The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-23

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ton and was partly successful. 1t
was necessary for Mr.. Marshall, how
ever, to restore order out Of chaos.
Occupy places on Stage
Among those occupying places on
the stage were Rep Gray, Judge Geo.
Gray. Walter Chambers OF New
Castle, district chairman, Judge Doug
las Morris of the state supreme court;
State Treasurer George Bittler. Bow
man Elder, president of the Indiana
Democratic Club; Samuel Cox, presi-
dent Of the Rooster club, and Henry
Farwig, chairman OF the arrangements
committee.
Conspicuous In the audience were
delegations representing the four rail-
way trainmen brotherhods.
Vice-president Marshall made a
strong bid for the former Progressive
vote of Wayne county. He several
times asserted that the Democratic
party was the real progressive party
of the nation and that 1t was entitled
to the support of real progressives.
He asserted that the Democratic par
ty the past three and a half years
had not only enacted the progressive
legislation called for in its own plat
form but had also passed the import
ant legislation called for by the Pro-
gressive platform of 1912.
Unite with Democrats
Mr.. Marshall said the Independent
Republicans In congress had united
with the Democrats In securing pass
age of such legislation as the child
labor law, the currency reform bill,
rural credits bill, agriculture extern
sion bill, seamen's bill, parcel post
extension bill and workmen's compen-
sation bill.
But the election of Candidate
Hughes will put the government I'M
der the control of the 'standpatters' )"
he declared, "for the rule of seniority
in the Senate will confer the import
ant chairmanships of Senate commit
tees not on the LaFollettes, Kenyons,
Cumminses and Clapps of the Senate,
but upon such men as Boies Penrose
Of Pennsylvania, Reed Smoot of Utah,
Warren of Wyoming and Lodge Of
Massachusetts,"
Penrose, the Vice-president assert.
ed, would be chairman of the power
full committee of finance, which would
frame the next tariff law. Lodge
would head the committee on foreign
relations, Warren that of appropria-
tons, Smoot that Of public lands and
Clark of Wyoming that of judiciary.
Sees Small Consolation
you Progressives who follow your
Old-time leaders into the Republican
party will have to find consolation"
he declared, "in the fact that Senator
LaFollette will be chairman of the
unimportant committee on the census
and Senator Borah will be chairman
of the committee on education. All
the important committees through
which the administration will have to
legislate will be controlled by the
very men you Progressives vehement
ly condemned in the last campaign"
Law Not Real Issue.
Mr.. Marshall spoke at some length
on the Adamson eight-hour law, which
he classed as vitality important legis-
lation. He sarcastically expressed his
pity for the sixty Republicans in the
house of representatives who had sup
ported this bill because their party
leader was now denouncing every one
who had supported this measure
Vice President Marshall declared
the eight-hour law was not the real
issue of the campaign. He said the
paramount issue was whether there
should be change in the policy of
President Wilson which has kept this
republic at peace, and prosperous,
while two-thirds of the nations of the
world were at each others threats.
Mr.. Marshall said that for three and