The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-25
SEEK PROGRESSIVE
AND LABOR VOTES
ON FALSE CLAIMS
Democrats Posing as the Enact
ors of Legislation Which the
lndlsputabIe Facts Show
to Be of Republican
Origin.
AUTHORITY ON SOUND SOCIAL
LAW CITES II GLAZING CASES

tion md Running Truo TO Form viii
In November as az Many Previous
Eleotlons Indignantly smite Those
Who Without Justies Lay Claim to
lie Gratitude-Even the Much Tout.
cd Federal Reserve Law 10 Raaed
Entirely on the stntioticsl Research
Of a Republican Administration.
That no class is more instant than
labor to condemn ana punish those
who without foundation lay claim to
its gratitude" is the assertion of John
Williams, ex-commlsslcnOr OF labor,
apropos of certain false claims set
forth by Vance Mccormick, Democrat.
ic national chairman, in behalf OF his
party
Chairman Mccormick caused to be
published In the New York Times. on
July 81, an appeal for Progressive aud
Labor support, based on twenty
measures enacted by congress while
President Wilson has been in the
White House" and for which he
claims credit for the Wilson admins
tration and asks Progressive npproba-
ton. Commenting on this statement,
the former commissioner Of labor says:
students and promoters Of sound
social legislation will do well to exam.
Inc this list, for 1t contains number
Of items of unusual interest.
1--WE MAJ well believe that 1t was
with great deal Of pride that Mr.. Nc
Cormick contemplated the record Of
his party and that he drew vivid
mentnl picture of Progressives flocking
to the support Of Mr. Wilson because
Of the things claimed on behalf OF this
administration.
ut is pity that IN the interest OF
truth, which knows neither Democrat.
Progressive nor Republican, we must
mar this remarkable statement. New
ertheless 1t is our duty to call atten-
ton to the fact that In his effort to in-
duce support for Mr.. Wilson the chair
man of tho Democratic national COM
mittee has fallen into n g!aring error.
We have no desire to disparnge the
achievements of the Wilson admins.
tration, but we must enter emphatic
protest against any attempt to pad the
record.
"Mr. Mccormick claims twenty
measures enacted by congress while
President Wilson has been in the
White House This claim we dispute.
More than one.hulf are measures en-.
acted under a Republican admlnistra-
ton. and were approved by ex-Presl-
dent Taft, and for others the Demo.
cratic administration deserves no
credit
Lest any one think that this is a
groundless assertion. We herewith fur
nish the record which can easily be
verified:
from among the twenty pieces of
legislation cited by Chairman McCor.
mick select the following:
90 Eight hour law on government
work. In effect March ], 1913. slgped /
by Mr.. Taft
"C2) Eight hour provision for post
Office clerks In effect generally Aug.
"a, 1912.
"@ Eight hour provision applicable
to the manufacture OF ordnance for the
government. In effect Jan. /, 1913.
Signed by Mr.. TAFT.
20 chlldren's bureau. In effect
April 0, 1912, Signed by Mr.. Taft.
"(0 Industrial commission law to in.
yesdgate industrial relations. In effect
Aug. %, 1912. Signed by Mr.. Taft
20 The phUsphorous match law.
Enacted in 1919, effective as to the i'm.
portation Of white PHOSPHORUS matches
July /, 1913, and as TO the manufac-
ture of such matches July 1, 1913.
Signed by Mr. Taft.
go The department Of labor law
creating department with secretary
who shall be member Of the presi-
dents cabinet. In effect March 4. 1913.
Signed by Mr.. Taft.
"(S The parcel post law. In effect
Jan. !, 1913. Signed by Mr.. Taft.
go The federal reserve law, which.
while passed during this administra.
don, is based entirely on the vast work
Of investigation and compilation done
by the monetary commission during
the Taft administration and closely
follows, except in certain details, the
legislation recommended by that COM
mission.
go The eight hour law for tho Dis
trict of Columbia was fathered and
put through by Republican, Senator
La Toilette.
1.-THE antitrust law antedates the
Cleveland administration, although
President Cleveland never enforced It.
From time to time, as with all great
legislative acts, 1t has been necessary
to amend or add to 1t, and the anti
trust law of the Wilson administration
was merely such an amendment, a log
ical development of the original act.
"dD The Commerce Court was actu-
ally abolished during the Taft Admin
Istration, although 1t has not been
demonstrated that its abolition was a
wise step.
ANY statement hereafter emanating
Great possibilities for trade are of
fered by the Caucasus. Most Of the
merchants. however. are men of