The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1914-10-28

SEcRETAF
Deen mere l think three times when 1
have myself been the candidate, and j
have been here at other times when
I came 10 appeal for other candidates,
but during all these years l have made
a different speech from that which you
will hear tonight.
Hopes Then; Realization Now.
They say we in politics say the
same things over and over. That is
partially true, but / have a new
speech for you. l have never had 8
chance to deliver this speech for you.
Heretofore l have fed you on hopes;
now ! will stuff you with realization.
Heretofore I have told you what We
would do if you would just give US a
chance; and now 1 have come to tell
you that the half had not been told.
Why, that which has been accomplish
ed has exceeded the promises of the
party, and even the expectations OF
the most sanguine of us.
It is hard to describe what happen
ed two years ago. We have to go away
back into history to find anything like
It, back thousands of years, and the
nearest parallel l have found is in
Holy Writ. 1t is where the Red Sea
opened and allowed the children of
of Israel to pass through. For did not
the Republican party divide In the cen
ter, and did not the Democratic Presi
dent march through?
And what a record he has made.
Wonderful! And he could not have
made it without a Democratic Senate
and a Democratic House.
The Presidents Labors.
This is not a one-man government.
One man in the White House can do
great things, and yet from the begin
ming to the end our constitution bears
the impress of the idea of co-opera-
ton. The President can recommend.
That is the beginning And he can sign
the bill. That is the end. The Prest-
dents actions are the Alpha and
Omega, but the rest of the alphabet Is
in the Senate and the House. Unless
the President has the Senate and the
House in sympathy with him, hrs
recommendations are in vain. Unless
he has the Senate and the House to
send him bills to sign, he waits pen
in hand in vain. But, fortunately, the
same tidal wave that carried our party
to the White House gave us substan-
tial majority in both the Senate and
the House, and this President of ours
began work at once. According to the
constitution he had from March to
December to rest and look around.
But he did not need rest, and he did
not care to look around. And so he
Just called Congress together and kept
Congress together. In all the nations
history no Congress has even been In
session so long, and no Congress has
w IN
the President kept the hopper full.
Just as soon as one piece of legisla-
ton was ground out he had another
proposition ready to be considered;
and working together, they have given
us a record without parallel in the his
tory of our nation, for no other PTesi
dent has ever accomplished so mucn
as has Mr.. Wilson.
Elect Beckham and Camden.
desire first to emphasize the fact
and desire you to bear in mind, as
proceed, the fact, that the President
could not have given you one single
act Of remedial legislation had he not
had a Democratic Senate and House,
and the further fact II after March 4
the Republicans have either the Sen
ate or the House, he can not after that
date give you any other remedial leg.
islation. If you want these ideas car
ried out, the only way to carry them
out is to elect Democrats there to sup
port him. In this state the only way
to help carry out these ideas and con-
tinue these reforms is to elect Beck
ham and Camden to the Senate.
II in this state you elect these two
men, one to the long and one to the
short term, you have done your best
70 haT ~, Nd IN, !, Ia
district you re-elect Sherley TO the
House you have done your best in the
House of Representatives. More than
that, let me ask you to remember this,
too, that the only way in which you
can register your approval Of the splen-
did record of our splendid President
is to write it on your ballot on cleo
ton day.
Ballot the Only Way to Express That
\ Approval.
1t is pleasant to have two Republic
ans meet upon the street and say, els
he not doing great work." But it is of
no avail If they belle their words by
voting for Republicans on election day.
You might meet in mass-meeting and
by unanimous vote commend the Pres
ident's course, but If you go to the
polls and vote for Republicans who
tie his hands and paralyze his efforts,
you have not lived up to your rep
resentation.
Let me now call your attention brief
ly to the larger points of this great
record that you may decide for your
selves whether you desire to commend
the President or to condemn. am
not here to tell you how to vote. /
am here rather to tell you about your
vote and how your vote will count on
one side or the other
The first thing to which the Presi-