The Twin City star., 1916-09-09
SEEK PROGRESSIVE
and LABOR VOTES
ON FALSE CLAIMS
Democrats Posing as the Enact
ors of Legislation Which the
IndisputabIe Facts Show
to Be of Republican
Origin,
AUTHORITY ON SOUND SOCIAL
LAW CITES II GLARING CASES

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tion and Running True to Form viii
In November as at Many Previous
Elections Indignantly smite Those
Who Without Justice Lay Claim to
Its Gratitude-Even the Much Tout.
cd Federal Reserve Law 10 Based
Entirely on tho Statistical Research
Of a Republican Administration.
That mo class is more instant than
labor to condemn and punish those
who without foundation lay claim to
its gratitude" is the assertion Of John
Williams, ex-commissioner Of labor,
apropos Of certain false claims set
forth by Vance Mccormick, Democrat
ic national chairman, in behalf of his
party.
Chairman Mccormick caused to be
published in the New York Times, on
July 81, an appeal for Progressive and
Labor support, based on twenty
measures enacted by congress while
President Wilson has been in the
White House," and for which he
claims credit for the Wilson admins
tration and asks Progressive approba.
ton. Commenting on this statement.
the former commission of. labor says:
students and promoters of sound
social legislation will do well to exam.
Inc this list, for it contains a number
of items of unusual interest.
1--WE may well believe that it was
with great deal Of pride that Mr.. Nc
Cormick contemplated the record Of
his party and that he drew q vivid
mental picture of Progressives f1ocking
to the support Of Mr.. Wilson because
of the things claimed on behalf Of this
administration.
1T is a pity that in the interest Of
truth, which knows neither Democrat
Progressive nor Republican, we must
mar this remarkable statement. New
ertheless it is our duty to call atten-
ton to the fact that in his effort to in
duce support for Mr.. Wilson the chair
man Of the Democratic national COM
mittee has fallen into glaring error.
We have no desire to disparage the
achievements Of the Wilson admins
tration, but we must enter emphatic
protest against any attempt to pad the
record.
"Mr. Mccormick claims twenty
measures enacted by congress while
President Wilson has been in the
White House. This claim we dispute
More than one-half are measures en-
acted under a Republican administra
ton and were approved by ex-Presi-
dent Taft, and for others the Demo
cratic administration deserves no
credit.
LEST any one think that this ~ a
groundless assertion, we herewith fur
nish the record. which can easily be
verified:
From among the twenty pieces Of
legislation cited by Chairman McCor
mick I select the following:
"(D Eight hour law on government
work. In effect March 1. 1913. Signed
by Mr.. Taft.
"(2) Eight hour provision for post
Office clerks. In effect generally Aug
"a, 1912.
"(3) Eight hour provision applicable
to the manufacture Of ordnance for the
government In effect Jan. 1, 1913
Signed by Mr.. Taft.
"N Children's bureau. In effect
April O.. 1912. Signed by Mr.. Taft.
"(5 Industrial commission law to in
vestigate Industrial relations. In effect
Aug. %, 1912. Signed by Mr.. Taft.
"(G The phOsphorous match law
Enacted in 1912. effective as to the i'm
portation of white PHOSPHORUS matches
July 1, 1913, and as to the manufac-
ture Of such matches July 1. 1913
Signed by Mr.. Taft.
go The department of labor law
creating department with a secretary
who shall be a member of the presi-
dents cabinet. In effect March 4. 1919
Signed by Mr.. Taft.
"(S The parcel post law. In effect
Jan. 1, 1913. Signed by Mr.. Taft.
"(9) The federal reserve law, which,
while passed during this administra-
ton, is based entirely on the vast work
of investigation and compilation done
by the monetary commission during
the Taft administration and closely
follows, except in certain details, the
legislation recommended by that COM
mission.
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