Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-02

r.sersl farn-Ioan or rurss-credit Law
We boldly assert and the record eonvinsiHg.
h proves that the present administ1atisa. n
ISIS than 40 weeks. enacted 10 times 7sese
remedial legislation for labor than .bs Rs
publicsn party enacted for it Ia ns-s ssss
10 years.
And who that has played a rams Dsys -
snsncipating those that toll does not rssosss
IN the glorious record of devoted service and
sacrifice made by American labor since we
entered the warf While blood has eusheS
from the wounds Of the boys cover there y
rivers Of perspirstion have flowed from the
brows Of the patriots ''over here. who have
toiIed on the railroads, In the mills and the
mines. and in the factories and the fields. An
prsise to American lsbori 1t has fought q
rood fight; 1t has honored Itself and saved the
fife of the Nation; it hiss unqualihedly kept
he faith. 800
In turn, the Wilson administration has
shswn its appreciation Of Isbor's loyal and
generous service, and maintained Democraey's
reputation of being labor's best and stsnchess
friend By preserving, unimpaired through this
crisis every safeguard gained for the toilers
through the struggles of a hundred years.
unnistration there grew up in this country.
under judicial sanction, a form of oppression,
commonly known as government by injunc.
ton" The protest from the masses of the
people against this evil was unanimous, but
relief was never obtained until Democratic
Congress passed the Clayton law, which
sounded the death kneil of government by in
Junction, (Applause.)
a
I. Antitrust legislation, the hope of the pro-
Queer and the dream of the consumer. could
never be realized until it was enacted by q
Democratic administration.
Countless other examples could be cited, but
the foregoing are sufficient to prove conclu-
sively to every fair-minded man and woman
that the Democratic party Is the real cham
pion Of constructive legislation and that IL
may be safely trusted to make laws for the
people in time Of peace as well as in time Of
war.
But no matter how glorious our history of
TIE past, no matter how seductive the tempta-
ten to invade on the wings of Imagination
the undiscovered and allurins fields of the flu
ture, we must nevertheless remember that it
Is our imperative duty to devote our entire
energy of mind and body to the all-important
Issue of winning the war. Unti this issue has
been determined In our fayer no other earthly
Issue can be Of any concern.
A Mighty Army and Glorious Cause.
Nearly two millions of our boys have gone
and other millions are preparing to go to the
trenches to fight. Primarily not for Europe,
but for America; not for some other govern
ment. but for our Government: not for gIorif-
cation. but for self-preservation. Listen. and
in Imagination you can hear the TRAMP. tramp,
tramp Of our gallant soldiers marching to
ruthless and relentless war. All of them will
win honor and fame. The most Of them will
come back to US, and then, while the bands
play and the flags futter, while multitudes
applaud and millions approve. We win put the
palm of reward in their hands and the fade
less laurel Of victory upon their brews. But.
unfortunately, some Of them will mot return.
Some of them will die in foreign lands and
sleep in unmarked graves, and this 10 the
saddest part of the awful tragedy that is new
being enacted upon the stupendous stage o.
all the world; but