The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-08-28

county, was addressed also by Repre-
sentative Lewis and Representative
Jesse d. Price, of this district, both
of whom were greeted with enthusi-
assn. Mr.. Price is a candidate for re-
election to Congress, and his greet
ing from the people was particularly
enthusiastic.
Speaker Clark, replying to cam
paign arguments made by EX-Judge
Hughes in his stumping tours thru
the West, said, in part:
perhaps President Wilson has
made some mistakes. Perhaps the
| Democratic Congress has made some.
1t is safe to say that there never was
President or Congress that did not
make mistakes and there never will
be, simply because we are all hui
man. Any astronomer with an ade-
quate telescope can find spots on the
sun, but nevertheless and notwith-
standing, the sun continues to light
and warm and frustify the earth.
Judge Hughes with his telescope is
hunting for spots on the Democratic
Administration and the Democratic
Congress-but the people realize that
we have the most unbounded pros
perity that has blessed the land since
christopher Columbus discovered
America, and that notwithstanding
the ancient and chronic sheer of the
Republicans that we possess no pow
er of constructive craftsmanship, we
have in three and a half years placed
upon the statute books more con-
structive remedial legislation than
the Republicans did in 20 years
laws which should have been passed
conclude to let well enough alone
and to continue the Democrats in
power.
ACTIONS speak 4ouder than words.
! Here are some of the things we have
done and On which we1
passed a great tariff bill-the best
ever placed on the statute books. 1t
contains many excellent changes
monstrosity and it contains one new
feature that would make it the best
of all tariff bills, even if the rest of
it were as bad as the last Republican
tariff bill, which most emphatically it
is not. That new feature is the in
come tax.
THE fairest tax ever levied since
men invented tax system is a grad
udlSu luSOllS tdA Will 1SdSOudUl6 eA-
emptions. In the very first speech
| ever made in the House on the SUBJ
ject of the tariff 1 stated that 1 was
in favor of stiff graduated income
tax, and as long as the world spins
on its axis and slides down the eclip-
tic no political party is ever going to
the country on proposition to re-
peal the income tax. 1t taxes men on
af fhny hot
consume. 1t raises necessary reYe-,
nue.. from the abundance with whien
God has blessed some of us and not
from the wants of the poor.
I'VE passed the Anti-Tariff law,
which tends to promote legitimate
business and to crush illegitimate
business. The Rural Credits bill will
undoubtedly prove great blessing to
the farmers. The most valuable fea-
lures of it are the long term which
the loans run, the plan for amortiza-
ton and the low rate of interest.
These will give a permanency never
known before on this side of the
Atlantic to agricultural pursuits and
will, it is hoped, induce more peo-
pie to own their own homes.
THE bad wagon roads of America
are sad commentary on our sense,
for, stated in briefest terms, they
constitute wicked and wanton waste.
We easily lead the world in rail-
roads, but we are badly behind Eu-
rope in wagon roads.
1.-THE Shackleford Good Roads bill
is long step in the direction of giY=
ing us a system of wagon roads which
will be of permanent and vast utility
to all our people, particularly to far
mers, reducing the cost of transport
ing food products to market, thereby
reducing the high cost of living and
increasing the joy of country life.
after many years of agitation in
favor of electing United States Sena-
tors by popular vote, we secured a
constitutional amendment authoriz-
ing it and passed laws to put the
amendment into effect"
In the course of his review on leg
islation enacted by the Democratic
Congress, the Speaker paid warm
tribute to Representative Lewis, say
ing:
David J. Lewis, the able chairman
of the Labor Committee in the
House, also the next Senator from
Maryland, a student, philosopher and
worker, recently in an analytical
speech in the House enumerated Is
important statutes touching labor.
which have passed the House in the
last six years, 13 of which are now
laws, the other two awaiting the ac-
ton of the Senate. Every man with
brains in his head and love of coun-
try and of humanity in his heart re-
joices in these laws intended to i'm
prove the condition of the laborers of
the land. We have passed many
other good laws which l have not
mentioned. The chances are the vo-
tiers of America will act on the sage
dictum of Abraham Lincoln, that it
is unwise to swap horses while cross
ing the stream and continue the
Democrats in power.
! ''Thespeople seem to have absolute
confidence in the pilot of the ship of
State, Woodrow Wilson, and are not
likely to drop him overheard in mid
ocean while the storm whips the wa
tiers into fury
Speaker Clark also brought forth
cheers by high tribute to the ability
of Representative Price, whose re-
election he urged.
When Mr.. Price spoke his fellow
townsmen gave him every evidence
that they would support him loyal
ly in his campaign for reelection. He
spoke of the Currency bill passed by
Congress and the income tax mea-
sure. He strongly Endorsed Presi-
dent Wilson's administration and
urged the Democrats of the First
Congressional district to support Mr.
Lewis for the Senate.
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