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...Senator Underwood of Alabama (a Kentuckian by birth), one of the abler men of his party, "sound and conservative," who is serving his final term in the Senate, having announced that he will retire next March, had been pressing for an amendment to the Senate rules such as has been favored by Vice President Dawes-an amendment which would require a vote on revenue and appropriation bills to be taken and debate to be shut off by majority petition, so that bills may not be talked to death by a vociferous minority...
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the nominal Democratic leader, made an impassioned protest against the Underwood proposal...
...likely to cause an increase of freight rates contrary to the public interest. He brought together only 12 votes for his proposal. For five days this little band of ill-assorted comrades in arms stuck together -Republican leader and Democratic leader against the majority of their parties. Underwood, the Conservative Democrat, and Reed (Mo.), the apotheosis of opposition, were also with them. Moses, the Regular Republican, and Norbeck, the Progressive Republican, were with them - each of them on the other side of the fence from those who are usually of their way of thinking...
...trouble is not that the leaders are incompetent but that they are not competent enough. This is a year in which Senators and Representatives are elected. The Senators who this year come up for re-election were elected in 1920 in a Republican landslide. The Democrats among them are Underwood of Alabama, Caraway of Arkansas, Fletcher of Florida, George of Georgia, Broussard of Louisiana, Overman of North Carolina, Smith of South Carolina? all from the solid South. The Democrats have not a chance of losing one of their seats, but the Republicans have seats which may be lost to Democrats...
...There is not anybody opposing it [the Muscle Shoals project] of any considerable influence except the power trust and the fertilizer trust. They are fighting it, and fighting it to the death. They attacked my colleague [Mr. Underwood] two years ago and insulted him with their editorial attacks. They have insulted me or would have done so if I did not consider the source. But what do I care about these little hired hickory-nut heads sticking something in their pockets, and some little irresponsible whelp going out and writing something hid behind a screen reflecting...