The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-05

Pres1dent Wilson, when he declared
that the republican party had not had
anew idea for thirty years, evidently
Intentionally overlooked' the record OF
| that party.o failed to associate ideas
with achievements. Senator Sherman
reminds him that all he has to do is
to "call the roll of thirty years. Labor
employed, punctuated only by the
idleness OF Democratic administers
tons. Manufacturers were active.
Our foreign commerce rose with
every year; neither was It dependent
on war supplies for its volume, con-
itinuance, or trade balances. Restraints
fof trade and monopolies were curbed,
The first great antitrust act was
drawn by Republican. 1t Is the sane
level from which the heights and
depths of effective legislation have
since been measured Two hundred
and fifty thousand miles OF railways
fulfill daily and arduous duties OF the
greatest carrier system in the world
under laws written by a Republican
Not while the pulse of commerce
beats or railways bear their burdens
will the names of Cullom and John
Sherman fade from the annals of leg
islatiun that light the way for sue
ceeding generations.
Republicans created the Bureau ioi
Labor and made It's head a cabinet
member. They enacted the first contract
labor law, abolished child labor in the
District Of Columbia, passed a liability
law compromising workmen. Pure
food and meat inspection acts, limited
hours of labor in interstate service
rural free delivery, parcel post, spostaI
savings banks, reclamation OF aril
lands, the Isthmian canal, Hawaii ani
Samoa We're made our outposts In the
Pacific ocean-all answer to that call
The rights of labor have been secure
under Just laws. Great police regu,
lations have safeguarded the public
The history of American finances /:
written by the Republican party Il
fought reputation and fiat money. 4
passed the resumption act against thu
evil prophecy Of the Democratic party
1t refunded the public debt, and 1t i:
carried today at the lowest interes
rates known to the civilized world. j
sent free silver to an unlamentes
| grave; 16. to /, once the war cry O
la. great party, is a lest: none know 1
hut to scorn it; none name it but u
laugh. The Republican party estab
lished the gold standard and created
1 the monetary Commission and til,
original emergency currency act. Tn,
Democratic party, with its fatal ca
tpacity to mfsinterpret and miscreat,
from the material and experienc,
gathered, produced the federal re
serve law. 1T will duplicate iFranken
stein tits not merely central bank
1t is centralized person with great
err power than ought to be vested Ii
tany, man over any lawful business
"The arm of the postal servic,
reached out to cheaper communica
/ ton and encourage thrift. The tw,
great oceans we're Joined under thu
4 American flag, Where has this Ri
Van Wrinkle slept the last thirty year
who now rllbs his eyes and says tn
Republican party has not had a ney
idea in all that time? The great ma
tional statutes of thirty years hav
sprung from the councils OF that par
lty. He cannot distinguish between
the morning light OF the Republican
j sunrise Of things, doing and done an,
!, the dusk that is falling on the De
mocracy. Samuel iPepys, the English
i man who kept a diary, records tina
once, after "a night Of revelry, h
woke from a deep sleep and mistool
\ sunrise for sunset. History repeat
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