Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-06-06
Discuss Issues at Dollar Dinner

public utilities; the throwing open Of
all patents to public use upon the
payment of a royalty. to be fixed by
the government and her patentee;
the allowing OF any bank to issue
money to the extent Of its credit, re-
decmable in gold on demand at the
counter of the issuing bank, upon pay
mont Of an insurance fund to be col
lected by the government, and to be
used for redeeming the notes of failed
banks; the abolition of all indirect
taxes of every nature, and the rails
ing OF all national, state, county and
local revenues by single tax upon
land alone according to its value"
sees Suffrage Victory.
Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubs, speaking
ON the subject "Working for Nation
wide Suffrage gave description OF
the work OF the suffrage party for the
vote which they have now centered in
an effort 20 hnve the eighteenth amend
ment to the Federal constitution She
stated that the agitation for votes tor
women has been going ON since the
Civil War; Mrs. Stubs stated that the
women wanted their rights and We're
going 70 have them. 1--WE are not
going TO waste our energy convincing
people why we ought 20 vote she OK.
claimed, but we are going to vote. We
will not ally ourselves with any politi-
cal party, but we will oppose any party
that opposes us.
"There will never be another Presi-
dent of the United States who will run
on a platform that does not contain
woman's suffrage plank" she eX-
claimed, adding that all political par
ties would soon fin. il eXpedient TO
add such a plank to their platform.
Praises Women in Politics.
Senator Clapp remarked that any
party that permits women to have a
say at their meeting and sings "On-
ward Christian Soldiers" during the
meetings, as the Progressive party did
would take the "hell out of politics,
which he stated we're badly In need of
publication. He stated that outside
the four-year period OF the Civil War
there was no period in the history of
our country so filled with brilliant
achievement as the period of 1901
1909 when Theodore Roosevelt was
President. He lauded the Roosevelt
politices and bitterly criticized the
Taft administration. He declared the
Payne-Aldrich tariff bill was RESPONSE.
ble for the present Democratic ma.
/ iority in Congress and the present
low tariff. He said the present curs'
In the tariff situation was the eterna
whipsawing from one extreme to an
other, and said the only remedy is thu
passage Of a fair, honest, tariff bill
or a tariff commission. He said tn,
, income tax is the fairest of all taxes
as the person who has to pay II has
something to pay II with.
In conclusion he stated that the
American people had been betrayed
by the "Taft-Cannon-Aldrich organi-
cation" and that il was this and
not the Progressive party that de-
! feated the Republicans at the past
election. He stated that the hone OF
the Republicans for amalgamation OF
the Republican and Progressive
parties is IAN opium joint pipe
dream It was nearly 10 O'Clock
when the Senator concluded his re-
marks.
Short addresses we're also made BY
former State Senator Drexler and
DR.. Caleb r. Layton, of Georgetown
who spoke on "The Demand for New
Legislation in Delaware"
The menu was consomme, saltines
roast beef, new potatoes, new peas
ice cream, strawberries, cake, coffee