Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
!. UNDERWOOD
 REAL LEADER
'1nvulnerable in Record ; Impregnable in Honor; Democracy's Best
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blamless in his private life, was the way in which Oscar w. Underwood, oi Alabama. was described to the con vention by William B. Bankhead. of Alabam2. who nominated Mir. Under. wood for the presidency.
 After declaring that the RePHbli. can party had become. in the hours of it's present degeneracy the em- bodiment of complacent ineompetency and broken faith" and that, although it claimed to be the protector of b. bor, the fruits of labor have been gathered as dividends by Illegal com llbinatiOns in restraint of trade.F Mir. Bankhead asserted that the democrat ics party had been acting safely and Iconservatively.
 Then, going on to describe the quail ities needed in a leader who could carry the democratic party to sue cess hc said it would be logical to .put MT Underwood in command of the forces in that battle where his brilliant achievements already had created democr-cys opportunity and redeemed democratic pledges The dbief issue before the country. he said. was the tariff: and Mir. Under
 
 of a patriotic statesman. and will i'continue to fight for lower cost of living. for an equal opportunity for all men through the enactment of a new and righteous tariff"
 Tariff Makes Poorer
 The sum total Of republican achieve ments since the last election, declar- ed Air. Bankhead has been the fur ther impoverishment of the poor, plus placid tariff board whose deliber8- tions give no reasonable promise of relief from the present unbearable burdens" He attacked the republi- can campaign as 'humiiiating spec tacle of a tirade of recriminations, in which the high ideals of statesman ship had been thrown to the winds. '
 One benefit of this, he said, was that 1t had brought the dawuinE of that good day when the people are to restore full power and responsibility on the democratic party. which has made it evident that it intends TO serve the real interests Of the peO- pie If 1t can be giFon fuil opportunity to redeem it's solemn pledges.
 "rhe acts of the democratic party, he continued, have appealed to the iuGgment of the country as wise, conservative and yet safe and pro- gressive
 i Although success. under right con ditions, is within our grasp he warns ed. never has it been more essen tial than now for us to nominate our best and strongest man. There is no safety in picking our nominee in haphazard fashion from among those who possess this or that special gift unless it has some intimate relation to the requirements of Sn exacting campaign. to the chief issue before Ithe people and to the duties and needs of our greatest executive office.
 The Paramount Issue
 If any intelligent, loyal democrat entertains doubts as to what that paramount issue Is, that part of the platform just adopted dealing with this question should resolve all his doubts The democratic party, true to it's best traditions as the servant of the people, has pledged itself 10 a revision of the tariff. far to the manufg gcturer but fair also to the con ] sumer and the public. There are other issues. but for the time our platform makes IL clear that they are subordinate.
 So unjust is the present tariff that no one. democrat or republican, today dares rise up and defend it's further continuance. for it stands for indus trial favoritism and industrial bond age, and for a prosperity which Is artificial and spasmodic, and not real and enduring.
 What manner Of man then he asked. shall this convention raise ID to be it's standard bearer2 He should have had political training and experience. for these arc almost as t essential qualifications in a nominee for the presidency as are the clinic and classroom for the physician and surgeon. Without any pretentious parade of the virtue, he should be i progressively conservatIve and con servstiyely progressive.
 T Willing To Serve
 He must be weil-baianced. thought ful. deliberative aud yet in ability 70 inspire enthusiasm among his fel- soxa, be a natural leader of men. While he must be popular. he mrst possess that enduring popularity FfIAtf &ttA1 tDi AtH rrttt = " tablished character and true worth; {; and he must be ready to serve in command or in the ranks. He must have the capacity to win great hon ors for the democratic party, and so establish it in the public confidence that the people will grant to it 8 lorg tenure of office.
 His availability as candidate cannot be questioned. It is gratifying Co those who know the generous hearts of the American people to aP- EFeosafe. the fact that sectioRalt dh. 1erences are forgotten, and the once called Mason and Dfxons line has long since ben trapped esit by the foot steps of friendly intercourse and commercial relations
 "OHr Csndidatsr
 Our candidate is a master of ev- cry detail of tarsa- legislation, upon which hang our reasonable hope of lrelief from insueerable conditions. Nominate him. and the platform in. stead of being so much party dec