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Show U1EI00D ISSUES FOISLSTATEIHT Democratic LeaHer in House Announces Candidacy for Seat in Senate. WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. Representative Represen-tative Oscar W. Underwood, majority leader in the house, issued n formal statement late today announcing hiB candidacy for tho Unitod States senato from Alabama to succeod tho lato Joaoph F. Johnston. ' Air. Underwood will ontor the Democratic Demo-cratic primaries in Alabama next spring with soveral othor prominent Alabama Democrats, including Representative Repre-sentative Henry D. Clayton and Richmond Rich-mond Pearson Hobson. It 1b understood under-stood also that Roprcsontativo Jarao3 Thomas Hcflin may be a candidate. It has been known for some time that Ropresontative Underwood would bo a candidate for tho vacant seat, but he withheld the announcement until after the Democratic tariff rovision bocamo an accomplished fact, plotod tho work in the houso that has "With tho enactment of tho tariff bill," he said today, "I havo com-boon com-boon my ambition to accomplish. Bo-cfore Bo-cfore retiring from public life, I should liko to havo tho honor of representing tho people of Alabama in the senate of the United States." Representative Clayton was appointed ap-pointed by Governor ONoal to fill out Senator Johnston's unexpired term, but ihis credentials never havo been passed upon by tho senate, and for weokB it has boon practically certain that they would not be accepted. The Democratic loaders in the senate sen-ate are almost unanimous in tho opinion opin-ion that Governor O'Neal had no authority au-thority to make tho appointment in tho absence of action by the legislature. legisla-ture. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 4. Nathan Na-than L. Miller, an attorney and former i state senator, tonight announced his candidacy for tho Ninth Alabama congressional con-gressional district, to succeod Oscar Os-car W. Underwood, who tonight announced an-nounced his candidacy for United States senator. |