The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-15
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cratic party has done progressive work and enacted more progressive laws for the American nation during the seven years it has been in power than are re- corded for all the years in the country has been governed by other parties.
 Senator Underwood here for the water ways convention, was invited to address the legislature by joint resolution adopted at the morning session He said that the pages of history do not record as many constructive laws as have been enacted since Woodrow Wilson became the head of the government.
 IN CONTROL 50 YEARS He mentioned that the republican party had been in control for fifty years until Wilson was elected, though
 he said that there was an interim of two terms when Grover Cleveland was President. He said Cleveland's first
 term was controlled by a republican Congress, and that during the second term there were only two years during which all branches of the government were in accord and that nothing can be done in the way of organizing a gov ernment in two years.
 He said the democratic administra- tion has provided the home and prop erty rights of the people, a principle upon which the nation is built, and tlldt Nltu Llit time came Ll1dI nome and property rights could not be pre- served the nation would fall to the position now occupied by Russia in the worlds affairs.
 Mir. Underwood referred particularly to the success of the administration in handling the finances of the country. The greatest" problem of the world has been the maintenance of a finan1 cial position of a nation," said Senator Underwood. This problem has been solved by the Wilson administration. Since the enactment of the Ffinancial laws there has never been an hour when currency of the United States was not redeemable dollar for dollar in gold. American money is worth more than that of any other country in the world today. He said one dollar of American money will no wbuy $2.30 in Canadian money, and that American money is at a premium in all nations.
 Closing the address, Senator Under wood said he could continue indefinite ly to enumerate the things done for the national good by the democratic admin istration. He closed with the declara- ton that the democratic party took part of the credit for the success of the allies against Germany, asserted that the generalship of Marshal Foch with the backing of 2000,000 American sol diers won the war.
 Is BILLS INTRODUCED
 Eighteen general and local bills many of them not contained in the gov ernor's call for special session of the legislature in his message, which he delivered to joint meeting a o'clock Tuesday afternoon, were started through legislative machinery in the senate on the first day of the session. The bills were introduced when dis tricts were called after the delivery of the governors message.
 Among the bills introduced was one Ly Senator Smith of Coosa county which would create a state board of arbitration and local boards with au thority to settle disputes between em- ployes and employers in Alabama. The bill prescribes the duties of members Of the boards and provides for the ar filtration of differences that may arise at any time. Senator Smith did not say whether the bill has the support of ad- ministration forces. but it is known that Governor Kilby Trad been asked to consider such a measure as result of the inability of the commission now