Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-29
UNDERWOOD
OVER
HOBSON IN
Al ALBANIA S
TOGA FIGHT
Democratic House Leader VIII Be
Swept Into the Senate BY an
Avalanche Of Votes, According
to the Political Prophets.
Managers Claim so Out Of 81
Counties for Underwood and
Give the Figures IN Support.
HobsOu's Own District Split.

HobsOu's Own District Split.
BIRMINGHAM. March ss.-oscar
Underwood win be swept into the
Senate BY popular majority running
from $4,000 to 10000. This is the
consensus Of opinion OF political ora
cles in touch with the campaign in
this State.
The final week finds the friends Of
both Underwood and Hobson hard at
work and full OF enthusiasm. but the
Underwood people alone show speci
nc figures to support their confidence.
The undoubted opinion Of q vast
majority Of those who are credited
generally with more than ordinary ex
rertness. in political representation
Is that the majority leader Of the
House Of Representatives is sure Of
Victory >
Conspessrnan Hobson Is expected
70 run strongest in his own Congress
sional district. but even there, where.
through feeling Of courtesy, the I'M
aerwood fight has not been pushed
extensively, the vote will run heavily
70 the Birmingham member. and he
will carry several counties.
50 Counties for Underwood.
OF the So counties in Alabama, I'm
derwood Is given 50 BY the more con-
ssrvative estimates, and even more
BY others.
So widespread has been the nation
81 interest in this fight that Alabams's
pride has been stirred as seldom be-
fore. Uuderwood's fine and generally
approved achievements in Congress
have aroused In Alabama the great
est enthusiasm for him.
Hundreds Of newspapers from
Maine to California. have served no
tice on Alabama, in way, that this
Underwood Robson fight is to be a
supreme test Of Alabama's loyalty to
It's SC called favofite son.
Mr. Hobson, himself well known
throughout the nation, has pitched
his campaign on one issue only pro-
hlbition. He has attacked his adver-
sary from many personal points or
view, but the one issue he has ham
mered at has been the LIQUOR ques-
tion.
Apparently, the one time hero Of
the Merrimac" has staked his poIiti
cal fortunes on that isolated propo
sition, to the exclusion Of all things
else
Hobsen's Attacks Fall Flat.
Mr.. Underwood. in Congress
through All the years that the prohI-
bition question figured the most ex-
tensively in Alabama. will, despite
Mr.. Hobson's attacks. receive a very
heavy vote from the ranks Of the
white ribboners.
There is nothing whatever in I'm
derwood's record remotely attaching
him to or smacking Of sinister inter-
ests or influences. and consequently
the sustained and strained effort to
couple him with something unworthy
has fallen entirely nat. Indeed, in
hundreds OF instances these attacks
have operated as boomerangs and
have hurt Robson far more than I'M
derwood.
II. however the Hobson camp has
found It necessary or desirable to
harp necessarily on one string. such
has not been the case in the Under
wood camp
From out Of mass Of ofdcial ac-
tons in long and active career in
Congress the Underwood people have
been able to select scores Of specific
Instances in which Underwood not
only has served the nation well and
acceptably. but his State and district
also.
In his long but quiet and no-spec-
tacular term OF service Underwood
has accomplished far more In con-
structive craftsmanship than usually
may be set down to the credit Of the
average Congressman. Even as
member OF vigilant but generally
effective minority in the Hktsse.