The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-05-07
ASSUMING REAL PROPORTIONS.

The candidacy of Representative Underwood oe Ala
bama for the democratic nomination for the pres-
dency has ed q reality that it did not seem it
would reach when suggestion made that
the southerner be pit forward for leadership Of the
party The Underwood victory in Georgia, in a hard
o"ghi hattie It'll the weorganized Wilson forces. and
also Florida, against strongly supported Wilson
candidacy, which Mr. Bryan lent his strength, has
given substance and stability to the Alabama mans
presidential prospect The chief weakness of the I'm
deryood candidacy thus far has belief that
only sentimental The South in which his strength
would naturally iey has been disposed believe that
Southern could be nominated, and thai, if he
were nominated, he could be elected The South is
more obsessed with the idea that prejudice against
southern is fatal to such candidacy before the
nation the North A Southern candidate of the
fright would probably lose surprisingly small per-
centage of Northern support because of sectional
sideration There every reason to believe for
pe, that Underwood, with his sound principles of gov
ernment his record of constructive craftsmanship in the
handling of the tariff question, mis- broad view of
business conditions would carry New York state and
have the support of the conservative business
ment the East generally, against Roosevelt with IL
his crazy ideas of absolute government.
= If the republican party is captured by Roosevelt
contingency that still remote despite the terrific
IslauSHtS the Coouel mas Hdue upon tie laIt Claue
the democrats could scarcely hope match enemy
r in field of radicasm--except perhaps, with Bryan
the business element of the country would probably
prefer take chances with absolutst like Roose-
Welt trusting to win his favors after the manner the
d Morgan interests them, than with stubborn
dealst like Bryan-and, in consideration availability
only, they should seriously turn to the issue Of
stituonalsm and the fundamentals of the government
the issue" of the campaign, leaving the
refnements of administrative policy to future conten
ton The republicans shifted the whole ground their
u campaign 1885, almost overnight the tariff to
the currency ISSUE appeared that the dem
ocrats making straight for the free silver fallaey
and they brought the business element of the country
solidy their support and won the election that
issue The democrats do the same thing IN the
face Roosevelt candidacy representing Caaarisn
and the overthrow of constitutional government. But
they it under conservative leadership
s Underwood would give such leadership He might
have the opposition of Bryan-tnough it is questionable
if Bryan would bolt the nomination of ~ democrat
but large proportion of the Bryan following would
for the radical states anyway against any
candidate other than Bryan himself and the conservetve
gains that would be made from the republican ranks
would probably than Offset this loss and they
would be made chiefly in the which hare large
electoral votes
The Wilson candidacy has sagged wofuly, and its sag
gng is doubtless due in large to the
owing radcasm of Roosevelt and the feeling that the
colonel the first in that department and
none others need be considered as competitors The
Roosevelt candidacy has confessed the whole political
situation AID combinations be considered by
the democrats well by the republic> $ and OF
csc strictly conservative candidacy, in which
Iveopment lies the possibility of Oscar Underwood
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