Iditarod pioneer., 1916-10-14
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
 FOR ALASKA LEGISLATURE
 ON POLITICAL COMPARISONS

ON POLITICAL COMPARISONS To the Editor of The Iditarod Pioneer:
 The citizens of this part of the Fourth division of Alaska are able to receive at first hand by the telegraph so small part of the political information that Is so com mon in other parts of the United states that 1t has seemed to me desirable that all who have not seen copy of Everybodys Magazine for September should have the | opportunity to analyZe with me the argu- mcnts offered by two of the abcst repre- sentatvcs why their respective parties | should be ntruSted with the government of the United States for the next four years United States Senator owen, the famous | statesman of Oklahoma, representing the Democrats, and United states senator Harding of Ohio representing the RcpuD- | liCanS.
 Senator owen argues that parties should be judged by their conduct not by their promises, and proceeds to point out the | following performances to the credit Of | the Wilson administration:
 (t.l They overthrow ring rule m the l house of ivcs-Cannonisnl-als machine rule in the senate-AldrtchiSin. | (2) They established direct election of United States senator's thus making the senate more Immediately responsive to the will of the people, and so more democratic.
 (3) They lowered the tariM to q rev 1 enue basis while alIOrdin% ample incidental l protection, and put raw materials on the free list thus encouraging mannfa"turing, with the result that our nation has bal ance of $23O,O0O,0O0 in the general fund and total gold and silver holdings more than 2,325 ,OO0,O00 exceeding the amount held by any other four nations on earth.
 (1.) The Democrats established pro grcssiyc income and inheritance taYcS, thus compelling the rich to pay fair share of taxes and relieving the burden of the poor.
 (5) They have provided permanent non partisan tariT commission, designed to safeguard American manufacturing in l tcreStS.
 (6l They have passed the federal trade commission uct to protect buSmc-' | men from unfair CDlnDetitiOn of powerful mpctit0rs-usually the trusts,
 anti trust bill to prevent consp!ractes and monopoies in the beginning. and so avoid ing long and expensive litigation By this same bill labor is declared to be not commodity, and men about to be 'mnrIS- Uncd by order of judges in contempt eases may dem2nd trial by jury. All this IS for the freedom of the WorklngInah
 lS.) They have passed the federal re, | serve act taking the credit system cut Of | the hands of the money trust and putting ii
 into the hands of the people, where 1t be | longs
 (91 The Democrats passed the sea mems act, giving liberty to all Seamen win enter cur ports and providing for safety ai sea by furnishing | sufficient supply or | boats and life raf;s senator owen aSN> 1 "WhN did the Republicans oppose all these 1 wise and just measures, and then let some of them pass without a record vote ?' They were afraid to have the people know lhcIF | real stntimentS.
 (1oJ They repealed the hcpuDIlra;h ;.', ar. l giving free tolls to the Atlantic ShippihE trust through the Panama canal, @INing { fair deal to the United states treasury &nC | living up to our treaties with other ha
 Ui.) They passed the agrcultural eX- tension act, providing experts to teach cor rect farming methods.
 (t2.I They passed the rural credit bill l well ether business men,
 I3.J They passed the good roads bill, which will ultimately gEe-otr country g1ol roads by national, state and county CO., ''> ItIT They passed the ransportation arbitration and con"i.liatlon, act act o,osorv,. tion bilIs-pH1terl water powers, mines and forests from private monopoly, and re claiming arid and swamp lands,
 iiG) They have met every emergency provided an cmcr@ency currency Of %"3u,- | nGO 0U0 which Was promptly fellred aiIei the energcncy passed, ihey ,, fUrh,nig, ndl', ships to bring distressed Ain"r!eans m"iLIl iiiIl from Europe in i9ti. They proFlurC money for moving the crops in 1914 WHr'
 t7I Tbcy have developed the parco post and rural free de,iEfFy. ,i ry ,ho nrtrd;a, Alaska. ~ ,,,,,,, C9.1 They negotiated peace EPalLf with twenty foU" nations. which P"a'u c5llv make war impossible between Us ant
 hem, bv proyidn4 for q delay pG n2arl, two years before war Is pos .h,r. su.,.
 l29) They cNpr.ed and dr4Te jr.,s .fr,I rr@n tng their Republican amliatloInIS. ,,.a ,.,,.
 t2ty They passed the child labor law | which practically steps all factory WofN ''r l52 S2US rhry f1'.;'. share with the Republicans the credit for our great army and navy preparedness pro@ram Tor lIEN n'" ,riI 1i publican support in those measures. VII ron and his party are blamed for lack Ol Foresight in not providing sunicielt addI- | lion 10 the navy in 1915 and t9if but tA, senator shows that the first two wears 4i the Wilson administration t1Gf@ o" WaI doo P'5C against $26.0O0.O00 in the last two years l of the Taft administration.
 | i23.1 The Democrats did right Tn not l protesting to Germany against the lnNaSi0l' l If~RnIgium. because the American drirgales sfpncd the Hague convention of 1907 on the express condition that it should not 1 Dlud the united states to interfere WILL 1 the political questions of policy Of any l furrg gn state.
 (24.l The Democrats are denounced for not intervening in Mexico, yet m that we | follow the policy of Abraham Lincoln, and continued by Republican secretary R3ot 1 Here he refers to public documents Whlch prove his statement.
 l25.D The general prosperity Of the
  but in part to wise legislation enacted by Democrats. I26.) He refers to the improved mar keting system, the government owned ar mCr- plate factory act, the act to build gov ernment nitrate plants, the saving or many millions of dollars by the secretary or the navy in requiring competitive bids Tor prOipCtles and armOr plate.
 (27D He contends that the Democratic party is not what it once was, but IS new, progressive party, dealing justice and mercy without fear and without favor.
 (2SD On the other hand, he charges that the Republican party is still controlled by the stand pat element, which seeks to enforce industrial slavery on both black and white men.
 Senator Harding answers
 (a) The Democrats used Rcpub!lran law to save the country (Sec senator Owens point NO. t6.) This is true, but it was amended by the Democrats to meet the emergency.
 (b) The present prosperity of the United States is due to the war in Europe, and everybody knows it, from the powder maker in Delaware to the wheat grower in Kansas or North Dakota. In 1914 the carried tWpDtV- three states