Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-01-14
Democratic eader Asserts
His Party Has Done Things
Promised by Republicans for
Twenty Years.
POLITICS INFLUENCES
SPEAKERS VIEWPOINTS
Humphrey Of Washington State
Declares Wages Have Been
Cut Sixty-three Million DOL
lars a Month,

Washington, Jan 13.-An industrial
awakening that viii put the panic
preachers to shame, was promised
today BY Democratic Leeder Under
wood after republicans IN the house
had painted dark pictures Of ruin
and dcsolation as the result Of demo-
cratlc legislation
THE democratic party Mr. I'M
derwood asserted, "has achieved for
The American people more than has
boon accomplished heretofore IN the
history Of our government We have
procured the results which tho repub-
lcan party struggled for in the
course Of twenty years, the results
which they gave their pledges to OBJ
lain and which for term after term
of congress were left undone. ! look
forward TO unusual prosperity through
The country In the next year"
The democratic Lender said the steel
mills Ia his district We're working dou-
BILE shifts despite the fact that prac-
tically All Of their products was put
on the free list in the democratic tariff
bill Business in tho Pittsburgh steel
district he said, was also improving.
lie quoted John Wanamaker as say
ing: The breeders Of panic ought
to be deportod
What | haze TO say TO the birds Of
IN omen who preach disaster. hoping
to bring their party back into power. %
Mr. Underwood continued, us this.
THE Industrial depression we have
been passing through has lasted for
more than q year II began before
Woodrow Wilson was elected Before
The coming elections next fan there
vail be an Industrial awakening that
, win pat 10 Shame the preaching
brokers who crS Disaster in order 90
bring about depression"
Means Of national calamity and joy
Gus shouts Of commercial prosperity
echoed and rc-echoed In the house
chamber while democrats pictured the
country happS busy ana prosperous.
and republicans dwelt on crumbling
factories bread fines of gaont and
litggcd men, soup houses. general ruin
und desolation as Il result of demo-
cratic legislation.
democrat. said he understood the
Emitted states Steel corporation was
about TO re-employ 10000 men AT
Pittsburgh. Representative Bareh6eid,
republican. declared the steel plants
there were working at 80 per cent ca-
paelty. would soon be reduced to 40
and expected 10 pen cent reduction
|of wages by February T.
Representative Reed Of New Hamp-
shire. started the oratery with a
speech describing business I'm his state
las confident and prosperous
bankers. business men and manu-
faciureis.' he said expressed the
utmost confidence in the wisdom Of Tia,
democratic administration and de-
elared They felt certain tho trust Leg
slatiun would be worked out in the
same proper fashion that marked
tariff and currency legislation"
Representatives Mondell. Of Wyom-
ing. and Humphrey. Of Washington
replied for the republicans.
Democrats would do better 10 oc.
'eupy themselves with prayer rather
than praise said Mr.. Mondell
Mr. Humphrey declared that O mil.
lion men at work year ago, were
ruw idle.
"siXty-thrce million dollar. month
In wagcs IS now being lost as com.
lpared with last year he said two
million dollars day that American
workmemen received a month ago has
been taken from them and given t.
the foreign mborer'
lie presented long list of Industrial
plants with the number of omploye.
he said were idle In each.
Representative Hardwick, demo-
.crnt. of Gcorsia, replied that finan.
f,lal leaders We're confiden. and thai
/ the country was prosperous, lie road
lato the record number of inter
views with business men expressing
confidence.