The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-07-07
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at Chicago? No; and they will have
the people to settle with if they dare
go before them and propose to undo
what the Democratic party has done,
and put back upon their Bonded backs
the load they carried and would car
ry still if the Republican party had
been in power. 1t never would have
broken their bondage, but now they
are free. They dare not put it back.
We dare them to propose to put il
back!
They either did not know how to
rid the country of the burden of pri-
vate monopoly, or, if they knew, they
did not dare to put their knowledge
into effect Why didn't they denounce
our antitrust legislation? They must
either go before the country and
point out the defects of these anti
trust laws, or they must admit before
the voters that our party dared to do
what they did not dare to undertake.
These are some Of the things that
they have not challenged and that
they will not challenge.
They talk about the tariff. Yes,
but it is a matter Of habit. 1t is the
momentum that goes on. The as
tronomers tell us that some stars are
so far away that if they ceased to
shine the world would not find it out
for centuries afterwards, and they
had given to the advocacy of high
tariff a momentum that will go on
and on after all those who gave it
the momentum have passed away, and
what we now see is not new power
that is added, it is the dying power
that was put into it before the people
knew what tariff reform was.
Issue of Panics is Gone
But there is one argument that thew
used to make that thew can make no
longer. Banking upon the Ignorance
of their voters Of history. thew used
to accuse the Democrats of bringing
panics when they were in power. They
overlooked the fact that of the three
panics that have come since the Re-
publican party came into existence
two of them came under Republican
administrations, and under circum-
stances where the Democrats could
not possibly be to blame. But bank
ing on the ignorance Of their voters,
they continued to repeat that stale
falsehood year after year. They cam
not do it any more, for the party
came into power and all their dismal
prophecies have failed.
Why, they said that the Democrats
could not devise a low tariff law that
would stand in time of peace. We
proved it, and God gave us enough
time of peace to demonstrate that ev-
en- a war cannot shake the foundations
of the Democratic system of tariffs.
While our President and our Con-
gress were at work constructing this
splendid pyramid of performance, a
war came that threw upon this adj
ministration such burdens as no Pres
ident has had to bear within the last
SO years; and the Democratic party,
aside from deserving the gratitude of
the nation for its remedial legislation,
deserves gratitude also for the man.
ner in which it has dealt with the del
icate problems between the nations.
Inherited Mex;car Middle
We inherited from Rem,blican adj
ministration an resurrection in Msxi-
co. II did NOT arise under this admin
istration. You will find in the State
DEPARTMENT a telegram sent nv Huerta
to the preceding President: "I have
overthrow the Government
Yes. the Government was over
thrown. but this Government assumed
the responsibility and his administra-
tion has dealt with that situation and
the Republican marty dare not chaI-
lenpe a verdict before the country on
the Mexican question.
Your great chairman pointed ont
TODAY that our nolicv had been sue
cessful first in that IL followed the
precedent set bv one Of the greatest
Of Presidents the greatest Renublican
President Abraham lincoln. and he
showed also what would have been
the result had we welded TO the i'm |
of interested narties a.. To |
The threats of Renublican nolitic;ans
and invaded Mexico for the nprnose
of intervention.
The President will not lack those
who will defend his conduct, Ave n
every home YOU will find 4 mother
who win thank the President that bor
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