Evening star., 1923-08-18
Bryan Opposition Advertises
Candidacy of Underwood

attack is concerned the Roanok e
World News insists 'in the gloriously
demagogic days of populism, william
Jennings Bryan never indulged in
more unfair eXaggeration than in his
attack on Underwood. Despite the
noise which the radicals made in 1895
it was found that conservative
minded people were in a decided ma
jority, nineteen twenty-four isn't apt to
be different from 1896 In this respect.
Underwood then, despite his conserva-
tism, is far from unavaila BILE as a demo-
cratic candidate. The fact that Mr..
Bryan has ruled him out ought to help
far more than 1t hurts" Enthusiastical-
ly indorSing the record of the senator.
the Mobile Register insists Senator
Underwood would make a most desir-
able President and the republic would
be the happier for having such a man
as its head
Another paper which feels that I'm
derxood decidedly is presidential
timber is the republican Boston Tran
script, which suggests that If he will
visit New England he will have little
difficulty in getting among league re-
publicans, and low tariff democrats. If
mate either Oscar w. Underwood of
Alabama or John w. Davis of West
Virginia and New York the republi-
cans will have hard fight ahead of
them in 1924. regardless of the stand
ard bearer they select" He is both
popular and able" asserts the Sa-
vannah Press. and it "believes that
McAdoo's friends would support Un-
derwood and Underwood's friends
would support McAdoo In certain con-
tingencies In the national conven-
tion." The Chattanooga Times sharply
insists ito eliminate Oscar Under
wood because Of the fling that he
is a wet" would be unfair and alb
surd. In all. the Alabama senator S
candidacy should make such an appeal
at least to the impartial considera-
ton of the party and Of the country
as the records and abilities OF few. If
any, of the opposing aspirants war
rant
The Knoxville Sentinel is opposed
to Senator Underwood making q cam
paign simply as a southern or as the
distinctive and exclusive candidate
of the SOUTH" feeling such claim is
unfortunate. Is our interest in the
1924 campaign to be restricted to the
privilege of naming a candidate from
southern state and to have no ref
erence to electing a democratic Presi-
dent? If that is all the south Graves
for its share in the 1924 outcome, it
| is easily and surely gained. Let the
south put out its own distinctly
southern candidate and then go home
or stay at home and let the rest take
care of itself" Yet. after all, as the
Jacksonville Journal points out, "Old
King Expediency" is in the way, be-
cause the democratic national con-
vention feels sure of the south, it can
expediently ignore 1t in presidential
nominations and won't, in all prob
ability, let down the barriers against
| the nomination Of the favorite son of
Alabama"
The Hartford Courant agrees that
sectionalism is a distinct factor, say
| ing, Senator Underwood Is able, but
Senator Underwood has as yet to get
| the answer to the question as to
whether the south will venture to
name a candidate from its own sec
ton" To which the New York Post
replies that "it is always refreshing
to see a candidate for the presidency
| take a definite position and it Is as
sured this very fact will materially aid
! the Alabama solon's boom.