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life and especially by the intimate, ex-
tensive, and increasing intercomnluni-
cation within our borders. Our people
have for forty years literally lived to-
gether, and always more and moro
closely. They have gradually ceased
to think in terms of sections, and the
South is to-day no more distinct and
apart from the East or the Middle
West or the West in the minds of those
who dwell elsewhere.
In the next place, no one under sixty
has any personal experience Of the
civil conflict, and that means not mere
~ that the majority but that the great
body of voters arc without this ex-
pericnce. 1t is more than quarter of
a century since the Southern Ques-
ton entered even nominally into a
National contest. If it were raised
now by any party, and those who would
be influenced by it had to stand up
and be counted, we believe they would
be ludicrously few. On the other hand,
we are confident that, were the issue
made, a great many voters-chielly
among those who were most earnest in
their loyalty in the civil war-would by
a common impulse of generosity and OF
sclf-respect incline toward the Southern
candidate. If forced really to think OF
the matter, and to act on their conclu-
sions, it would seem too absurd to act
in the present on the issues long since
settled, settled in their favor, and set
tied forevcr-Thc NeaU York Times
November 26, 1911
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ton even thus early. It is the fact
that Mr.. Underwood is man of South
ern BIRTH a Representative from a South
crn State. There is a feeling, rather
than a definite opinion, which finds ex-
preston more often in his own section
than i'll the North, and perhaps more
often in his own party than in the op-
posite party, that this fact would be a
source of weakness if MIR. Underwood
were named by the Democracy.
Of course, this is matter not easily
TO be decided with confidence in adj
vance. There has been no occasion for
distinct expression of public sentiment
regarding it. 1t is half century since
a Southern candidate for the presidency
came before the Nation, and a good
deal longer than that since one was
elected. Great events have interviewed
and left their impress on the minds
and hearts of men, the depth and di-
rection Of which no one can surely es-
innate. Our OWN judgment is that a
candidate from the South--othcr things
being equal-would not be weaker and
might even be the stronger for that fact.
In broad way, it may safely be said
that there is III our people now a sense
of tried and proved and established
nationality which might, and probably
would, welcome an opportunity for
manifesting itself This sense of ma
tionality has grown progressively ever
since the close of the war for the
Union. 1t has been steadily strength
cned by the conditions of our National
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Committee, Mr.. Underwood has shown
himself to be the right man in the right
place. What advances arc made by the
party in 1912 will be due largely to him.
lie knows tariff in all its schedule
windings, as man knows the railways
OF his own house. He has wisdom. He
has temper and spirit, but is neither
unreasonable nor vindictive. I have
faitil IN the tariff thoroughness of Mr..
Underwood. If | owned the revenues
OF the Government, shouldn't hesitate
to employ him as night-watchman.-
hlfred Henry Lewis, in the Cosmobol-
,'a"' . January, 1912.
Mr.. Underwood is faithful in his
friendships. To those whom he casually
meets, he is affablc, albeit non-com-
initial, keeping his own counsel He is
never rude nor hard; never violent.
even with blood foes. For the stranger
within his gates his air is gentle and
frank. He is easy TO see, and speaking
generally, has been ever careful to keep
himself within the reach Of all. News
paper folk, sent to Mr.. Underwood by
some stress Of duty, never fail to like
him. lie has his dignity, but there is
no reserve. He maintains no distances
between himself and them. He answers
question with round readiness, or
says plainly that lie can't answer it and
tells why flc exDcdites the business in
hand, and will even anticipate the pur-
pose. OF ones coming, and put questions
to himself-Alfrcd Henry Lewis, in the
Cosmopolitan, New York, January, 1912.
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This New Leader
From Alabama

But this new leader from Alabama
with nothing nctcoric or iridcsccnt
about him; who has forged stcadily
ahead during sixteen years of congress
Sional service, and who has proved him
sell equal TO every emergency in the acid
test of debate OH the floor Of the House:
cool, impcrturbablc, rcsourccful, sure Of
himself at all times; profoundly learned
on the great tariff issue he stands for;
whose impressive personality is reveal
ing itsclf III stronger lines every day
as the scarchlight Of the press plays
upon it--hc is the Man Of DESTINY for
INC Democratic party in this year 1912.
And as the campaign for the nomination
progresses, Mr.. Undcrwood's superior
availability will come out with incrcas
ing clcarncss, and the Democratic masses
OF the South will catch the inspiration
OF the great fact that a Southern man
from the heart Of Dixie is at last in line
Tor the presidency after all these weary
years of waiting. When that psyche
logical moment arrivcs---in the national
convention or before it--a very nearly
solid South, fused to white heat under
the enthusiasm Of genuine Southern
presidential candidacy, will take Oscar
Underwood on its shoulders, sweep away
all the well laid plans Of machine politics
and rush him right to the goal, winner
by sheer force Of an overwhelming sense
Of simple justice to the South. AT
least, that's the way we want it.--The
oH'gdncc (fla) Democrat, December,
1911.
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UNDERWOOD LOOMS UP

Whether the disclaimer of Rcprescn-
tative Oscar w. Underwood of candi-
dacy for the Democratic nomination for
president is to stand or not, there is no
question that he is looming large and
seriously no less at the North than at
the South, as possibility, if not this
time, then in the near future. Mr..
Underwood is making widespread and
distinctive impression, not only as the
honest, bold, sagacious leader Of the
House majority, and not only as a mas
tcrful Southern Democrat, but as an
American publicst and statesman--a
man Of affairs and broad concept of
his responsibility to the whole people
Richmond, Va, Dispatch, re-
printed in the Birmingham, Ala, Ige-
Herald, January 22, 1912.
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NDEiRWOOD-HOUSE LEADER
CLEAN COURAGE HIGH HONESTY
FAITHFUL IN HIS FRIENDSHIPS

Ills name is Oscar w. Underwood !:
his years are on the sunshine side Of
nifty AS chief of the Ways and Means,
and chairman Of the Committee on Com
mittees, he is Speaker Clark's right arm
in the House.
MIR. Underwood's cry is Tariff for
revenue onlyp When Mr.. Bryan, eaten
OF rule-or-ruin Spirit, came to Wash
'ngton at the beginning of the special
session to trouble the waters Of party
nope with an attack upon the wool bill
as proposed by the Democrats, Mr.. I'm
dcrwood, i'll going after Mr.. Bryan,
% stated his own tariff position. Said he !:
me Democratic party stands for a
tariff for revenue. The Democratic
party does not stand for free trade,
and | do not believe the people will
be misled by the statement of Mr..
Bryan"
That MIR. Underwood is against pro-
lection, and fights it, evinces his cour-
age. ile comes from the Birmingham
district in Alabama-a brecding-pround
OF. protection. In Mr.. Undcrwood's dis
trict there are nine railroads, one hun
dred and forty-cight miles of strect-car
tracks, $15000O,OO0 of invested indus
tries. an annual pig-iron output of
2.OOO,OOO tons, and production of
100000 tons Of coal. The city of
Birmingham has an annual payroll of
S5OOOO,000. The Tennessee Coal & Iron
Company, which is a part Of the Steel
Trust, controls one-tfird of all the prod
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UNDERWOOD IN THE WEST

"I am gratifcd to see this State NOV
ing onward in almost every line and !
note the wonderful growth of Birming-
ham. observe that The 1geHerald
has kept full step with the progressive
spirit and has led in the work.
"The growing strength Of Oscar Un-
derwood in the minds of the people
throughout the United States has given
Alabama kind of publicity that the
State could obtain in no other way,
particularly on the great question OF
the tariff, for it was not thought that
one would come out Of Alabama with
its varied interests who would be a
David to defy the trusts Oscar I'm
derwood is regarded by many men as
the best equipped, clcancst, fairest man
to-day mentioned for the presidency. II
he is nominated, he will undoubtedly
win. # any strong sentiment Of the
South demands his election he will be
nominated. Out in Colorado, with its
thousands of visitors from all parts
of the United States, he is the first man
named by most of them. The prom
nencc given to his candidacy by the
; magazines and the public press has
caused strong tide to rise which ]
hore and believe will carry him to the
White House. took much pleasure
u niine in organizing the Underwood
CIut HI Jcnvcr. and il is doing good
WORK Observation-Disclosures Hawkins
NJ New York IN the Birmingham, Ala.
Fgc-HeyGId january 8, 1912.
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Underwood
a Real Man

The Democrats of the House have
reason to be proud of their floor lead
or, Chairman Underwood, of the Ways
and Means Committee. Mr.. Underwood
has given ample evidence Of the pos
session Of the qualities of mind essen
lial TO the position. He has also dem
onstratcd most conclusivcly that he is
a man who cannot be cajoled or bull
lied from the course he considers right.
In the debate over the Canadian rec
lprocity bill former Speaker Cannon
made the bluff that the steel trust fa-
vors the enactment of the measure.
MIR. Underwood called the bluff very
effectively by producing telegram
from his home district saying that the
United States Steel Corporation has
stopped work Oh important mills there,
giving as their reason that Underwood
stood i'll Congress advocating the tariff
reductions on steel included in this bill
Mr.. Underwood added that two years
ago the steel trust opposed his election
because of the tariff views and threat.
ened TO- turn him out of Congress if
nc voted Tor reductions on steel duties
/ voted for them just the same" he
stated, "and they failed in their efforts
10 turn me out of Congress-"
Underwood is every inch a man, and
the people have more respect for one
such as he than for whole battalion
OF corporation-co controlled standpatters.-
lhe Ocdld Daily Banner, Florida, April
%, 1911.
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- Southern Pr@Si-
dental Possibility

In the mention of Oscar w. Under
wood, Of Alabama, for the Democratic
Presidential nomination resides a good
deal more than suggestion that we
nave got too far away from the Civil
War era to regard a statesman as nee
essarily unavailable" because he comes
from a commonwealth that was mem
Der of the Southern Confcderacy.
OF the men now before the country
as possible or probable Democratic
candidates for the Presidency, Under
wood is certainly one Of the strongest.
flc has had fine training i'll Congress,
and is in himself man of natural force
and large capacity for work-and work
ers are what VIC want i'll executive posi-
tons. He has been a member of the
teen years, and has risen by force of
tion which made it inevitable that he
should be Chairman of the Committee
OH Ways and Means when the Demo
branch Of the Government Hc has the
youth, the environment, the enthusiasm,
the courage, the political sagacity, and
the statesmanly qualities fully to justify
his consideration in connection with the
Presidential nomination.
Mr.. Underwood is conservative man,
who is capable of entertaining pro-
grcssivc ideals and at the same time of
realizing fully the duty and the ne
ccssty for conserving substantial inter
csts Of the community. The Democratic
party might 60 farther and do vastly
worse than if it should nominate him
as its standard-bcarer Of 19l2-Mmn
sey's Magazine, January, 1912
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lucts of the district One third of all the
iron-orc holdings of the Steel Trust are
in and around Birmingham. Surely, at
first glance, bad outlook for tariff
rcformer And yet Mr.. Underwood
succeeds and re-succeeds himself with
ever climbing majorities.
does it--that, and his clean courage.
The dominant quality in Mr.. Underwood
is honesty, and folk have found it out.
Honesty is among the scarcest of earth
ly commodities, and when community
has discovered it in the possession OF
an individual, it guards it and works it
like a gold-mine for every final ounce.
MIR. Underwood is honest: His cleo
tion was not the work of money. He
was not chosen as either the pet of the
railroads or the frst-born of the trusts.
lis seat was given him by the people,
and because they believed he would fill
it to the best of public advantage.
This cnanation of the popular gives
Mr.. Underwood the House high ground,
and he is SO far military in his genius
that he knows how to fortify and hold
it. From his place as peoples repre-
sentative, he can ovcrstarc and keep in
check the Paynes and the Dalzels and
the Crumpackcrs, who arc present mere
ly by the grace Of pirate money, and
dwell, therefore, OH House levels much
lower than his own.-Alfred Henry
Lewis in the Cosmopolitan, New York,
January, 1912;
AS the head Of the Ways and Means
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Underwood Among
1912 PossibiTitios

The threatened breakdown Of Ma
jority Leader Underwood, as a result of
long hours Of hard work on the tariff
in the Ways and Means Committee, put
many 4 Democrat in nervous state Of
mind There developed suddenly full
appreciation Of the worth of the Ala
bama Congressman as leader. For
Mr.. Underwood to become disabled or
to be removed from the scene OF his
usefulness at this critical time would be
like pulling a corner post out from
under platform on which was hcapcd
most Of the political treasures of the
party Democrats quite generally arc
willing to admit
Credit for the achievements Of the
Democratic House bearing the stamp OF
constructive craftsmanship is given
readily TO the majority leader Due to
his success as a legislative managcr-his
ability in most tests to keep the House
Democracy unitcd-and the fact that
Civil War wounds have been allowed to
heal because OF the scarcity of public
men Of the type OF Senator Hepburn,
of Idaho, a Sou,hcrncr is being Sc
riously considered North and South as
presidential material. The Undcrwood-
for r-Prcsidcnt movement has been at
tracing volunteer workers steadily
since last spring, when the ncwly-in-
stalled Democratic House assumed its
responsibilities, An Underwood boom
Tor he Democratic nomination for
President put ON long trousers at the
beginning Of this, the national campaign
year Austin Cunningham, in the San
antonio EtbrcSS, January 5, 1912.
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Ia Voice
From Florida

oscar Underwood, however, has
more friends than any man mentioned
for the Democratic presidential nomi-
nation. He is more popular throughout
the country with all the Democrats than
the others. He is almost the unanimous
second choice. If you ask the Harmon
men who they would be for in case
Harmon could not be nominated they
will say Underwood; when you ask the
Wilson men the same question as to
Wilson, they reply that if Wilson can
not be the nominee, Underwood is their
choice; and the same thing is true of
the Champ Clark mcn."-T. A. Jennings,
National Committeeman from Florida,
i'll the Pensacola Eveuing NeqVs, Friday
evening: January IL, 1912.
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HEARS MUCH POLITICAL TALK

"In travelling through the country I
hear no end of political talk" said
James a. Braun, sales manager of the
Wyetll Chemical Company of New
York.
During the past five or six weeks
have heard Underwood very much dis
c,,sscd as presidential proposition. /
found in the Carolinas great deal of
Underwood sentiment I have been
keeping TIP with Undcrwood's record
in Congress, and | believe that his
commanding position in the Democratic
party will be appreciated by the rank
and file Of the Dcmocracy'"-Igc-
Herald, Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 7, 1912.
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J@ckscrew or Axe

That with the Democratic party al
ready in power in the House, and hay-
ing visible chance of coming into COM
plete power in the National Govern
ment, it is Of interest to learn from
what viewpoint the actual pilot-in-ch charge
of the Dcmocracy's legislative ship looks
at his task and by what stars he shapes
his course.
Are they fixed and stcadfast lights of
the political armament or are they mere
ly those willo'the wisps that flame up
as paramount issues" for this wear,
only to be forgotten next year? We
get comforting light OH this question
from another remark by MIR. Under
wood:
Il think the big question is the tariff.
II is the question Of the development of
the industries and commerce of the
nation"
From a Democrat that is a remark
wcll-nigh startling. 1t exhibits such all
unusual viewpoint. 1t is almost like
hearing Andrew Carnegie confess that
there might be such thing as a right
eous war Heretofore, our Democratic
statesmen have SO uniformly declared
that there was nothing to the tariff
question but stopping robbers" from
robbing.
They never seemed to think Of tariff
as having anything to do with the de-
vclopmcnt OF industries and commerce.
MIR. Underwood does. He says we
should reduce our tariff because with
the settlement OF the West we have left
| behind the days when our home market
| absorbed the products of our factories
and left us no surplus for which we
needed to look for market abroad.
lie holds that our industrial develop
| mcnt has outstrippcd the increase in
domestic demand, and that we are pro-
| ducing or al least have the existing ca
pacity to produce, a great surplus Of
manufactures for which VIC must find
markets in olncr countries. Therefore,
and since eve cannot trade with other
people unless we permit them to trade
with lis" reduce the tariff to compcti-
| tive basis-to the lowest rates that will
raise the revenues that the cxigcncics
| Of the Government require"
One may agree or disagree with that
theory Of tariff making. One may dsbc-
licvc that its effects will be develop
mcnt Of the industries and commerce of
the nation" But at least it is a theory
| consistent with itself and processing
| constructive aims and not merely clam
oring for destruction.
And its proponcnt is no doctrinairc
fresh from academic halls with his nod
die crammcd with Solutions" Of every
thing. Neither is he the freak product
Of passing popular delight with the latest
novelty among political cntcrtaincrs."-
| Chicago Inter-Oceam, September 26,
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CHAIRMAN UNDERWOOD

Chairman Underwood has once more
given proof Of that lcvclness of head
and clcarncss Of purpose which have
characterized his leadership from the
beginning. He has ilatly refused to
countcnancc any coquctting with the La
Toilette idea on the wool bill. Whether
viewed as mere announcement Of
program or as a bill that it is desired
and expected actually to get enacted into
law, the La Toilette proposition does
not meet the needs Of the situation
The Nca0 Yoyh Post, August 2, 1911.
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MR.. UNDERWOOD

Meanwhile Mr. Underwood has a
work to do in Washington for which he
has revealed remarkable aptitude. 1t
is not too much to say that the existing
harmony among the Democratic mem
bers Of the House, and the ability they
showed at the last session to work to-
gethcr are largely due to his sliillful
leadership. fle proposes to resume the
task of tariff revision at the point where
it was interrupted by the PRESIDENT S
vctocs.-1he Propidence OR. ~ Jow-
nal, December 3, 1911.
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THE MANNER OF MAN HE is

After the Southern manner, Mr.. TN
dcrwood is unaffcctcdly democratic. He
meets men as one who, respecting him
self, also respects them. He does not
wear the manner Of one who expccts to
find his inferior. Still less would he
remind you of one who fears he NAV
meet his superior. Never does he pose.
nor seek to transact his dignity at the
humbling expense Of another.-A1fred
Henry Lewis, in the COSMOPOLITAN, New
York, January, 1912.
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FEDERAL Aft RoPRIATIoNs FOR TIE
= y IMPROVEMENT OF OUR PUBLIC ROADS
kg9ty Congress Unquestioned from the Founda-
ton of the Government

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under GsS ean2a s es %sof M iii os W the s 95,
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A PRACTICAL DEMOCRAT

St. Louis honors Oscar w. Under
wood for his character, for his achieve
mcnts and for his Democracy.
The Chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee is a practical Democrat. His
leadership in the House OF Representa-
tlvcs SHOWS that. lie possesses the
ability to enlist men Of varying ideas,
plans and moods in support Of desirable
and feasible objects. Men who agree
on basic principles may be involved in
bitter hostility by antagonisms which in
their essence amount to little.
X y
Mr.. Undcrwood's example as leader
of Democrats in Congress is worthy Of
emulation elsewhere. Ii makes for toll
crancc. Tolerance makes for unity
Unity makes for progress. There is no
other way to render Democracy cf-
fcctivc
The young Democrats Of ST. Louis
who persuaded Mr.. Underwood to be-
come their guest will find in his policy
as wei! as his principles the best hope
of party achievement and party life
The ST. Louis Republic, October II,
1911.
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ESTIMATE OF OPPONENTS

Men like Payne and Mann declare
him to be the most rcsourccful an
tagonist they have found on the Demo-
cratic side A skillful parliamcntarian,
good speaker, holding himself always
in perfect control, he is model leader,
and his following is daily increasing
Washington Correspondence in The
E1cning BalletinL Philadelphia, Pa,
June, 1911.
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The Gonsorwa-
tive South

Not many days ago, it was suggested
i'll an editorial in this paper that the pco-
pie of that section of the Union that
tried half century ago to break up
the Union of the States, might possibly
turn out to be the home of conser-
vatism thai would stand as barrier
against changc i'll our scheme of gov
crnment that would destroy the fabric
of the Constitution adopted by our wise
forcfatlers, and ratified by the States
that had fought for and achieved indc-
pcndence and freedom
AS evidence that such thing may be
among the possibilities paragraph is
here quoted from speech made by
Hon. Oscar w. Underwood, of Ala
bama, to the Young Mems Democratic
League of St. Louis: