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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
12
A satirical portrait of Oscar W. Underwood as a cool, steady leader during a heated August congressional session. The piece portrays his denial of falsehoods about tariff policy, links his calm, persuasive style to presidential potential, and compares his methods to McKinley’s.
Extracts from an interview with Oscar W. Underwood discuss tariff profits, labor share, and industry development. He argues manufacturers hoard gains, warns against protecting profits as inefficiency, and favors gradually lowering tariff walls by removing the top bricks rather than blowing up the bottom. He notes public disillusion with the Republican party and endorses the Sherman Act as a tool against monopoly when enforceable as a criminal statute.
A New York World 1911 item notes Mrs. Underwood provides full domestic control, aids his studies and research, and supports his ambitions. Described as bright, educated, vivacious, companionable, and not beautiful but attractive, she relieves him of care and nerves, laying out clothes and tying his cravat.
Uncle Joe Cannon credits Congressman Underwood of Alabama with a rapid growth in public sentiment, as leaders from both parties note his rising influence. The Birmingham Age-Herald calls the Underwood boom the marvel of American politics, predicting a culmination in Baltimore the week of June 25.
Congressman Oscar W. Underwood states he will not run for president and expects his friends to endorse him only if they can manage it themselves. He commits to his duties in Washington and says he will perform a man’s work there before considering any candidacy for higher office.
A New Orleans item reprinted from the January 5 1912 Montgomery Advertiser describes the Underwood tariff proposals as sane reductions not shock therapy. It calls the program sensible practical politics and warns Taft and Republicans face risk whether he vetoes or approves, affecting credit for reforms and Democratic momentum.
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