The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-01
HUDDLESTON FOLLOWS


 us thank God that Woodrow Wilson has kept the peace.'
 HUDDLESTON FOLLOWS George Huddleston. representative of this district in Congress. followed Sem ator Underwood. He traced the growth of freedom and finally came to a con sideration of the experiment of allow ing the people to govern themselves. He declared to be unalterably in Ia vor of the rule of the people by them selves and avowed that he was flor the greatest good for the greatest number.
 These doctrines of the democratic party. he said. were not upheld by the republican party and he devoted sev- eral minutes to scathing attack of the G. o. P. 'These republicans, who are battling against our fearless lead CT. are so mean and rotten in their attack that they are only misleading, misdealing and defrauding themselves" he said
 He traced the reactionarv movement that the republican party took with Root, Penrose. Lodge and Cannon in the saddle and declared that the re- publicans were without an issue. Hughes, he termed an animated icicle." and scored him for having in troduced the issue of sectionalsm. THE EIGHT-HOUR BILL The criticism of President Wilson for having aided the AdamsOn bill, he declared. was "mfsleadinG and dis honest" "The Congress of the United States would have been criminal if it had failed to intervene between the railroads and the trainmen," MT. Hud- iIestOn said. He pictured the dire re- l suits that would have followed a gen eral strike and said of the settlement: "It was not u surrender. It was q statesmamlike actiOn.'
 The issue is not Mir Hughes versus MT. Wilson, the speaker declared It IS a question of humanity he said.
 In closing, Congressman Huddleston predicted republican route at the polls next week.
 As Congressman Heflin arose, following short introduction by John B. Bethea. there was heard a quiet snicker in the audience, for the people knew of the ln- exhaustible supply of humor and jokes that was to follow. The speaker declared that his recent campaigns in 10 doubtful states had made him honrsc. but stateds ''These states are literally abIaze with demo- cratic ideals and I predict that WOOd- row Wilson will have n landslide. Here have heard the news that the cleo tiOn will be close. But ! had to come here to find it out"
 T noticed squib in an evening paper that Alabama wanted to be doubtful state That is all flubdub. I can recall the time when I was in Congress that there was not a single eastern state that had a democratic governor. During the time that the country was ruled by the republicans, it was the south that kept the fires of democracy ablaze. The south saved democracy, and now the east west c,,1 !, fo1r f1YN I1n n south
 ''But for us the country would have been ruined long ago. We are a people 6 democratic ideals. We believe, like that great democrat, Thomas Jeffersan, in the truism equal rights to all, and special privileges to none. That state- ment of a great democrat has been re- peated for years. although Jefferson has long been dead. Now, can you even name single republican who has been dead for 10 years, whose words have been re- peated?" A roar of laughter followed his query.
 HOW LINCOLN VOTES
 q can," the speaker continued 'I have often quoted that great man, .Abra : ham Lincoln, and I remember, among other things, that he said, I favor the policy that places man above the dollar. The other day, the nearest descendants OI IDdL great IlldIl Wcill U IiCoioGIlt WIT son and told him they were going to vote for him. The republican party places the dollar before the man.
 ''The republican party has never used any issues to win favor. It has waved club over the head of the people and said: You vote the republican ticket or you'll have a panic It has been Sthe tool of privilege, and is now a degenerate and desperate party. It was Teddy Roose- welt that elaulated the practice of way ing the club. He waved a club over his head, spouted at the mouth and said I'm going to bust a trust The club that Teddy thought "a trust-buster' was really nothing more than feather duster.'
 UNDER, G. o. P. RULE
 He told how the s26O.O0O campaign contribution of F.. H. Hartman had helped Theodore the First to get into the White House and humorously told of how the 'strenuous one" had his panic of 1907 and how the inter- ests of Wall street had pillaged the treasury of the country and had loaned to the people their money at enor- nous rates of interest," You couldn't even get your own money out of the bank them" MT. Heflin said, before present conditions under the federal reserve act. which have made panics y.
 He jocularly told how Roosevelt had indorsed Taft and had him sent to the White House to 'carrv out my poli- cies." MT Taft went in by a million majority and went out by unanimous consent" the speaker said Taft's promises to lower the tariff were reviewed and. in conclusion, he said that the republican party had broken this pledge, He saide that the framers of that bill were so much in- flueneed by the moneN interests that you couldn't have amended the bill with the Lords praver.,' During this discussion of the tariff he took occa- sion to pay a high tribute to Senator Underwood. who. he declared. twas the ablest tariff expert in the world
 RECIPES A "PIECE'
 Finally, after reviewing the pledges of the republican party and the death of T. R.. he recited this little quat- rain:
 "The big stick has departed.
 The square deal cry has fled
 II R. licks salt from the old guards
 And ne big Sun moose is dead"
 n d&seribinx the condition of tAe Ia- menfed Theodore he said lie wss tast ca h tee confluence of the aid ss..rs