The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-15
OLLIE JAMES LAUDS
 WILSON'S POLICIES

The panis of 1873 is familiar to the older
 of our citizens. The Republican party
 was in control. The panis of 1893 came
 while the laws written by the Republican party were unrepealed upon the statute books and the plates for the issuance of ponds had been prepared by the outgoing Harrison adrninistratio And so are quite familiar with the panic of 1907. but l as the master achievement of Woodrow Wilson, to my mind, next to keeping 100,- 100000 people at peace with the world, the historian win record. the federal reserve law that created democracy of credit in 8 republic of freemen and established a currency system controlled by the govern ment that is quickly responsive to the business needs of the country.
 Would our Republican friends suggest | a repeal of this law? I imagine not. though we enacted it over their intense and bitter opposition. They stood upon the floor of the senate and with all the eloquence and logic at their command de- clared i2 solemn tones that if we did enact it"into law that in thirty days the mightiest panic that ever broke upon a nation would be with us. They said it was but a recrudescenee of greenbackism and the old free silver craze They declared that the national banks. 5000 strong, would not go into it.
 We discarded this advice. We weather ed these evil forebodings, and in the in tereSt of mankind wrote the law. No Republican convention from that day to this, no Republican orator upon the hust@ 1ngs with any degree of responsibility, has suggested word of criticism ut tered a line of Condemnation of this law.
 Speaking on Americanism, MT. James said:
 We are all Americans, no matter whence we come. We love our country because 1t makes us free. This freedom is as much the right of the one who comes here as the one who ts born here. We only ask in return loyalty, va1or and love; loyalty to the flag, valor in it's defense and love of free institutions. We do not care what songs of the old. home land cir7 rf,ra& country from which you came you may cherish All we ask is that the song you shall hold dearest to your heart is the
 Star Spangled Banner"
 Preparedness.
 On the question of preparedness for self defense MT. James said: t,
 The day when the Christian heart shall rule the world and when peace shall reign over the land IS not here and, unhappily, Is not in sight Self defense and prepara- ton for it is as necessary now as ever be- fore We must not mistake dishonor for peace, NaS we cannot mistake oppression Tor peace. All governments love peace peace with freedom, peace with honor Without these all is slavery beside. Wood row Wilson and the Democratic party ad- vocate an army big enough to make az gressors think the second time before they strike a blow. Democracy wants army and navy in keeping with the dignity preservation and worth of this great re- public.
 defend ourselves, our cities from bombardment and our soil froyn invasion and to protect the rights of our citizens is the purpose of Woodrow Wilson. We do not want a foot Of anybody else,s soil, and, by the eternal God, they shall not take foot of ours. do not fear rnilitarisnn. It has never -menaced free people Democracy believes in preparedness without nflitar- ism During this administration we have done more to build up an army and navy in three years than the Republican party in PO.f r@fs
 Discussing international problems. MT. James highly praised the admin tstration's policy toward war torn Flu rope and said in reference to the Lusi- tania incident that our president, 'spa- tient, patriotic, farsighted, the real statesman, handled this question with the greatest ability and won for Am erica it's greatest diplomatic victory and continued.
 The opponents of the Democratic partV declare that the foreign policy of Presi- dent Wilson has been f-evil and Yacillat- ing.'' What do they mean. by this? Is if that we should have gone to war when Belgium was invaded, which we were not bound to do by either contract or prfnci- pie? That issue we are perfectly willing to submit to the American people. Around 20OOO,OOo happy hresides the fathers of America will gather this night with their unbroken family circle with their children
 
 side, happy and prosperous
 Contrast this with the fathers husbands and brothers of the old world dying in the ditches, with the gloom and roournine, in broken family circles where hunareT crouches and disease treads If this he
 evil and vacil1ating," God prosper it and teach It to tPe rulers of the old world.
 Attitude Toward Germany.
 Speaking of President Wilson's atti- tude toward Germany, MT. James said:
 Some gentlemen in congress undertook to take out of the presidents S hands the right of handling our foreign Situation Congress met that quickly decisfvelv and said that they stood, every American United States When the president sent his ultimatum to Germany he was ori+ 1clzed by two elements-one that he was seeking to force the country into war and the other was that he was too coUar5II1 to engage in the conflict
 There are happily two kinds of courage the courage of the man who is xiIIi6e to undertake the danger himself and +be courage of the man that sends others to who wishes himself to enter the conflict may be rash, for he alone is to suffer. buf the courage to take a nation into war where millions of lives may be sacrificed, Is another kind Of courage. It is a cour, age that must be able to stand bitter abuse courage that moves slowly. acts coolly and strikes blow as long as diplomacy may be employed honor of the country upheld. the fag respected and lives of Americans protected.
 Woodrow Wilson has both kinds of co1,r- age-the courage of conflict and the cour- age to act cooily and sensibly when he is dealing with the lives of~others the fate of nation. It was no time for divided counsel The interference of congress would have created chaos in this country contempt for our honor and our country abroad, and would have destroyed the power of America to either maintain ifs honor or protect the rights of the neutraIs of the world.
 Referring to the Mexican situation. MT. James said President Wilson has handled it ably and that This policy has been the same as that of Abraham Lin .coln under like conditions more than half a century ago. When the Repub hcan platform at Chicago denounced the Mexican policy of Woodrow Wilson 1t denounced at the same time the simi