The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-01-12
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7 - bone that%ft viii do that.
r. And there is~another thing tnst
fsf6s very much to be done. J. am
Pr sne OF those who doubt either
industry or the learning or the.
-e1ss.tszok. tise. courts of the CsIt.sd
stes but l do know nat they hssS
+sry antiQuated way OF doing
fas.ness. and I say that
! is an immediate and an impera-
I've call upon US to rsctify that. be-
.use the speediness OF justice. the
4expensiveness of justice. the ready
tccess OF justice. is the greater part
y justice itself.
And then there is something else.
he Democrats nave heard the ne.
tut!icans talking about the scientific
-A'ay In which to handle a tariff
! srongh the Republicans have never
siven any exhibition OF a knowledge
lA.f how to handle It scientifically. Ii
~ IS scientific to put additional profits
h'ito the hands ofthoses who are al
Tsady getting the. greater part oc tie
S-ofits. then they have been excead-
3haly scientific. II has been the
* erce OF selfishne ss;,, Fl has Been
! ssle isle Sea- nes OF fpsaysiege. -EE,.;Iet. X nd
az science do NOT care to know sfiy-
fsh:ng about except enough 10 stop Il.
tPut if by scientific treatment of the
.tariff they mean adjustment to the
@sctua! trade conditions of America
and the world, thep ! am with them;
,and ] want to calIEneir attention to
the fact that the bill which creates
the Lew trade commission does that
ivory thing. We were at pains to see
THAT 1t was put in there. That COM
mission Is authorized and empowered
it0 enquire into and report 10 Con-
gress not only upon all the conditions
OF trade in this country. bu, upon
the conditions of trade, the cost o..
manufacture, the cost of transpotta-
1t'or-all the things that enter inIo
; th' question Of the tariff-in for .ier
countries as well as In the Uaited
states and into all those questions
'tof foreign combinations which affect
4 international trade between Europe
and the United States 1t has the
fnll powers which will guide con
gress in the scientific treatment of
qdestions of international trace
y
4 At every turn the things that the
/ progressive Republicans have rro-
POSED that were practicable The
democrats either have done or are
proposing 20 do y that IS aa. oar
lbill OF particulars to satisfy the in
dependent voters of the country J
! would like 10 have one prcdu ia
{ Jhere are things that the progressiy,
Syrseram coEtaired whieh Y,o; pcira
Il, ags1 lfsf ;:sses. :: "a. ssS;YSeFsse To
ktsgI cannpe be ness BY, the Son
sreHs ot ~. vn.sser states.
But SO far as they can be done by
! I -. :. e. = legislatures fer one, speaking
! FOR one Democrat. am heartily in
favor OF their being done. ."
7 The President said that just before e
! he left Washington he went over the
figures from the last election and
that while these figures were as vet
incomplete, they show that the Dem
ocrats reckoning state by state.
would. II it had been a presidential
year. have had 4 majority of 80 in
the electral college.
/ Fortunately or unfortunately this
Is not a presidential year; but the
thing Is significant to me for. this
reason.
"A great many people have been
speaking OF the Democratic party "a
| minority party. Well il is NOT
so much Of a minority party as the
Republican and as between the
minorities l think we can claim 10
Ebelong to the larger minority. The
moral OF that is merely what / have
already been pointing out to you.
that neither party In its regular
membership has majority. do
not want to make the independent
voter too proud of himself, but I
ihave got TO admit that he is our boss
iand am bound TO admit that the
things that he wants. so far as have
seen them mentioned, are the things
that l want. am not an independent
voter, but I hope l can claim to be
an independent person and want
TO say this distinctly. do not love
any party any longer than it con-
tinues to serve the immediate and
pressing needs of America. -
/ want to make every indepen-