The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-11-02

? Neither my friends am / going [
{ indulge in generalties. What | shall
give you tonight, in the way of dis
cussion. is largely the record as I
exists In the archives at Washington
| shall make some statements to yoi
which would possibly upon their fac,
seem exaggerated, and. therefore.
have taken the precaution to brini
: with me I'm this campaign either tn,
record or the reference to the recors
OF any statement OF facts which I shall
make ] would not want to make tn,
criticism which may make upor
some of these matters upon a mere
assertion of my own. and / say to you
therefore. that / shall not discuss these
matters other than upon the actua'
happening and the record as recorded
in the archives of your capital.
BROKEN PROMISES.
The President, some time ago in his
acceptance speech stated that the is
sue In this campaign was that of the
| faithful performance of the pledges
upon the part OF the party in power.
Perhaps | might read his exact words:
"Boasting is always an empty busl-
ness which appeals to nobody but the
boaster, but | have no doubt of what
the Democratic party has accomplish
ed II has merely fulfilled the prom
ises which II made to the people four
years ago The Republican party"
says our honored President, was put
out OF power because of failure-fai-
ure, practical failure and moral fall
ure."
Now, my friends that presents the
issue which | am going to call TO your
attention for n few minutes. 1t Is
fair presentation of Il, and the Presi-
dent was entirely correct In submitting
the proposition as he did, and l am
sure that my Democratic friends Will
expect the Republican who presents
the other side to present the record
concerning which our President was
speaking.
so | want to quote as my text for
this evening an extract from the most
famous work of modern fiction, the
Democratic platform adopted at Balti-
more four years ago. Laughter)
| am not going to refer, as you
might suppose, to the one-term plank
In the platform. On the question oil
keeping that pledge we haven't cared
much about the one-term plank, for
always felt that In all probability
the Republicans would see that II was
kept. (Applause.)
Neither am | going to refer to what
Is known as the free tolls plank You
remember that we built a canal for
five hundred millions of dollars, and
"V hhb SupPoStu III DullulI1R IL Inat
we were providing a competitive trans
portation system AZ against land trans
portation. IL was therefore the opin-
ion. both of the Republicans and DEM
ocrats. four years ago that II should
be free canal. And our honored
President I'm the campaign four years
ago said that IL was a free canal and
should be free canal, because the Il
farmers OF the country should have a |
system of transportation for the carry
ing OF their freight to and from their
places OF residence In competition with /
the land transportation of the country
However, that plank was afterwards. /
might say disregarded. and the free
tolls law was repealed. But these are
not the matters about which | am
going to talk. or upon which / am
going to dwell, because there are one
or two pianks about which I want to
speak which are in this campaign
more important
CURSE OF THE Caucus.
First | viii read this one as follows:
The Democratic party offers itself to
he country as an agency through
which the complete overthrow and ex- ,
irpation of corruption. fraud and ma t
nine rule In American politics can he
Injected" Our President In speaking
lpon this plank four years ago. said ,
Legislation as we now-a-days conduct a
is not conducted in the omen. n 10 |
lot thrashed out I'm omen debate unonl $
he floors of our assemblies n 10 on y
he contrary formed. digested and con /
luded in committees rooms Obsorva y
he following sentence. ssIt "a in com /,
nittee rooms that the Legislation not h
esired by the interests die II ,s In /,
he committee rooms that la.isIation n
esired by the interests 10 framed ord q
rought forth" and then he nroceads .
4 his own way. with his remarl,ahIaI ii
apscity for stating n nronosjtion 70 n
xplain the great fault Of secret Ieg,sD n
,tion: that II is a system nv which n
Drruption is maintained and snstatr n
In the capital and he nroceeds 70 I,
ny that no matter couId he Of ,raatar h
oncern to the neonIe Of tbis cn,,nt,.,, .,
lan that all laws Of vbateyor nat,,,s NJ
g framed I'm the omen arter RI ara,,,,h 8
ebate. and i'm the mn ONO ~ - {,
undred millions of neonIe n
=,
,,a, .ta, ~ say III reference 10 n
!, ,s,iI..'a ''. .ncrr mas NOT oeen r.
ss'S nieasure Oh any import -.
o. 49,, M' s Whicn mas actual a.
oen ,'"re" anu SNAPPED Dy the vi
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