The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-10-23

tidence in myself that | used to have
Several times | nave found man with a
good, honest face, ana l have said, there
is q Democrat, and on inquiry L found
that he was Republican. But that his
mother was d Democrat So L do not
know what kind OF audience this is,
but | am going to risk my Judgment.
am going To venture the assertion that
nine out of ten of this audience, Demo-
Gratis, Republicans, Progressives or what
nots, will, when l take vote. vote in
favor of the new system rather than of
the old one. | am going to ask you to
vote, and those of you who like the new
system with the center of finance at
system with the center of finance in Wall
street, hold UP your hands.
There was sea of hands upheld.
Now. all of you who would like 10 go
back TO the old system and put Wall
street in charge, let us see your hands.
CThere was not hand).
See how conservative L was in my opin-
ion. | said ten to one and it is everybody
to nothing. Is it not glorious to think
that a Democratic President and Demo-
cratic Senate and a Democratic House
should take up the work that Republic
an President, Senate and House might
have done and did not do and do that
work so well/ that even the people that
protested against the bill while it was. be-
ing passed are now indOrSing it as the
best financial SYSTEM that this country
ever %" :-sTae~e
49, Dealing With Trusts.
laid by they took up the trust question
ard we already have two measures pass
ed. The first provides for trades COM
raTe bod do il p as 1s from
the trust evil Then there is the Clayton
law. signed or to be signed shortly, for
1t has passed both Houses, and the Pres
That Clayton law prohibits interloc.I;ns
l..-cc.0-ates. That Clayton law prohibits
discrimination in price and that Cl2y:cC
law gives 10 the l3bOTinS men what We
se2,re for :.eT-rslisS ron government
81 ff,uEcl,.t.o.'--an it makes a distinction
b INST 0Hshib en ms 9 msns dra% Which, ies
is a part OF himself, and Illuminate
things We call merchandise. That is
what rs been done SO, far in that line,
ident Who ,S Dared sti-s to lay the ak at the
root OF the tree. Why did not President
! Taft lay the ak to the root OF the tree:
Why did not President Roosevelt lay the
AK to the root of the tree? Because they
We're leaning against the tree, and they
didn't want 10 lose their support. Presi-
dent Wilson was the first President We
have had who was free from entangle-
nlentS, free TO take the peoples side.
McAdoo and the Banks.
And then a few days ago Secretary Nc
, Adoo learned that some OF the banks
were not using the money that they had
borrowed from the government. He
/ learned that some of them, instead OF
! lending it out as banks should to meet
/ the needs OF their communities, We're pill
| ing up reserves unnecessarily high, and
| it was causing trouble, and he looked
4 around 10 see what he could Go. Now
/ have not had a chance yet to ask him
! now he found out this remedy, but can
guess. l guess he went 10 the Bible
! That is one advantage the Democrat Is
have over the Republicans. He went tC
/ the Bible and ne found case that just
/ lifted this one. He found the parable OF
/ the talents. He found that one of the
( men who had received one talent, instead
of using it, wrapped it. in a napkin anc
hid il in the earth, and ne found that
according TO the Bible. when the master
& vi the house came he called up this mar
who had refused to use his talent and he
took it from him and gave it to those
who would use it.
| guess that McAdOO said that is the
thing to do; and he just issued a nOtict
that if any bank got money from the gov.
eminent and, instead of using it to hell
it up in napkin and hid it in the vault
it must give it back, that it might bt
given to some banks that would use it
That is what comes of having a Presi
dent on the side of the people.
Now, my friends, l believe that thu
sentiment of this country is Overwhelm
ingly back of this law and l am going t.
put my Judgment to the test. l do no
know just what kind of an audience WI
have 1t looks good to me. But L can
not tell how many Republicans are here
1t is so hard nowadays, when the Re
publicans are finding out the error O
| their ways, to tell Republicans and Dem
I ocrats apart. They even try to laugh
like Democrats, so / don't know wha
kind of an adience this is.
Merchant Marine.
1 have now given you a few of tn,
larger things. i might call your attention
to the fact that the Republican party fO
a generation has been talking of a mer
| chant marine, but the Democratic party
started a merchant marine without talk
ing about it. And | may remind you tina
the Republican leaders who have spent {
! ism and intelligence of the Democrat,
| party, that the Republican leaders who
| have been telling the nation that the
! Democratic party did not have intelli-
! gence enough to conduct this government
| find that after the Democratic party has
! proceeded to do the things that the Re-
/ publican party ought to have done and
| undo many of the things that the Repub-
! lican party has done-that those leaders
/ dare not challenge the nations judgment
| on one single measure of the Democratic
| party and now in this campaign are try
ing to dodge the issue and instead OF
! talking about permanent things that have
| been accomplished try to befog you with
/ the details of the temporary measure call
| ed the war tax that is not yet formed
! That is the situation. They are not ready
| TO meet the issue on these things that
the Democratic party has done, but they