Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-08-11
WOULD SACRIFICE
COAT FOR WILSON
FISHBURNE ANNOUNCES CANDJ.
nACY FOR SEAT IN
CONGRESS-.

George Fishburne of Tacoma, dep
uty United States attorney, in his for
NAL announcement of his candidacy
for congress in this district on the
Democratic ticket, declares that he
will devote his campaign to aid in the
reelection of President Wilson. In
making his declaration for candidacy
he says:
II have just thrown brand new
congressional SIS hat into the ring,
and the public may desire to know
why l am so extravagant with my
clothes. l will do anything l can to
help elect President Wilson, and If
could spare my coat, l would sacrifice
that, too.
"The only difference between the
Progressive and Democratic parties is
this: That the Progressives advo-
Gated and preached certain reforms,
and the Democrats practiced their be-
preachments by transforming their
whole sermon into law. To illustrate:
The Tariff.
"Our Progressive friends recog-
nized this truth, that when you have a
high tariff wall, and trusts and mon
opOlies on the inside, your wall in
stead of being bulwark of protec-
ton, becomes rather slaughter-pen
for the innocent consumer, with no
hope of help from without. And SO
the Progressives and ourselves, in
1912, advocated a tariff reduction,
and the tariff was reduced. Now, our
motives may have been the ignoble
ones of for revenue only instead of
for protection but then if we ac-
complished the same result. why
bubble? Do you think Mr.. Hughes
made a larger contribution to the
cause of progress by vetoing the New
York two-cent fare bill, and opposing
the federal income tax amendment
merely because he ascribed noble
motives to his actions? Deeds, not
talk, are what count.
Wherefore, by their fruits we
shall know them
The Income Tax.
GAS sister measure to our tariff
! Jaw, we passed an income tax bill.
This softens the rigor of the doctrine
of taxation that unto him that hath
shall be given, and from him that
hath not shall be taken even that
which he hath, and compels him that
hath to contribute his widows mite
to the support of the government. 1t
is the first mite l have ever thought
right.
The Currency Bill.
Through Mr.. Wilson the Demo-
Gratis passed the currency bill. Now
this takes control of the panics away
from Wall street and J. P. Morgan &
Co., and spreading it over the coun-
try, allows the government to per-
form this function. Under the old
Republican law. our currency system
could not stand the strain of the mere
domestic panic of 1907. Under the
federal reesrve act, we have not only
weathered the worldwide financial
storms but have been able to go to
the rescue of ship-wrecked Europe.
Other Accomplishments.
"Other reform measures to the
credit of Mr.. Wilson are: The spe-
cial department of labor, creation of
a federal employment bureau, five
cight-hour laws covering all the work
for the United States, federal trade
commission, postal savings banks,
rural credits, the tariff commission,
and few other acts we have not
space to mention.
Judges as Executives.
''The judges of our supreme court
examine facts year or two old, are
bound by statutes and presidents
often older, their Bible, the cOnstitu
ton of the United States, is very
ancient document. their exalted posi-
tions isolate them from their fellows,
and they lose the common touch, so
that they necessarily become back
ward rather than forward looking
men. Mr.. Taft, as great judge and
man as Judge Hughes, and one of
our great ex-presdents, was not a
satisfactory president. Why? Be-
cause he suffered with judicial tenn
permanent and it took four years of
the presidency to cure him. Justice