The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-10

recently expressed it's faith in him and his leadership by elevating him to the
 position of party leader in the Senate, an honor bestowed upon no other man
 during his first term in the Senate
 since the days of Henry Clay. Shall
 We repudiate, the speaker asked, the
 wisdom of the national democracy in
 its expression of faith in Underwood
 by falling to return him to the Senate?
 It would seem, he said, that If Under-
 wood is good enough for the democracy
 of the nation, he should be good enough
 for the democracy of Alabama. The
 speaker declared that, in his 5udg-
 ment, a reasonable treaty with due re-
 gard to Americas obligations to the
 world, and to herself. would long ago
 have been ratified, if Oscar Underwood
 had sooner been pIaceH in the position
 of leader of his party Tn the Senate.
 MT. Sanders stated that 1t would not
 me a matter of surprise to him to see the national convention come to the realization that Oscar Underwood was the countrys greatest democrat. the party's safest leader and the most available man to be it's standard bearer.
 ' He declared that at this juncture of the nations affairs, Underwood would make a great, safe and sane President for the whole country, and would prove tc be a veritable Daniel come to judg-
 ment for such a time as this. The speaker stated that if any Ala bsmian had doubt about the im- portance and influence of Underwood in Congress, and would go to Washing ton and remain there long enough to get the atmosphere of things, he would son find out that, with the ex- ception only of the President himself, Underwood was the most influential man connected with the government, regardless of party; that Alabamians
 should be proud of the most conspicu- ous statesman that the south had pro- duced since the days of John T. Nor gan.
 In reply to MT. Thompson's argu-
 ment that Underwood should be de- feated because of his inability to &C.,
 complish anything, Mr. Sanders said
 that there was some difference between
 his friend; MT. Thompson, and MT.
 Bryan at this point, both of whom were
 opposing Underwood's election, Thomp-
 sen because of his inefficiency, and
 Bryan because of his great strength
 and ability. MT. Sanders suggested
 that the speakers get together and at
 least agree upon common ground or attack, and to some degree harmonize INc IcdSOAS doSiBH dliSt ohoCi wood; that 1t was somewhat confusing to the state for one speaker to class MT. Underwood as a weakling, and an- other to make of him great colossus, dangerous because of his ability to &C., complish great harm.
 Speaking of the question of prohibit tion, MT. Sanders said that he had per sonally been a prohibitionist all of his life. and was the same sort of prohi- bitionist today that he had always been, but that he was not going to take orders at the behest of any or Eanization and be driven into this camp and that to further the aspirations Of politicians who were merely political prohibitionists. and whose prohibition fath was that prohibition Is good thing for the other fellow.
 The speaker stated that he had un- derstood that MT. Musgrove had said in Decatur on Friday that he would carry every county In the state, except
 Limestone. MT. Sanders said he was
 anxious to know whether the assault