Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-18
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Representatives so that the enOrtS
for good OF our next President can
not be thwarted by a hostile Con-
gress; and to carry our State and
county tickets, in which we are all
so deeply interested.
"The Democratic newspapers, which
pretty accurately reflect the trend Of
Democratic thought. began this cam
paign by saying that the Republicans
had no issues. and that although Mr..
Hughes was doing the best he could
for his party his speeches we're al
most colorless because he had really
no great questions upon which he
could go before the people. Since.
however. our great candidate and
our other Republican orators have
been making appeals to voters all
over the land. Il Is highly amusing to
note the change of tune of the Demo-
cratic press. | have recently noticed
in a Democratic paper OF Louisville,
Kentucky. the amazing declaration
that no other Republican Presidential
candidate has been so insulting TO a
President in Office as Mr.. Hughes has
been in his recent criticisms Of the
Wilson policies. In commenting upon
this. the New York Herald very sen
sibly says that when II comes to pass
in this country that the official acts
and policies OF the President are IN
be exempt from criticism. then our Re
publican institutions will have ceased
and come to an end Most severe
anlmadversions and attacks were
made In the past upon President
Washington. as well as upon Thomas
Jefferson, Andrew Jackson and the IL
lustrious Lincoln, but in the opinion
of the Louisville paper, President
Wilson is a man so superior TO his
long line OF predecessor and ! may
add speaking for myself. to his long
line of betters-that he is to be I'M
mune from criticism of his official
actsl
"rhe truth is. my friends. that the
Republican orators IN this campaign
have so many important questions
upon which to go before the people,
and such numerous issues of the FIRST
magnitude to discuss that 1t is diff
cult to touch upon them all. except
IN a most cursory way. unless the
speech be extremely long. II seems
10 me- lWfMs NHUi MNtM III AAANA NnN
is to be brief, which must be the case
with mine tonight il is best to con-
fine ones self chiefly to a single
topic. ! am going TO peak for a mo-
ment about the management of postal
affairs under President Wilson's adj
and will then say few
words about the tariff before giving
way to the other speakers OF the even
ing.
MY friends, as you all know, dur
ing the preceding Republican admin
istrations we had a most efficient and
satisfactory system of rural mail de-
liverles In this State. Since the Dem
ocrats have come into power, they
have overturned all this and produced
state of chaos and discomfort
throughout all our rural communities
II this state OF affairs had been the
sequence OF mistaken or laundering
efforts to improve upon the system.
Il could have been borne with more
equanimity, but II is an open secret
that the radical changes made In re-
gard TO rural mail deliveries were due
TO a deliberate plan TO supersede. as
far as possible. the rura lmail car.
riers. most of whom were Republicans
by so-called deserving Democrats
Passing now to the tariff. one OF
the first acts OF the Democratic party
when IL entered into power was to
do ewey with the protective tariff
then in existence. to which Mr.. viii
son and all the Democratic orators
Of the campaigl of 1912 had persist.
emily attributed the high cost of llv.
ftsas 0fstIfnI n hfrfarsrr
of the past, they would have known
better; but, as you can readily lmag.
inc, they we're mainly interested in
trying TO make political capital by
promising that the advent TO power
OF the Democratic party would be
marked by a notable reduction in the
cost Of living. Those fine promises,
as you all know. failed to materialize.
and the cost of living. instead of de.
creasing. has been steadily advancing
ever since Mr.. Wilson became Presi-
dent,
Before the discovery of America,
gold and silver we're very rare COM
modities in the Old World, and the
prices e everything we're amazingly
low as measured by our modern stand.
ards The moment, however, that the
Spaniards In the sixteenth century
overran Mexico and Peru and sent
home hitherto undreamed-of quanti
ties OF the precious metals. prices
began Immediately TO rise In Europe
and within a century after the discov.
cry Of America. the cost OF every com.
modify in France. at all events. had
! increased five OF skiold.
NOW. my friends. let me invite your
attention 10 the fact that never in the
history of the world has there been
so much gold in circulation per cap
tia as within the last few years. and
as that precious metal is the basis
upon which all values are measured,
YOU can readily see that il has be-
come necessary TO give more gold, or
more of the currency upon which it is
based, in exchange for food. raiment
and all other material things. For
this reason the cost OF living. which
, is augmented. of course. by high
prices. has increased everywhere. al
though not nearly 10 such a degree
as was the case in Europe after the
discovery Of America. In other words
history simply has repeated itself in
the recent high cost OF living and for
the same reason! Il is plain TO be
seen then that the tariff had very lit