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Underwood Rresi-
d@n&ial Timber

Mr.. Underwood would make an ideal
Pre- PRESIDENT; He is broad-gauged, level
bra! .cogs and go off at tangent as a
rabld exponent of revolutionary dogmas
III an effort to popularize himself; he is
uniformly courteous to all men; he be-
iicvcs IN reducing the high cost of liv-
ing in this country, not talking about it !;
ne does not believe in destroying the
industries Of the United States while at
the same time he is thorough believer
only. '
x X * x
There is no hubdub about Mr.. I'm
dcrwood He doesn't believe in shams.
re is a big, brawny, brainy statesman,
without his ightning rod out to attract
the Democratic nomination for the pres
lldcncy, 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 Housc.--J. w.
flcnner, in the Times Democrat, Mus
kcgcc Okla, October 20, 1911.
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ola Gonggess ls Session H. R. Act to place on the m l.;
Ieatar
and o ie e' cereals hou bread timber lumber sewing machines |
OF Aerlca Congress assembled ny ea
] e &C. OF hS Act the following articles from dv wng
and ana disk aows headers harvcsters reapers agricultural d
piane, mowers hoerakc, us
lI wagons and farm and all
u % whether specifically mentioned y
mos tg M @ o gunhy so and similar fabr materials or cover
ss o @ % covering and balng whole or in nt o
tow e @ @ nG enp ax Russian New tow Norweem
mn waste cotton
o ous or other material suitable baggng sacknp o m,u
or Wholly or partly manufactured @
pant without hcklos
LOT Oang cotton or other bali,a
straw. and other agricultural ~ wy ioi oah1g nay
ands leather
oes MADE wholly or chief s
au SKINS OF whatever weight of
unfinished composed wholly leather and % ea nnned @
- NoH'es'oh hto rnanuac-
Barbcd fence wire, rods wide strands or wire rome ~ -
other kinds of woven
including ' - VIZ suitable 1or fencng
Beet veal mutton lamb pork all kinds fresh sard d
aon oKd ed or nresse preserved any nlanner
and f "'' ''u substitutes; and
B1kwheat -four meal wheat moina rye Aour iran
ana othet ohas OF grain oatmeal
m mbe b ewn SIDED squared round spas or in %
g "haryes shingles lahs fencing
@ cr 81 m m rongn @ or dressed except boards pank deals and other m
per- OF nenu vitae ancewood ebony MAHOGANY
satnwood and all other cabinet ~ Os'' 'oS'"ooo
Sewing machines, thereof
Passcd I TtShf tS sc bulk or in bagi s M packages
:" 80
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FORAKER ON UNDERWOOD

Mr.. John Temple Graves will be in
town soon to make us a speech. He
was in Birmingham the other night and
1he Age-Heyald printed an interview
with the former Georgian, in which that
gentleman discussed Mr.. Underwood as
a presidential candidate. Mr.. Graves
sad Mr.. Foraker used to be very Bit
terly opposed to the South, but softened
q. great deal after his elevation to the
sen te. ] asked Mr.. Foraker if in case
mr.. Underwood is nominated for Pres
ident, will it make any difference to YOU
that ne is Southern man?"
Absolutely none said Mr.. Foraker.
'Of course, | cannot vote for him, as I
am Republican, but if any Republican
should get tip and denounce him because
nc is from the South, would take the
stump in Underwood's Defense"
That reads well, coming as it does
from a man whose antagonistic attitude
towards the South in other drys gave
him the appellation of DIR &jarm"
foraker.-Montgomery (AIahama} da-
a'eriiser, reprinted in the Hirmingham,
Ala, Age-Herdld, JanuarY 1pl2
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Underwood
for President

The argument that he lives too far
South to be available is without weight.
he country has reached that state of
,inion- has been SO closely drawn to-
gcthcr by railroad and telegraph that
Ala6ama is brought to the door of New
York. Massachusetts and Texas are near
ncighbors and even the two Portlands,
OF Maine and Oregon, stand within easy
mailing distance of each other. So far
as any feeling of sectionalism is con
ccrncd, or any prejudice against the Sc
lection of a Southern man for the presi-
dcncy, Underwood is, like Lincoln, a
native of Kentucky, and therefore as
much Northern as Southern, was born
during the Civil War, and grew to man
hood after the old bitterness between
North and South had died out. He is
big, brainy, courageous man.-Baiti-
more San, July 26, 1911.
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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 i'll 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 ali
parts Of the Union.-Nezv York ,Suu.
1911. "'
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Continued from First Column J

CONTINUED
response may is
not as much
ana abuses protect the rights the wishes of the
mat thcy may accomplish
'c"Vo wake OF destruction to collateral
Unrustworthness of Petitions
~ is true that under the by percentage Of
voters would first have be how
ne mas signed of
the paper determine what thought be exercised m
the average who tion -" = ''' ny
Feope Suffer More From Failure of From
Lack Of Proper Legislation.
should stop to tcise
more from the failure to enforce the they
@ d IRON M the me- lack OF proper legislation How
on statute books
we complain against but LEGISLATION
na nan to insist that our ncighbor shall violating
there evils today it is not in its
organic torn 1t is due the failure in honlv
md M }st perform the duties imposed them
responsibility the mahh who will be fah and
true to the trust imposed - " ~ N
The People and the Representatives
You tell the people servants tell Won
the
and likely
" ~ " ." "o'e''
When you say that the select public reflect
country reflect the first principle government
msudge the honesty and the intelligence of the American people
Our the hour when
was ripe IN the hearts OF For has
protected the lives liberty Of
Let lis elect honest public office
effect
for change OF the fundamental principles of
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course, as a people, to be so interpreted
1t is not in human nature to accord
respect, where sclf-respect is absent,
How, then, can we expect the remainder
OF the nation to continue to respect rs.
when we groyel in the dust Of a bv.
gone era, and let go by default the
rights inherent in American manhood 7?
For virtually half 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 officers-cheer-
fully yielding command to other sections.
With a smile, it has steadily forsworn
the political loaves and fishes, content,
for the sake of the party, that they 20
to doubtful States-time and again to
States most of us knew at the time were
stccl-rivcted Republican,.
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TIME TO ABANDON
UNWORTHY SECTIONAL
ABASEMENr

The most humiliatng paradox in
American politics to-day is the shrink
ing attitude Of some Of our own people
toward the presidential possibilities of
Southern men.
The civil war, the memories of which
furnished the nursery for this indefensi-
bic sectional abasement, is 50 years at
our back. Ninety per cent of the Amer
lcan voters who elect president re-
member this war and its dividing rancor
only as history. With outstretchcd
hands, having given every proof Of view
ing Mason and Dixons line as no more
political barrier than the Mississippi
or the Rockies, the dominant generation
at the North invites the South, its pub
nc men, by right Of citizenship and by
right OF demonstrated ability, into full
fellowship i'll the nations counscls.
South Wanting in BoIdness
:, What has been the answer of the
South-at least, the answer that NAV be
interpreted by the silence or the 1ifIi.
dcncc Of hundreds Of thousands of rem
rcscntativc Southcrners?
Obscsscd by the ghosts Of half cen
tury ago, guilty of All embarrassment
and sclt-consciousness that is nothing
short OF arrant sectional cowardicc,
there is feeling among many South
crncrs that the wraiths Of the sixties
still stand between the South and the
White flousc--tle South and that par
iicipation in the nations voice, the ma
tons destiny, to which the nation is
eager to admit us.
The consequences of this abnegation Of
common manhood could not be more
forcctully portrayed than in the words
OF the CONSTITUTIONS Washington core
spondcnt in a dispatch discussing the
presidential status resulting from the
ilarvcy-.WilsonW Wattcrson episode. '.If
!hc'' writes our correspondent, canvass
ing the possibilities Of Oscar Under
wood, the brilliant Alabamian, along
with other Southcrners, "pays the penal
ty Of being Southern man, it will be
tho South and not the North to ex-
act it,"
South's Political Stage Fright
That is also an accurate dclineation
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Let Us Claim Our Blrthrlght

For SO years we have eaten in the
political kitchen. Consistently, we have
waNcd 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 is
wide ajar, when the North actually lives
up to that prophetic uttcrancc in the
Senate of Ben Hill, 1--WE are back in the
house of our fathers, and we are here to
stay, thank God pa few Of us are still
blushing and stammering, still wearing
political sackcloth and ashes, still up to
the old easy mark" game of doing all
the, drudgcry, with none Of the cakes
and ale Let's end this disgraccful
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 privi
lcges as American citizens, as the re-
maindcr of the nation fraternally bids
us TO- do. Let's cease the qualification
OF informing the nation, by our actions,
that we cannot bring forth man capa
pie for the presidency For the sec
tional cowardicc, here and there mani
tested, is equivalent to that shameful
and ungrounded admssion.-The Con-
Shfnflon, Atlanta, Ga, January 21, 1912.
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Inc Of S
civilization. i' '@ - N~'''' ~ '"e 'uV"''e'p" OF
40 tho
7-'N N""'' wv >""N'i'e"' "
less dn'n m century and half the Federal
@ wiid M n mau permencd With almost conceivable govern
Of
"o t me form OF the
Of
% na oce r hvcs and their fortunes
NO man justly charge
h REGARDING the want
more perfect establish
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ABAS =. M e III 7

of the manner in which the North views
the situation. We use Underwood only
as all illustration, though his magnificent
record as House leader during the spe-
Cial session would, as our correspondent
declares, have assured his nomination
with a swcep"-llad he lived at the
North! To the North, it makes no diff
ference where Underwood, or any other
one OF the galaxy being discussed, was
born. The representative Northerner
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 smoudcring embers Of
sectional acrimony we're stamped out by
the American war The last
barriers between North and South we're
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
TACT is the manner in which the nation
received the announcement of the broad
and patriotic action of President Taft
i'll elcvatig Justice White, Confcd-
crate veteran, to the Chief Justiceship of
the United States Supreme Court A
from the irrcconcilables. And the voices
most bitter in denunciation of that
laundicc came from-the Northern
press! 1t is only essential for the occa-
sional freak frcbrand to rise and at
tempt to wave the bloody shirt" to be
buried with ridicule, not only by his
contrercs, but as well by the news
papers Of all sections of our common
country.
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Worlds First Written Constitution

lhcy proclaimed world Constitution cro,,o,
with
OF governments of crc
people were the in
judicial of the country " ~ "'"'''S '"c u''hatc
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Not n Question of Expediency or
Discretion

In the face Of these cumulative facts,
there are some i'll the South who still
question if, "on account of past Of
lenses" it is discreet" or "expcdient"
for Southern man to offer himself for
presidential honors We insult our
selves, we dcbase our manhood, we SUR
render the rights the North is so willing
to concede us, when we permit our
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-04-04
Dangers of a Direct Democracy.

Iey kW lhc history the governments
purpose mat INC liberties
laws mage III inc
product ~
ny hat uc failure
the
sulan effect of ~ No"-euee oi he re-
loheSt
be
out
keazg the danger and Democracy the srams
rights and liberties and nrct pItie me
Of the wof ''"'~'
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FREE list Bill VETOED
BY PRESIDENT TAF1k
DRAWN BY CHAIRMAN UNDERWOOD OF THEl
WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
A Bill of Direct Benefit to the Farmer. Wht1Q1
Hopes Were Dissipated by Repub-
|ican President
Mr.. UNDERWOOD THE ERIFMD OE An r, Accrc
Mr.. UNDERWOOD THE FRIEND OF ALL GLASSES
MF UNDERWOOD FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND
MEANS, sOBMTTED TIE FOLLOWING REPORT 1Exrp Acrsa
Ito accompany H. r. 4413.1

committee on Ways and referred h
o of bread timber lumber SALT and other % ai f 1es ]
men ~ AAooSe without amends
stacd III the Democratic
y reconi o @ Of dciGf 6 made that time BY Republican Pay wee %
o n u a the people ed safely execution Of % S cues @
interests as is the Republican Party ~ 'Ne hehy protected
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Independent Judiciary Established.

To guard
nlcnt
selected held
fGa1g even then Mdled abuse Of the they established
Government " " - ''p'N
Some may that aori the will
ana rights OF the individual wish that this history Of
''"'>' "'A '"N'iA""i
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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

on e s M easure I agricultural @ tools and implements every kind are ,d
g m our our farmers the of these necessary articles and to n @
v ha OF agricultural implements vehicles and @ ma Go
10 great proportions
wnr1 these organizations selling products Fl @ us
ana overcoming all competition @ e
hr RUE ask tor none For years thew sol sold poeeuo @
] as lM agricultural associations public resono nome and
s practice protested
s99 ao vaue OF all such duabe in 1on are
PlSo1 Inc exports OF amounted
Seo sa il % o tne mest trade the figures an n m more
o4 IN oso to $z4o33 1910 This rom
u oy 'e removal OF duties from lumber greatly
BAcGING MATERIALS
~ ne SeHest Importance of
utuIal commodities that the baou ana o gr
out sbeey % for e TO the producers at the prices pob % wS @
eXactlon bv
ain ach4g ala M M interests ter The bill therefore such maein d
ve @ mp PM a seq tow buap and bers % suah @ 'ae f
pcura p or 1and steel for bang wire for bn ]
The ns the agricultural products to Their
ana Tor this and other unjust o cnnt ese markets
Ihese
and combinations. II = 'N"'' INC plohs or exactng
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Jeferson's Wise Views.


In of tc o declared.
to witt: Govern
themselves" '
me author OF the Declaration Of Independence,
gycrnnn had
ultimately
the people to the principle democracy modern
conditions f ~ 'o'e"
Representative Government Only Check
Our representative established guard against the
which
sentiment there
fast and must be changed They do reflect that times
ment mt @ uhe rep whom the people change recurring
Ny experience legislator leads believe Congress of
will
sentiment of the
With
changes in the exercise of the taxing
We legislative
public
publicity
the arid West and & build the hmian Canal Can it be uhuy said
Of
nent and deliberate judgment? .
a,5## 1 Continued Next Column)
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10 accomplish this end they established govern
ncn designed to
e
Of the indiyd " ~
of
o. @ t % TO establish freedom OF Government they
ony delegated 10
INC the Of laws
affected @ the bcr, Of the cizen The principle Conti
property rights against the power Of tho Government = III
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REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, AS CON
CEVED BY TRAINERS OF CONSTITUTION
ONLY SAFE BULWARK OF CIVIL LIBERTY
Danger Of Departing from Path Established
by the Fathers

SPEECH DELIVERED BY MIR UNDERWOOD BEFORE CATHOLIC
CLUB OF NEW YORK CITY DECEMBER l9 1911
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Unwise Changes Now Proposed.

Is proposed by shall
the would establish
%S would be- aced directly in the hands all the the independent
Of
pS'''~'' No"'-
~ we may forget that Madison and Hamilton soldiers
h
% ] OF ,he Constitution OF the United States but there
a
compared with direct
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-04
OUTSIDE NEWS FROM WIRE AND CABLE

DR.. Isaac K. Funk, noted au-
thor and publisher, died at his
home at Montclair, N. J., today.
Heart disease.
Sidna Allen and Yves Edwards,
only two of indicted Aliens still
at large, have separated, and
taken different directions in their
flight through the Blue Ridge
mountains. Detectives at loss to
follow them.
Official papd edict, issued to-
day, forbids church functionaries
accepting tips for providing
tourists with good seats for Holy
Week services.
''I don't care whether he has
100000 or 5 cents, l love him
dearly. Mrs. Efie Pope Hill
Alsop, child wife of the ancient
millionaire, who has willed all his
property to his two sons.
Two men killed, third fatally
injured, by explosion at Burton
Powder Co.'s plant, Lowelville,
Ohio.
Calbraith P. Rodgers, only
aviator to have flown across
American continent, killed in fall
with aeroplane at Pasadena, Cal,
yesterday. Reckless flying. Took
hands from steering gear and
folded arms while making spec
tacular dip.
Mexican rebels under General, 1
SaIazar again attacking Parral
today, where rebel force under
General Campo was badly de-
feated yesterday.
Control of the trade paper, the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-04-04

nected with Chicago American,
Tribune and Journal.
Bill to end manufacture of
"phossy jaw" matches. already
passed by House, has passed Sen
ate. Taft will sign it.
Of course, the so to speak Hon.
Joe Bailey, of Texas, had to get
up and shoot his face off about
how the bill would undermine the
Constitution, overthrow the Su-
preme Court, and unseat Con-
gress, before the Senate could
pass the bill.
The earnings of the Steel
Trust should not be preferred ov-
er the health of millions of peo-
pie" John C. Williams, atty.
for Chicago Sanitary Commits
sion, in brief filed with War de-.
partment.
Of course, they ought not,
JoLn. Inc IIouDle IS, tney' usual
ly are.
Former Congressman ]. Ham
Lewis of Chicago reported to
Senate that his total expenses as
candidate for Democratic nomin-
alton for senator had been SIPS
for buying space in newspa-
pers.
No wonder Ham wasn't elected
in these days of 100000 Sena-
tors.
Theodore Thurman, for whose
murder his mother, Mrs. Ellen E.
Thurman and two brothers, En-
gene and Joseph, were arrested
at Middletown, N. Y, has writ
ten home saying he has enlisted
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-05
DAY-TO-DAY AGREEMENT
THE ONLY REMEDY
Continued ON Page Ten.

company Personally, believe there
Is o. y one solution OF this problem
the traction system must be own
ed BY the city That is the only set
tier emf that can be called settle
ment. ali other arrangements with
private companies beng temporary
make hits. at best. Notwithstanding
he fact that we, in Cleveland, have
the lest cars that can be found in
the country, and good service. the
great bulk of the people are not yet
satisfied and will not be until the
street car lines become the city's
property
And this is not so radical step
as one might suppose, when one con-
siders that in former wears most of
the present city departments were
privately owned Our public bridges
were formerly privately owned, our
paved streets were once plank roads,
privately owned. There are few
branches of the public service which
were not once owned by individuals,
so one more step is net GO large or
great d departure as come consider
il. 1t must be taken sooner or later
by every city. Cities now own gas
dnu eleClIlC uBuN byobculo, sunni "" u
their water systems \ few years
ago We had the same opposition 10
acquiring these systems as we now
have 10 acquiring the street car sys-
TENS, and when We acquire the street
car pants we will look back 10 these
years much as we now view the time
when the gas, electric light and water
systems were privately owned.
Don't forget that when an effort
was made to do away with the private
educational system in Philadelphia
the agitators and disturbers were
! put lehind the bars. Let us take
heart with the rapidity with which
the movement is growing and gaining
| thousands of adherents. And TO those
who don't believe in public ownership
of street railways, say the day is
1 at hand when you must forsake your
views and your political expediencies.
! Progress is in the air and the march
goes On.
Our American cities are the laugh
ing stock of the world. the admins
tratian of their affairs Las long been
Joke, but the time will yet come
when we will set an example TO the
cities oil all the world. and, when that
tday comes. Cleveland, Detroit and
Toledo will have made so much pro-
gress that they will still be in the
forefront OF American cities. / hope
that the three lake cities will always
point the way for their sister cities.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-05
STATE FAIR MIDWAY
SHIFTED TO BACKGROUND
Management Will Use Central
Location for Pony Show and
Other Attractions

BY happy thought, the manage
ment OF the Michigan State Fan
struck the right track when the noisy
midway attractions, which have
hitherto occupied the most prominent
poii OF vantage In the Foir grounds,
along the walks leading 10 the grand
stand. the horse races, night morse
show and other events. were removed
10 a point down towards the Grand
Trunk sldings. The former location
of the midway shows will be occupied
by attr; Ctions for the children. pony
show AID other events OF an elevatihS
and interesting character In past
years, visitors at the Michigan Stare
Fair have obtained the idea that the
State Fair gave too much prominence
TO its '.Iidway show. With the show
In its present location, and decidedly
different from last year. when every
effort was made TO purify the exhioi'
ton, 1t is not improbable that the at
fractions OF this year will be even
more popular with the masses. All
freaks and pit shows nave been re-
fused space.
The State Fair management. by
bAio ihuSNiNiOh anu SNhN%S
introduced for he present year, has
not decreased the interest in the fair
in the slightest, for at the present
time there have been secured one
quarter more concessions than had
been closed for at the same time last
year, and this in spite of the fact that
every catoh-penny device has been
eliminated. Only high.class produc-
lions viii prevail, as every concession
must occupy a high-priced space OF
at least 10 by so fee:, 10 cost 500
or more. The hot dog vendors will
all be gone, and only the best Of the
restaurants will be tolerated, these
being conducted mainly by the
churches OF Detroit The State Dairy
and rood Commission will send repre-
sentatlves TO the fair to make a care
full Inspection OF what is sold.