The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-06

arguments.
In allowing the republican state committee this space,
The Times desires to offer a word OF explanation and to
state MS own position. When the present owners took
charge OF the paper The Times was republican III polite,
II vas announced at The time that, under the new owner
ship, The Times would be independent That announce
mcnt was made IN good faith The Times has been, is, and
will continue to be independent But The Times. under
rs former ownership, va, the only republican paper in
Oklahoma with anything approaching a state circulation
And since The Times cannot support the candidacy Of Mr.
HughcS, tho present ownership believes that the fair thing
to do is to give 10 the republicans the privilege Of a
state audience through the columns OF this paper.
The Times explicitly dlSclaimS responsibility for any
opinion, statement OF fact, or any uttcranCc IN the rcpubr
lican state committee, department
SO much for explanation
The Times is unrcseredly and enthusiastically Tor the
re election OF Woodrow Wilson The Wilson admins.
trauon, IN our Judgment, i, distinguished for its construc
tive legislation In It's foreign policic, The Time, re.
CARDS the service Of President Wilson as an cpochal CON
tribution to the worlds history.
Mr.. Wilson was elected IN 1912 on a tariff reform
platform, Just as Mr. Taft was in 1908. The TAFT admin
STATIONS answer was the Payne Aldrich LAWN many
respects The most gricyous disappointment tins countr, ha,
ever suffered at the hands OF legislative Washington At
Their iirSt opportunty-thc congressional elections IN
IPlO-the people r%cpudIated Mi TAFT and hi, administra-
ton by changing a republican house Ut representatives to
a democratic house Two years later that reputation be
came a rout. due, IN great part, to the progressive revolt
But nobody lmagincS Mr.. Taft would have been re elected
N 1917 under any circumstance. Mr TAFT and his party
had pledged themselves to a downward revision OF the
tariff. The pledge was broken. The Payne Alduch Law
was written by the special Interests lor the benefit OF ,pc
cal interests, and the dclugc followed.
The Wilson administration, iulhlImcnt OF IT., tariff
pledge Is the Underwood Law Under that law the country
has enjoyed and IS enjoying, Unprecedented prosperity.
How much OF this prosperity j., due To abnormal Euro
pean conditions, and how much OF It g., due To the removal
OF harsh trade restrictions and the consequent freedom OF
trade, We do not know, and nobody else knows or can DO,
'ibly know. The undcniable fact is that the Underwood
tafiit Law and Astounding prosperity are here IN very graf
flying companiun,hip.
The Wilson administration has freed American buu
ness from the yoke OF Wall street The federal reserve
act. 10 quote one OF the countryS most distinguished re-
%pubIoan'. rs the greatest piece OF constructive legislation
IN the last trtty year," It ha, made currency manipu
lauon impossible II ha, liberated the American dollar
Il has hau,hcd the ,pcctcr OF pane from the mind, Of
business Genuine ,oyency can never again be driven
into bankruptcy IN TIN, country. In 1907, IN the midst OF
profound world peace. with abundant harye,ts. with every
natural condition making ior prosperity. We were sudden.
IS stricken by a none, blight That thing cannot occur
again The Wilson administration ha, raised American
banking from archaic helplc,,nc,, TO twentieth ccntur,
ci,irieuc,
For more Than twenty tive year, ,hi, ,oun,r, h,, been
IRVING in gr' an income taN law The Wilson admins,
ifirou ha, passed an income tan law
The Wilson administration ha, passed A rural credit,
act which means tina, the American farmer Will n, Longer,
have Ia pay u,ufiuu, rate, OF ,ntcrc,, Tor IN, none, We
were recently told here M Oklahoma CIV h., the gentle.
man who directed our Chamber oi Commerce campa,rn
That every farm Is a factory" But the farm heretofore
has NOT had the factory, banking privilege, II -, proba
hy lar lu "a, that there l.ut a huvnc,, hou,c IN OIL,
h"ma CIV toda, lha, could sta, ~ bu,inc,, live wear,
% IT had 10 paw as much ior II, none, e., the average
Oklahoma farmer ha, had ,o pa, The rural credit,
act SIMPLY Organizes the financial m]a,hiucr, b, which
Inc i"inrr can borrow money at legitimate bushes, rate,
Now, 900 truth. the farm }, a factory and the farmer +, ,
manufacturer, with a manufacturer, banking facilities
The farmer has been freed from the grp OF the loan shark
The Wilson aimlui,irauon ha, clarified and ,i,r,.d
the sherman anti trust act Honest bu,ine,, mo- longer
mas to ne itself To a corporation LAWYER /, know, what
IL can do Dishonest business know, what If, ranno, d.,
save al IS peril There !, needed hgh, in the CLAYTON AZ,
and needed teeth
The Wilson administration, ship purchase bill now IN
congress, will not onl, create a merchant marin, h, =,
VI" provide The nece''at, auxiliary ship, To make our
navy potentially efficient IN time oi var Such au>,liar,
ships we're wanting when the Spanr,h. American war
broke out aud they ate wanting still
Nv That record alone the Wilson administration i, n,.
'A''e hu' while dong all TIN, II IVA, faced the graves,
oi world problems We are today The onl, srca, p,.
iion not al war We have had annie u,pn,,,,,r ,r
'ordns to out miliiaul, 200 have plunged into the lur,
Ipcan vortex The peace ui Nrcu,a ,ud,, i, duc Il, fla,
r genius ct Woodrow Wilson I'm our essential difference,
win the central power, and with ,hc entente II wa, If,
'ttnauonal law ,ha, had been violated rrc,idrn, VII.
SONS client has htcn mankind Nnd mankind ha, had I'll
Woodrow Wilson a remarkable advocate r., ,rb,I,r,brp
intellect philosophy and vitt, oi expression M, ,oo,n
ment tor the role ut dc'un, ha, been such a, few men !,
'he world ro''e'' Aud h, his faith IN democracy. which
al real Americans hope Will emerge triumphant from IN,
, European Nfnagrdion thet, is mo- Mexican blood on on,
hand, "
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