The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-09-19

follow the, President of the
United States and seek in
spiration of humanity that
aspires to higher things
We must have money to defray
the expenses Of the Democratic
campaign. This is the people s
J ampaign and it is all-important
that it be conducted with the peo-
pies money.
There are innumerable items of
Legitimate expense never thought
Of by the average pason. To men
tion only a few, there is the cost
Of maintaining national and div
isional headquarters, Of printing
and mailing tons Of literature and
millions of letters, Of effecting or
CARNATIONS in every town in every
one Of the forty eight states, in
preparing and distributing publ
city matter, in maintaining
speakers s bureau, in printing and
circulating pictures of candidates,
etc.
A Record Of Achievement.
The Democratic party has been
in control Of the government for
nearly four years, and in that
time has written more of con-
structive legislation than any 9TH
er administration in the nation s
history, and guided the ship of
state safely through. crises more
numerous and more grave than
had arisen in the preceding fifty
years of our diplomacy.
The Democratic Administration
has kept the country out of war,
while preserving its honor un-
sullied and lnnstained.
It has provided for adequate
preparedness against aggression by
any foe.
1t has preserved that strict neu-
trality which Washington declar-
ed should aIssnys be the polie,.@of
the United States.
1t has followed in Mexico the
policy of Lincoln, who asserted
the right of that unhappy people
/ to order their own government.
Dinner Pail is Full.
1t has established prosperity
more general and genuine than all
the people ever enjoyed before,
so that every dinner pail is full,
every factory working, every man
employed, and the average Of
wages higher.
It has given the nation sys-
TEN of banking and finance that
shielded it from panic and depres-
sion when the whole structure of
European credit was destroyed
/ by war, and which overwhelmed
other neutral nations whose states
men lacked the foresight and ca
pacity of America s Democratic
statesmen.
It has amended the antitrust
laws making guilt personal, de-
fining foi' the first time without
ambiguity what constitutes re
straint Of trade, and preventing
trade monopoly with prohibition
Of interlocking directorates. and
has set mp in the Federal Trade
Commission court Of business.
Labor Not Commodity.
, It has afforded the farmer easy
credit and diminished the burden
of interest he must carry.
It has opened up new avenue.
| and created new markets for The
products of American factory
field and farm, charted new route.
: for commerce, and is in way O
s establishing an American mer
chant marine which will put th'
| Stars and Stripes in every har
: Dor in the world.
l It has forever taken the tariff
0 out of politics by the creation o
: a non-partisan commission.
I It has laid the groundwork fo
national system of good roads
s guarding against extravaganc
n in use Of the peoples money wit
r a provision that for every dolla
o appropriated by the federal gov
e ernment the states must appr6
pirate another dollar.
Patriotism Reawakened.
It has kindled anew the fire
IS of patriotism, reminding men an
t. women Of the meaning Of Amer
T. icanism, awakening the nation t
v. lively sense of its perils, il
le powers, its weakness, it's mission
and nuickening the pulse wit
fcrvor Of devotion to the flag an
sc all it svnbolizes.
o. These are only some Of the lars
,g er achievements of the Democra
Y. ic Administration, accomplishe
N not only without disturbance
TT business, but with acceleration {
business.
1sTIc ring of the anvil, not Il
IS. rattle of the sabre; the song I
s. the reaper, not the shrek of. tt
Ils soldier; the. clatter of the shuttl
.n not the crack of the rifle, ha'
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