The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-10-21


fidence in myself that I used to have.
several times | have found "a man with a
good, honest face, and | have said, there
is Democrat, and on inquiry | found
that he was a Republican. But that his
mother was a Democrat. SO | do not
know what kind of an 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 | 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
Washington better than you do the old
system with the center of finance in Wall
street. ho' up your hands.
There ~ rs sea of hands upheld.
Now. all of you who would like to go
back to the old system and put Wall
street in charge, let us see your hands.
tThere was not a hand).
See how conservative | was in my opn-
ion. said ten to one and it is everybody
TO nothing Is it not glorious to think
that a Democratic President and a Demo-
cratic senate and 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 50 well that even the people that
protested against the bill while it was be-
ing passed are now ndorsng il as the
best financial system that this country
ever saw?
Dealing With Trusts.
And when they got the currency crop
laid by they took up the trust question
ard VT already have two measures pass
ed. The first provides for a trades COM
mission that WILL as far as an adminis-
trHtlNe body can do ii, protect us from
the trust evil. Then there is the Clayton
law, signed or to be signed shortly for
IL has passed both Houses and the Pres
ident has already sii:nihed his approval.
That Clayton law prohibits interlockIng
Ill
discrimination in price and that Clayton
law gives to the labOring men what we
have been trying for eighteen years to
secure for thcm-reiief from government
by injunction-and it makes a distinction
that ought To have been drawn In the
beginning between a mans labor. which
is part of himself. and inanimate
things we call merchandise. That IS
what has been done so far in that line.
II il the first time we have had Pres
ident who dared To lay the aX a. 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
az to the root of the tree? Because they
We're leaning against the tree, and they
didn't want to lose their support. Presi-
uent Wilson was the first President We
have had who was free from entanglc-
ments, free to take the peoples side.
McAdoo and the Banks
And then a few days ago Secretary Nc
.\doo learned that some OF the banks
borrowed from the government. lie
learned that some of them, instead OF
lending ii out as banks should to meet
the needs OF their communities. We're pill
ing up reserves unnecessarily high, and
IL was causing trouble and he looked
around to see what he could do, Now
| have not had "a chance yet to ask him
how he found out this remedy, but | can
guess. 1 guess he went to the Bible
That is one advantage the Democrats
have over the Republicans. He went to
the Bible and he found case that just
fitted this one He found the parable of
the talents. He found that one of the
men who had received one talent, instead
of using II, wrapped 1t in napkin and
according to the Bible. when the master
of the house came he called up this man
who had refused to use his talent and he
took 1t from him and gave 1t to those
| guess that McAdoo said that is the
thing to do; and he just issued a notice
that II any bank got money from the gov
eminent and. instead of using 1t to help
the business of the community, wrapped
II up in a napkin and hid 1t In the vault,
II must give 1t back, that 1t might be
That Is what comes of having Presi-
dent on the side of the people.
Now. my friends. l believe that the
ingiy back Of this law and j am going to
put my judgment to the test. i do not
know just what kind of an audience We
have. IL looks good To me. But l cam
not tell how many Republicans are here.
II is so hard nowadays. when the Re-
publicans are finding out the error of
their ways, to tell Republicans and Dem
ocrats apart. They even try to laugh
like Democrats. so ! don't know what
kind of an adience this Is.
Merchant Marine.
| have now given you "A few OF the
larger things might call your attention
to the fact that the Republican party for
a generation has been talking of mer-
chant marine. but the Democratic party
started "A merchant marine without talk
Ing about IT, And ! may remind you that
the Republican leaders who have spent
generation trying to belittle the patriot
ism and intelligence OF the Democratic
party, that the Republican leaders who
have been telling the nation that the
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-
lean party has done-that those leaders
dare not challenge the nations judgment |
IN one single measure OF the Democratic |
party and now i'm 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
I'd the war tax that Is not yet formed
That is the situation. They are not ready |