Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-21

operation but will bc before the cleo
tionS in November. Already the fact
that the law VIII soon bc in operation
has had its r~cassuring effect upon the
banking and business interests Of the
country Bank panies and extensive
business dcprcS>ionS are now "A thing
of the past. We have abolished forever
the dollar d%iplomar.: of ahe Eepu-
l/can ~Party-thc diplomacy which
meant that investments of Wall Street
capitalists and spectators in the weak
or republics of the western world would
Ice protected by the armies and navies
of the United States and compelled To
yield the return the investors dcman-
dcd. We have substituted for that po-
licy the doctrine of humrn rights. Al
ready a feeling of confidence toward
H. j. being established in the weaker
republics south of n. Bonds of friend
ship are beginning 10 hold together
the republics of the western world. and
il Will not bc long before we may cx-
pcct profitable trade relations with
the prosperous produtEvt countries
If South and Central America which
up the 10 present time have rejected
our ovcrtures and our commercial ad-
Vances.
We have driven forever out Of Con
grcss the inSidiou> lobby. and no long
or are the corridors Of our National
Capitol filed with the men who repre-
sent great interests and who demand
legislation nj the expense of the great
producing masses Of our population.
We can call attention 10 the fact that
we have already by wise legislation re.
established the Anne lran Merchant
Marine. and We have accomplished IL
without subsidies. Under Democratic
laws. enacted by Democratic maiUri-
ties i'm both Houses of the National
Congress. approved bv a Democratic,
President. scores Of Shipsare applying
for registry under the American flag.
aud il will not he long until the Ameri-
can flag flying over American Merchant
vessels i a. familiar upon the seas Of
the world a. the flag of any other nation
We have taken the necessary steps
toward opening up the vast Territory of
Alaska. with all its possibilities. The
policy of the Republican Party was
either "a give away 10 the interests the
resources Of this great section Of the
continent or to tie them up forever The
people rclTllcd against the former
course. and 4 Republican administra.
tion. weak and inefficient. merely tied
up these great resources and left the
problem for us 10 solve. We have met
il mflinchingly: and today groups of
American surveyors are penetrating the
interior Of Alaska preparing for the
great railway made possible by Demo
t.a1ic administration
We have made effective the popular
vote for United States Senators.
We have avcrtcd great railway strikes
by arbitration.
We nave DESTROYED the Telegraph aud
Telephone Trusts.
We have made possible an efficient
parcel post law and have extended il
and cheapenei il.
We have wiped out the deficit in the
postal service and have made the Post
We have made cffcctual and possible
trust diSsolutions.
We have DESTROYED Cannonism in the
House of Representatives aud have made
that body responsive. not to the will Of
4 few political bosses representing the
interests. but We have made il rcspon
>ivc To- the demands of the people of the
United States.
We will have written into the law all
the great trust bills advocated by the
present administration All Of them
have already passed the lower House
of Congress. One of the most import
ant OF them has already become Il Law.
along Democratic lines: they are based
ON the Golden Rule. Under them bu>i
ness will flourish and trade wars will
cease. legitimate. honest competition
will prevail. and there will H. rcstora-
ton of the honest. honorable business
method>of the past. Under them the
trusts must obey the DEGREES Of courts.
They must abandon unfair.cutthroat com.
petition. Determinations between pur-
cha>ers Of their goods must cease. They
must abandon the control Of competitors
acquired hN them under the holding com
pany systems. The tremendous power
welded 10y their intcrlocking dircctorate>
must cease. In other words. the trust
laws We have enacted give 10 the strug-
Cling. ambitions men Of moderate means
a better chance in life.
We have enacted much needed le.is.