The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-19
Resolutions Adopted
By Underwood Club


i.,en attacked by the partis.ins OF
cher candidates. on the ground that
! he. being Il truly Southern man, is
not a.. available candidate; And.
y hercas. both the good sense and the
motive OF his supporters have been
Questioned. and he has been extern
,h ely referred To in the public press
4 as a stalking horse for other candi-
dates" And. whereas. it has been en-
! tcnsiyey asserted in the public press
,liat some sort of secret arrange
mcnt has been made whereby dele
.a,es that may be instructed for Mr..
| Underwood are, in the national con-
Y, ntion at Baltimore, to turn their
support TO other candidates in disre-
.ard of their obligations to the vOt-
crs clecting them;
Therefore, 1t is resolved by the Tn
drrwood Democratic club of Lake
land Fla. as follows:
/. That the Southern people have
too long permitted mistaken ideas Of
political eXpedency to curb or Grip
re their useful and necessary parti-
CipatiOn in the governmental affairs
of the nation. and that every consiG
Grafton of patriotism or of sectional
or ancestral pride calls to the Demo-
Gratis of the South to resume and t.
continue their former activity in the
affairs of our national government
to claim again their just share in its
management and assume their share
Of its responsibilities.
g That every citizen Of the United
States, qualified under its laws, ma
rlghtfully aspire to its presidency,
and that any community, state Or
section may rightfully support and
advocate the candidate of its choice,
and should not for SO doing have its
motive impugncd.
3. That in Mr. Underwood we have
= man cminently worthy of the sup
port of the people Of the United
State for the presidency. both as to
bis capacity and experience; that his
mastery leadership in Congress, his
Practical and effective statcsmanship,
and unparalleled achievements in So
curing the passage through Congress
Of long desired tariff legislation.
make him inscparablc from the lead
ing issues of the approaching na
tlonal campaign. and our most lOgi-
cal candidate for president
4. That We condemn the above
stated criticism of Mr.. Underwood
and his candidacy, as arising from
factiOnal intolerance and partisan
narrOwness. and urge upon Demo
Gratis everywhere to support him in
the coming primary. and to use ev-
cry reasonable and proper means to
advance his candidacy.
;. That in the event Mr.. Under.
wood shall receive majority of the
preferential vote for president in the
approaching primary in this State.
we shall expect, and it shall be the
duty, of the delegates that may b.
elected TO the Baltimore convention,
TO vote for anu support him faith.
fully. and to continue to renew their
support as long or as often as there
may be reasonable hope of securing
bis nomination.
8. That tie defeat OF any randi
date in this State. pittcd against Mr.
Underwood. shall not be used to mill
tate against such defeated candidate
in any contest in the national con-
lNention between such candidate and
some other candidate or candidates
for the nomination, who have not ia
vOred the people of this State with
the opportunity to vote for them in
cur primary election.
Z. That i'm the event the candidate
receiving majority of the prcferen-
tial votes in this State cannot be
nominated at the national conven-
ton, the delegates that may he elect
ed to the convention from this State
shall not be absolvcd from their OBJ
legations to either the majority or
the minority of the voters of this
State as expressed in the preferen-
tial vote in the primaries. but such
delegates shall continue under obli-
cations to both the minority and the
lriajority of the voters of this State
so expressed: and any asprant to be-
come a delegate who would hold such
obligation in contemptuous disre-
gard is unworthy of support.
s. That all citizens qualified to
vote in the approaching Democratic
primary are urged 10 turn their