South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30
). D. P. CALAMITY
HOWLERS ACTIVE
Republican Cry of Hard Times
is BOSh, Says Congress-
man Barnhart.
CBy Rep. II. \. BarnhartJ

(By Rep ~. 4 Ttarnhart-)
" the next session of congress will
pass the appropriation bills necessary
for the economic and efficient admin
istration Of the government; put a
Cloture rule through the senate where
by one or more senator's cannot fill
buster the nations business into en-
barrassment and distress: increase the
income tax and reduce the war rev
enue tax. give the country "A tariff
commission selected one by each party
IN the house, one by each party in the
senate. and one by the president. re-
fer the question Of keeping our cOun-
try out OF war and preparing adequate
national defense 10 Woodrow Wilson:
sing America and adjourn, the country
will call us blessed
If We democrats are wise we Will
not permit the standpat republican
scheme 20 manipulate legislative &C
ton into long delay and then howl
calamity and democratic inetficiency
shall be perpetrated our country is
blessed with good crops and plenty OF
work everywhere unless II be where
the European war has interfered or
where the old political scaTecrow
methods can prevent, and the people
approve and love Woodrow Wilson
as no other president since the time
that the Jim WatsOn-JOe Cannon type
OF special privilege politicians are yell
ing calamity but / believe the people
understand them as well now as they
did at the time Of the republican panic
of 1907 and 1903, and of the Mulhall
lobby exposures.
l recently saw sheep selling at a
farmers public sale at So to $40 per
head; j saw cattle selling at six TO
eight cent? per pound. j saw corn and
wheat and hav and other products sell
sky high and when / asked the re-
Publican auctioneer if those were ca
lamity prices he was getting. he wink
ed at me and said. III see you later
Surely the republican cry of hard
times IS bOSh except in industries here
and there that have been crippled by
the war destroying their foreign trade.
This is unfortunate but If we had had
some men in the presidential chair
that 1 could name, we would have had
two or three wars on hand and all our
trade would be paralyzed, the happi-
ness of our homes destroyed and the
we'll being Of our people bHghted for
generations to come. Why, despite the
unfaVorable foreign trade conditions,
If we have hard times where do we
get the money that almost chOkes the
bank vaults Of our country Where
do we get the money TO nil OuI roads
and streets so full OF automobiles that
the Only SAFE place TOT 4 PEDESTRIAN
along a highway is on the fence?
Where do we get the money TO i'm
prove our homes and dress our fam
lies and have recreation at travelling,
the movies, chautauquas, etc, as never
before? The fact is our country is
highly prosperous but lot Of profess
siOnal politicians ard endorsed special
privilege beneficiaries who complain t
being held in legitimate limits, are
trying at all hazards TO turn Hfe's
sunshine into shadow.
Do you believe that the progress
sives. who quit the republican party
when they found themselves utterly
out of harmony with the machine
methods of the republican leaders.
will return to the republican party
and bow the knee to leadership of the
very men whom they openly accused
OF Outraging public sentiment and all
that goes to make for honest political
methods? I do not. And neither do
I believe that they will come to the
democrats unless we are as progress
sive as Pres't Wilson.
The democrats in state and nation
have placed more helpful laws on the
statute books in the last few years
than was done in a quarter of a cen
fury before. We have made provision
for the merits of old soldiers. for the
rights OF labor for Justice 10 the em
plOyeT. for mercy TO children, for fair
ness between man and man and in
uustry and industry, for an equaliza-
ton of the burdens OF taxation, for the
right OF the people 10 select their
United States senators and nominate
their officers high and low by direct
vote; and for complying with these
humane and Just demands for good
law enactment the people Will con
tinue Ihe democrats in power If we but
h old up the light of our accomplish
msnts for better government where il
can be seen.
This is the time Of all times in the
history Of American politics when a
man can be proud TO approve demo-
cratic politics and TO take his
stand for patriotic, unselhsh citizen
ship with such a national leader as
Woodrow Wilson and with such lead
ers in Indiana as Sens. Kern and
Shively, Gov Ralston and all the
others who have boldly stood for
honest and fair-tO-au government
Let conscientious men continue TO
lead our party with honest methods;
let trickery and chiCanery be no parv
OF any democratic program; let us
frown down the very appearance OF
special privilege influence in our pub
lie service; let US have friends OF
democracy In times where they can
help TO make one administration sue
cessful and popular. and We can trust
the people TO continue Woodrow
Wilson in the presidential chair where
fre has proven so tremendously effect
i've IN preserving the rights OF all and
the safety OF our country.