The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-04-20

| don't want anybody. You can't men
ton single candidate from their par
" who Is generally favored. | believe
that Taft will be nominated because
he will get the majority Of the office
holders, but Roosevelt has a strong
following among the hoi polloi. on
setting that, however, is the fact that
he entered the race too late or too ear
~, too late TO get his machine 10 rum
ming, too early to secure the nomna-
|. ton by the stampede route. And La
| Toilette and Cummins have no chance
hat all
1T doesn't matter who Is nominated
| by the Republicans, he will not get
the full support of his party. Mention
| any candidate and opposition will de-
fvelop at once from the reasons
snamed, and you will f1ud the opposition
kturning to the Democratic party.
Underwood Strong With Labor People.
| "Of the Democrats prominently men
Euoned there Is only one who is receiv-
fling strong support, and that man Is o.
bear Underwood. The laboring men
Fhke him because he will stand up
kagainst the moneyed interests when 1t
his necessary, and the business men like
khtm because he Is the only statesman
with real, practical business IDEAS.
And those that simply can't vote the
democratic ticket because they are
Republicans-well,t they will saEetheir
'consciences and at the same ttme-help
Underwood by staying away fromsthe
| polls.
Underwood Dominating, Figure In Con-
! gross.
| Il found that the appreciation az
what Underwood is doing and OF his
4 constructive ability is more in the
! north. probably because they keep up
with the work Of congress better than
we do. He has been the dominating
figure In congress for the past two
years, and, ,as one member of'that body
n said to me. he commands the respect
Of Republicans and Democrats alike
,when he gets up to speak.
lit was funny thing, though, when
II found all these Yankee Republicans
lswanttng southern Democrat. II
amade me,suspictous, and l said 30.
look here 1 told one Of them,
H-there is something up your sleeve
underwood either Is mighty good or
she Is mighty poor. and you want to
|Kplay a trick on us The reply was In
tsev1tably the same in every instance
ktthat he was practical man, con-
4 servative> statesman who yet could be
u progressive without being radical, and
/ that this fs the man they want at the
\ helm Of the government. He Is the
one man in congress today with full
, apprecia ttpn Of all the minute details
! that enter into successful conduct of
4 business
Il Ready to Agree With Us.
THE north is now ready to con-
cede the point to the south that she
can produce a president. The cycles
have rolled round, and the psychologist
cal moment has come. They are ready
to agree with US and elect Underwood
u Not all theory, not all ideas .about how
to run government, he actually
4 knows how, and he actually can. Not
7 a man of many words, he never gives
vent to those flashy platdtudes that
make, good headlines and gain him no
toriety- None OF US, I think, have ever
n given him full credit for taking a mass
kof politicians In disordered chaos, az
fthe Democrats we're when he became
fstheir leader, ands Bringing out OF it the
I.best oiled, most perfect machine which
ethe party has hadsfor years.
There Is only one thing that Is
.needed to.put a Democrat in the seat
sof the president Of the United States
kThere issonly one thing that is needed
ITO put Il southern Democrat In the
highestsof1ce Of the land. That Is q
campaign Of intelligence. campaign
to tell the people Of this country who
and what Underwood is, what he is
doing and what he stands for
"As soon as that Is done he will be
! elected ATLANTA (Ga) Constitution.