The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-15
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Pr.diet. Sweeping Democratic Year"

Predicts Sweeping Democratic Year To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 I want to congratulate you for the splendid editorial in today's Age-Herald under the caption of "A Fair Investiga- tor.n I wish that every fair-minded Democrat, and also every honest and fair-minded man, regardless of his po- gitical faith and past party affiliations could read your able editorial. You cer- tainly reached the milk in the cocoanut, and especially in stating. "The pity of it is that some Democratic spokesmen and Democratic journals have been willing to play the part of prompt and faithful echo to the Republican attempt to assault the regulations of men high in Democratic counsels." ''Their course of conduct is unworthy and all the more difficult to understand in view of the fact that only insinuation and innuendo, and not one single specific charge of wrong-doing, have been directed at any member of the official family of President Wilson. I know men who are looked upon as Dem- ocratic spokesmen, who seem to take special delight in criticizing especially McAdoo, for having represented Doheny as an attorney, and at the same time these would-be spokesmen know that McAdoo told the truth when he stated before the senate committee, he had nothing to do with Doheny's American oil interests.
 While am for Underwood above any other candidate for the Democratic nomi- nation, and he is my decided choice for the next president of the United States; AL. r. I Iels L .z of lao ablest and best poised men in the Ameri- can politics, and as clean and honest and true to his convictions as any man that can be found; therefore,.I believe he is capable and would make a great presi- dent. Furthermore, state pride and Southern Democratic chivalry compel me to favor Oscar Underwood. l feel, how ever, that my views should not cast any reflection on, McAdoo or any other good, clean, able Democrat seeking the Demo cratic nomination. Underwood and Me Adoo are both noble sons of the South of whom the South should feel a pride, and either of them l am persuaded would make great president
 The Democrats of Alabama, with con- sistency, should feel estopped from cen suring or saying anything against Me Adoo, for in the coming Democratic pri- mary feel sure no one is authorized to cast votes for him in opposition to Un- derwood. It is true Dinsmore, as he states, is soliciting votes for himself of which he states he will deliver to McAdoo should he be elected Also Musgrove is soliciting votes for himself, but no one knows, outside of Providence alone, what Musgrove would do with the Ala- bama delegation to the Democratic na- tional convention should he happen to win. I am persuaded that Musgrove him. self has no well-conceived plan of what he would do with the Alabama delegation should he succeed in getting the delega- tion. He must realize and appreciate the fact that the country does not appreciate him as presidential timber, regardless of the flattery of the great old Commoner, William Jennings Bryan. In conclusion, I beg to say, that believe this is going to be a sweeping Democratic year, for am persuaded the honest voters of our country are not going to vote to place in power again party who has been guilty of so much graft and crookedness during the past four years.
 w. R. PHILLIPS.
 Gadsden, Ala, Feb. 13, 1924.