The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-09

you to observe is this, that politics In
this country does not depend any longe,
upon the regular members of either
party. There is not enough regular re-
pupllcans in this country to take and
hold national power; and I must imme-
diately add there are not enough regular
democrats in this country TO do 1t either
rms country 10 sguided and its policy il
determined by the independent voter; and
1 nave come to ask you how We can best
prove to the Independent voter that the
| instrument he, needs Is the democratic
party and that 1t would be hopeless for
him to attempt to use the republican
party. l do not have to prove IT.;
admit 1t.
One-Third Progressive
| What seems to me perfectly evident
Is this that II you made rough reck-
oning, you would have to admit that only
about one-third of the republican party
Is progressive; and you would also have
to admit that about two-thirds of the
democratic party is progressive. There
fore. the Independent progressive voter
| finds great deal more company in the
democratic ranks than in the republican
ranks. / say a great deal more because
there are democrats sitting on the breech-
ing-strap; there are democrats who are
holding back. There are democrats who
are nervous. l dare say they were born
with that temperament And L respect
1.-THE conservative temper. 1 claim to be
an animated conservative myself; be-
cause being a conservative I understand
to mean man not only who preserves
what Is best In the nation but who sees
that in order to preserve 1t you dare not
stand still at all but must move for
ward. For the virtue of America is not
fstatical. II is dynamic? All the forces of
America are forces In action or else they
are forces of merton.
What l want to point out to you, and
believe that this is what the whole
country is beginning to perceive, is this.
that there Is a larger body of men in
the regular ranks of the democratic party
who believe in the progressive policies
of our day and mean to see them car
ried forward and perpetuated than there
is in the ranks of the republican party.
How can you be otherwise, gentlemen?
The democratic party and only the DEM
ocratic party has carrld out the policies
which the progressive people of this coun-
try have desired. There is not single
great act of this present great Congress
which has not been carried out in obed-
fence to the public opinion of America;
and the public opinion Of America is
not going to permit any body of men to
go backwards with regard to these great
matters.
Money Stringency
Let me instance single thing: want
to ask the business men here present If
this is not the first January in their
recollection that did not bring a money
stringency for the time being, because
of the necessity of paying out great
sums of money by way of dividends and
the other settlements which come at the
first of the wear? have a ed the ha nix
ers if that happened this wear. and thew
say, No 1t did not happen: it could not
happen under the federal reserve act We
have emancipated the credits of this
country. And is there ANYBODY here
who will doubt that the other policies
which have given guarantee to this co,n-
try that there will be free competition
are policies which this country will never
allow To he reversedo
"J have taken a long time Ladies' and
gentlemen. to select tho federaI +r.de
Commission because T wanted m choose
men and be sure that I had chosen men
who would be really serviceahIe to the
business mon of this country, great as
well as small. the rank and The file.
These things have been done and will
never be undone. They were talked about
and talked about with futilitv until a i
Congress- attemnted and
achieved them.
But the democratic party is not to
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pelng OF that party l can promise tne
know my colleagues at washington,
know their spirit and their purpose ana
know that they have the same emo
tion in the same high emotion OF pub
lie service, that hope | have.
No. vx All H. r;-B
~ want at tnls 1unc.ure 10 pay my
[ripute OF respect APP Oh aHeceiohd'e du-
Tor the Two great democratic
senator's from the state OF INDIANA.
nave never mad 10 lie awake nignts WON
1ering what they were going to do. And
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