Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-04
SOUTH MUST Be
HEARD, UNDERWOOD
TELLS ALABA|N|ANS

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. q
Promise to fight Alabama's battle
shat her place at the council table
Of the nation might be won, Senator
Oscar W. Underwood last night
reiterated his statement of entrance
into the race for the nomination of
the democratic party for the presi-
dency Of the United States.
you have placed the banner OF
Alabama in my hands and I 60
forth to battle for your rights. My
sword is at your disposal" Senator
Underwood told a gathering of cfvl@
leaders who had assembled at 1t
banquet table to do him honor. Con-
tinuing he said:
'All 1 ask is that while I am
fighting at the front, that you o.
Alabama protect the army's rear.
Realizing the support that Ala
bama has always given her servant,
l would be recreant if 1 did not bea"
d heart full of gratitude for all Of
this" Mr. Underwood said
Abroad when | heard how the
people of Alabama were thinking OF
me in connection with the office o.
the chief executive of the United
States, L pondered long.
when / thought of the honor on
one hand and the great burden on
the other, / hesitated over a deCi-
sion. But when | thought Of the
| fifty years in which the south has
been denied recognition, although
her sons have proved on the bat.
tlefields of two wars the devotion of
their section, I realized that the
south must be heard.
docs the north forget that Wash.
lngtOn, son of the south. was III
the saddle when CORVALLIS gave up
his sword at Yorktown? Do they
| forget that it was Thomas Jefferson
a son of the south, who wrote that
matchless document, the Declaration:
OF Independence? Do they forget
| that a son of the south was in the
saddle when the United States Sc
cured from France that expanse OF
territory that is now the western
states? Do they forget that it was
a southerner in tn epresident's char
when through the Mexican war
Texas and what is now California
became a part of the United States p
Again Mr.. Underwood questioned
do they forget that a son of the
southland was commander-in-c chat
| OF the American army and navy dur
| ing the last great struggle? 1 refer
to President Wilson"
/ believe that the north is now
ready to recognize the south and
| that thnro ic i,ota m
ALL"
Senator Underwood was preceded
by several MontgomeriGns who de-
lvered short talks of congratula.
! tons that the south had such a son
to offer. Enthusiasm marked tbs
meeting throughout, and Senator
| Underwood's speech was pInctuated
by cheers from those around the
banquet table.
w. j. BRYAN OPPOSES
UNDERWOOD CANDIDACY
MIAMI, Fla, Aug. I'm answ or
to an inquiry as to where he stands
with reference to the candidacy OF
Senator Oscar Underwood, of Ala
| bama, for the Democratic nomina-
ton for president, William Jennings
Bryan said today. in signed state
ment:
LAS Senator Underwood has for
mally announced his candidacy, /
answer your inquiry, His available
ty will depend entirely upon the
platform adopted next year, If Wall
street and the vets control the con-
Vention and write the platform, they
will doubtless regard Senator I'm
derwOod as The logical candidate.
He is wetter than Governor Smith
and has for a longer time been the
spokesman of that element. He also
represents the Wall street point of
view on public questions. But Wall
street and the vets are not likely to
control the next convention.
There is no objection to a south.
ern candidate and there are many
prominent southern Democrats who
are in sympathy with the sentiment
of the Democratic party. Why not
select one of theSe-for instance
Daniels, OF North Carolina; Conner,
Of Alabama, or Neff, of TexaS ?
Every southern state can furnish
an available progressive Democrat
who can poll several million more
votes than Senator Underwood. He
was not available in 1912 and is
much less available now