The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-05-29
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tho Democrats.
1.-THE Democrats are in absolute
power today" said the senator
There Is no doubt of this. Presi
dent Wilson is president, cabinet
representatives into the caucus cor
rails, commands them to do his bid
ding, and brands them that he may
know them in the future.
1.-THE constitution provides thai
the three branches of the govern
uept, namely, the executive, legisla'
tive and judicial, shall be separate
Woodrow Wilson has consolidated
the executive and the legislative into
one. In his book on civil govern
ment written before he was elected
Woodrow Wilson said that no undue
influence should be exerted over 9TH
er branches by any one branch. But
President Wilson has coerced con-
gress into doing his bidding, and has
made congress simply a voting ma
chine to record his will.
Candidate Wilson said free tolls
said it was wrong, and ordered con-
gress TO reverse it, and congress will
do 1t. Candidate Wilson condemned
the political boss, but President Will
son is himself the biggest political
boss in the country. He has matters
of great public concern settled in the
secret caucus, and has used the gag
rule repeatedly. President Wilson
has departed from every great prin-
ciple he advanced in campaigning
whenever he has had a chance to de-
part from one"
The speaker asserted that during
the eight years previous to the last
defeat of the Republicans, more re-
form legislation was enacted than in
any twenty-five years in the previous
history of the country, and enumer-
ated many of the reforms brought
about
Boss rule, he asserted, is rampant
in Washington and civil service, he
said had become mere by-word.
Senator Townsend raped the
presidents currency bill, asserting
that it can't help legitimate business
He said that when the president saw
that both his tariff and currency bills
failed to materialize in a beneficial
way, he asked for antitrust legisla-
tion. and that the president wants
legislation coercive and restrictive
to business.
Foreign Relations Complicated
Our foreign relations were never.
so complicated as now" declared
Senator Townsend. "This condition
has been brought about by the total
incompetency of the state depart
ment at the head of which Is a man
weak as q child in handling the mat
ters of state. We are now on the
verge Of a war with Mexico, a war
chat could have been avoided. 1t is
simply a war between the president
OF The United States and the presi-
dent OF Mexico.
eff mediation fails, we may be
plunged into bloody war with Mex
leo. If we are, the people will follow
the president. l wish l had enough
confidence in Woodrow Wilson to
know that he is right in this matter.
Regardless Of this, however, con-
gress will pledge the president all Of
she resources of the country, both
money and men.
'But If we enter Mexico our re-
spousibility won't end with the driv-
Rug out of Huerta, or the establish
ment of peace in that republic. Wei
must stay there and maintain a sta
bile government. We may have to
stay there twenty-five years, and we
may never get out. If we go to war
With Mexico, we will fasten the crepe
of mourning on thousands of happy
homes, but we will follow the flag
and pray to God to give wisdom to its
nearer"
Congress FOrdney Speaks
Congressman Fordney was the
last speaker. He took as his subject
-The Tariff" arguing for "protec-
ton by a tariff wall so high that for
eign goods, made by low paid labor,
6Ct lhIO thio NOuhtiy, W
eompete with the products of the
labor of American workmen to-
cheaper labor and rob them of en-
ployment."
He asserted that commodities OF
hre, in countries unprotected by high
tariffs, we're more expensive than in
this country, and raped government
ownership of railroads. He said that
In Germany, where the railroads are
government property, the cost OF
building the roads is greater than
here, the wage of the employees are
emily half as much as those of rail-
road men in the United States, and
that freight and passenger rates are
higher. He asserted that with free
trade, the balance of trade with for
eign nations is against us for the
drst time in years, declaring that 1t
aad resulted in the raw material be-
ing shipped from here, made into the
finished produce by cheap labor in
foreign countries and shipped back
"a this country, duty free to be sold
i'm competition with goods made here
nv well paid labor. He asked the
ouestion as to whether or not this is
fair TN the producer, the employe, or