The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-18

Eress the insidious lobby. and no
longer are the corridors OF our Ma
tionai Capitol filled with the men who
represent great interests and who de-
mand legislation at the expense Of the
great producing masses of our popu-
lation.
i We can call attention to the fact
that we have already by wise icgis-
iation re-esta biished the American
merchant marine and we have ac-
complished II without subsidies Tn
der Democratic laws, enacted by
Democratic majorities in both houses
of the National Congress. approved BY
Democratic President. scores OF
ships are applying for registry under
the American flag. and 1t will not be
long until the American flag flying
over American merchant vessels is as
familiar upon the seas OF the world as
the flag Of any other nation.
|, We have taken the necessary steps
toward opening up the vast territory
of Alaska, with all its possibilities.
The policy OF the Republican party was
either TO give away TO the interests the
resources of this great section of the
continent or to tie them up forever.
The people rebclied against the former
\ course and Republican administra-
ton. weak and inefficient, merely tied
up these great resources and left the
problem for us to solve We have
met it unfitnchingiy. and today groups
of American surveyors are penetrating
the interior Of Alaska preparing for
the great railway made possible by a
Democratic admtnistra ton.
We have made effective the popular
vote for United States senators
We have averted great railway
strikes by arbitration.
We have destroyed the telegraph
and telephone trusts.
We have made possible an efficient
parcel post law and have extended 1t
and cheapened 1t.
We have wiped out the deficit in the
postal service and have made the
Postoffice Department self-sustain-
ing.
J We have made effcctual and possible
trust dissolutions
We have destroyed Cannonisn in
the House of Representatives and
have made that body responsive. not
to the will Of a few political bosses
representing the interests. but we havc
made II responsive to the demands of
the people of the United States.
Put Trust Law on Brokers.
Before the end Of the present ses
sion we will have written into the law
all the great trust bills advocated by
the present administration. All Of
them have already passed the lower
House Of Congress One of the most
important of them has already become
law The trust laws we have%en-
acted IRE along Democrtic lines. they
are based on the Golden Rule I'M
der them business will flourish and
trade wars will cease. legitimate, hon
ri competition will prevail, and there
Will be a restoration of the honest
honorable business methods of the
past Under them the trusts must
obey the DEGREES OF courts They
must abandon unfair. cutthroat com
petition. Determinations between
/ purchasers Of their goods must cease
THEY must abandon the control OF
+ competitors acquired by them under
i the holding company" systems. The
! tremendous power welded by their in
I terlocking directorates must cease. In
I other words. the trust laws we have
! enacted give to the struggling. ambi-
! tious men Of moderate means a better
+ chance in life.
We have enacted mucn-needed leg
islation providing for cooperative ag
ricultural extension work throughout
! the land and for the fostering and
I development of our commerce at
/ home and abroad. -
I am unwilling to believSRt the
reople Of the nation desire R1nda
the work Of the present admiRix Ation
| and 10 restore to power the rarty un
| der which flourish corporate greed
and trust oppression.