The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1912-04-26
NORTH STRONG FOR UNDERWOOD
Sentiment Practically Amounts to CALL" Says W. L Percy.
Labor and Business Will Both Be Satisfied with Him.


t1on a single candidate from their par
ty who is generally favored. 1 believe
That Taft will be nominated because
ne Will get the majority of the office
holders, but Roosevelt has q strong
Following among the hoi polloi. Off
settlng that, however, is the fact that
ne entered the race too late or too ear
~, too late to get his machine to run
ming, too early to secure the nomina-
ton by the stampede route. And La
roulette and Cummins have no chance
at all.
1t doesn't matter who is nominated
by the Republicans, he will not get
the full support of his party. Mention
any candidate and opposition will de-
Velop at once from the reasons I
named, and you will find the opposition
turning to the Democratic party.
Underwood Strong With Labor People.
or the Democrats prominently men,
toned there Is only one who is receiv-
Ing strong support, and that man is Os-
car Underwood. The laboring men
ike him because he will stand up
against the moneyed interests when it
Is necessary, and the business men like
him because he is the only statesman
with real, practical business ideas.
And those that simply can't vote the
Democratic ticket because they are
Republicans-well, they will salve their
consciences and at the same time help
Underwood by staying away from the
polls.
Underwood Dominating Figure In Con-
gress.
L found that the appreciation Of
what Underwood is doing and of his
constructive ability is more in the
north, probably because they keep up
with the work of congress better than
we do. He has been the dominating
figure In congress for the past two
years, and, as one member Of that body
said to me, he commands the respect
Of Republicans and Democrats alike
when he gets up to speak.
1T was funny thing, though, when
1 found all these Yankee Republicans
wanting southern Democrat. 1t
made me suspicious, and said so.
Look here told one Of them,
there Is something up your sleeve.
Underwood either is mighty good or
he is mighty poor, and you want to
play a trick on us The reply was In
evitably the same in every instance
that he was a practical man, a con-
sentative statesman who yet could be
progressive without being radical, and
that this Is the man they want at the
helm Of the government. He is the
one man In congress today with full
appreciation Of all the minute details
that enter into successful conduct Of
business.
Ready to Agree With Us.
1.-THE north Is now ready to con-
cede the point to the south that she
can produce a president The cycles
have rolled round, and the psychology
cal moment has come. They are ready
to agree with us and elect Underwood
Not all theory. not all ideas about how
to run government, he actually
knows how, and he actually can. Not
a man Of many words, he never gives
vent to those fiashy platitudes that
make good headlines and gain him nor
toriety. None OF us, / think, have ever
given him full credit for taking a mass
of politicians in disordered chaos, as
the Democrats were when he became
their leader, and bringing out of 1t tho
best oiled, most perfect machine which
the party has had for years.
There is only one thing that is
needed to put Democrat In the seat
of the president of the United States.
There is only one thing that is needed
TO put southern Democrat In the
highest office of the land. That is a
campaign of intelligence, campaign
TO tell the people Of this country who
and what Underwood is, what he is
doing and what he stands for.
LAS soon as that is done he will be
elected. Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution.