The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-04-20
NORTH STRONG FOR UNDERWOOD
Sentiment Practically Amounts to CALL" Says W. L Percy
Labor and Business win Both Be Satisfied With Him.

1.-THE sentiment for Underwood
through the north, and especially In
New York, amounts practically TO
call" said W. L. Percy, secretary OF
the Dobbs & Wey company, who got
back home yesterday after a three
weeks trip through Cincinnati, Column
bus, Buffalo, New York city and other
points.
1.-The Republicans don't want any
body, to tell the truth. Roosevelt Is too
much OF q demagogue. Taft has been
unwtse, La Toilette is so much Of a
progressive that he Is practically
Socialist, and Cummins is not In the
running. OF the Democratic candidates
Underwood is the only man who meets
their demands for q constructive
statesman, one who knows the practi-
cal side Of government
North Strong For Underwood.
Mine out of every ten Republicans
think Underwood would make a good
president, and Of those nine the ma
5ority are ready to vote for him. or
course there are not a few who always
vote the straight Republican ticket.
was talking to one of these, who had
expressed bis dissatisfaction with all
his party's candidates, and asked him
about Underwood.
We'll, l would be inclined ITO for
get that 1t was election day II you
nominate Underwood answered this
straight ticket Republican.
THE north has paid more, attention
to the last session Of congress than
has the south. They know what On
derwood is doing and they have Aearn-
ed about the man. For this reason
there Is demand for him that was
q revelation to me, and I am from the
south"
Such is the gist Of a, recountal3 by
Mr.. Percy Of his trip, containing the
most remarkable view az the presdden.
tial situation In the north that has yet
been presented here. His trip was q
revelation to the man from theeouth. q
man who left Atlanta not counted
among the Underwood supporters, but
who returned enrolled under that tban.
ner because Underwood is the man OF
the hour. the man Of destiny at the
psychological moment In the history i
the Democratic party"
Talked With Al Glasses.
Mr.. Percy's. statements are not:drawn
merely from a scratching Of the, polit
zeal surface In the cities and states
through which he passed. He talked
with laboring men and, by the way, II
was from them that he heard the first
favorable mention Of Underwood; he
talked with business men who control
thousands of dollars, andstt might be
added that he took lunch with an &C
tive candidate for the presidency, no.
Mr.. Underwood. which, however, dc
not blind him to the fitness Of the
southern man.
Underwood Much Talked About.
when I left Atlanta knew little ot
Oscar Underwood. I thought when hs
was mentioned that he was all right a,
q congressman. but beyond that neve'
went.
1.-The first thing that .settm thinki1s,
Of him and his chances for the preM
dency was q conversation which l but
ted into at Buffalo. l had, just return
ed from Niagara Fails and was wait
ing for my train. A group OF laborint
men, mostly railroad men, were dis
cussing politics, and I,entered into thu
conversation without their knowing
who or what was. One of'them wal
q rank Rooseveltian, bnt he was inter
rupted by one of his friends, a mar
dressed In oveRlls.
1--we been watching that fellow
Underwood. L: like what.he says. ant
I like what he,does, and I'm going t,
vote for him.
Then l'Talksds Poiitiea
THAT set me to thinking. and from
then on talked politics every time
got the chance. And then I DOM
menced to notice a. funny thing abou,
the Republicans, and that is that they