Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-29

A Slgnlncance IN the naClOndl pollI-
cal situation is the manner in which
he current ssues of Golfers Weekly, d
trong pro- Wilson publication, recog-
nizes the strength of Oscar Underwood
as the democracy's logical. cOnserva
tive candidate, while The American
Magazine, in an extensive review OF
ne house leaders qualities, pays him
perhaps one of the most emphatic tri-
Iutes recently handed an American
tatesman
What Golfers Says.
In the course of an editorial Col
.ier's says:
Unless the democrats wish to be
:ome definitely the conservative party
by nominating some good man of tn"
type of Underwood, the only sensible
choice is WILSON,
The Americans Verdict.
In a comparative and non-partisal!
analysis of the strength of the differ
ent candidates of both parties, the
political editor of The American Maya
zine, says of Underwood:
Now, there is all the difference in
the world between an Old-fashioned
| conservative like Clark and a new
fashioned conservative like Under-
wood. Two men could scarcely be mora
different indeed than these two demo-
| cratic leaders of the house of repre-
| sentatiyes.
Underwood is a modern man. AL
/ though the youngest of all the presi-
dental candidates, being only 30 years
old, he is one of the two Oldest mem
| bers in point of continuous service in
the house of representatives. Though
educated as a lawyer, and the son OF
a lawyer. most of his fife has been
| given to politics. He is one of the
| type of quiet, hard working, clear
thinking congressman who has grown
/ steadily in power and intiuence-and
I
| is still growing When he first entered
| the house he occupied a seat in the
rear rows and read his speeches III
Z loud voice; TODAY he is znr most pow
erful man in congress-the leader OF
| the majority in the house. Under
the new rules. as chairman OF the ways
and means committee, he is far more
+ powerful than the speaker and he
manner in which he has led the demo-
/ cratic members formerly torn with
dissensions and highly ineffective, has
Oeen not short of mastery.
A Firm Hand.
His ways are quiet ways, he has the
! easy manners of the south, but his
hand is firm. Among his feIlow-mem
oers of both parties he is highly re-
spetced as a fair, straightforward and
courageous leader. There is no bun
|Ombe about him. When he has made
up his mind upon a subject-thought 1t
Out-he is willing to take his stand
sQuarely and firmly, give his reasons
and let it go at that. In time when
the phole progressive tendency of the
country is toward more direct demo
crazy through the instrumentality of
such devices as the initiative, refer
endum and recall, he has come out
strongly against these new measures.
The people suffer far more from
the failure to enforce existing laws
than they do from the lack of proper
legislation, he says. The people should
drive from the place of power and
responsibility the unfaithful servants
and elect those who will be faithful
to the trust imposed upon them. The
masses of people are far better judges
of men than they are of measures, and
are far more likely to select an hon
est man than an honest measure
Another instance of his courage was