The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-12
Asked Glass to Stop in Washington En Route
 Home From New York
MERCER BARNETT
 TELLS OF EFFORTS
 TO SECURE ACTION
'We Assume Entire RespOn- sibility for Having Planted Bomb Under Huddles-
 ton,'' Says Barnett

Tt seems that the Presidents tele- gram. addressed to MT. Frank P. Glass, in which he used the very emphatic language, think I am justified in say ing that Mir. Huddleston's record proves him in every way an opponent of the administration has submarined his po- litical hopes of being returned ot Con- gress from this loyal district" said J. Mercer Barnett, president of the Jeff ferson County Patriotic league, who has led such an aggressive fight against the incumbent.
 Many are trying to minimize the stinging blow delivered by President Wilson's telegram by saying it was got ten in an unfair way by MT. Glass. and only then because of his intimate per sopal friendship and through misrepre- sentations.
 q may give MT. Huddleston little flight on how it was gotten. as he seems to want light so bad that he has taken up the matter with the President; but
 so far has not made public any answer which he may have received. "Knowing that MT Glass was in New York, I requested that he stop off at Washington on his way home and try | to get statement from President Will son, and I forwarded letter to him enclosing some of the literature of the Jefferson County Patriotic league. in order that he might acquaint him With what we were striving to do. "Mr Glass made several efforts to see the President, but for some unavoid-
 able reason failed, and came home and from here sent him two telegrams. and | in reply received the one which came | to him, and which was transmitted to The Age-Herald over the Associated
 Press and to the Ledger over the United Press.
 Tt seems funny to me how any req
 sonable person can doubt the genuine ress of the telegram which was sent | out from the White House to MT. Glass land which we had reproduced and scat
 tered to show any Doubling Thomases' l that it was not fake. It is incon- ceivable to me how anybody can for lone moment think that the papers would handle a telegram of such importance unless they knew absolutely that it I was authentic The real reason the | Huddlestonians are trying to throw lsuspicion on it is because they know l. it's the death knell of George
 TELEGRAM FROM LEAGUE
 Now the Jefferson County Patriotic league is indebted to MT Glass for his good offices in securing the telegram, lbut it did not stop in merely asking lhis assistance, but it sent message on it's own account for 1t felt that lit was speaking for 5000 registered and patriotic voters.
 | 'In the telegram we said: We are with you and the administration to the Hast bloody ditch and we want to send you a congressman from this district who will represent our flaming loyalty
 and support you in every -endeavor. One
 word from you will be sufficient.
 "This telegram backed up those of | MT. Glass and we felt that in answer ling him the President was making re- sponse to the man whom we had asked to act in the matter for us. The Presi- 1 dents answer showed beyond question that the administration wanted the league to send in Mir. Huddleston's place
 a representative whose intelligence and loyalty are unquestioned.
 PROUD OF ITS MEMBERS
 "The Jefferson County Patriotic league is proud of the fact that it rep
 resents the men who have sent Bir-
 ningham over the top in every war
 drive to date. Red -blooded men who
 are fighting with all the power they | possess to defeat George Huddleston, who brides himself for voting against Iconscription against the naval appro- priation bill the espionage and the
 explosive bills, and did not hesitate to l try and impede by his speech the Third
 Liberty Loan bond which was being l floated.
 l Tt is silly for the Huddlestonians 1 to claim that the Presidents telegram was secured wrongfully by MT. Glass. and vent their spleen on him. when he was doing it for the Jefferson County
 Patriotic league, of which I have the
 honor to be president and which as-
 sumes the entire responsibility of hav- ling planted the bomb which is going ] to blast George Huddleston out of his {, congressional seat on August 13.'