The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-28
Legislative Results.

he first part OF Senator RobrnSon'S
address dealt chiefly with the legiSla-
tive achievements OF the Wilson admin
/ l,tratiOn
/ The democratic party. despite the
! Mexican spectcr and world war has
| passed more constructive and benefl-
cial legislation in the three and cne.
half years 1t has been IN power than
has the republican party in the last
.iitv years" he said,
II he Simmons Underwood tariff law
produced more revenue in the first SIX
months OF 1914 than did the Payne Md
rich law during the similar period in
the Taft administration And this in
spite of the higher schedules OF the re
publican act"
Wool Trust on Inside.
He then recied how a representative
OF the wool trust had been employed
as confidential secretary OF the commit
tee which framed the provisions of the
Payne Aldrich act and how. when the
bill was finally ready for submission 70
congress. the wool trust knew OF lis
every provision before either the senat,
or house OF representatives had beer
informed.
"The federal rcs,,vc ac'-which alon,
iustifies the reelection OF Woodrow
Jilson--r' tkes irT cssible for all tim,
the occurrence OF financial panic IL
America" said Senator Robinson
The Am 'ca11'C"'ae are sa'eguardet
from ruin by NE provisions of the ac
which dec nj ITALICS the money power
OF the nation, takes away the none,
dictatorsh'; fr'm Wall street, anC
ransDlan,s it IL ten different sections
uf the cou' try winch require that al
currency shall be listed as part of tn,
hanks ass Is. arl Hhich requires tina
these asses car BE- used to aid othe,
banks in .ime o; stress
- "a ftGcral -cSc,ve act undoubted
" saved the nation from ruin. when
on Aug }, 1914 the value OF America
cotton ,hrank SSO0OO0 900 in value be
tween breakfast and supper, as a reSul
OF the outbreak OF the European war
Respects to Opponents.
Senator Robinson then alluded to tn,
Fairbanks and Hughes campaigns
"Nlr Fairbanks and Mr. Hughes,
he said, have found it impossible Il
discover one big issue upon which t,
base their claims for election. DoeSn'
it seem reasonable that at such a tim
as this, when the entire world is faciny
the most serious problems in history
that the candidates of the republlca
party should find some big issue L
present to the people? Yet the onl
thing they have done so far is to crit
CHE and attempt 10 tear down tn
work OF the democratic administration
ANY one can criticize
MIR Fairbanks insists that the pres
ent prosperity is result OF the Euro
pcan war and that II will ceases whe
the war ceases The fact is that it hi
assertions were true, only centerS pro
duoing munitions and things consume
by 'hc warring nations would be pros
porous Another indispu,able fact
that had 1t not been Tor the federal re
| serve act America would have bee
! plunged into financial rum when IN
war broke out and would not vet hay
recovered
Hammers Hughes,
"Mr Hughes has been spending
great deal OF energy lately IN cri,ici,
n ing both the federal reserve act an
D the rural credits measure, which, TO
e the first time in the history OF Americ
& will permi, farmers TO get cheap none
for long periods OF time and whic
c will enable them for the frs, time ,
escape the greed OF the commercia
= banker Yet Nj Hughes apparent
a ignores the fact that the majority q
x republicans in both the senate an
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