Millard County Chronicle | 1911-09-28 | Page 3 | What They Thought of Him

WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF HIM Remark by No Meant Complimentary filade by Constituent of Representative Repre-sentative Underwood. Representative Underwood, chair-tnao chair-tnao of the ways and meani commit-ten commit-ten In congress, represents what li known aa a "manufacturing district," because It contains all the factories and smelters in and about Hlrmlng-bam, Hlrmlng-bam, Ala. Hut he alao has among his constituents a lot of farmers of which fact he is now palnwully aware. He drove out tq a settlement In Bibb county one afternoon to persuade the farmers they ought to rote for him. Aa he stopped up to the porch of a little store an old man rushed up to hltn with the request: "Please sign this paper. It's a petl-ton petl-ton to Congressman Underwood to have a young lady postmistress here." "I'd be glad to sign it," said Underwood Under-wood politely; "but aa I'm not a resident resi-dent of this community, my name wouldn't help you." "Oh, yea, it would," the old farmer assured blm. "We're getting everybody every-body to alga It, strangers and all Oo ahead and put your name down! That fool congressman will never know the difference!" The Sunday Magazine.