The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18
Opponents Speech Is Used To oAidUnderUood Campaign Musgrove Grafton With Annotatons Being Sent Out by Underwood Committee Example of Un-
 statesmanlike Utterances

It isn't often that a political speech Is printed and distributed by the oppo- nent of the person making it. but such a thing has happened in Alabama dur ing the present campaign.
 l.. B. Musgrove made the speech and Senator oscar WI Underwoods s cam paign committee is responsible for it's printing and distribution.
 Mir Musgrove is a candidate to succeed Senator Underwood in the United States Senate. The nomination will be made by the democrats of Alabama at the primary election on May II.
 A stenographic report was made of MT. Musgrove's speech which was delivered at the Jefferson Theatre on March p in the interest of his candidacy for the senatorship.
 A synopsis of the speech, annotated and indexed, was published in pamphlet form by the Underwood committee and sev- eral thousand copies have been dstrib- uted over the state.
 The title page of the pamphlet sets out the following:
 Synopsis of Argument by Hon. l.. B. Musgrove of Jasper and Birmingham, supporting His Candidacy for the Sem ate of the United States, Jefferson The atre Birmingham, Ala, March 25 1929. Published and Annotated by Underwood Campaign Committee, Montgomery, Ala. V Inc second page contains the lOlOW HE subject index:
 Apoligizing for making speeches, 1so words.
 Joke about man caught stealing pig, il- frustrating how Musgrove felt about mak- ing speeches, 2S7 words
 More apology for speaking, 1S0 words. Joke about old man Murphy, 900 words Overpersuaded and finally agreed to make race for Senate, 176 words. :
 s 70 hut won't quit, 127 words.
 Monkey farm joke suggested by his can didacy for Senate: "It recalls to me an incident that happened in our city here, etc, $50 words.
 Fusion between temperance, farmtn g and labor forces, 80 words.
 Regret about two candidates opposing Senator Underwood 73 words
 Has always opposed Underwod, 114 words.
 Prohibition: "Since the matter has been settled, let it stay that way. It will be better for all. think 151 words.
 Education, make schools self-support- ing, 3S4 words
 Sympathy win labir, $50 words This in- cludes subdivisions as follows:
 Ascertained how labor indorsement of Musgrove would affect farmers vote 40 words.
 Alibi for what happened to labor before he sold his ''big mines" 150 words.
 Peroration, 19O words.
 Total speech (abouD 1892 words
 Then follows the text of the address as synopsized by the committee:
 'The address of the Hon. Breck Mus grove.
 "The quotations are from a stenograph- ic report taken down by an official court stenographer of the circuit court of Jeff ferson county"
 FORCED TO SPEAK
 ''It wasn't my will and wish that I go upon the stump and make speeches in this campaign, but in a sick room last week I was persuaded by seven or eight lawyers standing around my sick bed, telling me that l must do this and that and the other.
 "I protested, but my manager present here tonight said l must go, I says, 1 am afraid I will lose votes by my appearance upon the rostrum in a public address. But chap did who was caught stealing pig. '
 Here the candidate told a joke (2SI wCrds) illustrating how he would lose votes by yielding to his lawyers ad- vice and trying to make speeches. After telling this joke about the man stealing a pig, the candidate said that the law yers had also insisted on billing me for the Birmingham speech.
 .I protested again, begged again. plead ed again, but all in vain. Mir Altman stands ID and gives me positive orders