The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
HON. o. w. UNDERWOOD.
Underwood's Varied Public Service.

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{ unde sFoeoTs na Da" sv2 gets is before gt ae the he Convention @miinn" or n n%' n no % matter if it re-
sass no votes say tho5ss Of Alabama, the fact is h h. is highly gHsI6 fec f s. fs.
Of Representatives for seventeen years When he took his seat in Dse p9TE.
Hssa! h: s w1s E tAstyihns years en P sS H Bui Tig hss ID o. 9ht tAf fi G14ahts Congress 1g pa0 he
was promoted TH. to- t5 import impo!tantt Committee mimi m ne n Judi sd tb m 1r in ths fi dI Aid
Lands in the Fihy:sevenh Congress, on Appropriations and Irrigation, of
and Means Means, Where vi re- he has Since Since remained, arriving at the craftsmanship in the
present or sxysecond Congress, when the Democrats gained control of the
., In all these as a years ne, has ssd H@n a s qui iaan systsmat9 sn sfs tt w wg5Ef 4eadnr d ef 9Re
n aaas', of F the s" Committees o which he ha; served viii show how Vide his
experience has been, He has touched all phases ss n Of the ieg df t5s G side of tt
is concerned-the knowledge of how to do the things that must be :S done there
myself m sG ~ open n to the charge Of booming Underwood, the more knowledge Of the
mssh3 7eSde0 0t the S SsSsT tRnss tR Wiu Is Be 0f foq the Go country us " at large 1eDS I" "S '''-
Underwoods Methods Like McKinley's.
Mckinley in many ways. Laying aside whatever criticisms there may be of
HeKinlsT 'h the fact Ct. is fn: as how have ts do sai fL1Ss. va T think a H t5e c eaPslf m fa idyea apt
Mckinley was a Republican and a protectionst-and Underwood is a Dem 10
c comm on a m IcFsTfe II" w ts1H and ni' Underwood n@S5s d. is ' a Student Of tariff economics
1 Mfkjn1 sy, got b. his IS 5 5si1ss ed by sG%2cn" 6f ih BY c sGnsit of o&G Ry b 5vfbssi ng Wiling ling
to give and tax, by suavens ssrG and civli yG that masked ask S,s a F com1 desimne of the
legislative machine and knew how to harmonic difficulties that were pressing;
fTsE how t tO SF1 WTen to out r etedsS and dpo w hSoO to . advance, and When to stand
stock+il in a poshion-and SC does Underwood. when M Nsy talSed d oi
Il Uade srWo5 ;0t but tN McKhls yS vs, and Underwood IS tolerant Of the s opinions 5H
ns asSS "' M tGapEy'' was :" saeaive-and o is Underwood. These are the
reasons why.
11nderwoods Leadership Beset With Tremendous Difficulties.
Underwoods position when the Six, sixy{ fs 9S. CONGRESS Congress was wa u esssd i4 3sa1 5Rscini
ls g gHAa Mn vas "a a R PGshiop c6 of tfssend Ge h adRi 5mn second as "a ch nne Clark" on
the d1 De Dem Mga I'm minority. Of the committee in the sxty6Est C 5mon, in, in which hn
s snd 5 52%d IN had the e f Fi9g2natb T cs1s@ss m Sh R1't the # HOUSE vas also Rsp@BIssa
and @-t when zen R he vas G ranked N cd ts m'p was sut t'e of Congress Co ems % "hen the Democrats
same into control Of the House h su and Clark was I'M made son SRssssF' without protest.
Underwood was in the House, though not o. the Ways Way and IN Me Wsss co 9md
mMtes, Cdsn;t the D Ihg " ta Pans waj aaaf law mt Ws se Constructed nsn ea inc Though the
Congress had been called into session for the specific purpose OF passing