The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-01-12

progressive voter mas great deal
more company in the Democratic
ranks than in the Republican ranks
II say a great deal more" he con-
tinued, because there are Demo-
Gratis who are sitting on the breech-
ing strap; there are Democrats who
are holding back There are Demo.
Gratis who are nervous. dare say
they were born with that tempera.
ment. And / respect the conserve
tive temper. / claim to be an ami
mated conservative myself.
All the forces Of America are forces
in action or else they are forces OF
merton.
What | want to point out to you.
and ! believe that this lis what tue
whole country is beginning to per
ceive. 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
than there is in the ranks
OF the Republican party. How can
you be otherwise gentlemen? The
| Lt"o'i"tiN patty anu ol1S tHe DeUO-
cratic party has carried out the poll.
C.es which the progressive people
of this country have desired There
is not single great act of this pres
ent great Congress which has not
peen carried out in obedience to the
public opinion of America .
THE CURRENCY RELIEF.
Let me instance a single thing: 7
want to ask the business men here
present If this is not the first Japu-
ary 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
dends and the other settlements
| which come at the first of the year
l have asked the bankers If that hap
did not happen; it could not happen
under the Federal reserve act We
have emancipated the credits of this
country.
TOOK LONG TIME.
have taken long time. ladies ladies
and gentlemen. to select the Federal
trade commission. because / wanted
to choose men and be sure that |
had chosen men who would be really
lserviceable to the business men of
this country, great as we'll as small
the rank and the fiIe These things
! have been done and will never be un-
done. They were talked about and
talked about with futility until =
Democratic Congress attempted ana
achieved them.
But the Democratic party does
not suppose that 1t is done with the
business. The Democratic party is
still on trial. :. This country Is not
going to use any party that cannot
do continuous and consistent team
work. II any group of men should
dare to break the salidity OF the
Democratic team for any purpose or
from any motive. theirs will be a
most unenviable notoriety and a res
possibility which will bring deep bit
terness to them. The only party that
Is serviceable to a nation is q party
that can hold absolutely together
and march with the discipline and
with the zest Of conquering host.
Il am not saying these things, be-
cause l doubt that the Democratic
party will be able to do these things.
but because I believe that as leader
for the time being of that party I
can promise the country that it will
do these things" Here
the President paused to pay tribute
TO the two Democratic senators from
Indiana. saying he never had TO lie
/ awake nights wondering what they
were going to do. He added that
4 the country is not going to trouble
itself to lie awake nights and wonder
what these men are going to do: that
II the country has to do that il will
choose other men. In this connec-
tion, he said "team work all the time
is what they are going to demand
| OF us, and that is our individual as
well as our collective responsibility.
That is what jackson Day stands for
II man will not play on the team.
then he does not belong to the team"
Now what is their duty? You
say hasn't this Congress carried out
great program Yes. II has car
ried out a great program. 1t has
had the most remarkable record that
any Congress since the Civil War
has had. But we are
living at an extraordinary moment.
The world has never been in the con-