The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-01

the only representation we have had has been on the border line of the Potomac and Ohio rivers, and that was not eQua! to what We are fairly entitled to,
 The south Is A great agricultural country deeply interested in the Rgri- cultural affairs of the union and yet when the farm loan board was or BenIzed we were not given a sing le representation from the south. I do not say this In criticism of others, say it ls criticism of ourselves. AS long as we are content to admit that our place Is at the second table we cannot expect the recognition in gov ernmentaI affairs that our people arc justly entitled to,
 Let the southland present its candidates to the democratic nation nl convention confident that the final decision rests In the house of our fathers and that our sons will be re- ceiVe the same cordial and friendly treatment that for decades past we have accorded the sons of the north and the vest
 Regrets Isolation Policy.
 We regret that that party could not have taken its place at the head Of the table in the International af- fairs where it was entitled to it's seat. Temporarily the decrees of the
  and without an effort to rehabilitate Europe. or bring back the war-torn countries to stability of government stability of finance, to the Uppor- tunities of life of peace and hap plness. The traditional policy of the although we have successfully fought many wars, has been always for the peace of our country. The wars in which we have been involved since the beginning of the govern ment have not been of our making; they have been because we were forced to war in order that we might preserve our independence and pro- tect our people at home.
 And it is not question of war that confronts the government of the United States, but il is Q ques- tion of opportunity for business de- velopment of our own people at home that confronts us. It is a question of using the greatest potential power of this nation to preserve the peace of the world.
 For the first time since Benjamin Franklin represented the Conti- mental Congress and the Court of Versailles, your country has marked time in the international affairs of Europe. 1 regret to say that a very serious condition confronts the peace of the world and the industrial pros perity of all the nations of the world because of the difficulties that now lie on the map of Europe. It is not necessary for me to say to the audi ence to which l am speaking today that we cannot have stability of finance unless you have stability of government. We know that 1t was not because General Lee laid down his sword at Appomattox, it was not because the slaves of the south were freed that it took the south forty years to recover from the WAT be- tween the states; we know as no other people know that it was be- cause an irresponsible government was established in our midst, that not only destroyed our property but destroyed the confidence of the world in our ability to protect property rights.
 "The key to the situation in Flu rope is first the stability of gov ernmeut and then the stability of finance. Because we did not take our seat at the head of the table in 1919 when the great War was over, only in a minor way has continued In Europe almost ever since.
 T hope that when the next na- tional convention of the democratic party assemblies it will have the courage and the wisdom and the patriotism to face this question boldly as it has always faced great questions before and say to the American people we have not for gotten what our dead soldiers sacri = feed their lives on the battlefe]ds of France to attain. We have not forgottens the great interests of the producing masses of the American people. and that so far as we arc concerned as 6 party, we will stand true to our principles. and if Victorl- ous we will take our place in inter- national affairs as becomes the great American nation
 stand On Prohibition.
 Taking up the question of his stand on the prohibition enforcement ques- ton, Senator Underwood said ou know. and I have no desire to apol- ogize for or retract the position l have taken in the past. When the issue of adopting the Eighteenth amendment to the federal constltu- tion was before the American peo- pie, I opposed it because 1 thought temperance could be attained better along another line. It WAS not con sistent with my ideas of local self government. But the states or the union have delegated to the federal government the right to prohibit the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. That decision by the peo- ple of this country, foreclosed the IS sue so far as l was concerned. Tn the last campaign for senator, l stated to the people of Alabama that although l had opposed the Eigh- teenth amendment that now it was the supreme law of the land l would enforce it in it's entire integrity
 "There is but one question that any one could raise and that is that I did not vote for the Volstead act. II you vii examine the Congressional Record. you will see that when the bill came before the Senate, l stated plainly my reasons.
 My friends, the difficulty that confronts us is not more law, but an honest enforcement of the law We have. And again as your senator, or in whatever position of public trust may be placed, l again assure you that my vote. my heart and my hand are for the honest enforcement of this law. as well as other laws.
 T have tried to tell you with the utmost frankness where l stand. II after this, any gentleman gets pleas ure in calling me wet let him do so."
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