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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19
Southern Loador8
and the Tariff

No sensible man. certainly no one
friendly to the Sor*h. wishes to see the
tariff made sectional question. The
course Of Mr.. Clark and Nh. Under
wood tends to prevent this. They stand
not only with their own party through
out the country, but with the strong
public sentiment in support Of tariff re-
duct;on that has divided the Republican
party. and thrown the House into the
hands Of the Democrats. When we say
that in this they are serving their own
section, we have in mind the important
fact that they are bringing to bear on
national affairs the intelligence and
strength of their section, and giving It
the opportunity to take 2 leading part
in the affairs Of the Nation. They are
undermining the unfortunate section
alism that has, perhaps unavoidably,
peryaded Southern politics for . long
time. They are ranging the South on
the side Of progress and in the line
Of the most significant movement Of
national opinion that has manifested it.
self in years. Nothing is more certain
than that our vast and intricate ana
oppressive tariff system is to be
reformed, and its reform is bound to
be the one task Of craftsmanship in the
next few years. It can be determined,
and under certain conditions it can be
led by the men Of the South.-Nesc
York Times, January 81, 1911.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19

In this mornings magazine section
of The Times our readers will find the
very interesting report of an inquiry
by staff correspondent into the record
and repute, in his own home, Of the
Hon. Oscar w. Underwood of Ala
bama, who has recently been discussed
as a possible Democratic candidate for
the presidency. 1t is needless to say
that The Times is not concerned to adj
vance the interests of any gentleman
in this direction in preference to any
other: 1t is concerned only in laying
before its readers such information,
carefully gathered and impartially pre-
sented, as will aid in the formation OF
sound public opinion and choice that
will be to the greatest advantage OF the
Nation.
We think our readers will agree that
any party may be congratulated among
whose prominent men, to whom the
ewes of the party are directed on the
eve of a presidential campaign. there
is one with such standing among those
who know him best as Mr.. Underwood
has. Plainly he is man to be trusted,
because he is trusted, for his integrity,
purity, civic courage, and ability, by his
own people. Whether, when the time
comes for choice, he will be consid-
cred the best man is question which
it is now too early to decide. But there
is one element that will enter into the
problem which may well receive atte1i-
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19
UNDERWOOD
AND THE PAPERS

The careful reader of the newspapers
is surprised at one notable feature of
the papers from practically every Sec
ton of the country. This feature is the
general notice and attention paid to Con-
gresham Oscar Underwood as candi-
date for the Democratic presidential
nomination, and the uniform praise
which invariably accompanies the men
ton of him and his candidacy. This Is
all the more surprising because Mr.. I'm
derwood maintains no press bureau. On
the other hand, prominent candidates
for the Democratic nomination IKE Gov-
ernor Harmon of Ohio. Governor VIII
son of New Jersey and Speaker Clark
of Missouri, maintain large and active
bureaus, which are continually sending
out campaign literature to the papers
of the country.
Notwithstanding this, at the present
time Mr.. Underwood is receiving more
attention than any other, We might say
any other two, presidential candidates
combined. The attitude of the voters
towards Mr.. Underwood may be doubted
until that attitude is made clear in an
election, but it cannot be doubted that
his record and his strong personality
are admired by the newspapers OF the
country. For now he is receiving more
free and favorable advertising than any
other public man of the country
Montgomery (Alabama) advertiser,
January 5, 1912.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19
UNDERWOOD-HOUSEL LEADER
CLEAN COURAGE, HIGH HONESTY
FAITHFUL IN HIS FRIENDSHIPS

Committee, Mr.. Underwood has shown
himself to be the right man in the right
place. What advances are made by the
party in 1912 will be due largely to him.
He knows tariff in all its schedule
windings, as man knows the Railways
Of his own house. He has wisdom. He
has temper and spirit but is neither
unreasonable nor vindictive. ! have
faith in the tariff thoroughness of Mr..
Underwood. II owned the revenues
Of the Government, ! shouldn't hesitate
to employ him as night-watchman.-.-
Alfred Henry Lewis, in the Cos"s0po'-
ton; I January; 1912. I.
Mr.. Underwood is faithful in his
friendships. To those whom he casually
meets, he is affable, albeit non-com-
initial, keeping his own counsel. He Is
never rude nor hard; never violent.
even with blood foes. For the stranger
within his gates his air is gentle and
frank. He is easy to see, and, speaking
generally, has been ever careful to keep
himself within the reach Of all. News
paper folk, sent to Mr.. Underwood BY
some stress of duty, never fail to like
him. He has his dignity, but there is
no reserve. He maintains no distances
between himself and them. He answers
question with = round readiness, or
saws plainly that he can't answer It and
tells why. He expedites the business in
hand, and will even anticipate the pur-
pose of ones coming, and put questions
to himself.--Alfred Henry Lewis, in the
Cosnso bol;ton, New York, January, 1912.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19

But this new leader from Alabama,
with nothing meteoric or iridescent
about him; who has forged steadily
ahead during sixteen years Of congress
sional service, and who has proved him.
self equal to every emergency IN the acid
test of debate on the floor of the House
cool, imperturbable. resourceful, sure Of
himself at all times; profoundly learned
on the great tariff issue he stands for;
whose impressive personality is reveal
ing itself in stronger lines every day
as the searchlight of the press plays
upon it-he is the Man of Destiny for
the Democratic party in this year 1912.
And as the campaign for the nomination
progresses, Mr.. Underwood's superior
availability will come out with increas-
ing clearness, and the Democratic masses
of the South will catch the inspiration
of the great fact that Southern man
from the heart of Dixie is at last in line
for the presidency after all these weaW
years of waiting. When that psyche
logical moment arrives-in the national
convention or before tia very nearly
solid South, fused to white heat under
the enthusiasm of a genuine Southern
presidential candidacy, will take Oscar
Underwood on its shoulders, sweep away
all the well laid plans Of machine politics
and rush him right to the goal. winner
by sheer force of an overwhelming sense
Of simple justice to the South. At
least, that's the way we want it-Ik
Sxwanee (Fla.) Democrot. December,
1911.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19
"A volCo
Vrom Virginia

All of the avowed aspirants are
men of distinction and merit, but my
individual opinion is that the party has
an opportunity to make a magnificent
selection by choosing for its standard
bearer in 1912 the wise, well-balanced
and thoroughly equipped Albanian.
Hon. Oscar Underwood.
"Mr. Underwood's record in states
manship is a good enough guarantee
of his fitness for the White House.
He measures up to all the requirements
of the exalted position. He is fearless
and broad minded, and there is nothing
of the demagogue in his composition
Some will cavil at his Southern origin
and raise the oft-repeated cry that no
Southerner can be elected to the presi-
dency. This bugaboo is raised in spite
of the fact that all the leading papers
of the North and South and all writers
of any note have declared time and
again that sectional feeling and preju-
dice. based on the war of '6l-6S, have
died out completely.
"If that be true is there any longer
any valid reason against going to the
South for a candidate! If Mr.. Under
woods personality and public service
render him peculiarly available should
the matter of location bar him from the
nomination? The idea is absurd
Hon. A. c. Broxton, of Richmond, va
| in The Baltimore Sun, January, l9ll.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19
Undorwood Among
1912 Possibilities

The threatened breakdown of Ma
iority Leader Underwood, as result OF
long hours of hard work on the tariff
in the Ways and Means Committee. put
many a Democrat in nervous state OF
mind. There developed suddenly a full
appreciation of the worth Of the Ala
bama Congressman as leader. For
Mr.. Underwood to become disabled or
to be removed from the scene OF his
usefulness at this critical time would be
like pulling corner post out from
under a platform on which was heaped
most of the political treasures OF the
party, Democrats quite generally are
willing to admit.
Credit for the achievements of the
Democratic House bearing the stamp OF
constructive craftsmanship is given
readily to the majority leader. Due to
his success as legislative manager-his
ability in most tests to keep the House
Democracy united-and the fact that
Civil War wounds have been allowed to
heal because of the scarcity of public
men of the type of Senator Hepburn,
of Idaho, a Southerner is being. Sc
riously considered North and South Is
presidential material. The Underwood
for President movement has been at
tracing volunteer workers steadily
since last spring, when the newly-in-
stalled Democratic House assumed its
responsibilities. An Underwood boom
for the Democratic nomination fol-
President put on long trousers at the
beginning of this, the national campaign
year.-Austin Cunningham, in the Son
Antonio Express, January 5. 1912
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19

His name is Oscar w. Underwood |;
his years are on the sunshine side of
fifty. As chief of the Ways and Means.
and chairman of the Committee on Com
mittees, he is Speaker Clark's right arm
in the House.
Mr.. Underwood's cry is Tariff for
revenue onlyw When Mr.. Bryan, eaten
of rule-or-ruin spirit, came to Wash
ington at the beginning of the special
session to trouble the waters of party
hope with an attack upon the wool bill
as proposed by the Democrats, Mr.. I'm
derwood, in going after Mr.. Bryan.
stated his own tariff position. Said he:
1.-THE Democratic party stands for q
tariff for revenue. The Democratic
party does not stand for free trade,
and / do not believe the people will
be misled by the statement of Mr..
Bryan"
That Mr.. Underwood is against pro-
lection, and fights it, evinces his cour-
age. He comes from the Birmingham
district in Alabama breeding ground
of protection. In Mr.. Underwood's dis
trict there are nine railroads, one hum
bred and forty-eight miles of street-car
tracks, $l50,OO0,0O0 Of invested indus.
tries, an annual pig-iron output Of
100000 tons, and production OF
100000 tons of coal. The city OF
Birmingham has an annual payroll OF
$5OOOOOOO. The Tennessee Coal & Iron
Company, which is part of the Steel
Trust, controls one-third of all the prod
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19

The emphasis here is placed upon Mr..
Underwood's wisdom, but along with
this is mentioned his honesty.
These two qualities greatly impress
every one who comes into association
with Mr.. Underwood, or who closely
follows his course in Congress md II
public life. He il wise: be does not
disturb himself about little things; biz
own personality is not obtruded; his
political ambitions play no part II gov
erning his words and actions. He has
an eye single to the performance Of
duty and believes that duty well per-
formed is the most urgent considers
ton. If doing his duty should mar his
fortunes-as he certainly believed It
would when he voted against the PEN
sion bill--he will take what comes with
out complaining. Not every man can be
president, he thinks. but every man can
try to do the best that is In him for
his country and for the times he lives
in.
And this is honesty. He plays no
politics; he stands out against raiding
the treasury-no matter what be the ex-
cuse offered-and he opposes his own
friends and associates quite IS firmly
as he opposes his opponents when, u
his judgment, the thing proposed to b
done is not for the common good.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19
INTEGRITY, PURITY
CIVIC COURAGE AND ABILITY

life and especially by the intimate, ex-
tensive, and increasing intercommuni-
cation within our borders. Our people
have for forty years literally lived to-
gether, and always more and more
closely. They have gradually ceased
to think in terms Of sections, and the
South is to-day no more distinct and
apart from the East or the Middle
West or the West in the minds OF those
who dwell elsewhere.
In the next place, no one under sixty
has any personal experience OF the
civil conflict, and that means not mere
" that the majority but that the great
body of voters are without this ex..
perience, It is more than quarter OF
4 century since the Southern Cues
ton" entered even nominally INTO 2
National contest. If it were raised
now by any party, and those who would
be influenced by it had to stand Up
and be counted, we believe they would
be ludicrously few. On the other hand.
we are confident that were the issue
made, a great many voters-chiefiy
among those who were most earnest IN
their loyalty in the civil war-would BY
a common impulse of generosity and OF
self-respect incline toward the Southern
candidate. If forced really to think OF
the matter, and to act on their conciu-
sions, it would seem too absurd to act
in the present on the issues long since
settled, settled in their favor, and set
tied forever.-Ths Nesv York Times,
November rs, 1911.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19
FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF OUR PUBLIC ROADS
Reh and Duty Of Congress Unquesoned from the Founda
ton of the Government

Extracts speech Of Oscar Underwood
an Sen@ sa the Whole WI III opii
Union year ending
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roads, canals and for the improvement of waterways
+ Thomas Jefferson said n letter to Mr. Lepsr. in 1909
til % Be sa9 are os os an s or and . and
whole canals
ETC. which all endeavo.s should be directed
While Secretary 1919 Mr. Calhoun made the House
tof Representatives on in which he said:
mo object kind and there which
must be perfected
by General Government not perfected ALL
addition %
conferred
Establish his book Consiu
tiona Law,
every including railroads. canals unpkes
within State becomes
posroa whenever of the Post Office Department pro-
vision made the mails
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19
Underwood
: R0al Man

The Democrats Of the House have
reason to be proud Of their hocf -
er, Chairman Underwood, Of The Ways
and Means Committee. Nj. Underwood
has given ample evidences Of The pcs-
session Of the qualities Of mind essen-
tial to the position. He has also dem
onstrated most conclusively that be =
man who cannot be cajoled Or bul-
lied from the course be considers right
In the debate over the CANADIAN rec
iprocity bill former Speaker C2nnon
made the bluff that the steel trust e
vors the enactment Of the measure.
Mr.. Underwood called the bluff very
effectively by producing : telegram
from his home district saying that the
United States Steel Corporation has
stopped work on important mi1ls there,
giving as their reason that Underwood
stood in Congress advocating the tariff
reductions on steel included In this bill.
Mr.. Underwood added that two years
ago the steel trust opposed his election
because Of the tariff views and threat
ened to turn him out Of Congress Il
he voted for reductions on steel dutieG
II voted for them Just the same" be
stated, land they failed in their efforts
to turn me out Of Congress"
Underwood i every inch : man. and
the people have more respect for one
such as he than for whole battalion
of corporation controlled standpattefar
Ths OeoIo Dolly Banner, Florida, April
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19
UNDERWOOD IN THE WEST

II am grati6ed to see this State NOV
ing onward in almost every line and l
note the wonderful growth of Birming..
ham. l observe that The Age-Hsroid
has kept full step with the progressive
spirit and has led in the work.
"The growing strength OF oscar on-
derwood in the minds OF the people
throughout the United States has given
Alabama a kind of publicity. that the
State could obtain in no other way:
particularly on the great question OF
the tariff, for it was not thought fnat
one would come out of Alabama with
its varied interests who would be q
David to defy the trusts. Oscar Un-
derwood is regarded by many men as
the best equipped, cleanest, fairest man
to-day mentioned for the presidency. II
he is nominated, he will undoubtedly
win. If any strong sentiment OF the
South demands his election ne VIII DC
nominated. Out in Colorado, with us
thousands of visitors from all parts
of the United States, he is the first man
named by most of them. The prom
inence given to his candidacy by the
magazines and the public press has
caused a strong tide to rise which. l
hope and believe will carry him to the
White House l took much pieasure;
in aiding in organizing the Underwood
Club in Denver. and it is doing good
work unuuestionably. HAWKINS,
of New York. in the Birmingham, Ala,
.4ee-Herold. January 8, 1912.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19
"A Southern Pr08I-
Dental Possibility

In the mention of Oscar w. Under
wood, of Alabama, for the Democratic
Presidential nomination resides a good
deal more than suggestion that we
have got too far away from the Civil
War era to regard a statesman as nee
essarily unavailable" because he comes
from a commonwealth that was men,
Der of the Southern Confederacy.
OF the men now before the country
as possible or probable Democratic
candidates for the Presidency, Under
wood is certainly one of the strongest.
He has had fine training in Congress,
and is in himself a man of natural force
and large capacity for work-and work.
ers are what we want in executive posi-
sions. He has been member OF the
House of Representatives for some fit
teen years, and has risen by force OF
merit, and nothing but merit, to posi-
ton which made it inevitable that ne
should be Chairman of the Committee
on Ways and Means when the Demo-
Gratis came into control of the popular
Branch of the Government. He has the
youth the environment, the enthusiasm,
the courage, the political sagacity, and
the statesmanly qualities fully to Justify
his consideration in connection with the
Presidential nomination.
Mr.. Underwood is a conservative man,
who is capable of entertaining pro-,
gressive ideals and at the same time OF
realizing fully the duty and the ne
cessity for conserving substantial inter-
ests of the community The Democratic
party might go farther and do vastly
worse than if it should nominate him
as its standard-bearer of lol2.-M""-
seys Magazine, January. 1912.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19

ton even thus early. It is the tact
that Mr.. Underwood is man of South
ern birth, Representative from a South
ern State. There is a feeling, rather
than definite opinion, which finds ex-
preston more often in his own section
than in the North, and perhaps more
often in his own party than in the OPP
posite party, that this fact would be
source of weakness if Mr.. Underwood
were named by the Democracy.
Of course, this is matter not easily
to be decided with confidence in ad-
vance. There has been no occasion for
a distinct expression of public sentiment
regarding it. 1t is a half century since
a Southern candidate for the presidency
came before the Nation, and good
deal longer than that since one was
elected. Great events have interviewed
and left their impress on the minds
and hearts of men, the depth and di-
rection of which no one can surely es-
innate. Our own judgment is that a
candidate from the South-other things
being equal-would not be weaker and
might even be the stronger for that fact.
In broad way, it may safely be said
that there is in our people now sense
of tried and proved and established
nationality which might, and probably
would, welcome an opportunity. tor
manifesting itself. This sense of ma
tionality has grown progressively ever
since the close of the war for the
Union. It has been steadily strength.
ened BY the conditions of our National
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-04-19

ucts Of the district. One-third Of all the
iron-ore holdings of the Steel Trust are
in and around Birmingham. Surely, at
first glance, bad outlook for tariff
reformer! And yet Mr.. Underwood
succeeds and re-succeeds himself with
ever climbing majorities: :.
1t is the Underwood honesty that
does it-that, and his clean courage:
The dominant quality in Mr.. Underwood
is honesty, and folk have found it out.
Honesty is among the scarcest of earth
ly commodities, and when community
has discovered it in the possession Of
an individual, it guards it and works it
like gold-mine for every final ounce.
Mr.. Underwood is honest: His cleo
ton was not the work Of money. He
was not chosen as either the pet Of the
railroads or the frst-born Of the trusts.
His seat was given him by the people.
and because they believed he would fill
it to the best of public advantage.
This emanation Of the popular gives
Mr.. Underwood the House high ground,
and he is so far military in. his genius
that he knows how to fortify and hold
it. From his place as a peoples repre-
sentative, he can overstare and keep in
check the Paynes and the Dalzells and
the Crumpackers, who are present mere.
ly by the grace Of pirate money, and
dwell, therefore, on House levels much
lower than his own.-Alfred Henry
Lewis in the Cosmobolitom, New York,
January. 1872 .
As the head of the Ways and Means