The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-01-16
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to administer the oath. and there really
was no official investigation. The bill
he claimed, provided, not a congressional
investigation, but for II board of five Of
ficers appointed by the Secretary of War.
Mr.. Hobson challenged Mr.. Underwood s
statement that Hobson was the only
scutherner, democrat or republican, VINO
voted for it. He said that 10 had favored
il, he being the only democrat.
"And when I came out out of the House
int, the cloakroom after l had voted
YES many Of my friends came to me
ard they said:
'Hobson, why did you do it? OF course
it's right but why don't You know thing
o. two? It's political suicide for you
Why did you do it? Why did you do .t?'
"And I replied: when you say it was
right, you answered your own ques-
ton.
I'm going to be your senator. Moth
ing on earth can prevent it.
Pandemonium reigned for several mo-
ments.
Not Given to B0asting
"Ive never have been given to boast
ing. I mention this because [ want you
to understand certain things. One of
She rules of my life is to lind out the
facts and with an open mind. receive
the facts. When you locate the truth,
stand on it. Stand on 1t, ii you're the
only man in all the world to do it
stand on 1t. Another rule is that, when
YOU stand on the truth, you'll know your
duty in the premises. When you see the
path of duty before you, follow it. |
believe it's the divine spark in man that
points out that path. Let's go on down
that path, and if We do fall, let's do 1t
smiling that we have had the privilege
of railing in such a cause. 1t was my
philosophy of life that made me vote
for the Brownsville bill, and I'd do 1t
again" prolonged applause).
'They tell you to elect men on their
records. Hobson hasn't passed but five
bills, they say. 1t just happens that l
have here a bill to prevent the disclosure
of national defense secrets, commonly
known as the spy BILL under which
Japanese now are being prosecuted for
spying on the defenses in the Philip
pines That's my bill. I have taken part
in framing six naval appropriation bills
and should be given just as much
credit for them as Mr.. Underwood re-
ceives for his vaunted tariff bill
Underwood's Record
But what of Mr.. Underwoods S rec
ard? We have not completed our inyesti-
CATION. but in the Fifty-fifth Congress
he introduced 70 bills and passed none;
in the Fifty-sixth Congress he introduced
ss bills and passed none; in the Fifty
seventh Congress he introduced Is bills
and passed none. These are private bills
We have not completed the record on
public bills, but I can assure you these
are very few. This is for his first six
years in the House. Since he has been
In Congress the sum total of private
bills is 10. If these figures are incorrect,
Mr. Underwood can correct us.
1.-THE democratic platform approves the
measures adopted by the democratic lead
ers for council of national defense.
That is my bill. I have been working
for years on it. General Wotherspoon
assures me that the army can be run q.
one-half the present cost. and can trebia
its operations with proper organization"
Mr. Hobson referred briefly to the Incl
dent on the floor of the House when he
had charged Mr.. Underwood with having
been used by Wall street.
"And right here / want to say in an
aside. II you ever hear of Wall street
ing a return. let me know. for I wall.
to record it for it's historical value.
Mr. Ryan wanted to see a southern
man elected President. He contributed
s35, 900 to Oscar underwoods campaign.
Put he wanted to see a northern man, a
Governor Harmon, elected $4,000 worth"
Holding up a cartoon picturing him re-
ceiving funds from the Standard Oil COM
panv. Mr.. Hobson exclaimed:
TITS false from this side to this It's
false from top to bottom and from bot.
tom to top. It's false all the way round
It's false in the middle. And it's falls !.
through and through The man who mn
petrated 1t is false through and through.
1t is the anonymous cartoon of black
hand
The criminal behind the cartoon,
charged Mr.. Hobson, is running the I'm
derwood campaign. and not Mr.. Under
wood.
ssvur.