The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-10
Heflin and LongWorth
 Hold "POSt MOrten1' On
 Why the Democrats Won
By HUGH w. ROBERTS

i commendation, this eulogium upon the political ability of the Secretary of the
 Navy. If it is true, however, I say then
 that all honor and credt-of 8 sort should be given to that statesman who
 makes use of his authoity over the navy
 to get votes for his chef-zhs party. MT. Barkley: MT. Chairman will the gentleman yield?
 MT. Longworth: Yes.
 MT. BarSley Is there a navy yard in Ohio? Laughter)
 MT. Longworth: There is not and, therefore, the Secretary of the Navy, Mr Daniels, was not able to use his distin- l guished services in helping to carry that state.
 MT. Barkley: Notwithstanding the ab-
 sence of navy yard, we carried it by a large majority.
 MT. Bonnet; Is it not true that Secre- tary Daniels assisted in carrying Ohio by refraining from making any speeches
 there? Laughter)
 MT. Longworth That I understand to be the real reason.
 Mir. Sloan: Will this statement come under the head of political leaks? The Chairman The time of the gentle
 man from Ohio has expired. HEFLIN OPENS UP MT. Heflin: MT. Chairman, the gentle uldli lTOll OIlfU NAlT. l4OIS WOIlUJ SeeIuS anxious to know why the democrats car ried the country in the last election The success of the democratic party was the triumph of mind over matter Daughter and applause) The gentleman objects tc Secretary Daniels taking men and giving them employment in the navy yard. The republican party took negroes out of the south last fall and put them in West Virginia, Ohio and Indiana to carry those fo, ba foke 4 n plause} Daniels with his men was en- gagged in good cause, while the repub- lican party with illegal negro votes, was trying to defeat the will of qualified white voters in northern states. This mar
 Brown is a very intelligent man. MT Brown has been keeping up with the great work of Secretary Daniels. Admiral Dewey, who is the best authority on mat ters that pertain to the navy, has praised the record of Josephus Daniels and prac. tcally. said that he was the best Secre. tary that the navy had had in many years. (Applause.)
 MT Longworth: Where did he say that:
 DEMOCRATIC LAUGHTER Mr Heflin: He said that before the election. 1 heartily indorse the statement Secretary Daniels has cut out republican graft and instituted more beneficial re forms than all the republican secretarie: before him. Interests that sought to con 1 trol him and failed have tried to belittl' and destroy him. They used subsidized newspapers for that purpose, but they failed utterly. Wherever Josephus Dan l iels went in the recent campaign he helped :, the democratic cause and enlightened 1 even members of the republican party | Applause on the democratic side) Whil you nominated your strongest man fo 1 President, he was an animated icicle witt | frost on his whiskers. (Laughter). Ex | Congressman Fred Landis of Indiana ha told, perhaps better than anybody else l just why the two strongest republican, ! that could be found-your candidates fo President and vice president-were de feated. He said that in the opinion o
 the rank and file the country over neithe Hughes nor Fairbanks belong to the hu man family Daughter and applause)