Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-15
DEMOCRATS in CONVENTION HEAR
OLLIE JAMES PRAISE THE PARTY

ST LOUIS, June 10. - The address o
| Ollie NJ. James. United States Senator from
| Kentucky delivered upon taking the per.
manent craftsmanship of the Democratic Ma.
tional Convention today, was in part as
| follows
Mr.. Chairman, Fellow Democrats, Ladies
and Gentlemen Il greet my Democratic
brethren of the republic, the representatives
of proud, victorious and unconquerable
Democracy "a Democracy whose life
achievements and history challenge the
admiration of the world. We cheerfully
meet face to face the public we have not
betrayed to point with delight to a match
less record of promises we have kept.
During three years of its national control
Democracy has enacted into law more pro-
gresslve remedial legislation than the nation
has ever had written upon its statute books
since its birth. In former national con-
tests in the last two decades our party
came as a prophet We could only point
out wrongs and promise remedies but to-
day we come with deeds, not words with
performance, not promise. Our deeds in
the nation have been greater than our
words upon the hustings our performance
as the lawmaker greater than our promise
as the campaigner. In other words. the
Democratic party has kept its word with the
American people, We have made good. We
have by our conduct of the affairs OF this
nation deserved the renewed confidence of
its people by proving worthy of the con-
tdence once bestowed.
The Democratic party rejoices that under
this administration for the first time since
the Civil War it was enabled to amend
the Constitution Of the United States in the
interest of good government and the masses
OF the people. We freed the Senate from
the control of the great interests by making
1t elective by the people at the polls We
wrote Into the Constitution itself an amend
ment, susceptible of no dispute that wealth
should bear its proper burden of the taxa
ton necessary to run the Government effl-
ciently, economically and honestly.
PERNICIoUs LOBBY oUsTED
President Wilson drove invisible govern j
ment out of Washington and uncovered the
mightiest lobby that ever ramfied re-
public or had its rendezvous in its capital.
He drove the lobbyist out; he turned the
American people in.
THE TARIFF
The Democratic party undertook to enact
a new tarifr law In keeping with the his
toric principles of the Democratic party
and Justice to all the people The Demo-
cratic party believes that the right of taxa
tion can only exist for the purpose of
raising sufficient revenue to run the |
Government Taxation never did Justly |
exist and never will in free government |
for the purpose of enriching one class at |
the expense of all the rest of the people. |
We undertook the reformation of the tariff |
with open minds and clean hands, un- |
owned, unpledged 10 any interest except |
that OF the public welfare and we are |
proud of our achievement in writing into
aw the present Underwood Simmons tariff
bill Not schedule In 1t fosters a mo-
lopoly; not a rate in 1t protects a trust.
FEDERAL RESERVE LAW.
Would our Republican opponents repeal
he present Federal reserve law that
the credit OF a nation; that
made the credit of the country 10 run in
ife-giving currents through the avenues
# business? Under the old system a few
nen could create panic, as the whole
alton witnessed in 1907, when all the
world was at peace and enjoying unusual
prosperity.
WE ARE ALL AMERICANS
We are all Americans no matter whence
va come. We love our country because II
makes US free. The beauty of the oceans
hat wash our shores. our fertile plains,
ur lofty mountains, our winding rivers,
ur unequaled landscapes, can only be en-
Dyed in their real and mRtchless beauty
through the eyes OF freeman. More beauti-
u than the beauty and sp1endor of the land
the glory OF the Government. The hum
lest may become the greatest the weak
st may become the strongest, the poorest
iay become the richest here no taint of
Iood. no law of royalty. This freedom Is
s much the right Of the one who comes
ere as the one who is born here, We are
lad OF II and happy to offer this oppor-
unity and this happiness to all We only
SIX In return loyalty, valor and love 10y I