Evening journal., 1914-06-06
DISCUSS ISSUES
At dollar Dinner
ProgreSSiyeS Hear Addresses
by Senator Clapp, George
l. Records and Others
PRAISE ACTIVITY OF
WOMEN IN POLITICS

WIN dollar dinner" the Prosres.
siye party OF Delaware opened lts
campaign last night ia the banouet
room Of Hannas cafe, which was a.
tended by one hundred and tbirtv-
seven persons, consisting Of members
OF the party and their wives. After
enjoying the dinner served ali present
We're entertained with speechmaking
Dy men active nationally, and by local
leaders IN the party The midnight
Whistles had blown before the meet
ing came to an end. Each guest re-
celyed a souvenir of sterling silver
Dull moose stick pin.
lie list Of speakers consisted of
George B. Hynson, Of Milford. who
was the Progressive candidate far
governor at the last election the
hon. George l.. Records. tax assessor
OF New Jersey; Mrs. Jessie Hardy
stubbs, of Illinois, who is well known
IN The suffrage cause: Senator Moses
=. Clapp, of Minnesota. Fx-Statp
Senator Louis A. Drexler. Of Bethany
beach, and DR.. Caleb r. Layton. of
Georgetown.
Colonel Robert G. Houston of ceoroe.
town, who is state chairman Of fbe
delaware Progressive party. acted as
toastmaster. and introduced encn
speaker.
before introducing the first speaker
Mr. Houston stated that this i tbo 6rst
Time ~ the history of Delaware that
any political party has opened a cam
paign with 2 banquet. and is the first
TINE That women have participated in
the opening Of campaign lie mem
TONED the campaign waged BIZ the Pro
gressives at the last election and stat
ed that every person who voted the Pro.
gressive ticket at that time did 50 from
principle and not for hope Of personal
gain
Mr. Hynson. in his address aWhv
Does Delaware Need the Progressive
Party" stated that Irritation n now
m progress IN this State. the Progress
ives being invited to come back and take
Their seat on the sofa beside Miss Re-
publican, with the promise that if they
come back they viii be given the privi-
iege Of casting their vote for the Re-
publican party at the next election Mr..
Hynson criticised both the old politi-
cal parties for their administration Of
state and national affairs. In summing
up a list Of things in which he declar-
Cd Delaware was behind the times. Mr..
Hynson stated that we are wav behind
in prison reforms. "The whipping post
IS all wrong" he exclaimed, "but il is
cherished by Delawareans because like
the constitution, our fathers had it So
we must have it too. ! will venture 20
say that ten years from now we will
look back and ask how we ever tolerated
that thing"
High Cost OF Living.
The Hon. George l.. Records, tax
assessor Of New Jersey, was the sec
ond speaker Of the evening. Speak
ing on "The High Cost of Living, Its
Cause and Remedy" he said, in part:
I'm my opinion the high cost of
living is due to the fact that by vir- !
tue of certain privileges in our so
cial and political system, a few peo-
pie are able to appropriate a large /
share Of the earnings Of many peo- /
ule. These privileges can be easily /
located. They are:
First. The whole system of indi-
rect taxation, national state and To- I
cal. All indirect taxes are taxes
uDon consumption, and a tax accord
ing 70 consumption means that the
Door nav VERY much more than their
share Of tsxsticn The individual
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