The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-01-07
by j. d. WATSON

Administration that has come from a
Democrat is that of Gov Colquitt, of Texas, in
Mr. Hearsts New York American of last Sun
day
The Governor declares that Mr.. Wilson
IS a failure as President and that the Admin
lstratlon is un-Democratic and un-American
In pohcy-that it has violated the promises
made to the people before election by taking
the tariff off of the raw products which the
farmer produces, thus cheapening what the
farmer makes. and raising the tariff on the
finished product, thus increasing the cost of
what the people have to buy-that instead Of
decreasing the cost Of living, as the people
were promised would be done, the cost has
been increased-that the foreign policy Of
Wilson and Bryan is imbecilic, and that
Bryan and Wilson allowed England to de-
clare cotton a cOntraband Of war until the
English spinners had bought their supply at
an average price of 10 cents per pound
and then had it declared not contraband Of
war after the Southern cotton grower had
been damaged beyond repair-that although
the South had made President Wilson, che
stood IN the road and condemned the South
to heavier loss and more widespread misery
than it has known in three generations''-t that
he Gov. Colquitt) had to send Texas troops
to the Texas border to keep out bands Of
ton at Washington refused for long time
to protect American lives and American
property on the American side Of the border
that the farcial policy Of the administration
had won the derision and hatred OF all fac
tons In Mexico by our foolish policy at Vera
Cruz and on the border. and that the cost Of
this farcial policy at Vera Cruz alone had cost
us over 100000.
What Gov Colquitt charges against the
administration is nothing new, for every per
son who is frank with himself has admitted
it long ago, but coming from the Democratic
Governor of the biggest Democratic State in
the South it is more like car load Of dyna-
mite exploded than like stroke Of lightning
from a clear sky.
Gov. Colquitt's calling his peoples attention
to the fact that "The Administration
valorized twenty billion dollars worth OF cor
porate securities owned in the North and East
by Treasury Department order to National
Banks to loan money on listed securities at
not less than the closing quotation Of July
90 1914, but the same Administration when
asked to allow the people to use quarter OF
a million dollars of their collective credit for
two or three years to save them from losing
five hundred million dollars on their cotton
crop, regarded valoriBatlon as violative Of
sound government" means, that, although
Gov. .Colquitt himself raised $4,000 among
his personal friends for the Wilson campaign
fund. Colquitt and the Colquitt following
will fight Wilson in 1915.
On top Of the above arraignment the Gov
ernor shows wherein the Administrations
antitrust laws are "barefaced fakes" and
that they please nobody $50 we'll as the Stand
ard Oil, the Steel and other great trusts" and
comes to the conclusion that IT am fully con-
WINGED the National election of 1916 will end
the Democratic regime The policies of the
National Democratic Administration have
wholly failed either TO curb monopolies or