Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-03-18
UNDERWOOD CAUSE
IS URGED BY HELM
IN CAPITOL SPEECH

An eloquent plea for the support
Of Senator Oscar w. Underwood, OF
Alabama. in the Georgia presidential
preference primary next Wednes-
day, was made in the house of rep
resentatives chamber Of the state
capitol Saturday night by Mr.. I'm
derwoods colleague, Senator j.
Thomas Heflin. Senator Heflin was
greeted by a large and enthusiastic
audience, and was frequently APP
plauded.
Senator Heflin declined to make
an attack on any opponent of Sen
ator Underwood, when called upon
by someone in the audience to do So
Il do not have to assail the char
acter or actions of any other candi-
date in presenting the cause Of
Oscar w. Underwood to the voters
of the Democratic party" Senator
Helm replied. Personally, L like
Mr.. McAdoo. I have made four
speeches in Georgia-this is my
against Mr.. McAdoo, nor am 1 going
to. However, believe that the logi-
cal man to lead the Democrats in
the next election is Oscar w. Under
wood, of Alabama. He has led them
in the house, he has led them in the
senate, and he will lead them to
victory"
Senator Heflin devoted his adj
-
Republican party, and a review of
the record of Senator Underwood as
Democratic leader in the house and
senate of the national congress. He
declared that the south has proved
it's ability to produce statesmen and
national leaders, having furnished
the country with the three greatest
presidents in history-Thomas Jeff
erson, James Madison and Woodrow
Wilson. The reference to Mr.. Wilson
was warmly applauded.
G. o. p. Record Assailed
Grover Cleveland stated the po-
sition of the Democratic party when
he declared that a public office is
a. public trust, but the Republicans
regard a, public office as Il private
snap" Senator Helm declared, in
launching an attack on the record
Of Republican administrations, past
and present. He asserted that the
Republican party has always been
controlled by Wall Street and preda-
tory wealth.
the Grand Old Party" the speaker
stated. 1T is now the Grand Oil
Party that Is Going Out of Power.
All other parties that have sprung
up against the Democrats are al
ready dead, with the exception of
the Republican party, and we are
going to bury it this fall with a
teapot dome tied around it's neck"
Turning to the record Of his col
league, Senator Helm declared that
Senator Underwood wrote the most
scientific tariff bill in all history
putting luxuries under heavy tar
if and necessities on the free list;
led the fight for the federal reserve
banking system that stopped Il
Wall Street millionaires from fleec
Ing the farmers through forced
panics; supported Governor Well
born, of the Atlanta Federal Re-
serve bank, in opposing the progress
i've interest rate injected into the
after they regained power; defeated
the effort of the Republicans to sell
the merchant marine to private in
terests at loss of hundreds of mil
lions of dollars; led the fight for the
restriction of immigration, and di-
rected the passage Of the farm loan
bill, giving farmers from 95 to 40
years to pay mortgages on their
land.
"When the so-called anti-lynch-
ing bill was passed by the house
and sent over to the senate, it was
Oscar Underwood who told the Re
publican leaders that If they tried
to force that bill through, there
wouldn't be any legislation passed
at that session." Senator Heflin
stated.
Referring to the alleged plumber
ing Of coal, oil and timber reserves
by the Republican party, Senator
Heflin declared that poor old fat
head Denby'' qualified for his flu
ture cabinet position when he voted,
as a member of the congressional
ate Ballinger in Alaskan transac-
tons with the Guggenheim interests.
Worst Scandal in History
1.-THE Teapot Dome deal is the
worst scandal in the history Of the
United States government, and we
must fight and fight on until the
rascals are turned out and the
standards of common honesty again
erected in the temple Of Justice
Senator Heflin declared, in conclu.
sion. There is rottenness through
out the present administration, and
the trail OF the serpent is over it
ALL"
Congressman William Bacon Oil
YER, of the Sixth Alabama district,
followed Senator Heflin with a brief
address, in which he declared that
the question mark is the symbol of
the public mind today. He stated
that the first appointments by
President Coolidge of attorneys to
represent the government in the oil
lease Investigations, were Chal-
lenged because of remote connec-
tons of the appointees with inter
ests under investigation, although
their integrity was not challenged
He also stated that congress is
compiling a list of former govern
ment officials who are in any man
ner employed by interests that con-
flict with the government in any
way. with the intention Of passing
laws to prevent such connections in
the future.
Representative H. H. Elders, of
Tatnal county, president of the
Underwood campaign committee in
Georgia, introduced Senator Helm.
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