The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-09-16

by President Wilson, for the devel-
opment of rural highways?
10 Would you, Mr.. Hughes, have
broken relatives with Germany and
sent our young men by the hundreds
of thousands to nameless graves at
the bottom of the Atlantic or IN
Flanders before he policy of diplc-
matte negotiations had had thorough
trial?
fl viii you undertake to repeal
the income tax, passed by democra-
tic congress, recommended and ap-
proved by President Wilson, which
places a just share of the burden OF
taxation upon those best able to
bear it?
II DO you favor violating neu-
trality and risking the future safe
ty of your country by placing an en-
barge on munitions of war?
10 DO youN favor repeal of the
agricultural extension act, passed by
a democratic congress, recommend
ed and approved by President Will
son, which for the first time provid-
es facilities for carrying direct to the
farmer, practical scientfc knowled-
&c of how to increase the profits of
his farm?
IA DO you favor Intervention in
Mexico?
10 Do you advocate repeal of the
grain standards and warehouse re-
ceipts on better terms?
l6 What is your attitude towards
the dislOyalists of your party who
have attempted to prevent the en-
forcement by President Wilson, both
on the part of the American govern
ment and by all American citizens,
Of an honest neutrality towards all
the warning nations OF Europe?
II lnasmuch as the largest amount
collected in any lone year under the
highest tariff ever enacted payne
Ndrich act was 1898, 100000, what
form of taxation would you sub
Tstitule to pay preparedness cost
of S63O,OOO?
! lS DO You favor the reaclionary
| Republican plan of granting huge
subsidies to favored corporations,
money collected from the people by
taxation, as the best way of encour-
aging the development OF merchant
marine?
l9 Do you favor repeal of the
child labor law, the anti-injunction
law, the seaman's act and realted
social justice measures of high inn
Iportance and approved by President
Wilson?
20 DO you favor re-enactmcnt OF
the payne-Aldrich act which be-
uayed your party's campaign pledge
of 1908 and which has been repud-
lated by many republicans and all
progressive leaders?
81 DO you stand with those pro-
-raasiyos and progressive rcpubli-
cans in congress who voted for pra-
Ic.iaally an the progressive measures
mentioned above, or do you stand
with the reacionary republicans who
INoted against them?
In conclusion, the two democra-
lic committees say:
President Wilson and the demo-
cratic party submit their cases to
1.-THE American people on the record
| they have made. broadly speaking
Ithdt is tie issue of the campaign
Upon the public survey and estimate
.uf that record depends the outcome
Ior the election.
'lf as charged by you, Mr. Hushe;
and your supporters, that record is
bad and does not justify the contin-
ued confidence of the country, il
will become your duty, if elected, tC
do all in your power to change thai
record. We submit that in all fair
tness the American people, for whose
verdict you are contesting are en-
| titled to know how much Of this re-
cord you and your party will at
tempt to destroy if placed in pow
err"
i Col / M Potter of fhe CimapPor