The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-20
REAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO BIG
 PARTIES HARD TO
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support the democratic party and con- indorse the administration, he said, be cause the democratic party has redeemed practically all of it's pledges to the people. It promised to reform the tariff, which the republicans promised but failed to do. It promised to adjust and modernize our financial system. It promised an income tax.f It promised to give aid to the crea- tion of a merchant marine, and in all these things the democratic party has kept faith with the people"
 Would the republicans if returned to power repeal the income tax" he asked, and answered himself: No" Would they destroy the federal reserve system, which took the place of a financial sys- tenn that was a relic of more than half a century and under which the money barons of this country were able to cor ner the financial resources of this re- public, great as they are, to their own profit and to the cost of the people? No. Would they destroy the federal trade commission and it's restraining influence upon the great corporate interests of the country and their tendencies toward monopoly? No"
 "tThey attack our foreign policy, he continued, but what would they do? Ask them that. Would they bow the knee to Germany, or would they sever diplomatic relations, or would they declare war? It is all right to criticize, but what would they do?
 Do they favor intervention in Mexico? If so, let them publicly and fearlessly declare that such is their policy and we will see what the country prefers. It will then be up to the country to decide whether or not we will enter into a long and bloody conflict with the mis- guided Mexican people, or whether we will do all we can to avoid sl'ch catas- trophe, but lend all the aid we may to them in working out their own destiny.'
 WILSON'S PROBLEMS
 President Wilson," he declared. has faced and mastered the most trying problems ever confronted by a President of this republic. Lincoln's problems and trials were manifold, but the issues were clear cut and inevitable. Wilson's prob lens have been to avoid war with Ger many and Mexico and the influences to be resisted tending toward conflict with both these nations have been more and greater than the American people can ever understand. But he conquered them, and so far the people have been permitted to pursue their way in peace and tranquility, free of sacrifice to the monster the god of wars"
 "Would the republican party have it different? If so, let them so declare. They may criticize, but the fact remains that our course has preserved the peace with honor. Only God, and not the re- publican party, knows whether any other course would have produced the same re- sultS.
 THE REPUBLICAN VIEW
 Having obtained the views of the ad ministration advocate. which l have en- deavored to condense as much as pos- sible, I then sought the views of, an equally prominent leader in the repub- lican party.
 Why should the people return the re- publican party to power?' ! asked him.
 'The administration should be re- buked," he said and the republican party restored to power largely because of the incompetency of the democratic party to apply the principles of good government and because of the atrocious foreign policy of the administration
 'Then, too,' he said, while theSe is sporadic and local prosperity in some sections of the country created and fos- tered by war orders. there can never be real and lasting prosperity until the full confidence of business and the people is restored by the return of the republican party to power. We will need business administration such as the democrats are incapable of giving, following the end of the European war; he said. "Our re- lations with Mexico have been butch cred" he declared Something should have been done to insure this country against such outrages as occurred at Co., umbus and the numerous murders of American citizens which have blackeneS the history of the administrators watchful waiting policy he continued.