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of Merrimac tame. Demounces Klan The senator'’s friends declared it was this same courage that led him to publicly denounce the Ku Kiux Kian in 193¢ when he was seekiog the presidential nominaticn. A desire to serve his country wherever possible led Senator Un- Jerwood to accept membership on the American commission to the Washington arms conference. This service, taken from the hands of a republican president while all of the Dbitterness of the inter-party fight over the League of Nations still rankled, undoubtedly cost him the democratic leadership in the senate, a leadership he was not loath to surrender since his party had lost control of congress. First elected to the house of rep- resentatives from the Birmingham district of Alabama in 1894, Mr. Un- Jerwood assumed leadership of the democrats there when they took control of the house in 1911 and on | the record he made within a year his friends advanced him for the presidential nomination at Balti- | more. Mustering nearly 100 votes he re- mained in the fight until the 46th ballt when his name was Wwith-} drawn without either his knowledge or consent and his strength thrown to Woodrow Wilson. Refusing to be considered for the vice presidential nomination with | ‘Wilson, he continued his service h’ll the house and through his parlia- mentary skill and his tact of leade ship he contributed very materially toward making Wilson's first four years of administration a period of far-reaching legislation. At the same time he brought country-wide recognition to himself as the author of a tariff bill which supplanted the famous Payne-Aldrich act. After 20 years in the house, he ‘moved over to the senate. His fame had preceded him and with the death of Senator Thomas Martin of Virginia, he was chosen democratic leader, & place he held until 1921 Not a Candilate Reelected to the senate in 1920, he announced just before the ex- piration of his second six years' term that he would not be a candidate to succeed himself in 1926. Mean- time, he had purchased Woodlawn, on the Potomac river, & part of the original Washington estate at Mount Vernon, and there he made his home part of each year. Entering congress in the days of iron rule of republican speakers, Underwood had a part in breaking the power of “Uncle Joe” Cannon and later in liberalizing the rules of the house. By his industry and onergy he had gained a place on the judiclary committee and later served on the ways and means and | appropriation committees, two of the most powerful of the house. Leadership in the house of repre- sentatives as it is known today be san with the selection of Under- ‘wood by the democrats for the place in 1911. Prior to his recognition as the oor chief, leadership had been dictatorship under Reed, Henderson and Canmon. A small group had reigned supreme an dthose who! falled to do their bidding quickly | felt the lash. Commanding an almost unwieldly majority, Underwood found himself faced with a difficult task. His first concern was the writing of a new tariff act, a subject to which he had devoted years of study. He wrote a measure which he declared was ‘1rr to the principles of democra- ey’ Vetoed B President Taft vetoed that bill in the late summer of 1911 and when the democrats were returned to full control of all functions of the gov- ernment in 1918, the bill was re. written and signed by President ‘Wiison, Under the Underwood leadership ‘were enacted also the federal re- serve act, the farm loan act, the ! § Clayton anti-trust act and all the others in the long list of legisiation that went to the statute books dur- A Y — PICTURE FRAMING h Gold, Silver, Mahogany. Big Variety Swing Frames ARCADE STUD:0 OF COURSE! Eyes Examined A. PINKUS 300 MAIN ST. SUITE 201 GLASSES FITTED Up Ome Flight to Better Eyesight I . STCP! READ! SAVE! Any 0dd Shape Crystals Fitted While You Wait Only 50 Cents WHY PAY MORE! Watch and Clock Repaifing for Half the Price Elsewhere. PERKINS & CO. Where Everyonc Saves. 365 Maia Street. | derwood had been close personal | fore the “home folks.” la foreign policy by the republican ing the firat of the Wilson adm! Despite the tremendous drive that was made against the federal re- serve act, Underwood kept his forces in line on that issue, a feat which up to that time had been al- most without precedent. His service in the senate was little leas conspicuous. He had early ap- pointment to the appropriations committee and owing to the illness of Seuator Martin, he had charge of many of the enormous war ap- propriation bills, Tax legislation also felt the influence of his guiding hand in the days when the nation | was bearing an unheard of burden in order to defray much of the war | cost in a single generation, Lose Control In the period immediately follow- ing the war the democrats lost con- trol of congress and Senator Under- wood's opportunity for the directing of constructive work came to an end. Always fair even to the bit- terest of his political opponents, his triends declared that he had a natural distaste for holding continu- ously a critical attitude toward all the works and ways of the opposing | party, which is an essential part of minority leadership. This was one of the reasons why he did not offer for reclection as minority leader in 1922. It, perhaps, also was due to this recognized trait that President Harding turned to him in seeking a democratic mem- ber of the Washington arms con- terence. The president and Mr. Un- friends in the senate and in 1921 Mr. Harding made a trip to Alabama to speak in praise of the senator be- Differs With Harding Mr. Harding and the senator had differed directly, however, on the league of nations issued. The Ala- bama senator consistently opposed reservations to the Treaty of Ver- sailles and Just before the final vote by which the treaty was rejected he | proposed that the issue be left to | the voters in 1920. Senator Harding accepted that challenge and the league became one of the chief is- sues in the eampaign In which Hard- ing was sent to the White House. Naturally, he found himself in dis- agreement with most of his senate colleagues on the democratic side when the treaties which grew out of the conference came up for rati- fication. Although relinquishing his party leadership, Senator Underwood re- mained a power in the party coun- cils. He was a leader in the fight against the Fordney-McCumber | tariff act, which in 1922 supplanted the law bearing his own name. He was prominent also in the opposition to the soldiers’ bonus and conducted a long fight for the leasing of Muscle Shoals. In Ficld in 1924 While he had refrained from seek- ing the president nomination in . 1920, the Alabama senator was one of those early in the field in 1924. Although he had assisted in the work of the arms conference, he freely as- safled what he termed the lack of administration. He declared that it four, or “peace years” mmm-mmumnulh' inistration. candidacy. Born at Louisville, Ky.. en May 6, Scientific acheol secures 18362, the son of a lawyer, Mr. Un- ownership for future development derwood spent his early life on the frontier state of Minnesota. His family moved there when he was three years old, traveling up the boyhood its street were filled with Indians. * General Custer had his head- quarters at 8t. Paul and for a con- siderable period General Hancock was a next dsor nuighbor. One of the leading citizens was Buffalo Bill. Th boy thoroughly enjoyed this atmos- phere and what with hunting and | riding he builded a strong constitu- tion. His family having returned to Louisville in 1875, young Underwood received his preparatory training at Rugby school. Although rather more interested in football than in his studies, Underwood finished his coursa-among the first two or three in his class and then attended the University of Virginia, where he studied law. ‘Debating was one of the most popular undergraduate courses there. Underwood made sush progress in this line that he achieved the leading forensic honor at Charlottesville— the presidency of the Jeffersonian soclety. Here, too, he manifested his first interest in public affairs, reading extensively in economics and general history. Moves to Alabama Immediately upon his graduation he settled in Minnesota, where he was admitted to the bar and “hung out his shingle.” From there he moved to Birmingham, Ala., where an older brother, Willlam T. Under- wood had settled. He was lured by his brother's accounts of the possi- bilities of the city as a mining and manufacturing center. Taking up his residence in Bir- mingham, Underwood devoted him- self to the practice of law for ten years before offering for congress. Meantime, he had married Miss Eu- genia Massie of Charlottesville. 8he died in 1900 and four years later the senator married Miss Bertha Wood- ward of Birmin,ham. Mr. Under- wood had two sons, John Lewis and Oscar W., Jr. Historical Society Building Sold to Yale New Haven, Jan. 28 UPM—The New Haven Colony Historical wmoclety, through its officers, last night com- pleted the action by which its build- ing in Grove street is mold to Yale, the monetary recompense being about half a million dollars. The so- clety has planned to bulld a new home in Whitney avenue next door was not necessary for the United tates to become partners in either | peace or war in Europe in order to | have a policy looking to the uiti- ! mate peace of the world. | The Ku Klux Klan, which had | come to be a political issue in the country, early drew fire from the senator. When his name was placed in nomination in Madison Square Garden, where Governor Brandon's strident “Alabama casts 24 votes for Underwood” became historic, therc was an anti-Klan demonstration last ing more than an hour. Although remaining in the run- | n’ag until the convention, tiring of | the Bmith-McAdoo row, turned to ! John W. Davis. Senator Underwood | never became &« real factor. Hir | friends conducted a strenuous cam- | paign and at times were able to run | his total to fair propurtions but the Main St. Store To Rent $125.00 per Month i BeW.1.HATCH Co. INSURANCE Real Estate -Mortgage Loans City Hall - Tci-3400 |7 {WHEN IN HARTFORD DINE WITH US. | Don’t forget to take home |some Maryland oysters and fresh crackers. HONISS’S 23 State St Hartford, Conn. (Under Grant's Store) |derbilt Bhef? and frozen Missiasippi into St. Paul nI M to the home of Prefessor Lyoa Phelps. 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