The Penn's Grove record., 1917-11-02
TO NEW FOREIGN VOTERS
Who should Stand by Wilson's World
Wide Democracy

can parties.
During the past fifty years millions
of mon have come to this country and
most have become allied with the Re
publican party, because coming to a
republic and the Republican. party
being mostly in control of the national
government, they were led to believe
that they were the same.
But times have changed. The
Democratic party is now administer
ing the National Government and has
done so with great efficiency and
given the most progressive legislation
ever enacted in any four years his
tory Of the Government. The parcel
post, the postal savings, reform of the
yariff in the interests of the people,
and above all the Federal Reserve law
which provides for the issuing OF
abundance of money credits is the
greatest monetary legislation since
the government began in 1776. With
out it our money credits would have
broken down and financial panics
would have come.
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Decla-
ration of independence for this coun-
try in 1776. He was elected Presi-
dent in 1900 and was not only the
father of Democracy in America, but
the founder of the Democratic party
which exists to-day.
The Federalist party which existed
then and represented the interests of
corporations and special privileges
died because it failed to uphold the
Government in the war of 1912, which
was fought to maintain the freedom
of the seas for American ships and
seamen, the same that is being fought
for in the war with Germany.
The Democratic party ruled the
country for 60 years. The opposing
party in which was the incorporate
wealth and special privilege classes
"a called the Wing party.
The Republican party was organic
ed in 1856, at the death of the Wing
party. In 1860 the Democratic party
split on the issue of the extension of
black slaves and eleven Southern
states seeded from the Union. The
Northern Democrats and the Republi-
cans, formerly Wings, during the
administration of Abraham Lincoln
fought to preserve the Union of
States. After fifty years the South
ern people are glad the Union was
preserved.
Thomas Jefferson, the founder of
the Democratic party and that other
great Democratic President, Andrew
Jackson, the great general of the war
of 1912, both declared the Federal
Union must be preserved. Abraham
Lincoln once said :"All | know of po-
litical sentiment | learned from the
life and writings of Thomas Jeffer-
son."
After the civil wal the incorporate
and special privilege interests con-
trolled the Republican party and for
forty years the issues were mostly,
who should pay in taxes the expense
of the wal and who should issue the
money, the banks or the government.
The incorporate interests became so
offensive that a large part of the Re
publican party split from the regular
organization in 1912, as the Demo-
cratic party split in 1860. Besides
the laws named above an income tax
was put on the wealthy citizens and
interpretations who are most able to-
pay the taxes and got the incomes
largely thru special privilege laws.
Because these good laws were enacted
by President Wilson and the Demo-
cratic Congress, President Wilson and
a Democratic Congress were re-elect-
ed in 1916, by a majority vote of the
people and not by a split in the Re
publican party.
Germany started war three years
ago to crush France, which is a Repub-
lie like the United States. Proof
has been shown that Germany intends
to crush England and then demand
billions of dollars from the United
States, because war materials were
sold to those countries. Germany
forbid American ships to sail the seas,
the freedom for which this country
fought in 1912.
Because our national rights are de-
med by Germany. President Wilson
and Congress declared those rights
must be defended. The best way to
defend them, is to help those countries
fighting Germany.
President Wilson was reelected by
Democratic votes. Many who bitter
ly opposed his reelection now con-
cede he is the man best fitted 10
proclaim the rights of Americans and
to lead in the conflict to make the
"World Safe for Democracy"
AS Thomas Jefferson, the founder of
the Democratic party, wrote the Dec
laration of independence in 1776, in
order that our forefathers who came
to this country might enjoy freedom,
for which the foreigners who recently
became voters came to this country.
Woodrow Wilson in his messages to
Congress during the past eight
months has proclaimed a Declaration
of independence for the people Of the
World, SO that your relatives in other
countries may enjoy there what YOU
came here for.
Votes for the, Democratic candidates
next Tuesday, will be counted as a
moral support to President Wilson as
the leader for worldwide Democracy.
The above history may enlighten
new foreign voters, as well as some
American born as well why they are
and should be Democrats TODAY.
We would that you be Democrats
for reasons believed by an intelligent
mind, rather than because of fine food.
drink or smoke, neither of which are
durable substances to found . GOV