The sun., 1916-10-05

Adams wept. The new Progressive
platform was due, 1t was needed, but
the Progressives did not win. That n
p~rovidential, in my judgment. the
Democratic administration came In.
Those urgent measures which had called
for the formation Of the Progressive
party presented themselves In the ma
tional life and were met by . scholar, a
patriot, u statesman. a gentleman.
II am glad to say we can 90 reiA-
lively comfortable at the present hour.
The campaign engages the heart and
mind of the people. On the other size
is a mere critic who is Just teasing n
nibbling and criticising the national
issues while missing the great sweep OF
ever ts."
To Mr.. Baker It seemed that the
Democrats had put through "a pro-
gramme OF domestic legislation un-
paralleled under the former Presidents
OF our country" He said the Federal
Reserve Act had taken the string from
the throat Of American finance"
4Ie averred that he had spent q large
part Of his life advocating a law re-
pressing child labor, and knew hat the
bill which Mr.. Wilson forced Congress 10
pass was good. lie pictured Democratic
Congressmen as demurring until the
President visited the capital and said 70
them. This has to Co."
"There has recently arisen." he went
on, n new paramount issue'-the eight
hour law for railroads. am speaking
for myself now and have no apology 10
make. My father was q railway physi.
clan at A terminal OF the Baltimore and
Ohio. have seen men come to our
door at all hours Of the night n ger
my father to attend persons injured on
wrecks caused by engineers who were
asleep because they were worn out.
"One of these engineers said. NO IN
vestlgation Is necessary. / was asleep. l
had been in my cab for twenty hours
straight
Every year the loss of life on our
railroads aggregated. until recently a.
least, that OF Verdun or the Marine. IL
all these Victims were assembled together
the people would rise and demand that
our railroad workers have . WORKING
day that would keep them In full vigor
and full possession OF their senses.
Labor's Demands.
.If in the eight hour agitation labor
had gone to Congress n said. IL you
do not pass this law o strike. IL
would have been At least undignined. but
that is not At all what happened. Laoor's
demands were directed at the railroads.
not at Congress.
president Wilson considered himself
as representing the Innocent bystander
likely to suffer because Of an argument
between two roups Congress- nad
already recognized the justice OF the
eight hour day those working hours
were long established in all Government
plants and In private factories that
manufactured things for the Government
AT the request Of the President Con-
gress gave labor one Of the things that
Il requested. and that the one obvious
thing that was needed trial OK the
eight hour day. President Wilson asked
Congress to do II. He met the Issue OF
the momen when there was not a weeks
supply OF food ahead In the cities or the
country"
Dudley Field Malone. Collector OF the
Port. Just returned from California. Utah
Nevada and Wyoming. told the women
that Wilson would be reelected. but they
must get out and work. Another speaker
was Mrs. Glendower Evans OF Boston
vice-chairmsn Of tho women's bureau.