The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-07

| lulc sOliu argument IoT pIN"te hluu-
ence.
This extraordinary recital must
sound like platform, a list OF san.
| guine promises, but II Is not. II Is n
record OF promises made four years
ago and now actually redeemed In con
structivc legislation.
These things must profoundly disturb
the thoughts aud confound the plans of
| those who have made themselves he
lieve that the Democratic party neither
| understood nor was ready TO assist the
business of the country In the great
enterprises which II Is Its evident aud
| inevitable destiny to undertake and
carry through. The breaking up Of the
lobby must especially disconcert them,
for It was through the lobby that they
sought and were sure they had found
the heart Of things. The game Of priv
ilege can be played successfully by no
other means.
Fought by the interests
This record must equally astonish
those who feared that the Democratic
party had not opened its heart to com.
prehend the demands Of social justice.
We have in four years come very near
to carrying out the platform Of the
Progressive party as well as our own.
for we also are progressives.
There Is one circumstance connected
with this program which ought to be
very plainly stated. 1t was resisted at
every step by the interests, which the
Republican party had catered to and
fostered at the expense of the country.
and these same interests are now
earnestly praying for a reaction which
will save their privlleges-for the re-
storation OF their sworn friends to
power before 1t is too late to recover
what they have lost. They fought with
particular desperation and Infinite re-
sourcefulness the reform Of the bank
ing and currency system, knowing that
TO be the citadel Of their control. and
most anxiously are they hoping and
planning for the amendment Of the
federal reserve act by the concentra-
ton OF control In single bank which
the old familiar group Of bankers can
keep under their eye and direction; but, f,
while the big men" who used TO write
the tariffs and command the assistance
Of the treasury have been hostile-all
but few with vision-the average
business man knows that he has been
delivered and that the fear that was
once every day In his heart that the
men who controlled credit and directed
enterprise from the committee rooms OF
congress would crush him, Is there no
more and will not return, unless the
party that consulted only the big
men" should return TO power-the par
~ OF mastery Inactivity and cunning
resourcefulncss in standing pat to re
sist change
The ponrh,co, mario "a tina, IN. ror
~ ,hot canno, moe, Tho now conditions
q, You, 400 7, doas mo, lro,,, ,h.
NOV ond ., aoos no, w,sh nov con.
d,,;o,s 7, ,r,.d 60 hrooI .wav from,
tho ola ,coaers and cop,d NOT They
.t,,i .e,ac, i,s candidates. and dictate
~. no,,cv aim res,st change st,ll
hsnker after the old conditions suII
L,o,, M mo,,nd. q, oncouroy,rc hr.,.
n.s. I'M, Tho ola me,ho,s When n
chon,as 10 i.oda-s ana ~. nrrro.es
.na hr,,os 10 ,dao. nm 90 doto ~ ,,,I
have Tho rtob, 10 ast tho American
n.on,. 90 c,vo q, nowor oco,n hut no,
nnti, than new ACE an sge of
r.volut,onorv change needs nov nur
poses and new IDEAS.
In foreign affairs we have been guild |
ed by principles clearly conceived and !
consistently lived up to. Perhaps they |
have not been fully comprehended be
cause they have hitherto governed In
ternational Affairs only in theory. not
In practice. They are simple. obvious.
easily stated and fundamental IN
American Ideals.
We have been neutral not only be
cause II was the hxed ana tradltiona !
policy or the United states 10 stahu
aloof from the politics OF Europe anu !
because we had had no part eltner OF ;
acton OF OF pohcy III the ihnuenees
which Drought On 'ne present war ou'
also pecause was niahiiesuy ou'
uu'y F" p,e'eh', VIZ iss
.he inue,hi,e eA,eis'on y, 'ae nies y.
hao anu uu ~, Au =! no
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o',,. 's 49, 20 .n.,ar . an, h.ai,na
- -, ,auau mhan na,ca NIL,
80 o. Inn, ,,s norso anew
-, :
~meres" S"1s"' NooSs Az
The rights OF our own citiZehs' Oh
course, oecame ih'oNeu, tnat was III
eVitaDle' Where they did this was our
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