The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-12-02
SPOKE IN CHARLESTON
Gov. FOSS OF MASSACHUSETTS,
PRESENT AT BANQUET.
Democratic Principals Declared Only
Basis of Progress-Outlined Pro-
gressiye Movement OF Party.


ular government, and the elimination
of special tariff and other privileges,
as the only basis for constructive ma
tional progress was advocated Dy
Gov. Eugene N. Foss, Of Massachu-
sets, in an address before the st.
Andrews Society Thursday night IN
Charleston.
He declared the business interests
of the country must be built upon
constructive business lines for the
benefit of the people and that the
Republican party had utterly failed
in this regard.
He outlined the progressive move
ment Of the Democratic party, which,
he said, furnished Ihe necessary So
luton of our national problems and
declared that the country is calling
upon that party TO assume the lead
ership. He declared that the Sher-
man act had failed to safeguard and
develop our Industrial prosperity, and
that it had reacted injuriously upon
all business.
He believed, he said, that each
state must now take up the duties OF
regulating it's trade and commerce
instead of leaving this to take Its
chances with unwise Federal control
and litigation; called for a more bus
iness-like direction of public affairs
and declared 1t to be the duty and
the opportunity OF the progressive
Democracy to establish clean-cut bus
mess methods in government as well
as industry and commerce.
1.-THE people now realize that the
business interests Of the country and
all problems Of public finances and
all problems of public finances and
fiscal policy cannot remain the prey
of partisan schemes; but must be
raised to the highest level on sound
economic principles. Progress is pos
sible on this plan, and on no other.
Legislation in regard to our in
dustry and comm cree has hitherto
been far more destructive of broad,
honest expansion than effective IN
checking dishonesty or in limiting
monopolies.
eve now enter upon new era IN
which progressive legislation on
these lines will take the place Of
tariff Juggling and its attendant evils.
"The era of the Payne-Aldrich tar
iff has been also the era of the poht-
ical boss. It has witnessed the sub
version of Legislatures, the dictation
of congressional action, and the dis
turbance Of executive duty, through
forces that work in the dark, against
the public welfare. 1t has been the
direct representation Of popular will
supplanted by the dictates of pol1t-
ical machines.
"Relief from present conditions
can be-and will be-accorded by
Democratic administration and a
Democratic administration and a
Democratic Congress. These results
can be secured by cur party through
the twin policies of reasonable tar
If and settled program of reciprocal
trade agreements.
"But there is, in my judgment, a
still more important step which re-
mains for US to take.
1T is time for Congress while up
holding the princinle that interstate
and foreign trade shall be free from
restraint, to define so far as practl-
cable what specific acts shall be
deemed lawful and what unlawful,
it order that the legitimate business
Of the country may know what the
conditions are to which business must
conform. -.
ut Is time, also, to realflrm the
principle that each state must do for
itself all that human power can ac-
complish to utilize its constitutional
powers. .s.,'-
Failure of, the states to act ef-
fectively within their common sphere
serves as a justification for undue
extension of national authority.
1--WE must now face a situation In
which the fear Of restraint by COM
binations of capital has given way to
apprehension of greater restraint by
the national government itself"