The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-10-31
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airy remarks. for the reason that
am sometimes charged with being
severe, with being unduly critical. II
that should appear to your mind to-
night | again repeat that l am sim
ply taking the facts as they exist
and do not believe that there Is
any reason, why should apologize
for presenting the facts as they ac-
Itually are. II there is any apology
due at all, It is due from those who
made tiie' record and not those who
AZ spresenting It to the American
fpeople
Is NOW, my friends, our honored
President said at Shadow Lawn when
he accepted the nomination, that the
ISSUE IN THIS CAMPAIGN WAS
THE RECORD OF HIS PARTY, that
It was upon that record that the
Democratic party was asking for a
return to power. and that upon the
pledges made and kept they expect
return to power. Perhaps I had
better read the exact language of the
President in order that We may have
the text before. ,us. 'Boasting,' he
rays. rs ALWAYS AN EMPTY BIrs-
MESS WHICH PLEASES NOBODY
BUT THE BOASTER AND HAVE
NO DISPOSITION TO BOAST@OF
WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
HAS ACCOMPLISHED. TT HAS
MERELY DONE IT'S DUTY; 1T HAS
FULFILLED ITS EXPLICIT PROM
Uses AND PLEDGES MADE TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, The
Republican party was put out Of
power because Of failure. practical
failure and moral failure
could not avoid it even IL we wanted
to. The record has been presented
and upon that record a return to
power has been asked. II we. cannot
meet that record, IL the record has
stopped us from criticism, or if the
review is satisfactory to the Ameri-
can electorate. undoubtedly our
Democratic friends will be returned
to power. So 1t Is an issue presented
by those in power and an issue which
We are going to meet. Now, my
friends, you will naturally ask, / sup
pose. when we come to the question
Of pledges made ana kept, that the
first thing to which would call your
attention is what is known as the
one-term plank. But am not going
to spend any time upon that plank
and l did not suppose when 1t was
made 1t would be kept and I have
never assumed since that 1t would be.
In addition to that think we Repub-
;licans will see that that particular
plank in the platform is duly COM
piled with. I presume you would
naturally expect me to refer to some
extent to the free tolls plank
shaHsn not long detain you upon that.
We built the Panama canal for $780,
100000 and we built it for the pur-
pose among other reasons, Of having
great water system in competition
with the great railway systems of
the country in order that we might
have what the people seem to think
we should have, a competition be-
tween the two great transportation
systems. Our honored President
said four years ago that the Panama
canal was built for the reason that
the American producer, particularly
of the west. desired to have COM
petitive carrier against the railroads,
so that he might be fully provided
4, in the transportation OF his products
to the market and in the transporta-
ton of his goods back from the mar
kets to his home. But for some
reason not wholly yet understood
that particular plank in the platform
was at a certain period, in his his
tory of this administration disre-
garded.
Il shall not. however. detain you
long upon that. want to 60 to an
other plank which to my mind is of
some moment. in view of the fact
that our opponents are asking partic-
ularly for the Liberal or Progressive
vote in this campaign. read now a
text from that wor kor modern fic-
ton. the Democratic platform adopt
ed at Baltimore four years ago:
1.-THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF
FERS ITSELF TO THE COUNTRY
AS AN AGENCY THROUGH WHICH
THE COMPLETE OVERTHROW
AND EXTIRPATIoN OF CoRRUP-
TON, FRAUD AND CAUCUS RULE
/ AND MACHINE RULE IN AMERI-
CAN POLITICS CAN BE EFFECT
ED