The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-01-09
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/ Everything that ] believe in i would
think Il inv duty TO go back and take
r. back scat. like, therefore, 10
breath> the air Of Jackson Day. !
Ike To be reminded of the old mill
tant 'losts OF Democracy. which be-
Heve have come TO l.fe again in our
own time.
No New Idea In Thirty Years.
The trouble with the Republican
party is that tt has not had new
, idca for thirty years. lam not speak
j INK as a politician. I am speaking as
20 historian.
u would not speak with disrespect
J OF the Republican party. ] always
spcap with great respect of the past
The past was necessary 20 the present
and wa. sure prediction OF the Ia
ture. The Republican party is still
= cover and a refuge for those who are
afraid for those who want 10 consult
their srandtathers about everything
They wont trust youngsters. They are
afraid the youngsters may have some
thing up heir sleeve.
What particularly want YOU to
observe IS this. that politics In this
country does not depend any longer
upon tHt a. Ntd@ Hltthp'Fn % fitHSE
party.
AT every turn, the things that the
Eepublcans--that is the Progressive
Repupiicons-have proposed that were
practical 'he Democrats nave done or
are Immediately processing 20 60.
There are things that tae program
conrains which cannot be done by the
CpuEreaS Of Ghe United states.
DrnocFmcv Psrfy eff ProAreRs.
The Independent, progressive voter
f0as p great dcai more company in
the Democratic ranks than In the Re
publican ranks There are Democrats
who are afraid dare say they were
born that way.
There Is not single great act RI
the present Great Congress which has
not been carried out ia obedience to
the public opinion OF America.
LET me instance y single thing. want
10 ass the business men here present
Il tsta IL not the arst Jsassrs I. their
recollection that did not bring Is money
strtnGency for the time heiaG. because
of the necessity of Paying out great
sums of money by way nj dividends and
the ether settlements which come nj
the first OF the year. have asked
bankers ~ that happened this year and
they say 40, IL did NOT happen, II could
not happen under the Federal Reserve
Ac', We have emaocipaf~d the credits
Of this country, And Ia there nny body
her~ who viii doubt that the other
policies that have given guarantees to
thI~ eonntr, that there will he free
com tifioB are policies which this
country will ever allow TO he reversed.
Political Discipline Necessary.
the only party tuat is serYiceable
80 nation is party that can hold
ahsoi4t5lN together. and march with
the discipline and with the aest of a
couquerlnE host. ] am not sayirg these
things because doubt that the Demo-
crat party win he able TO do these
things bat because J believe that AZ
leader for the time being Of that party
cen promise the country that il will
do These things,
Il know my colleagues at Washing
Ton know their spirit and their pur-
pose. and know that they have the
same emotions. the same high emotions
as TO pu6uc service thai I have.
Now. what is there to do? You
say Has this Congress carried out a
great program Yes IL has carried
"Ht a great program. 1t has the most
:rnarkable record that any Congress
since the War Between the States has
mad But we are living at an extra
ordinary moment. The world has
never been in the condition that il lis
now, my friends. Half the world is
on fire, Only America. among the
great powers, Of the world, is free to
govern her own life. and all the world
Is looking to America to serve it's
economic needs.
Ocean F'rcigbts Go Tn.
And, while this 10 happening.
what is going on? DO you know.
gentlemen. that the ocean freight
rates have gone UP in some instances
10 ten times their ordinary figures,
and that the farmers OF the United
States, those who raise grain. and
those who raise cotton, those things
that are absolutely necessary to the
world AS well as TO ourselves, cannot
got any profit out OF the great prices
that they are willing to pay for these
things on the other side of the sea
because the whole profit is eaten uI
by the extortionate charges for ocean
carriage? And in the midst of this
the Democrats proposed a temporary
measure of relief in the shipping bill.
The merchants and the farmers OF
this country must have ships to carry
those goods. and just at the present
moment therL is not other way of get
ting them than through the instru-
mentalities that is suggested In that
shipping. Dill And l hear IL said In
Washington on all hands that the Re-
publlcanR in the United States Senate
are using every effort TO make the
passage of that bill impossible.
These self-styled friends of bust.
nesA say that the Democratic party
does not know what to do for bust
ness and they are saying that the
Democrats shall do nothing for bust.
ness.
a Program of Service.
Now. the Democratic party does
know how to serve business In this
country and it's future program Is q
program OF service. We have clear.
ed the decks. We have laid the lines
now upon which business that was
doing the country harm shall be stop.
ped and the economic control which
was intolerahle shall be broken up
We have emAncipated America. but
America must do something with hel
freedom.
There are great bills pending ir
the United States Senate just now tina,
have been passed by the House OF
Representatives which are intended az
constructive measures in behalf OF
business~-one great measure which
viii make available the enormou.