New Britain herald., 1916-09-20

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 l Foremost Place for Wilson.
 No matter what the verdict of to- ] day may be, history, in recording the 1 deeds of the servants of peace and humanity, will grant foremost place 1 to Woodrow Wilson. Upon his back l have been huddled more burdens than
 have ever before been placed on the l shoulders of mortal man. He came | to his high office charged with the
 mission of carrying forward a pro- l gram of domestic progress. The at-
 mosphere of public affairs had grown | fetid with corruption. Privilege had ! taken possession of every branch of 1 the public service. The leaders of | the republican party, who were re- sponsble for this condition, were de- nOunced by no one more vigorously | than by people of their own house. hold. The clutch that privilege had obtained y upon the hrepTblican party made it impossible fof that party to carry forward any work of reform. This was the condition which existed in our country when the democratic party was entrusted with power.
 | The accomplishments in the way of domestic reform achieved under the leadership of President Wilson con- stitute a miracle of legislative prog reSS
 The Payne -Aldrich tariff which had been hiding place of privilege, was revised; the elements of graft were eliminated and a tariff commits sion was provided so that future re- visions might be conducted upon business basis, without reference to political Or partisan necessities. An Income tax was passed, thereby re- .lev1ng our law of the reproach of being unjustly burdensome to the poor. Pan-Americanism was encour- aged and expanded; the great reaches Of Alaska were opened up to com- merce and development; dollar diplo- macy was destroyed; the lobby was driven from the capitol; Workmen's Compensation Act was adopted; child labor law was enacted; the Fed eral Trade Commission was created; the Clayton Act was adopted; the Smith-Lever Bill for improvemen of farm conditions was passed; the Par eel Post and the Rural Free Delivery were developed; a Corrupt Practice Act was adopted; Good Roads Bill
 
 appropriations for the Army and Navy were provided more munificent than ever before known in a like period in our country or in any other; the reeland-Aldrich Currency Act was make workable by proper amend ments, and the Federal Reserve Sys- I tenn establishe ed
 Had any one, three years, had the temerity to predict so complete and successful record of legislative re- form, he would have been regarded as an irresponsible visionary. And yet these things are accomplished facts, and, to the forward-looking cit izen, plead eloquently for the demo- cratic cause. Which Act Would Hughes Repeal?
 Which of the acts mentioned would MT. Hughes repeal if he could? Which of the policies adopted would l he reverse? We have progressed far | into the campaign and yet no one 1 can answer that simple question. The | candidate has not seen fit l to answer it. The acts are so mani | festly in the interest of the. public | that he has neither the courage to | denounce them nor the candor to ad- l init their worth. But there was yet l another task that events had set for the president.
 "WhAn it seemed. that the limit of 1 human endurance had been reached, 1 and after, every conceivable interna- l tional and domestic problem had been l presented to the administration and | successfully solved, there arose at the l last moment, on the very eve of the l adjournment of congress, a new ques- 1 tion, a solution of which had to be l found or industrial and commercial l America would have received a shock l which would have been as devastating i and disastrous as the losses of a great 1 war.
 This problem also the president !, settled. His complete program was 1 not adopted, but enough of it was l made effective to end the danger of l a nation-wid strike. The rest of it | will be enacted when congress re- convenes, and, if the Leadership of the 1 president is followed, there will be | no recurrence of so threatening a 1 question again. Moreover, it must | not be forgotten that the act of con- gress, which settled the strike. was l supported, not only by the democratic | members of the house, but when the vote was taken it was found that a 1 large majority of the republican mem l bers had also voted for it. It was a measure designed to safeguard Amer l ican business while giving an oppor- l tunity for investigation and well con- l sidered legislation of preventive 1 character.
 1T assert that no other administra- 1 ton has been more intelligently con- cerned for the prosperity of honest 1 business and legitimate enterprise.
 The candid man, whose eyes have 1