Hobson failed to say word and neglected even to vote.
 The Congressional Record for the Sixty-second Congress. at pages 6l0. 675, etc. shows that Underwood voted for the Immigration bill, urged by tho
 Farmers union, when it passed the s,a n,I
 Hobson failed to say word and neg lected to vote. Likewise when the 60- page immigration till was up in the House during tho Ed and 4th of Febru
 ary, this year. although in the city and present on the floor during the Sd and 4th of February. MT. Hobson failed to say a word or to even vote while Un-
 derwood. on the other hand, took the floor, argued, for the bill and voted on every vote.
 The Congressional Record for the Sixtythird Congress. page S432. shows | that MT. Underwood voted for the ShacISelford farmers road bill and that Hobson did not vote. The vote on this bill came on February 10. It was known when Mir. Hobson was In the city on February 3 and that the
 Shackleford bill would be up immedi- ately after the immigration bill was disposed of. Consequently, if he had been interested he coluld have easily stayed, over to vote for this needed be in favor of market or business roads for the farmer. His preference is for the l transcontinental and automobile speed ways For the Congressional Record of January 3S, 1914. shows that he in- troduced a bill, IT. R. 24.471, "by re- quest" which authorizes the construc-
 ton of two trunk line roads. The trunk line proposition is backed by such big interests as the road material
 man ufa cturers, certain big engineering concerns, and the automobile manufac- turer5 The road material manufactur- CTS are opposed to the farmers little dirt road proposition because it means ming from the farm to the nearest mar ket or town. This would get the farmer | and his produce out of the mud. The road material manufacturers and the engineering concerns want the govern
 ment to huild trarscontinental trunk l lines, because that will mean large, | juicy contracts for building its links. Likewise the automobile manufa ctur. CTS and tourists want trunk lines for pleasure purposes.
 As stated above Underwood led the | fight for the first anti gambling in
 cotton bii: that passed the House and the precise thing that tho Farmers indorses. The Farmers union Is op- posed to the so-called Clarke tax of one-tentIi of a cent pound on cot ton specified in future contracts. be- cause such a tax would merely legal | ize and license gambling in cotton as
 would tax of one-tenth of a cent
 glass of beer or whisky 1eKalize and
 license tre rum business. The Senate l finance committee iE it's report accom-
 panying the tariff bill stated that the 1 Clarke tax would raise at least seven
 or eight million dollars revenue an- nually. Anyone who stops to think
 must realize that tax of one-tenth of cent a pound, or 50 cents bale,
 would not destroy gambling In cotton.
 but would on the other hand merely
 leRalize ard license it. and thus raise revenue. The commissions charged by members of the cotton exchanges ! amount t., almost 70 cents a bale when