The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-01
Specutes Harding Illness 1927 Election

, didacy to the attention of democrats 1 throughout the nation.
 The campaign committee will be l composed of seven from the state at | large and two or more from each | congressional districts,
 Calls On Sister States.
 The resolution of Representative Ashcraft of Lauderdale, urging the nomination of Senator Underwood followsi
 'Whereas. for more than half | century Alabama, with her sister states of the south, has supported with a passionate devotion to the principles of the democratic party, and have followed with unswerVing loyalty its candidates from whatso- ever state they might be selected, nla'.ing no demand for themselvesi and.
 whereas. it is their attachment to 1 the principles to the party which has made 1t a vital influence in the life of the nation; and.
 "Whereas, the state of Alabama possesses in her senior senator, Oscar l W. Underwood. who for nearly 30 years has represented her in the na- 1 tional Congress with ever increasing and merited distinction, the greatest democrat whom this republic has produced In many years; and, l "Whereas, the entire nation looks upon him with the confidence and re- spect that is born Of the courage, the enlightened vision, and the steady adherence to political principle that have been the distinguishink marks of his long public career, and,
 "Whereas, the state of Alabama and her citizens present to the ma tiCn this great democrat as a candi- date Of thc democratic nomination for the presidency in the full confi- dence that his election would dignify even that exalted office and that under his administration of national affairs this government would enter into the paths of prosperity and of foreign ana domestic peace, leading the nations of the world into the ways of am!ty and mutual under standing; therefore, be it
 Resolved That the state of Ala bama calls upon her sister states to aid her in the great national service, she seeks to render by elevating to the presidency her great leader, who iS so pre- -emlnently qualified in char aeter. in governmental experience and in every attribute of patriotism and statesmanship to exercise the func- tion of that high office. oscar w. Underwood.
 Senator Underwood created great surprise by making his first definite statement regarding his connection with the national campaign to Mo bile's booster delegation, which came to Montgomery to tell Senator Under wood Mobile would support him.
 Senator Underwood met the dele gation at an informal reception in the lobby of the Exchange hotel. Posters band of Mobile accompanied fr. aa1a f fC,, promptu concert as the senator greeted those from the coast.
 In his first statement regarding the campaign made to the Mobile del- egation, Senator Underwood said: Ut is not for me to name Alabama's s candidate for President of the United States, but if this great state names me as its standard bearer, all the fighting spirit l possess will be en- listed to carry the call of democracy to triumph"
 Included in the Mobile delegation, Congressman John McDuffie, Mayor E. Y. Taylor, County Commissioner George E. Crawford. John T. Coch- rane, I. l.. Bedsole. David Holt, rep resentinG the Mobile Chamber of . Commerce; J. IT. Webb. James Van V Antwerp. J. Lloyd Abbott, A. s. Lyons, II. T. Smith. Hymi1an Gabriel. E. c. Taylor. r. Shirley. Max Rogers and epresentatives of Mobile county In the legislature. comprising Sena- tor John Craft and Repr:s | tative w. II. Holcombe, Jr, Vnccnt Nilborn and F. J. Grove.
 Attitude on Prohihition.
 On prohibition, Senator Underwood d said:
 T am not coming to a new ques- ton about which I want you to thoroughly understand me. You are my constituency. You have honored ne many times and I have no right 1 to speak to you on the subject at all i unless I speak with the utmost con dor. When l was thousands of miles away from home last spring, self constituted critics, fearing possibly that I might favorably answer your i invitation, have characterized me throughout the United States as a wet. Now l am entirely opposed 1. running this government by nick | names. It doesn't mean anything. Sometimes you find a man whose coming is heralded in the atmosphere before he enters the room declaring himself bone dry. It is the only way he has to designate himself and not many days ago l read in the paper where a gentleman had de- l. clared that he was a conservative radical, which 1 think properly in terpreted meant that he desired to be all things to all men.
 Tt is not meeting any issue fairly or honestly by calling men nick names, The real issue is what is the concrete thing that they stand for and what Is their position on the great public questions of the hour. | You know and l have no desire to apologize or retract from the posi- tion l have taken in the past when the issue of adopting the Eighteenth amendment to the federal constitu-