The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-11-03

the fortunes Of men everyvbere No
wonder that In such an age man ~
America should be cried awake ana
feel once more, as they felt them in
the days when their great renphiic
was set up, the compulsions Of I'm.
nnanity and of Justice!
squaring Laws With Life
There are the freshening winds
blowing out Of the life Of mankins
everywhere, that have brought on
new d"y in American politics. We
have looked once more very critically
at our own laws and our own prac.
tees and have set about to square
them with the actual conditions OF
our 'ife and the life Of the world"
-Four years ago there were two
parties In the field whose programme
was conceived under the influence Uf
these great forces Of progress and ad
1ustment, the Democratic party ana
the Progressive party This year
there Is but one, the Democratic party
In the presidential election of fouf
years ago some fifteen million votes
We're cast, OF these. nearly ten and
half millions were cast for the can.
didates Of the two progressive parties.
only three and half millions for the
candidates of the Republican party, the
party which fingered in the old ways
and felt none OF the new impulse OF
a new day. More than two-thirds of
VnTnP0 fnd SfpN Na,,
favored then, and favor now, pro.
! gramme whose object Is to serve the
| changing needs of humanity and
| progress.
THE Democratic party was entrust-
| ed with the task. These powerful
forces Of the new age were put under
its direction. And under that direc.
tion what have they Accomplishment
They have put both the business
and the life of the country upoB a
new footing.
Financial Credit Released.
They have released the financial
credit, upon which commerce and pro
ductiOn alike depend, from the con
troll of small groups Of fnanciers and
bankers at the speculative centers.
"They have released the commerce
and industry of the country from the
domination Of those who were build
ing up their power by selfish and
unfair methods of competition.
They have supplied those who
wished to conduct their business in
conformity with the spirit of the laws
with friendly guidance and delivered
them from a nervous fear of the
courts.
They have released our foreign
trade from the shackles Of tariti
contrived in the interest Of special
groups of favored producers, and have
created Tariff Commission intend
ed to substitute public for private
| influences, facts for theories and
pretensionA In all future legisla
tion with regard to duties and re-
strictions on imports.
They have MADE provision for tht
immediate and systematic develop
ment of our carrying trade on the
seas.
They have at last supplied th'
means by which the nation may b'
bound together, materially and spirit
ually, by network of good road
upOn which both commodities an'
Sympathies may move freely frou
community to community.
,.rpL.,, h,,-, ~, RI. fartupr lr,1u !
footing of perfect equality with buSl
ness men and men of all other call
r ings in respect of his access TO com
! nercial credit have placed grea
bureau of the Government at nj
f service in seeking and finding hi
best markets have protected him b
The establishment of definite stand
ards in the sale of his products. an
have put the scientific knowledge o
, The world at his disposal by practica
, demonstration al The expense of tn
Government upon the farms then
f selves,
Have Emancipated Labor
I They have emancipated the ID
: ! horers Of the country from the unJu'
> tilted restraints which the courts ha
put upon them by mistaken apphc'
: lions Of old law to new circumstance
: and conditions.
The have released the chlldre
! Of the country In large part from hur
. full labor; have sought to safeguar
a the lives and the health Of our ID
: borers In dangerous occupations an
have put agencies Of the GoyernmeE
. itself at the service of those VII
seek employment And most OF the'
= things have been done within n
! brief limits of a single Administrative
!. And still the great work is NJ
finished. II can never he rounded "
: and concluded so long as circun
: stances change and the fortunes an
q relations Of men shift and alter IN
4 question you have to decide one wee
! from next Tuesday is whether 1t sha