The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-02
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AmGTfCat again to-lead, the hosts of peace, pros Derity, and American righteousness.
 "They do not make this call upon you for the purpose of honoring you. for you have already had bestowed upon you by your countrymen tho Ereatest honor within their gift. They cali you for service to America and lnankind; a service you have 10 am- ply proved to be of the highest type Known to just governments among mens a service that has given justice to all men upon free and equal terms; . service that has restored taxation ko itD historic and constitutional func- kionsa service that has freed trade ko individual and honest endeavor; . service that has lifted from tho tables and homes of the plain people of America a burden of taxation which khey have unjustly borne for moro than . half century and placed 1t up- bon the wealth and fortunes of the hand; . service that has driven mono molly from it's rendezvous of taxation; n service that has denied to the trusts of Republican creation a hiding place an our. economic life; service to the koilees of America that lifted them
 
 hty to the high plane of a human unit hn our industrial life: . service that hos aigntfied them-the great army of workers of the field, factory and knins; a service that opened the courts ko all men upon equal terms of justice md constitutional liberty; a service khat freed the, money of a nation from tho control of a money oligar- phy' and lodged it in the hands of the wovernment; a service that at once destroyed two trusts. a money trust md . panic trust, where the business nan not be oppressed or destroyed by khe manipulation of the money mar ket, nor legislation controlled. inti- initiated, or suppressed by the panic krust. These two trusts that your service and matchless leadership des- kroysd live only in memory, as con- temporary with the malodorous rule pf the boss-ridden and monopoly-con- krolled stand-pat Republican party
 sTt Is Q service which has prepared the Nation for its defense; a service ko fair and equal treatment to all men by destroying a subsidy fed to m American monopoly; a service to the farmers of our country who yearn kor q home and fireside to call their own by enacting into law a Federal rural credit system that makes credit and home building easy to the tillers of the soil; service that in the gtormiest hours of Americas life and the bIoodiest days of thel fife of the world. you have kept our people at peace with all the earth; service that has kept homes happy: family circles unbroken, while the Old World gtaggers beneath its weight of sor-, row, mourning and death; a service whose victories for the freedom of the seas, the rights of neutral life. the protection of American citizens and American rights stands resplendent in the worlds international law and in the eartt's, diplomacy. This great tri- umph which you achieved for America and the world gave protection to non- combatants and neutrals that war-mad countries must respect, and this dip ing, protecting precedent to millions lomatic achievement will be the guid of lives of the innocent and unoffend- ing long after you are gone. This tri- nmph of yours will not be told in his- tory by a great war debt. a mammoth pension roll, vacant chairs at unhappy
 
 to place flowers upon the mounds of those who achieved it. but 1t will be told in the vicotry of matchless diplo- macy and of irresistible logic, present. Ing in an unequaled manner the ever lasting principle of justice.
 "Under your unrivaled and fearless leadership yRu have rescued the little children of America-the future fath- Of the grinding slavery of the sweatshop and the factory. No dividends of for tunes in the future will bear the stain of their toll and tears; their youthful days will be spent in the fresh air of growing life and in the schoolrooms of prepared in strength and mind to be- the land, where they will be properly come the future citizens of a great, humane and free Republic.
 "You behold your country after three and 8 half years of your admin bstration more prosperous than ever in It's history. The earnings of the la borers of America exceed by three bil- lion dollars their earnings under four years, of the administration of your predecessor; the savings of the people deposited in the banks of our country 1mOunC to Sl1 OOlldTS IIlOTc IIldu was deposited under the four years of Ehe administration of Mir. Taft.
 "Our exports for the first time in bur history lead the world; our farm ers are more prosperous than ever i; business Is free; individual endeavor ls no longer denied its reward. The Increase in the business of the com mercial world is so great that it al- most staggers the mind to contemplate lt, notwithstanding a worlds war has ealled for legislation to stay the pro- eess of the courts in debt collections in b1l the neutral countries of the world except here, where plenty blesses and prospers our people. Your beloved tountry marched forward to a pros- perity never dreamed of. Your oppo- bents are unwillingly forced to admit this happy condition of our people, which they say is not permanent, but they shall be no more regarded as prophets now than they were when they said it could not come.
 -Four years ago in accepting the Eomination of the Democratic party Tor the Presidency you stated that you kwould seek advice and counsel where Dever you could obtain it upon free terms; this you have done. You un- powered and drove a mighty lobby out pf the Capitol and invited Americans Iof all stations to come and counsel with you. The laborer with his grimy kopd fha farrore with tho ton oF +ha