The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1912-05-02


That is the way Oscar w. I'm
derwood puts It, and he is the man in
charge of the attack on the ancient
breastworks OF protection, or maybe
it is ancient bulwarks. Anyway he
is attacking them.
While he Is candidate for presi
dent Mr.. Underwood, like the man who
was a Christian. is not working at 1t.
He is perfectly willing that all of his
friends should boom him; but, as for
himself. he is busy, being majority
lender OF the house. That is mans
job and leaves him no more time for
running around the country. maintain
ing headquarters and doing the 9th
er things that a presidential candidate
is supposed to do,
A great many people talk about the
Office seeking the man, but they don't
practice what they preach The min
ute an Office timidly ventures in sight
they make it run for its life. Pc
troeum v Nasty once heard that
phrase about the office seeking the
man. so he hid himself under a bench
in the convention hall. He was not
nominated. Thereupon he concluded
that the man should stay out in plain
sight where the office could see him.
That is what Underwood Is doing
If the presidency is looking for a man
six feet high weighing l95 pounds,
and hailing from Birmingham. Ala.
why Oscar w, is right there. But If I
he has TO chase the said presidency all |
over the map and charm II by rear |
platform oratory and press agent stuff |
he will let il look elsewhere. He has l.
his hands full with being chairman Of |
the ways and means committee and |
manicuring the tariff.
Underwood is of the genus known
as able citizen. He Is not an orator
and does not run to fuss and feathers.
He has been called the Democratic
Mckinley" not because he believes in
protection. but because he is of the
Mckinley type. He is always i'm.
maculately dressed. is the soul of or
der. has his hair carefully plastered
down and has never been known to
get RULED. His predecessor as ways
and means chairman, Serene Il. Payne,
Is himself u suave. calm and smiling
citizen, but Underwood goes him one
better He is more serene than Sc
reno.
Plain Oscar w.
The Democratic majority leader Is
also modest. as surprising as that may
seem in politician He does not pun
himself or pose for the newspapers
spent two hours trying to find what
the w. In his name stands for. ran
sacked two newspaper "morGues" and
even called up man who used TO be
Oscar WIS professor in college, but all
10 no avail He is so modest he has
never allowed it TO appear In print 1t
may be Oscar William or Oscar Will.
ing or some other melinuous and far
sounding name but nobody knows He
will be City years old in May and has
been In congress seventeen years. yet
he has mOdestly hidden his middle
name all that time So plain Oscar w.
IL must remain.
Has the time come when a southern
man can be nominated for the presi-
dency? The last southern president
was Andrew Johnson. and he was not
elected TO the office. Neither did he
have an entirely happy time of ii. The
last southern man elected president
was Zachary Taylor. who was credited
10 Louisiana. and the last one nomi-
mated by one OF the great parties was
Winfield Scott OF Virginia. That was
sixty years ago, In all of which time |
the southern half of the country has |
not had even look in at the White |
House. l
We are now celebrating the semi =
centenary OF the civil war. aud every r
one says that sectionallsm Is forever n
dead. If so. why not prove our faith n
by our works and elect a southern a
president? To a man up a tree 1t a
would seem the only thing lacking TO .,
the carrying out of this happy pro-
gram is courage II the Democratic
party only had the nerve to name a
candidate. would not the II
north make ii a special point 10 vote q
for him? W
Alabama comes first In the list OF u
states. In former national conven. sc
tons she has given her time to some It
other state that had a favorite son. la
Now she has candidate of her own. IN
II will be an unusual spectacle IN III
Democratic national convention when ia
Tor the first time In more than fifty be
years a southern man Is seriously pre- ca
sented and supported for the highest IN
Dtfice 10 the gift Of the nation. And III
why not? The south furnishes the
bulk Of the Democratic votes and she hi
alone has remained true 10 the party trt
" Jefferson and jackson through good st,
and evil report. Why should she not ri
name the standard bearer7 We
Looks Like Business Man. tn
Mr.. Underwood Is a true southerner ra
If an old family. native Of Ken Ut
lucky, citizen Of Alabama. educated sh
q the University Of Virginia and mar tn
led first TO a belle Of Virginia and no
lsIt to daughter Of Alabama. Yet IL