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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11

ID Because he IS the strongest all
round man in the field;
~ Bccause he is old enough to have
learned great deal, and young enough
to learn more;
(3) Because he is constructive,
practical statesman;
"a Because he fathered the Farm
ers' Free List Bill, which was an inn
mense stride toward free trade, and a
measure that would have been magically
beneficial to our over-taxed people;
(5) Because he proposed and put
through Congress a drastic reform of
the infamous wooden tariff; and also a
sweeping reduction in the cotton goods
schedule;
(o) Because he had the manhood to
defy the Birmingham Board of Trade,
when it tried to intimidate him as to
tariff reduction;
% Because he has introduced bill
to cut the steel and iron schedule
from 80 to so per cent;
(S) Because he had the courage to
oppose the Sherwood pension grab,
which the shirkers and skulkers, and
dcserters, and bounty-jumpers demand.
Champ Clark voted for the grab
Bryan has not had the pluck to say a
word against it, nor has Woodrow
Wilson.
90 Because he has the sanity and
the spunk to tell the people that all this
talk about the initiative, referendum
and recall, in national politics, is
tommy-rot. Everybody should know
that the Constitution of the United
States would have to be radically
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11

That Representative Oscar w. I'm
derwood is rapidly crowding to the wall
all other aspirants for the Democratic
presidential nomination, is the informa-
ton that comes from sources close to
the alabama leader to-day. In fact, it
is now a subject of open gossip about
the House that New York State is veer-
ing toward the Alabama member and
that Clark, Wilson and Harmon are los
i0g ground in the chief pivotal State of
the Union.
A member of the New York delega-
ton in the House, who is not person
ally an advocate of the candidacy of
Mr.. Underwood, admitted in confidence
to-day that the trend of sentiment in
New York city and New York State
now favors the Alabama leader. From
Representative Henry D. Clayton, of
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
UNDERWOOD'S RISE NO
SURPRISE TO THOSE
WHO KNOW Hill

For years Oscar Underwood has been
recognized in his district as man Of
marked ability. His broad knowledge
of the tariff displayed time and again
ON, the floor of Congress and in public
,Htenances on the stump; his far-reach-
ing insight ir,o large public questions
under consideration in the national law
making body; his skill in debate his
complete mastery of himself in times
of political turbulence on the floor OF
Congress; his judgment as we'll as his
tact, have all convinced his constituents
that he was a man of force and achieve
ment long before he became Chairman
of the Ways and Means Committee with
tremendous task to perform.-BW-
mingham Ledger, 1912.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
WHY | AM FOR
OSCAR UNDERWOOD

changed, before the present system OF
representative government and legisla-
ton could be changed for direct law
making.
When, do you suppose, we could elect
a Congress that would give the people
the opportunity to vote away the pre-
negatives of Congress?
When, do you suppose, there would
be "a States ready to adopt the new
system?
When, do you suppose, would the
small States be willing to surrender
their equality, in the Federal Govern
ment?
When Wilson and Bryan pirate Of q
national initiative, referendum and re-
call, they make themselves demagogues
Can either of them tell us how Direct
legislation can be applied, nationally,
in such manner as to preserve the
sovereign equality of the small States
If either of them can, should be
glad to publish their plan.
1t will be time enough to talk about
national Direct legislation and the recall
after we shall have tried it, in the
States.
(lO) Lastly, I am for Oscar Under
wood because his record, public and
private, is unstained; his character ele-
waited and spotless; his leadership SUI
perb his work and purposes patriotic
and practical; his sympathies, for the
oppressed. He doesn't stoop to dema-
gogy to win popular applause; and he
doesn't cater to wealth and power, a:
the standpatters of both parties do
Tom Watson, in The JeferSonidn
Thomson, Ga, January rs, 1912.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
UNDERWOOD THE MAN
OF THE HOUR

But Mr.. Underwood's rise in public
is not the kind of popularity that will
decline. 1t dawned suddenly but its
dawning was rather the awakening of
recognition than the discovery of new
star. Mr.. Underwood and his ability
had been there all the time, but they
had not been called into action. OPP
portunity revealed the man and the
leader.
His leadership and his qualities are
of the stuff that will last. He may never
be President of the United States. He
may never be given the nomination by
his party, but his usefulness to the party
and to the people will not be destroyed.
lie is hanging no hopes on the reward
, . may come to him from the party;
Mr.. Underwood's public record is TN
usual for its clean brilliancY. 1t stands
without a flaw. Critics may search it
through and through and Mr.. Under
woods smile would never waver. His
party record is just as clear. His pri-
vate life is without a blemish.
lie is peculiarly fitted by nature and
training for the leadership of men and
the administration of executive func-
tions. He comes of good stock, if that
means anything in this peoples repub-
lie. His education was thoroughly
rounded His character well poised.
His training has been broad ard wise.
lie is thoroughly practical. His aca-
demic education has been broadened by
we'll directed experience and constant
application to useful research.-Walter
Harper in the Birmingham Age-Herald,
January 7, 1912.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
RECIPROCITY
(In the U. S. House of Representatives,
April q. 19l1.l

~APAAA SAg 1%A1sJ
Our agricultural implements supply
the farmers wants beyond the seas.
Our boots and shoes are worn by peo-
pie who speak many foreign languages
and who tread the highways OF the
Occident and the Orient. The looms of
our factories clothe the people of dis
tant lands. The freight of our foreign
rivals is carried to market on American
rails, drawn by American engines, across
chasms spanned by American-built
bridges [Applause.l The harvests of
our farmers feed the toiling masses of
Europe. We would be the unrivaled
masters of production and industry in
every land where free competition can
be obtained if we would but strike off
the shackles that bind us to the dead
and unnecessary economic system main
tanned by the Republican Party, that
creates false standards and wasteful
conditions at home. Applause ON the
Democratic side.l
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
UNDERWOOD AS A CANDIDATE

In Mr.. Underwood's candidacy the
South for the first time in 90 years
comes forward with man with rea-
soma man with a valid claim on
Democracy for signal recognition. If
unselhsh devotion, high performance,
Nationwide breadth of view, and rare
qualities for leadership entitle man
to sympathy and support in his aspir-
atoms, the nomination of Mr.. Under
wood would be a testimonial logically
bestowed.
The Southern Democracy never
wants, in or out of Congress, for
powerful champions of party politics,
men who come in for honorable men
ton when the Presidential year rolls
round, but in Mr.. Underwoods case
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11

there is added a genius for organiza-
ton and command not often observable
in party leaders of his section. For
candor compels good word in
acknowledgment of what he did in the
way of harmonizing and knitting to-
gether the warning elements of his
party in the House. Not in twenty
years has there been in Democratic
councils a leader who proved success
full in uniting all shades of opinion and
presenting a solid front on practically
every issue that came to a vote. For
that reason, if for no other, Mr.. I'm
derwood's availability would seem to
merit careful consideration at the
hands of the Democratic party.-Wash-
ington Post, October 3, 1911.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
PROJECTIONS INIQUITIES
tn +be T. 6. House OF Representatives,
YIN '"0 Aoril p. l9ll.)

I'm the u. s. House OF Representative
April 81, l9ll)
TIL. protected interests Of this coun-
+-r IN know well that this bill will make
- hrcat in fine dixie; that whenever the
" q tariff is removed and the
Eortbcrn farmer stands out alone with
ont nre,ense of protection to his prod
nets that he can no longer be counted
IN 70 Stand in the ranks OF the monopo-
listic interests Of this country. lhat Is
why they are afraid Of it. 1t Is not SO
much what is in the bill, but they know
kat the death kncll Of the protection
system will have sounded-that prot'c-
Ion that means the protection OF enor-
mons profits and the creation OF mo-
nonolies in tits country-when the
farmer understands and abandons the
Republican Party to those alone VINO.
lave fattened upon his hard-earned do''
lars. They are using, my friends every
effort in tie districts on that side OF the
House and in your district, my fellow
Democrat and in my district TO break
the column. l have protected interests
in my district but | do not represent
them. I represent the great mass OF my
constituency who want honest treatmen
and fair play.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11

Underwood is probably the greatest
authority on the tariff in the House OF
Representatives, or, for that matter, in
Congress.
"What do you think of Underwood"
| asked Senator Bailey.
Underwood" said Bailey, us the only
man in either house of Congress who
could be locked in Theoretically sealed
room for week and emerge from it
with a perfectly good tariff bill"
Underwood is the strongest example
in modern times of thoroughly modest
man getting reputation without going
after it. Politics is a noisy game; you
have to have a trumpet and bugle in
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11

Oscar w. Underwood of Alabama is
unquestionably of presidential size. His
leadership of the Democratic majority
on the floor of the House has never been
excelled for skill, force and definite di-
rection. 1t is a respectful hearing from
all over the country which Senator
Bankhead of the same State will have
in naming him for the Democratic nom
nation.
Has the time come when it is expe-
dent for the Democracy to nominate a
Southerner living in the South for the
presidency? 1t has not been thought so
since the civil war. 1t has not even
been thought expedient to give the South
second place on the ticket. The nearest
approach to this was the naming on the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
A NATIONAL REPUTATION
WITHOUT SEEKING 1T

order to make anybody hear your name.
1t is a rule to which there is no excep-
ton that l know of except Underwood
lie sat back there quietly in Congress
for sixteen years doing splendid work
and never getting his name into the pa
pcrs. Finally the crash came, the Demo-
Gratis carried the House, and from sheer
merit and nothing else the quiet man
from Alabama was made floor leader
and put in charge of the party's tariff
bill And he so acquitted himself that
within month he became national
figure, and now he is quite likely to be
nominated for Observation-Disclosures Will
lis Thompson, in The Sunday Herald,
Boston, October p, 1911.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
A SOUTHERNER ON THE TICKET

Parker ticket in 1904 of Henry G. Davis
of West Virginia. But that is essen
TALLY a Northern State. Carlisle of
Kentucky had few votes for President
in the conventions of 1884 and 1892;
Blackburn of Kentucky and Tillman of
South Carolina in 1896; Williams of
Mississippi in 1904. But they were
merely complimentary.
Yet the war is over. A Southern
Democrat and a former Confederate
soldier is Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court by appointment
of a Republican President. The day
may not be so far off when the last
traces of the sectional line will be oblit-
Grated in American politics.-The NeaV
York World, October "a, 1911.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
WH0n SHALL THE
DEnOCRATS NOrlINATE

Congressman Underwood, as house
leader OF the Democrats and as chair
man of the Ways and Means Commit
tee, has measured up to the standard of
true craftsmanship. He has rendered in
calculable service to the cause of honest
tariff revision, the one great issue in
the pending campaign, and by his splen-
did polse and mastery of affairs he has
exalted his party's name in The minds of
thinking Amcricans,-A!iaatG Journal,
January I, 1912.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
SOMETHING OF ALADAr1A'S
CANDIDATE FOR THE
PRESIDENCY

Whoever was floor leader Of the De-
mocracy was good enough for Mr.. I'm
derwood during all the long years that
party was in the minority, and day after
Gay, whether that leader was Joseph w.
bailey Of Texas, John Sharp Williams
Of Mississippi, or Champ Clark, of Mis-
souri,, the gentleman from Alabama was
always at his leaders elbow, ready and
eager to do anything he could to help.
Other statesmen might try to black their
party leaders eye, but Mr.. Underwood
was never known to extend anything
but the helping hand--George L. Miller,
Staff Correspondent, in the Detroit
Meas, October "a, 1911.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
SOUTH ELECTED CLEVELAND

at was due to the South that Grover
Cleveland was nominated and elected"
said Judge Parker 1T was due to the
South that William ]. Bryan was twice
nominated, ard in like manner the South
was responsible for the nomination Of
New Yorker, who speaks to you now.
l still believe that the South is the sec
ton of our country from which a presi-
dental nominee could be chosen who
could quell the voices of all the Demo-
cratic factions and heal all breaches.
When the Democratic National Conven-
ton sees fit to nominate a Southerner
| believe that the Northern Democrats
will suorort him with their ballots-
Judge Alton B. Parker, in The State
Columbis.. S, G, January Is, 1912.
her md M.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
AN EMINENT TAN

whi ihe destiny G'.tIy of the American nation
the whole history of tbe ' v ~phqciiul in
tectly safe in the banJ. WIN" oS IS per-
as as. your Underwood. It is a 'p pitr men ,ba,
we VS. cannot have more Of he { Ply I;1l mat
Washington. lie is ore If '' tb nina IN
[ J,,nnS men that the South bo, | most
uueed, and | look with vast sat Hss pro-
to ton n;,, .ne plans Of his Alabama frie ,,Ga
Z, ,,,..l give him their unanimous n ,ienos
m n for that high olfce% us .naorse .
1Tff"SSyWprof. Willis l.. Moore ch presir Y
b l., > Weather Bureau. in the R Srrei OF
loil I' Ala, Age-Hyald. octd9s ,''''i 4
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
IjNUEBWf0D ,i5I5N i m Al pUBLlC uUESIlUNS
VIEWS ON RECIPROCITY, ANTITRUST LtUloIAlion
MERCHANT MARINE, PUBLIC SERVICE, THE TAHITI

c.,... Steel Corporation. As 4 Am Illas snd
Of off fact 5n.io ae myself Everything nd
s,ce business except my hon home 0rl a-
%h Nj My people people are independent g 91s.
facturers. We meet the unl !; orr lex ex-
Steel Corporation every day o. O on The the
i stem in competitive battle i on nao0Is ny
;s,IrsI fields Of America My people
have not asked me to vote tor p''''
tive l tariff on iron and steel
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11

Mr.. 0'Shaunessys declaration fol
lowed the Underwood demonstration in
the Mouse. Mr.. O'Shaunsssy said:
Il believe Mr.. Underwood is the right
man for the prcsidency. He has won
derfnl executive ability as shown By his
management Of the House at this ses--
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
0sHAUNEssY BooMs UNDERWOOD

sion, and except for his residence so far
South, feel that he is in every way
suitable for the place. / believe the
Democrats could not nominate more
acceptable candidate. -Representative
OfShaunessy Of Rhode Island, in The
Providfxse Jeassai, August, 1911.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
AMERICAN MERCHANT
MARINE

(In the u. S. House of Representa-
tives, Feb. 26, 1olo.)
II is clear that there are no treaties
that stand in our way to prevent us from
enacting a discriminating tariff duty
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-04-11
2epublicans Have Always Stood for Protection

The Republican has maintained the doctrine that should
ing the home manufacturer from foreign competition OF protection
last
platform thus position OF the party distinctly recognized when they de
home and abroad but reasonabe American
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HANGS BY HAIR FROM
!, SEVENTHLSToRf WINDOW

NEW YORK, Sept 2O.--Residents
of Riverside Drive, in the neighbor,
hood of West Nfnety-fifth street, were
mortified tonight by shrieks that
came from a rear seventh-story win
dow in the West Point Apartments at
ESQ West Ninety-fifth street, when
Mrs. Henry Thompson of that ad.
dress held Miss Julia Wood, a young
woman visitor from Washington, by
her hair and tried to pull her swaying
body back into the window.
For five minutes Miss Wood dang
led in the air and struggled frantic
ally to get out Of Mrs. Thompson'S
clutches, both screaming at the top
of their voices, and then her long
hair gave way at the roots and she
dropped straight into the areaway al
most at the moment when people
rushed in to help the courageous wo-
man who was vainly striving to save
her guest.
The young woman was so badly
hurt by the fall that it. is not believ-
ed she will live Miss Wood, who is
about 80 years old, came from Wash
ington two weeks ago to visit Mrs.
Thompson. She was i'll and was in
charge of a trained nurse.
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ARMY SHOES.

AS a final solution of the footwear
problem in the army, Secretary Of
War Stimson has approved the rec
ommeHdation of the LeavenwOrth
Board, and only one shoe made on one
last will be issued TO the army. says
the Army and Navy Journal. 1t will
be the modified tan shoe scientifically
constructed recommended by the
board, and will take the place of the
guard garrison, field and dress shoe =.
1t will be lighter, the leather will not
be of the oiI-stuffed type, but vege-
table tan, and can be polished and
will have a heater appearance. AS no
black shoes will be issued, it will be
necessary for officers to purchase
their black shoes for a full-dress uni
form.
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GEN. BADEN-P0WELL
FINDS BOY SCOUTS
SPREAD OVER WORLD

LONDON, Sept. 20.-A report of the
boy scout movement throughout the
world has been given by Gen. Sir X.
Baden-Powell. who has recently visit
ed the West Indies, Canada, the Unit
ed States, Japan, China, Australia.
New Zealand, Tasmania and finally
South Africa. He found not only
great development in the scout or
ganization but an appreciation of the
movement by the governments of the
countries.
In many parts of the empire the
scouts had been awaiting the results
of the new cadet system, as it was
thought that it might render the
scouts unnecessary. General Baden
Powell reports on this point that in
all countries the governments have
asked his opinion as to whether the
same training for cadets cannot be
applied to the scouts. At the same
time the governments are considering
the idea of applying the training to
cadets in the oversee dominions.
The scouts are all communicative
with one another to foster a feeling
of unity and common welfare. In
South Africa the scout movement is
Of great benefit in bringing together
the boys of the two great white races.
Sea scouting in the dominions is also
gaining ground. The value of this
branch of the movement will be
proved in the raising I'D of men
trained for sea service.
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NOTICE TO CANDIDATES.

The, twenty-five. electors who sign
nomination papers must be chosen
from electors qualified to vote at this,
not the last, election. Candidates for
Senators or Representatives should
therefore verify the names of the
electors who sign their nomination
papers by ascertaining from the
County Clerks of the several counties
whether at least twenty-five of such
names have been duly registered on
the Great Register as electors duly
qualified to vote in the candidate S
Senatorial or Representative District,
as the case may be, at the election TO
be held on November 5, 1912. The
names of duly registered electors
signing nomination papers for Dele
gate may be taken from the Territory
at large.
E. A. MOTT-SMITH,
Secretary of Hawaii.
Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. II. 1912.
5347-Sept. q, %; Oct. ;, II.
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CHINESE BULL MOOSE
TO HASTEN ELECTION

TIENTSIN, China, Sept. Is. - DR..
Sun Vat Sen, the Bull Moose of China,
who is organizing big movement to
Gust Yuan Shi Kai from the presiden-
cy, is winning many followers to his
cause, according to todays reports
from Pekin. -.
g. Since Sun arrived in the capital he
and Yuan have exchanged many cour-
tesies, but is said the doctor has
satisfied himself by many talks with
the president that the latter is a hope
less reactionary. Sun does not pro-
pose another revolution. He intends
to defeat Yuan at the polls. Yuan has
been promising an election for some
time, but with each succeeding prom
Use he moves ii another month or two
forward. =
Sun would hasten the election.
Yuan is head of the Tung vi Kung
Ho Tang, which is the old-line repub-
lican party of China. The insurgents
say it is backward ~
The Kung Ho Tang, of which Vice
President Ii Yuan Hung is leader, is
the Chinese old-line democracy, Vice
President Ii has pointed out many
mistakes President Yuan has made,
but the insurgent view is that if he
were president he would not do much
differently. DR.. Sun Vat Sens party
is the Tung Meng Hui, the successor
to the secret revolutionary group,
which overthrow the Manchus. The
Tung Meng Hui is tremendously rad
ical - almost socialistic. In America
it would be known as the National
Progressive party.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION OF DELE.
T.. GATE TO CONGRESS. !.

An election for Delegate to the
House of Representatives of the Unit
ed States to serve during the 63rd
Congress being required by law to be
held on Tuesday, November 5, 1912, at
such places as may be designated by
the Secretary of the Territory, here
by give notice that such election will
be held at such places throughout the
Territory as have been designated by
the Governor for the election on Tues
day, November 5, 1912, of Senators and
Representatives to the Legislature of
the Territory of Hawaii.
e. A. M0TT-SMITH,
Secretary of Hawaii.
Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. IL, 1912.
5347--Sept 81, %; Oct. 5, IL.
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INSPECTORS OF ELECTION.

Under the provisions of Section SO
Revised Laws of Hawaii, three cleo
ton inspectors are appointed for each
precinct in the Territory who shall, as
far as reasonably practicable, be
chosen from the opposing parties.
All parties are therefore requested
to send, at the earliest opportunity, to
the Secretary's Office, the names of
such persons, stating three or more for
each precinct, as they may desire to
propose for appointment as election
inspectors for the General Election to
be held on November ). 1912
f. A. MOTT SMITH,
Secretary of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii, Sept. IS, 1912.
5347-Sept. q, %; Oct. ), II.