Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-30
Oscar Underwood,
Statesman, Student
and Leader.


or larger and general and cordial ad
niration than Oscar Underwood of Alabama.
Since John T. Morgan died Alabama and Alexander
Stephens passed away Georgia South has had states
men who genius achievement has
equaed present leader of the Democratic majority the
floor of the House of Representatives
The history the Democratic party Congress within the
years has been also largely the history of the Repre-
sentative from the Congressional District of Alabama
Every tariff that proposed adopted defeated
within period largely buded largely amended
designed by his powerful advocacy criticism AS expert
upon the tariff he has equal the Democratic side Every
currency bill every economic born within that period
felt the formative reformatve power of this master
economist and practical statesman.
The least spectacular patient the thorough
the most determined and the popular in Congress
Underwood He entered public life understand and
industrial age and his public life has been studious
and diligent it has been successful
this time statesman that she could less
afford temporarily release public life
Mr.. Underwood
Mr. Underwood and Champ Clark, working successfully
and perfect harmony have led the Democratic party in Con
gress of defeat and dsorganzaon and Encouragement into
year ago the compact united, effective
triumphant majority party that post belum politics has
If there to-day dividing wedge driven into
column the work of the dictator and his blind and serve
followers that has wrought the chism What Underwood and
Clark Doremus and German stood everywhere
vaanty has been the American spirit against
foreign English dctaton BY
record he the leading American atesmSn of to-day He has
the indispensable aid to the Wilson Administration in fran
ing and supporting and pushing to conclusion the tariff bill
which bears his He equally vital
and passage the currency bill which does his name
but part of his genius and leadership He
all his fellows in the insertion into the tariff bill the last stage
of the per preferential tariff goods imported
ships which would have been the Amer
chant and McAd
way Attorney General McReynolds to
kill the amendment by law after Underwood had blocked
defeated the Administration effort repeal Congress
quality Underwood of Alabama is
pre- eminent among all contemporaneous his un
nchng public courage conviction daunted or
stayed by influence or by personal nterethe the
and the desirable quality statesman serv
ing in this of trucking and time serving men
In Of the Oscar Underwood and
his fellow presented President Taft in 1912 his
convictions rode successfully square into the breach against his
interests and his supporting environment of
in Alabama.
When William j. Bryan capped the climax successive
visits of dcaton the 62d Congress tell to coerce
the Democratic House into obedience his mandate
Leader Underwood who OVERRIDE his arrogant assumption
thory and when Bryan the very zenith of his power
his will accepted lord by his cngng party denounced
derwood in The Commoner, the Alabama statesman
collected without hesitation denounced Bryan upon
the floor of Congress within few weeks of the assembling
the national convention which the Nebraska might
despo power the Underwood candidacy
Presidency bold brave thing that scarcely any other
politics had the courage and conviction
And to-day if Oscar Underwood timd time serving
statesman selfish office seeker he would stand aside
and let President Wilson ofJuggernaut rough shod
over his fearless convictions of the true American policy and
receive the full Presidential influence in the very crisis of his
campaign for the United States Senate from Alabama
But MIR Underwood statesman worthy of the better days
OF the republic He represents Alabama He represents Amer
an hono American independence and the best American policy
personal preferment
he mas Illustrated three great occasions in words but
IN splendid deeds that HE WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN
DE SENATOR FROM ALABAMA OR PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES
Surely the great State Of Alabama will not-can not-fa
10 SEND back with added Washington this hour
need the abe truest constructive statesman save
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