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The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
A FALSE POSITION

Rumors generally believed to have
emanated from the camps Of men who
either are or have been considered as
Democratic presidential possibilities, that
Mr.. Underwood, of Alabama, could not
command the support of the North be-
cause of the fact that he is a South
erner, are not only poppycock, pure and
simple, but they place the men OF the
North in a false position in the eyes
of the people of the South and tend to
revive sectional feeling which has beer
buried for many years. The effects oil
such rumors are nil in the North be.
cause the people of the North know they
have not one iota of truth, but people
in the South are apt to take them more
seriously, and there is where they MAY
prove harmful, not only because of thei
tendency to cause dissatisfaction on til,
part of Southern Democrats, but be
cause of the effect they may have il
giving rise to sectional prejudice through
false representations of conditions whicl
do not exist. No Northerner woul
hesitate to support Mr.. Underwood be
cause he comes from the South.-Th
.Argas, Albany, New York, Novembe
%, 1911
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
FORAKER ON UNDERwoD

Mr. John Temple Grayss Il be inv
town soon torrnaks-us spestn lie
was in Birmingham the other night and
The Age-Heraid PRINTED IN interview
with the former Georgia. -sieh that,
gentleman discussed Mrt oraerwood az
a presidential candidate = Mr. NJ Gr9ses
said: "Mr. Foraker use tb t ue wrypl.
terly opposed to the 5o1 rIevs Du. soiien ,sa
q . gres' Ia / asked Mr.. Ff5rakc il in case
ss Underwood is nonfinated for Pres
NJ MT o ,,;II Il make any difference to you
iaen'i we l. Southern man =
tha at.Aa Il :, none said Mr.. Foraker.
.oe curse. / cannot vote for him, as
vi ~, a s Republican, but II any Republican
am ahnr 4 get up and denounce him because
sa i from the South, would take the
r nc :, in Underwood's defense"
''S That reads well, coming as it does
irnn a man whose antagonistic attitude
towards tU the South in other days gave
him the appelation OF Fire Alarm
lF:oraker.-Moutgomeyy (Alabama) Ad-
r,ertiser, reprinted in the Birmingham.
Ala, .Age-Herald. January 1919.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
a New H. ca der
From the South

The Presidents veto, of course, de-
stroyed the Free List Bill, as well as
all the other features of the Democratic
platform The special session, however,
was not without far-reaching results.
Its chief accomplishments were reor-
ganzed Congress and a resurrected
Democratic majority under a new lead
crship, 1t also emphasized the new
part which the Southern States are now
playing in national affairs. With a
Southerner as Chief Justice, a Southerner
as majority leader in Congress, and
SouihcrucTs as prominent candidates for
the Democratic presidential nomination
Clark, Underwood and Wilson-the
nation is certainly more united than al
any time since the Civil War. No man
rejoices more over this changed situa-
ton than Underwood, He is even more
interested in the solidarity of the forty
eight States than in the union of the
Democratic party"-Burton I. Hen
drick in MeCWf'S Mdgd-ine, February
| 1912.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
UNDERWOOD THE TAN

We have been humbugged and scared
off long enough by the bogy of North
ern prejudice against Southern candi-
date. Underwood stands for just those
things which recent Northern MAORI
ties have declared they want--a revi-
sion of the tariff downward and the
destruction of special privilege. His
qualities Of leadership have been tested
and approved. In his personality he
IS solid, clean and sane, with the cour-
age of a fighter and the clairvoyance OF
a true reformer, and if the South pre-
sents him as her candidate and the party
ratihes her choice this fine, strong char.
acter of new day in our annals will
catch both the sentiment and the sober
Judgment Of the North, sweep away the
last remaining debris of the dead old
war and its dead issues and carry
enough States in that section to give us
the Presidency.-Live Oak, Fla. Demo.
erdt reprinted in the Montgomery i'd.
peyiissr, January II, 1912.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
Ala bara'S
Candidate

Mr.. Underwood's service to the coun-
try during nine terms in the National
House Of Representatives has been most
distinguished, and has made his name a
household word in the homes of the
people, For more than 20 years he has
been in the very front of his party's
battle line leader from his youth, and
ever faithful to his party's principles
and candidates, No Democrat can find
a flaw in his political record; no charge
Of dcsertion in any campaign; no accu-
,ad9n Of serving special interests can
lie against him.
Ills congressional colleagues respect
him for his sincerity, his high sense OF
honor his sagacity and his acknowl-
edged ability, and this in itself is an
jntsIliblc proof Of his merit, for none
know so well the capabilities of :
statesman as those who have served
many years with him and noted his
conduct in days of peace and those Of
political storm,-Cmeirnati Enquirer
IOc.her o, 1911.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
UNDERWOOD A UNIFYINO
FORCE

The Republicans cannot agree with
his tariff views; the country, we are
sure, will never put him into the presi-
dency, but assuredly he must be con-
ceded to be the ablest, the strongest, the
most influential Democrat in Congress
to-day, and he has shown a marvellous
capacity for leadership. His party asso-
ciates stand solidly behind him, and that
could not have been said of any other
man in recent years who led the Demo-
Gratis in the House of Representatives.
The shrewd Republican politicians
who predicted that the Democrats in
the House would be split into a dozen
bitterly fighting factions in less than a
month"; are now amazed at Underwood's
success as harmonizer and a uni
flying force. He has succeeded where
everybody else failed; it seems likely
that with the prestige of success he will
grow larger and more powerful as time
passes, We detest his political princi-
pies, but it would be folly to deny his
strength and capacity-Ths Post Err
press, Rochester, N. Y, June Fl, 1911.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
Let Us claim Our Birthright

For 50 years we have eaten in the
political kitchen. Consistently, we have
waxed cheerful when denied even the
dubious privilege of the second table
And to-day, when the clock of destiny
strikes, when the door Of opportunity j,
wide ajar, when the North actually lives
mp to that prophetic utierance in the
Senate of Ben Hill, I'VE are back in the
house of our fathers, and we are here to
stay, thank Coda few OF MS are still
blushing and stammering, still wearing
political sackcloth and ashes, still up tc
the old, easy mark" game Of doing al
the dr,idgery, with more Of the cakes
and alel Let's end this disgraccfu
farce! We furnish, have long furnished
the electoral votes, the powder and shot
the munitions, of the Democratic party
Let's assert those equal rights and priv
leRes as American citizens, as the re.
mainder Of the nation. fraternally bids
rs to do, Let's cease the qualification
OF informing the nation. by our actions
that we cannot bring forth a man capa.
lie for the presidency. For the sec.
tonal cowardice, here and there mani.
tested, is equivalent to that shameful
ard ungrounded admission.-The Con.
sh'ntion, Atlanta, Ga. January p, 1912
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
Southern
Lea erS

Naturally the men who have led the
Democrats in the House of Representa-
tives so successfully under trying con-
ditions are freely mentioned at the pres
ent time as possible candidates for the
presidential nomination by the Demo
cratic Convention. These leaders are
Champ Clark, Speaker of the House
and Oscar w. Underwood, a new and
coming man.
Both are Southerners, by the way, but
in my mind there is no reason in these
days of broadening views and lessening
prejudices why a Southerner should not
be nominated and elected to the presi-
d1ltial chair of the United States. In
TACT, there are many reasons why it
should be so."--London cable of William
Randolph Hearst in the Ne7c York
american, Monday, September Is, 1911,
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
Underwood Presi-
de- ti.ITinbe

Mr.. Underwood would make an ideal
President. He is broad-gauged, level
headed citizen; he doesn't slip his cere-
bral cogs and go off at a tangent as a
rabid exponent of revolutionary dogmas
in an effort to popularize himself; he is
uniformly courteous to all men; he be-
lieves in reducing the high cost of liv-
ing in this country, not talking about it !;
he does not believe in destroying the
industries of the United States while at
the same time he is thorough believer
in the principles Of tariff for revenue
only
y
There is no fub-dub about Mr.. I'm
derwood. He doesn't believe in shams.
He is a big, brawny, brainy statesman,
without his lightning rod out to attract
the Democratic nomination for the pres
idency, and largely on that very account
he is liable to be the very man that will
get in the way of the bolt that may
elevate him to the White House,. W.
l'lenner, in the TimcS-Democyai, Mus.
kegee, Okla, October Is, 1911.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
Underwood
for President

The argument that he lives too far
South to be available is without weight.
The country has reached that state Of
union--has been so closely drawn to-
gether by railroad and telegraph-that
Alabama is brought to the door of New
York. Massachusetts, and Texas are near
neighbors and even the two Portlands,
of Maine and Oregon, stand within easy
hailing distance of each other. So far
as any feeling of sectionaism is con-
cerned, or any prejudice against the Sc
lection OF a Southern man for the presi-
dency Underwood is, like Lincoln, a
native OF Kentucky, and therefore as
much Northern as SoutbT, was born
during the Civil War. andA wv to man
hood after the Old bitterness between
North and South had died out. He is
big, brainy. courageous man.-Balti-
more Sun, July e, 1911.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
ABASEM EN7

OF the manner in which the North views
the situation. We use Underwood only
as an illustration, though his magnificent
record as House leader during The spe-
cial session would, as our correspondent
declares, have assured his nomination
with sweep"-had he lived at the
North To the North, il makes no diff
ference where Underwood, or any other
one of the galaxy being discussed, was
born. The representative Northerncr
does not bride at mention OF Bull Run
or Gettysburg. 1t remains for the South
to develop political stage fright over
these diminishing chapters in our his
tory. The last smouldering embers OF
sectional acrimony were stamped out by
the Spanish-American war. The last
barriers between North and South were
crumbled before the achievements of
Joe Wheeler, of Fitzhugh Lee, and of
many OF the younger generation on both
sides.
The most convincing evidence of this
fact is the manner in which the nation
received the announcement of the broad
and patriotic action of President Taft
in elevating Justice White, a Confed-
crate veteran, TO the Chief Justiceship of
the United States Supreme Court. A
protesting snarl rose here and there
from the irreconcilables. And tine voices
most bitter in denunciation of that
jaundice came from-the Northern
pressl 1t is only essential for the occa-
sional freak frebrand to rise and at
tempt to wave the bloody shirt" to be
Hurled with ridicule, rot only by his
confreres, but as well by the news
papers OF all sections of our common
country.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15

course, as a people, to be so interpreted,
1t is not in human nature to accord
respect, where sef-respert Is absent
How, then, can We expect me REMAINDER
of the nation to continue to respect us,
when we grovel in the dust OF by
gone era, and let go by default the
rights inherent in American manhood
For virtually half a century the South
has furnished the hewers Of wood and
drawers of water for the Democratic
party 1t has, faithfully with each re-
current four years, furnished the Democ-
racy's army and its line oficers--cheer-
fully yielding command TO other sections.
With smile, it has steadily forsworn
the political loaves and fishes, content,
for the sake of the party, that they 60
to doubtful States-time and again TO
States most of us knew at the time were
steel-riveted Republican,
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
Takes Up
Underwood

The years since the Civil War have
rolled too fast and far to permit it to
be conceivable any longer that the cir
cumstances Of Southern birth should
constitute in Northern judgment a dis
qualification in any degree whatever.
Both as to nomination and as to cleo
ton the Southerner will be rated in 1912
on his individual merits. As far as this
particular Southerner, Mr.. Oscar W.
Underwood is concerned, it is agreeable
TO note the absence OF geography in
the regard in which he is held in all
parts of the Union.-Ne5V York San,
1911.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
Dangers Of Direct Democracy.

They knew the history Of the past that those governments had faile
their that the liberties the had been destroyed by
and which marked the administration Of government
the made in the forum the assembled multitude and
product OF selected especially trained for the work in hand
They knew that the failure Of direct Democracy due
the lack Of honesty purpose the part Of the aggregate citizenship
Scmld in the forum but the fact that they often swayed by thea
desires passions and puc and lacked intimate knowledge of the
suhart effect of their
No honest his individual entity will the Golden Rul
that all should do Others they would be done by but it's rarel
the that the assembled epacc divorce itself selfish desire
and deal out abstract justice to those who may be temporarily in the minority
Realizing the the trainers
Constitution endeaord to establish that would til
rights and herc, Of the pul and the time reflect ulmatel
the will Of the the The law the land
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, AS CON-
cEwED BY TRAINERS OF CONSTITUTION,
ONLY SAFE BULWARK OF CIVIL LIBERTY
Danger of Departing from Path Established
by the Fathers
SPEECH DELIVERED BY Mr. UNDERWOOD BEFORE CATHOLIC
CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY DECEMBER 49, 1911.

Of life liberty and
ery guarding rights essential to the advancement Of
our civilization
the law good government than the enactment of
Less than century half ago Federal Constitution was written
world had experimental with almost conceivable method of
before the birth of republic The
created the form Of the essentially students of the
and lovers OF the Liberties OF the people Most OF
independence charge them with either lack OF informa-
principles Of of
Of purpose government would themselves
establish Justice domestic Tranquility
defense the general Welfare and
blessings U Liberty themselves and their Posterly
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
Jeiterson's Wise Views.

In speaking Of the equal rights Of man. Thomas jefferson declared:
Modern times have the signal advantage having discovered
me only device by which these rights be
by themselves" y .
Inc author OF the Declaration Of independence
before the
aed and ultimately had reverted into uncontrolled
me nour mad come when representative
OF tree people II proposed abandon
government established fathers the direct action Of
me people to the principle Of Aenian democracy to modern
conditions F1 ~ ""0N'
Government Only Check Excuses Passion
Our representative established against
cesses which had brought the direct popular
and because does
sentiment there are who insist that the principle
fault and must be changed They do reflect that they may mis-
pubic sentiment other
en e whom the people change recurring pOd
Is az iauh and not the basic principle Of the itself
MY experience as legislator leads believe the
United states VIII always ultimately respond the enlightened
sentiment Of the people ' ~ ""'u'eu
With tides
changes the exercise of the powers NFS-"e'u
we have seen the legislative branch Of
to public sentiment in recent railroad legislation pure food
Jaws PROVIDE Tor ne publicity OF campaign funds
the ard West and build the Ihmian Canal Can tuhuy said @
the Congress has tailed ultimately place the
majority Of the American people as result of be avs m
nent and deliberate Judgment - ~ u "er perma
Continued on Next Coumn)
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
FREE list Bill VETOED
BY PRESIDENT TAFT
DRAWN BY CHAIRMAN UNDERWOOD OF THF
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
"A Bill of Direct Benefit to the Farmer Whose
Hopes We're Dissipated by Repub-
|iCan President
Mr.. UNDERWOOD THE FRIEND OF ALL CLASSES
MR. UNDERWOOD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
MEANS SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING REPORT (ExTRACrs,
ITO accompany H. r. ALB
Ito accompany H. r. 4+l3.

The whom the
44 place agricultural implements, baggng cotton
saddery and harness.
-four bread timber lumber sewing machines salt and other articles having
back House
menta nd that the bill do
platform the
a were
recognition righteousness Of the position this ones
could safely
porn deeply obligated highly protected
interests die Republican Party
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
Not a Question OF Expediency or
Discretion

In the face OF these cumulative facts,
there are some in the South who still
question il, ION account of past Of
fenses," it is discreet or "expedicnt'
for a Southern man to offer himself for
presidential honorsl We insult our-
selves, we dcbase our manhood, we sur
render the rights the North is so willing
20 concede us, when we permit our
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

tools implements every placed
against farmers the prices of these articles and
equal elsewhere the
mec manufacturers Of agricultural tools implements vehicles aad
have and largely organized
and combinations These organizations selling their products all
world, all They
recently 1907 agricultural
this The these agricultural implements are
significant the value OF all such free and due
222 The of these implements matter of more
than the domestic trade the
$3S59S4 in 1890 $8O33 1910 This foreign greatly
aided by the removal of duties from lumber provided
BAooING BALNG MATERIALS
is OF the greatest Importance producers
commodities that the materials necessary for baggng sackg g
packing
may be available " the producers at the most favorable prices po with
manufacturing interests The BILL therefore, places and
articles the Tree list including baggng
buaps
coverings and bags made thereir
iron hoop band steel for bng
agricultural products All these coverings
essentials in the transportation
The products the protection
ana lot TINS and oher reasons
coverings for agricultural produce These duties
farmers and have served principally profits
and combinations
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
Worlds First Written Constitution.

They proclaimed world Constitution created gov.
law absolute radisncon of The
of with
governments principle democracy,
people the direct hw-mang power and the ultimate
judicial power 0 the country.
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
South Wanting in BoIdness

What has been the answer of the
south--at least the answer that may be
interpreted by the silence or the diff
dencc of hundreds Of thousands of rep
resen,aiiye Soulhcrners7
ObsesScI by the ghosts Of half CEN
fury ago, guilty Of an embarrassment
and a scf-consciousnes that is nothing
short Of arrant sectional cowardice,
there is a feeling among many South
erners that the wraiths OF the sixties
.ull stand between the South and the
White llousc--thc South and that par
,icipaton in the nations voice, the ma
lions destiny, to which the nation is
eager 10 admit Us.
The consequences of this abnegation Of
ommon manhood could not be more
Gracefully portrayed than in the words
thc Constitutions Washington corre-
'ondeft in dispatch discussing the
residential status resulting from the
Harvey Wilson Watterson episode. "lf
hc." writes our correspondent, canvass
ng the possibilities of Oscar Under
aood. the brilliant Albanian, along
With other Southerners, pays the penal
v Of being a Southern man, it will be
he South and not the North to ex-
act it"
south's Political Stage Fright
That J, also an accurate delineation
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CONTINUED from First Column

CONTINUED from First Column.)
The response may rapid but probably permanent and
Il certainly much danger nacrg ha Hconsdered bad
legislation of
protect rights the minority wishes of the
major we'll or better than the partisan friends of who order
that they accomplish tempted far that they
Of destruction collateral the touches?
Unrustworthiness of Petitions.
under system proposed petition percentage Of
every himself
petitions
the determine what thought and elaboration will be exercised by
the who petition
People Suffer Failure Law Enforcement Than From
Lack of Proper Legislation.
e would that the people suffer
the failure enforce the laws the than they
from the lack of legislation How remedial laws
much legislation
neighbor shall Jail for violating the law al
ready
organic failure honestly fairly
the duties imposed them The remedy plain
responsibility
true the imposed them
The People and the Representatives
You people
measures far likely
country reflect the principle of free
msjudge the honesty intelligence of people
was hearts of For has whstood the
war greed intolerance; through the Of
disaster, protected the lives liberty and of people
public
There
for of the fundamental principles of
The enterprise-recorder. (Madison, Fla.) 1908-1933, 1912-03-15
TIME TO ABANDON
UNWORTHY SECTIONAL
AMUSEMENT

The most humliating paradox in
American politics to-day is the shrink
inr attitude OF some oi our own people
toward the presidential possibilities of
Southern men.
The civil war the memories of which
furnished the nursery for this indefensi-
HE sectional abascment, is 50 years at
our back. Ninety per cent Of the Amer
ican voters who elect a president re-
member this war and its dividing rancor
only as history With outstretched
hands, having given every proof of view
ing Mason and DiXon's line as no more
a political barrier than the Mississippi
Or the Rockies, the dominant generation
At the North invites the South, its pub
lie men, by right OF citizenship and by
right Of demonstrated ability, into full
fellowship IN the nations counsels.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-11-07
PROPOSALS FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that the
Board Of Capitol Commissioners oil
the State OF Nevada will receive seal
ed bids for supplying and installing
filing cases in the office OF the Adiu-
tant-General III the State Capitol
Building at Carson City, Nevada, the
same to be in accordance with plans
and specifications on file with the
Clerk OF the Board of Capitol Com
missioners at Carson City, Nevada.
All bids must be filed with the
Clerk of this Board at the State Cap
'tol Building at Carson City, Nevada,
on or before twelve O'Clock. noon,
October ID, 1912.
A certified check for ten ClW per
cent of the amount of the bid must
accompany each bid.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
By. order of the Board of Capitol
Commissioners.
AUSTIN JACKSON,
Clerk of the Board of Capitol COM
m%issioners.