Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1914-06-12
THE PROGRESSIVE
CAMPAIGN STARTS.

One hundred and forty-six supporters
of the Progressive party of Delaware. a
large number being women, gathered at
Hanna s cafe in Wilmington last Friday
night for the dollar" dinner which was
given there, and displayed their un-
l.damped enthusiasm until midnight bv
rounds of applause which punctuated the
remarks of every speaker. Senator
Moses +. Clapp, of Minnesota, was the
chief speaker of the evening, but owing
to the lateness of the hour when that
portion of the program was reached was
compelled to deliver brief address.
The worst enemy to protection is the
man who builds up a monopoly and then
creates feeling against protection" said
Senator Clapp. IF YOU want permanent
protection you must have decent fair tar
| iff instead of the curse of whip-sawing
from one to the other You must either
secure that or else a tariff commission in
order to bring it about" He said that
"Of all forms of tax, there is none so
fair as the income tax.
Robert G.. Houston, of Georgetown,
State chairman, acting as POSTMASTER,
paid a tribute to the Progressing party
in Delaware, and reviewed a portion OF
the work accomplished during the last
campaign. He introduced George B.
Hynson, of Milford, who chose the
theme, "Why Does Delaware Need the
Progressive Party" In opening his adj
dress Mr.. Hynson dwelt strongly upon
the fact that if they had not formed a
new party the disaster to the Republican
party would have been greater and said
There is a Irritation going on now in
this State, and we are being told that if
we come back we may sit on the sofa
with Miss Republican, provided we cast
the straight Republican ballot.
THE Progressive party is a party of
the Democracy, which will conserve prop
erty rights for the individual. The Re
publican is a progressive reactiOnary, if
YOU can conceive such a thing.
"Some time ago a lady of Wilmington
was criticised because she made the utter
ance that Delaware was behind the times
and l want to repeat right here that
Delaware is far behind the times in very
many respects, because the Democrats
have been in power and the Republicans
have been in power, and we could not
tell the difference in the legislation.
THE whipping post is all wrong, and
we stand up for it as a cherished Della
ware institution. Many say that if a man
commits a certain crime he deserves to
be dashed. But instead of that we should
raise them on the social scale. Ten years
from now we will wonder why we toler
ated the whipping post.
THE Republican party has done all
that it can to degrade the Delaware negro
and now they condemn women's suf-
frage in this State because it would in
clude the negro women
Hon. George L. Records, Of New Jer-
sey, was the next speaker, and he dwelt
upon 1.-The High Cost of Living, Its
Cause and Remedy" In opening his
remarks, Mr.. Records said that the Pro-
pressives had succeeded i'll thrusting into
the arena of stern politics the question of
poverty. He spoke of the bread line and
hundreds applying for a position open
for one man, while he drew comparison
of balls being given in Philadelphia where
the cost of the floral decorations exceeded
$50, 0O0..
TO my mind it is important that we
keep ND in the forefront of political dis
cussion the question of poverty and you
must show to the people working model
of the legislation to right it. We have
had mushv headed reformers for forty
wears. E" continued Mr.. Records, but
! while MANY of them could draw wonder
| full word pictures of the comparisons be
tween wealth and poverty none OF them
could offer any remeday. Stop the plum
der of the railroads, and the plunderers
will cease to be interested and turn away.
The indirect taxation is the greatest
burden of the poor" the speaker added,
and in referring to the government own
ership of railroads, said We could not
regulate Federal ownership of the rail
roads in a million years. How could
100 900 freight rates be adjusted ~
A stirring address upon suttragism and
an appeal for stronger aid and support
we're made by Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubs
of Illinois, who has been in Washington
laboriug for the proposed Eighteenth
Amendment to the Constitution. Mrs
Stubs told of the early struggle for the
vote bv women when the initial Women,
Rights campaign was launched. She
made the prediction that in 1915 ,OOO, OUU
women would cast the ballot in national
and municipal politics.
Former State Senator Louis A. DreX-
Ter. of Bethany Beach, National Commit
teeman from Delaware, spoke briehy Out
in a convincing manner OF how the party
was being strengthed in Sussex county
and Kent county and predicted a gradu-
allv growing power for the party III that
section of the State.
"The Demand for New Legislation IN
Delaware" was the theme of the address
delivered by DR.. Caleb R. Layton, OF
Georgetown, the last speaker OF the even
ing