Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-10-27
Records OF The Two Parties Pro-
sented BY Senator Jones.


past four years. has eclipsed all others in
putting upon the statute books more pro-
gressive legislation in the same period of
time than any of its predecessors or that
party which is owned body and soul by
the special interests. and which does not
seem to know whether its tendencies are
progressive or reactionary.
The Democratic party has one leader
not two, whose astute leadership has
brought us peace, happiness and prosperity,
and his name is Wilson.
If you have any doubt as to the above
condition Of our land today, | earnestly
invite you to compare conditions here with
those OF any across the Atlantic, and am
quite sure you will agree with me that we
are under lasting obligations to that great
Democratic. President whose policy is
America first"
| am going to draw two pictures, and in
so doing shall be very liberal with our
friends on the other side. shall contrast
the eight preceding years of Republican
rule, and so-calied prosperity. with the
last four Of Democratic achievements, and
see which one appeals to you the more.
In 1904 Mr.. Roosevelt was elected to the
Presidency, and what happened during his
administration, particularly the last year
You have heard something of the hard
time in 1893. but those who proclaimed
the conditions Of that year from one end
OF this country to the other failed to tell
you how many men during those happy
Bull-Moose days were out of work with
their dinner pals empty. and that on Janu-
airy %. 1908. more than 1000 workmen
marched to the City Hall in Detroit and
demanded work. From March to S, 1908,
loan Of 100000 to provide funds for
public work was asked for by the City Of
Philadelphia for the unemployed Italians
were attacked by other nationalities. On
March 20, 1908, one thousand HunRarians
marched through rain to receive a loaf of
bread each, in Toledo, Ohio. The same
day one hundred thousand men marched
the streets of New York singing the MAR
seillaise." speakers preached revolution and
demanded work; bomb was thrown at
public by anarchists. August 8, 1908, at
Camden, N. j., riot followed application
of 1900 men for 800 jobs advertised by the
Joseph Cambell Company. This is only
faint impression of the depth and breadth
OF the depression of business in the indus
trial centres of this country during the
Roosevelt days.
Do you want that brand of Republican
prosperity or the Wilsonian brand, about
which the only complaint heard is that
I'VE can't find men for the jobs. everybody's
working"f Bradstreet's estimate of the loss
TO the business interests of our country
during the Roosevelt panic was $3.50 ,OOO,-
600. while Dunn put it at $l67, 100000
TO be conservative, we add the two and
divide the result by two and we get $780,
100000. which breaks the worlds record
for panics. Twelve men were said to have
been killed and numbers of fishing vessels
were seized along the gulf coast during
the Roosevelt times, but there was no war
Taft the choice of his predecessor, became
the Chief Executive in March, 1909, hay-
ing been elected upon platform promis-
ing revision of the tariff downward. Was
1t donef Did he have the backbone to
force his party, which controlled Congress-,
to keep its pledgesS Was not his conduct
in the Ballinger episode vacillatins, and,
indeed. pitiable? Is 1t not true that ninety
American citizens were killed in Mexico
while Mr.. Taft occupied the White House,
and that we have no record of his having
sent message to Congress relative to pre-
parednessH II these are not facts, why did
the man who selected him as his successor
oppose him for a second termY
Mr.. Wilson took up the reins of Govern
ment in 1918. backed by strong Demo-
cratic Congress. and shall endeavor to
show you that peace, happiness and pros
perity, of which have spoken, were brought
about Notwithstanding Hon. Jas. r. Mann
predicted strikes, riots. starvation and he'll
for wage earners and their families. de-
struction for the manufacturers and dam
nation for home industry" Here are some
OF the achievements that should stimulate
every Democrat to do his duty between
now and the close Of the polls on election
day:
While millions Of men have been sacri-
feed in the bloody European war, and
still greater numbers Of women and chill
dren have lost their husbands and fathers,
we in America have enjoyed peace and
an OVERLOOKING dinner pail through the
diplomacy Of that splendid general of pro-
gressive Democracy who has asserted the
essential rights Of American citizens with
out the loss Of the lives Of American SOL
diers. The estimated cost OF the war in
Europe at the expiration OF the second
year was one hundred and forty billions,
and during the same period of time this
country through the peace-and- happiness
policy has added to its wealth nearly forty
billions. Foreign commerce has increased
So per cent. and our bank deposits, which
should be a pretty good index to prosperity,
have advanced 81 per cent. Railroad
earnings have gone up % per cent. along
with farm production. which should inter-
est many in this State. and which affords
excellent proof Of our prosperity, averaging
for the past three years ten billions Of
dollars Are not our farmers getting a
better price today for their crops than I'M
der Roosevelt and Taft Wages are higher,
and ten per cent more men are working
now than under the Republicans just men
toned. Among the many good deeds &C.
complshed by the Democratic party In the
past three and half years shall name
the Federal Reserve Law, monument to
the efficiency OF enterprise in financial cir =
cles in this country; the Income Tax Bill,