The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-16
STILL FARMING UNDERWOOD

Underwood continue to be adversely affected by the pernicious habit of Some of his journalistic supporters in Alabama of disseminating expressions from Old Guard Republican organs who are keenly alive to the danger of defeat threatening the Republican party and therefore are seeking to bring about discord, hostility, and dis sension within the Democratic ranks. Some weeks ago The Age-Herald re- ferred to the republication in the Montgomery Advertiser of an edito- rial attacking one of the Democratic candidates from an anti-South> >Repub- lican newspaper, the New York Tri- bune, the expression from that news paper evidently meeting the approval of Che Advertiser. On Monday the
 Birmingham Evening News, controlled by the same interest, copied very villainous sort of editorial from the Toledo, Ohio, Blade, which newspaper is equally staunch in it's Republicanism and as anti-South in it's attitude, the Evening News using this Republican organ expression to intimate that Will liam c. McAdoo, if not nominated, would bolt the Democratic party.
 Of course, that is very great libel upon a Southern Democrat, distin- guished in his party's service. If Sem ator Underwood should be nominated, there perhaps would be no more &C., tive or aggressive figure championing the cause of MT. Underwood than MT. McAdoo himself. His chief charac- teristic is the placing of party interest and party obligation above any thought of personal consideration, and his party record rings unmistakably and clearly as bell.
 The chief concern for all Democrats is party success in the elections next November against the Republican nom inee. The Democratic eonventionS is subordinate to the November election when consideration is given the wider national welfare. To attempt to SOW discord in the party ranks. to bol- ster such effort by indorsement of propaganda of Republican organs keen ly anxious to bring about such discord, does not serve the Democratic party, and harms Alabama's candidate. MT. Underwood will go into the Democratic national convention with less than the two-thirds vote which will be required to nominate him. If he is nominated, therefore, he will have to be nomi- mated by the votes of members of the Democratic convention who will go there committed to other candidates. Wise political observers say that MT. McAdoo will have more than -one-third of the delegates. To arouse their hos tility towards MT. Underwood by charging that the man they favor will be party bolter and thus defile his Democratic record is an unthinkable sort of policy for any true supporter of Senator Underwood to contem- plate embracing.
 ! AAS oOIL O1 UlSSeInlHdIlOH OI the Republican attempt to divide the Dem ocratic party ranks coming from news papers in Senator Underwood's own state, will react so harmfully against Alabama's distinguished son that it can but prompt the thought that certain interests are thinking more of ,preven- ton of some one else's nomination than of nominating Senator Underwood. Can it be conceived also that there are some of those who are thinking about provisions in. the platform of the party having direct bearing upon corporate interests and the interest of temperate observers of the prohibi- ton laws of the United States? What ever their motive it would appear that, if at heart the cause of Senator Un- derwood is the dominant interest, they would work toward the end of having Senator Underwood enter the conven- tion distinguished in his party posi- ton by the absence of animosities en- gendered or antagonisms fostered.
 WHIP JUSTICE TO A STANDSILL
 Commenting on an apparent in- .vaoz1 oe Kopcoc Citu oon