The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-03
TUESDAYS ELECTION DECIDES
 NATIONS POLICY; PEACE WITH
 HONOR OR WAR WITH MISERY
Vance Mccormick, Democratic National Chairman and Close Assoc::ate of President Outlines Un- derlying Meaning of Public Utterances of Both Candidates.

views of MT. Hughes. i We know that the peace and that
 the honor of the nation is secure in
 the hands of President Wilson. We know that we have currency
 system that makes money panics im- possible-a system that successfully l with stood the severest strain in the history of the world, and system that relieves the business of the l country from the control of a small group of powerful bankers and finan- ciers
 l We know that we have a rural credits system under which the farmers of thee ountry enjoy the same | rights and benelts as the business i man of the city.
 We know that we have a just and equitable tariff law, and a tariff com | mission that will adequately secure | the rights of American labor and l American industry-a commission that will remove the tariff question from the field of politics and right l fully handle it as a great economic 1 problem.
 i We know that our country is ade- 1 quately prepared for national defense, l that our army and our navy are in better shape than ever before in his- l tory.
 We know that we have a good | roads law under which the highways in the rural districts will be improv- | ed, through government aid. We know we have an income tax that shifts the burden of taxation from those least able to pay it to those | best able to pay it.
 We know that we have a federal trade commission that prevents un- ; fair and destructive competition and does equal justice as between the pro- ducer and the consumer. We know that we have a shipping bill under (which the American flag will be restored to the high seas as a carrier of American commerce We kndw that our antitrust laws have been revised and defined. We know that adequate provision has been made for agricultural ex- tension work among the farmers and in the rural districts. We know that we have a workmen's compensation law for the protection of government employees. l We know we have child labor law, II. We know we have laws standardiz- ing grain and cotton, and law mak- ing warehouse receipts for farm pro- ducts more acceptable as collateral for loans.
 We know that invisible government has been driven from Washington, and the influence of the lobby is no longer felt in the framing of our laws by Congress.
 We know that labor is no longer classed as a commodity.
 We know that we have a President who has a sacred regaN for human rights.
 We know that in the threatened railroad strike crisis, the President, acting solely in the interest of the millions of Americans who had no immediate interest in the differences between the railroads and their em- ployes, took steps that averted one of the most fearful calamities of recent years in America.
 We know that the Presidents atti- tude toward woman suffrage is not mere lip service, as is the case with his opponent. When the suffrage amend ment was submitted to the voters of New Jersey the President laid aside the affairs of State long enough to return to Princeton and cast an open ballot for the adoption of the amend ment! This is in striking contrast ro MT. Hughes position of utter indif ference when the suffrage amend ment was submitted to the voters of New York. MT. Hughes remained in Washington and did not vote Indeed he never expressed any view on Wo- man suffrage until he became a. can dfdate for President, and then he said he favored it. The difference be- tween the President and MT. Hughes on this question is the difference be- tween words and deeds
 And we know that the influences that controlled the Republican con vention and are now seeking to elect MT. Hughes are the same influences actuated by the same motives, that controlled the convention which nom 1 mated MT. Taft. We know. more 1 over. that the Republican campaign has for Its chief object, not the elec- ton of MT. Hughes but the restora- tion to power of the Penroses the Harnesses, the Cranes, the Shoots the Heminways, the Warrens and the others of that small, but powerful group, whose record shows them to be the subservient tool of special and selfish interests.