The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05

"tF. As your representative and as the leader of the party | believed that it was my duty to remain by the guns. irrespective of the outcome Of this cam palgh. In that year my opponent has oeen in Congress 22 days If there is any Issue in the campaign there is the issue
 of you elect me. I will continue to remain on the job and endeavor to 1 serve you and the people of all other sections of the United States If you defeat me l will return to Birmingham and get in the ranks without a sore spot in my heart
 Mr Underwood did not attempt a long speech. He did not attempt to be Rhetorical or oratorical He simply
 talked to his people From the ap-
 plause which pnnctuated his every sentence il was evident that his peo- pie We're pleased-that they love him.
 Did Not Mention Underwood The feature of the address of Cap tain iiobson in Capitol park was the fact that wheEeas on every stump in Alabama the candidate has brought the
 most serious charges against Mr. Un- derwood. last night he did not mention the name of the democrat
 This fact was the subject of gen erai comment. The followers of Mr. Un-
 derwood, who went to hear the captain. Were amazed. Hobson's own follow CTS We're apparently disappointed MT. Underwood had come to town In his presence = figuratively - and in his home town, they had expected him to repeat with great dramatic force and skill the series of serious charges he has been continuously preferring dur ! ing the absence of his opponent instead the captain discussed the | great destroyer" He concluded his i'm . passloned address with a plea that the | people remain true to him. He told Of how he had sunk the Merrimac and how his followers-the brave men had remained firm and faithful to him | He urged the gathered crowd to do l likewise.
 1 Unfortunately, there were many inter- ruptions. To those who endeavored to be funny the captain replied with spirit These men who good humoredly attempted to attract attention were evidently among those who had failed to get within the portals of either the Jefferson or Orpheum theatres. The fire rules of the city de- med many standing room after every available seat had been occupied.
 Heflin and Brandon
 Than the addresses of MT Hehin and Judge Brandon, both brilliant orators and raconteurs of exceptional merit, noth- ing finer has been heard in Brming ham within number of years Each man was in fine voice and fine spirit They were eloquent in lofty phrases, they were quaint in homely manner they were de- lightful with many pointed stories.
 The audiences were held without ef- fort for hours. Erie Pettus opened the meeting at the Jefferson. Before he fin ished speaking, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Heflin. Judge Brandon Forney Johnston, Frank A. Hewitt and other well known Underwood leaders. entered. Spontaneous applause interrupted MT. Pettus finally concluded his address and Mr. Iehin was presented by MT. Johnston as one whose loyalty was with his heart and whose brains and strong right arm were ever ready to strike in response to the dic- tates of his conscience Following the address of Mr. He1in. Mr. Underwood spoke. Judge Brandon, in the meantime, concluded his address at the Orpheum and surrendered his place to Mir Pettus Judge Brandon followed MT Underwood at the Jefferson, and MT. Hef1in crossed to the Orpheum to relieve Mr. Pettus. Judge Brandon followed MT. Underwood at the Jefferson and Mir. Underwood went to the Orpheum and followed AIr Hefin
 The entire programme was carried out without hitch, and never were two large audiences more royalty entertained.
 Tom Tells About Rich'
 In the beginning of his address AIr Heflin said that Captain Hobson in Heflin s district, the Fifth, had, first as- sailed him, and had, secondly, told the people that if they wanted to know about Rich, ask Tom" The speaker said, too, that his brother, Judge He1n, of Randolph county, had heard the captain declare that MT. Heflin had been in his home 100 times
 "As I live said the speaker T have never been in Hobson's house in my life
 He has told the people that I could tell them of Rich l will do so' He then proceeded to tell of the Hobson record in Congress, of how his colleagues in Con gress regard Captain Hobson, of Captain Hobson's lack of influence in Congress and of what Captain lIobson had done and had failed to do as a congressman. He referred to Captain Hobson as the dis ciple of Dr. Mary Walker, female suf- fragette in brooches" and to Mr Under- wood as the foremost statesman in the school of John T. Morgan
 MT Hefiin then proceeded to tell of
 Rich, as be had been requested to do He declared that MT. Hobson when he supported the bill reinstating the black iiends who had shot up Brownsville. was congratulated by Joseph G. Cannon who had supported the force bill in reconstruc- uoh uaNs, and mad been patted on the knee by Keller, who because of the dis franehisement of the negroes in the soutb had at that time on the calendar a bill to reduce the representation of the south
 And he told of Hobson's attack on I'm derwood when the captain introduced the petltlon or the advocates of nation-W wide prohibition. He declared that Mr Under woods enmies, among them Captain Hob- son, had urged the leader to permit the introduction of the petition, that Mr. Irn- derwood had done so. had checked the progress of routine matters for the pur- pose or granting the request of the cap- taln. He declared that when the captain assailed Mr. Underwood, not a hand was clapped, but that when MT. Underwood re- piled, every hand in the House. save that or the captain, went together in applause
 And, continued the speaker follow Ing the attack of Nlr. Hobson Indiana ministers, being entertained at the home or an Indiana congressman, declared thai liobson by his unusual tactics may have helped himself. but he had injured the cause, And Anti-Saloon league leaders pelhs entertained by Representative Kitchens of North Carolina declared that 'heN had made serious mistake in re- questing the captain to introduce their petition.
 ''Hobson told the people of Alabama continued the speaker, that there would be vote on the bill before the primary. There has not been. Hobson did not want that vote. He knew that he had killed his bill by making an unwarranted attack against the leader of democracV''
 MT. Hefiin then discussed the Under wood amendment to the Clarke bill that bill which would have put all cotton ex- changes out of existence would have burned the barn in order that the rat