The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-08
IRVINE APPEALS
FOR SUPPORT OF
VOTERS IN NINTH

continued From FRS; ha2c.)
hcightens the pleasure that | always
take in addressing the pure and un-
dchied democracy Of this splendid
County OF Lee.
Mr. Slcmp iii recent published
statement said that tho principal issue
OF this campaign is whether or not the
Democratic administration has been a
huccess. whether il meets with the APP
proval of the people Of the Ninth Dis
trict. o. meets with their disapproval
We accept the gauge Of battle thus
thrown down, and 20 further and say
IN addition TO this, Mr.. Slcmp himself
~ an issue, and big Issue, In this
campaign. DO the people approve Of
nm as a Representative his actions
IN Congress and his failures TO act his
political allies and their methods? In
other words. | shall ask the question
from the beginning to the end of this
struggle, is this district stand-pat or
is II progressive? Is IL Bourbon and
reactionary. or is il forward moving
and liberal? Does IL approve OF boss
rule, whether of big bosses lik Can
non. Pcnrose and Barnes: or smaller
bosses like Mr.. Slemp and Mr. Summers:
or does II believe in the power and
might OF the people themselves TO gov
ern? When these issues have been thor
oughly discussed before the voters OF
the Ninth District. I shall have no
fear OF the verdict they will render
a. ,IC pOIiS
CONTRACT TO EFFFEcr
CERTAIN NEFORMS
When our party assumed power il
was under express contract with the
people. evidenced by its Baltimore plat
form, to effect certain reforms and
TO put into effect certain policies 81
government.
THE first step taken in fulhllin.
these pledges was the enactment Of the
,ln- 81
will rage the chief warfare OF this
campaign. Our opponents say 1t Is
wrong In theory and destructive in
practice. We say II Is right In theory
and benehcent In It's results.
The Republicans say that our policy
Is against the laborer and the farmer
We challenge that party TO show where
their policy has ever helped either.
They put no tariff on labor The for
eign laborer comes In free and com
petes with the American laborer. and
labor completes with labor everywhere.
The manufacturer. like every one else,
gets his labor at the lowest possible
cost. No one knows better than the
laborer himself that the manufacturer
IS not a charitable or benevolent So
ciety. II is true that the American
laborer IL the best paid in the world.
but IL liz also true that most of the
fruits OF his labor are plucked from
him by the trusts and combines in the
costs OF what he has To buy. He Is
paid best because he earns norn We
have the best machinery and most mod
crn methods Of doing things, ana this
~ chiefly why we have the best paid
labor The protected barons toll not
and neither dc They spin. Their chief
labor is III lobbying with Congress 10
give them higher price FOR their goods
in trust for THEN iaborcrs. ana then
they never give fartiing Of il t. The
Working man.
The Underwood law is framed in
the intercst OF the working,uan ana the
farmer II reduces by oue-third the
duties formerly paid on Gotten cloth
ing aud by two-thirds thu, on wooden
clothing. II reduces the duties on al
articles that enter into the daiiy life
Of the average American cuusl,nIel. tie
heaviest duties are upon luN uricS II
admits free OF duty imports 10 n9ariy
$4,000. GOO annually. nearly al Lcir.
articles OF necessity. on most Of vthi, Il
the Republican 'arifi ranged from 30
TO 200 per cent. The average irty u,-
der the Payne Aidrich law w., about
~ per cent while under the undcrNvo God
law II is only - per cent.
Yet this law raises ample revenue
for the support OF the government. For
the hrst nine months IL produced from
imports s23.oo0.cco monthly. while The
DingIey Law produced onlY $1,000 600
and the PayneA'drich law tess han
So 0oo.ce For The iir., full year II
the administrator. ending june 80 last
thcrc was surplus 81 $4,000. 900 OF
revenues
rho GROWING feature II the Tn
derwood law is tie incom. tax The
Democratic party has fought for a gen
GRAFTON - put an incom. tax las upon
our statute books. The Stan,lpat Re
puhlicuns have fought against II ut
every turn. The frogressiNes have al
WAYS favored 1t. Mr.. Slcmp has b.en
with the st2ndpattcrs In mas 81 istol
plaI torn he did not refer TO this ,;rcat
statute. l would like 10 ask him. II by
any chance he should he turned TO
Congress and his party should he re-
turned to power. would he vote TO re
pea! the income taA Law lie will
never answer yes TO this question: IL
he should his retirement would no
longer be In louht.
NEW CURRENCY LAW
GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
The second great achievement of
the tirst year of Woodrow Wilson and
the Democratic party is the Glass
owen currency Law. For twenty years
the Republican party had tcmporized
with that subject. They promised leg
islation. bui their promises were un-
fulfilled. :.
In this grea, az, the Democratic
party has done in one year what ~;he
Republican party had been trying III
vain TO do for twenty years This
legislation alone would be glory enough
for one administration. 1t has been
given to few administrations in our
national history 10 enact So splendid
and farrcachinS an act of constructive
legislation aS this. It's effect
upon the nation has been electrical.
Financial confidence has been restored
everywhere. Commercial doubt and
distrust have disappeared. Within a
week after its passage. the very men