Representative Government and the Safeguards of Liberty
Speech by Mr Underwood before the Catholic Club of New York City on December 19 1911 advocates representative government as the lasting bulwark of civil liberty. It argues that a constitutional framework with checks and an independent judiciary protects individual rights against majority excess and explains why direct democracy risks tyranny and should be avoided.
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Underwood
Catholic Club OF
New York City
Theople
Independent Judici
Madison
Hamilton
United States
Billen
Time to abandon sectional abasement in presidential talk
The Constitution of Atlanta, January 21, 1912, argues Southern voters must shed sectional cowardice and claim presidential potential. It condemns lingering postwar memories, urges Southerners to support capable candidates like Oscar Underwood, and praises Taft's elevation of Justice White while calling for united national participation.
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South
White House
Constitution
Washington
Harvey-Wilson-Watterson
Oscar Underwood
Ben Hill
Democratic Party
Atlanta
A New Leader From the South and the Democratic Shift
A McClure's Magazine excerpt notes the presidential veto blocking the Free List Bill and a revived Democratic majority under new leadership after a special session. It highlights Southern influence with a Southern Chief Justice, a Southern Senate majority leader, and Southern presidential contenders Clark Underwood and Wilson, signaling national unity post Civil War.
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Congress
Clark
Underwood
Wilson
Burton J. Henrt
McClure’s Magazine
Alabama's Candidate Mr Underwood Honored for Nine Terms
The Cincinnati Enquirer lauds Mr Underwood for over two decades of service in the National House of Representatives Cite his leadership within the Democratic Party his consistent voting record and integrity across peaceful and stormy times highlighting colleagues respect and party loyalty in a 1911 portrait of a trusted statesman
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Underwood
House of Representatives
Cincinnati Enquirer
Underwood for President in an Angled Union Argument
The Baltimore Sun on July 26 1911 argues that Underwood can be president despite being from the South. It contends that modern rail and telegraph links unite the states and that Underwood is a Kentucky native who grew up after the Civil War. He is described as big minded brave and capable.
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Underwood
Bull Run
Gettysburg
Joe Wheeler
Fitzhugh Lee
Taft
Justice White
United States Supreme Court
Alabama
New York
Massachusetts
Texas
Portlands
Maine
Oregon
Lincoln
Kentucky
Baltimore Sun
Underwood Presidential Timber
J W Flenner in the Times Democrat Muskogee Oklahoma October 28 1911 endorses Underwood as an ideal president citing his level headedness courtesy and tariff stance while noting he is not a rabid reformer and would resist sensationalism or attacks from the Democratic nomination scene.
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Underwood
United States
White House
J. W. Flenner
Times-Democrat
Muskogee
Okla
Elect Honest Men to Public Office and Uphold the Constitution
A speaker argues for congressional committees to initiate legislation within constitutional limits, warns against rapid partisan measures, and insists failures in law enforcement hurt more than lack of new laws. He urges voters to dismiss unfaithful officials and elect principled leaders who defend the Constitution and true public interest.
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Congress
Southern Leaders for Democratic Presidential Nomination
London cable notes Champ Clark and Oscar W. Underwood as leading Democrats for the presidential nomination. It argues Southerners should be considered despite prevailing prejudices, reflecting Hearst’s New York American view from September 25, 1911.
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House of Representatives
Champ Clark
House
Oscar W. Underwood
United States
London
William Randolph Hearst
New York American
Southern birth no longer a disqualification in Union judgment
The passage argues that post Civil War years have erased the stigma of Southern birth in Northern judgment. It notes that in 1912 the Southerner should be evaluated on individual merit, citing Oscar W. Underwood as an example and praising the lack of geographic bias across the Union.
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Goth
Oscar W. Underwood
New York Sun
Rumors on Underwood Support Across North and South
The Albany editorial condemns rumors that Alabama’s Mr Underwood cannot win Northern support due to being Southern. It argues such talk misleads the South, fuels old sectionalism, and harms Southern Democrats while Northern voters see through it. The piece notes no Northern would doubt supporting Underwood because of his Southern origin.
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Underwood
Alabama
North
South
Albany
New York
Underwood the Man in the Montgomery Advertiser 1912
The piece argues for James S. Underwood as a Southern supported candidate. It claims Northern majorities favor tariff revision and end of special privilege. It praises Underwood as a tested leader, solid character, and reformer who could unite the South and North to end old war issues.
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South
North
Underwood
Tontgomery
Free List Bill Vetoed By President Taft
The report from MR. UNDERWOOD of the Ways and Means Committee accompanies H R 4413 to place agricultural tools and many related items on the free list. It argues duties burden farmers, support free imports of bagging and coverings, and cites tariff reform platforms and trust issues as justification for removal of duties to aid producers and compete globally.
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Taft
Committee On Ways and Means
House
Duty Exemption Act Covers Agricultural Tools and Loads
The act exempts plows harrows headers planters mowers and related farming gear from duty upon import. It also frees bagging fabrics for cotton belts leather boots salters and shoes sewing machines salt and various meats and cereals. Includes timber and lumbers and specifies farm wagons and repair parts. Passes House May 8 1911.
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Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
United States
New Zealand
Underwood a Unifying Force across the Democratic House
The Post Express notes in Rochester on June 21, 1911 that David R. Underwood unifies Democratic factions, earning solid party support and broader influence. Republicans doubted his tariff stance, yet his leadership and harmonizing role impressed observers as he gains prestige and power.
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House
Underwood
Capaci
Post Express
Rochester
N. Y
Foraker backs Underwood despite Southern ties speech noted
John Temple Graves reports in Birmingham that former Georgia candidate Underwood would not deter Foraker if nominated. Foraker, now a Republican senator, says he cannot vote for Underwood but would defend him against Southern denigration. The Birmingham Age-Herald reprinted the 1912 interview in Montgomery.
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John Temple Graves
Birmingham
Age-Herald
Mr. Underwood
Graves
Foraker
Senate
Underwood
Mr. Foraker
South
Montgomery
Alabama
Birmingh
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Thomas Jefferson
Mason and Dixon
Mississippi
Rockies
Underwood Presidential Timber
Man
Ways and Means
Committee ON Ways
Means
H. R
Poraker
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