The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-01
HUDDLESTON'S LETTER

HUDDLESTON'S LETTER The correspondence between Congress-
 man Huddleston and Senator Judge fol- lows:
 My Dear Mr. Judge:
 My attention is called to a card which you are using in connection with your campaign, in which by clear inference | cratic associates in some matter on which the democratic caucus had taken action. do not believe that you would make an intentional misrepresentation, and beg to direct your attention to the fact that in no case in which the democratic caucus has taken action have I voted against the decision of the caucus. My first vote was cas. for Speaker Clark. I think 1t pos sibie that you may have reference to my second vote which The Age-Herald has made prominent.
 My second vote was a vote to postpone the adoption of the rules until a day cer- tain in the future. The motion to post pone was made by the republican leader. | It was supported by a number of good democrats. including myself, on grounds \ of high principle. The democratic caucus | neither before the vote was taken nor l since, has considered the subject of the l rules, nor taken any action thereon. Noth- ing connected with rules has ever been mentioned in the dnnocratic caucus Before I cast my vote no democratic member had even so much as requested 1 that vote to adopt the rules or that I to1r o<L ' was absolutely without instructions from any caucus. party leader, or other au- thority in the matter.
 T state the facts thus explicitly in or der that you may not be under any mis- information about it whatsoever I do this in order that in future if you con tinue to use the card or to make similar statement having the same meaning, that you may do so with full knowledge of the facts. Yours sincerely
 GEORGE HUDDLESTON.''
 JUDGE SENDS REPLY
 Hon. George Huddleston, Washington. D. C.: "
 My Dear MT. Huddleston: Your letter
 Of several days ago received, and I beg your pardon for not answering sooner. Since receiving it, however, I have not distributed any of the cards to which you object. I am glad that you inform me | that your first vote was not for and with the republicans. It was your second vote. the first vote being on the speakership. MT. Clark being the democratic nominee | and MT. Mann the republican. The rec ord shows that you voted for MT. Clark. You state that the motion of the re- publican leader was supported by a num- Der of good democrats,' including your- self. Is it not a fact that. the number was only four or five, and that none of them were southern democrats? Certainly you do not consider them as good demo crats as Clark, Henry, Crisp, Kitchin. Abercrombie, Blackmon, Stegall, Dent Iieflin, Oliver, Burnett and Almon You state that before you cast your vote no democratic member had even AS | much as requested that you vote to adopt the rules, or take any other position on the rules, and that you were absolutely without any instructions from any eau GUS. party leader, or other authority on | the matter. You must have been present I in the House and heard MT. Henry in the course of his argument say: Why, the l gentleman suavely says that the new 1 members on this side of the House freely 1 ought to vote for the proposition of the | gentleman from Wisconsin and of the 1 gentleman from Illinois. Ought to freely 1 vote for a proposition coming from that i side of the House: Yes; the democrats I are just about as free to vote for your propositions when you offer them on that | side of tine House as you vote for our propositions when we offer them on this | side. Of course, in general way, the gentleman says that, but what the gen. | tleman from Kansas wants to do. and | those who think as he does, is to so back to the old days of Cannonism in the House of Representatives That is what they wish, and we do not intend to do that. We are going to give you these lib- erai democratic rules
 T consider MT. Henry party leader. Unquestionably he is the highest au. thority on rules, being the democratic chairman of the rules committee. The vote stood 193 to POS. The republicans must have considered it somewhat of a party matter, for none of them were gen. erous enough to break their ranks on grounds of high principle to compensate the democrats for the loss of you and the other good democrats who voted with l the republicans. Sincerely yours,
 'THOS. J. JUDGE"