Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-03
Tuesday, February 8, 1914.
What dial" Gardner Forgot.

Hon. HaIbert P. Gardner addressed
the Portland Progressive Club, the
other night, and among other things
said:
Il am a Progressive because the
Democratic party in my time has not
and does not now answer the demand
in our country for a political party
which can. following its platform, ana
will, by the desires of its leaders, sue
cessfully handle the great new prob
lens which America must settle"
A rambunctious Democratic organ,
which for the moment forgot that II
was engaged in propagating Pro-
gressive party, jumped up and shout
ed:
"Jal in talking through his hat. He
is NOT honest with himself If he We're
honest he would be in the Democratic
.'The Democratic party has satsifac,
torily settled the matter of downward
revision of the tariff with Whlch .ne
country has been wrestling Ior inore or
than a generation. The Democratic par
ty has given to the country currency
iseis1atfon which will relieve financial
stTingency and through a system or re.
gional banks destroy the ooI,idita.i1n ti narty "
has Introduced and will shortly pass
measures for the regulation OF lhe lrusts'
which will bring about satisfactory con-
ditions in the business world. IL mas
brought moral suasion to bear upon the
interests which have hitherto peen oeal
and blind to public opinion ana the mag
mates of big business are pegianins IN, 10
TO government demands, while all that
the Roosevelt and Taft admlnistrations
could accomplish had been strife, par
rem of results, between the government
and big business.
Whew! Now we guess you'll De
good Mr.. Gardner. You must have
forgotten to notice the wonderful
things the Democratic party and Mr..
Wilson are doing. Strange that you
should have failed to note the remark
able reduction in high cost of living
in "12 months of Wilson," as prom
ised at Baltimore And why have
Won overlooked the magnificent results
of a Democratic tariff? Just open
your eyes to the splendid increase IN
returns to manufacturers and mer-
chants (foreign) and consider the
splendid possibilities of rest and rec
reation to Americas unemployed mill
ions. Then, too, the financial strin-
eenev has been "removed"-from
those who wanted more money with
which to expand and increase busi-
ness. to the man who is now looking
for opportunity to earn the finances.
1t is a most stupendous revelation
of the Democratic capacity for chang
ing conditions And now the trusts
are to be regulated. Indeed, the DEM
ocratic party has been regulating"
for the rum trust for years. 1t is also
becoming a matter of country wide
interest to know just how far the
Standard Oil trust Is being "regu-
lated" in financing revolution IN
Mexico. And, surely you are proud
of the administration policy" in Mex
leo, and the glorious all-around dip
lOfnatlc fnuuule VI lHS SHdutaoqud oS-
partment of state.
Mr.. Gardner, you certainly have not
overlooked the moral suasion'
brought to bear by the President, the
House leader and a great big power
ful secretary, upon those who might
dare complain of the new tariffs eff
feet upon their business! Don't you
remember how such selfish persons
were threatened by the head and
aides de-c camp of Democracy that if
they dared start a calamity howl"
they'd be hung higher than Haman"? :?
There's moral suasion" for you, Mr..
Gardner, and we are surprised at you
that you did not give the Democratic
party credit for it.
But, after that candle lecture by a
Democratic high light, you are probab-
ly ready to be forgiven.