Evening journal., 1919-03-26

NEWARK. n. j., March 20.--Former
United STATES Senator Joseph w
Bailey, OF Texas and Washington. left
the Democratic party in a speech to-
night at a banquet given by the Road
drivers Association Of New Jersey
The announcement Of The Texas
statesman came as a conclusion Of an
address in which he deprecated de-
mocracy in IFS present form and prac-
tice and deplored the trend Of national
authorities 10 usurp the rights Of in
dividuals. His contention was that
the Democrats, as the dominant power
I'm the country had burdened the peo-
pie unnecessarily with taxes and restric-
tions. VA
While essentially his plea was for
individual liberty, Senator Bailey con-
demned the league of nations as robbing
the, United states Of its sovereignty
and depriving struggling peoples, in
cluding Ireland, Of "self-determination"
rights. He was emphatic in his charge
that the Democratic party, as now con-
-trolled, has an utter disregard for the
rights of all the people Of America.
Expert Others TO Quit.
Much significance was given to the
by the hundreds of men who heard
him. with his characteristic oratorical
power of expression.
II was looked upon here as the first
break among many Democrats, in Con
gress and out, who are disappointed
with present-day democracy and look
for political relief elsewhere.
In closing his address, which was
"A. N.I r.IU n
plause. Senator Bailey said:
Il have been a Democrat all my lie
a collar Democrat If you please-and
I have never scratched a party tlcket'
but those who now control the Demo-
cratic party have renounced or aDsh-
done one Democratic principle AFTER
another in such rapid and bewildering
succession that they have left us noth-
ing except the name. =,
"Since Thomas Jefferson founded lt' !
and FIRST eaye immortalt utterance to
iis creed. The Democratic party has al
vvavs insisted that every state should
exclusively control the local analrs oil |
lis own people: but a Democratic Con
rress inundated that time-honored doc
trinc upon the altar Of national prohlDl- /
tion and majority voted to repeat the !
Creation of Many Offices.
For more than a century the Demo- !
cratic party has asserted the eXclu- !
sive right Of every state to regulate, |
so far as any government might prop !
erly regulate, the hours and the condl- !
tlons OF labor: buta Democratic Con-
grcss invaded that right by enactlng a
child labor law, which the Supreme
Court was compelled to declare uncon-
stitutional
f'For moro than a century the Demo-
cratic party has opposed the creation OF
useless Offices; but in the last six years
Democratic Congresses have created
more ofilces-and more useless Offices
than were ever created in the same
length Of time since this republic was
organized.
Our fathers dreaded the extension of
Federal power to point where 100000
employees would be required; but we
have added bureau to bureau, and func-
Etion to function, until more than 100000
Fare now permanently employed, and we
are 'pomplacently proposing to add the
100000 more who are. employed by the
railroad, telegraph and telephone com
panes.
FOR more than a century the Demo- |
cratic party preached and practiced ]
economy in all public expenditures 4
but despising our traditions and our
teachings, a Democratic Congress. even
before we engaged in the European war.
had spent more money than any Con-
gress which had ever before assembled
in the history Of the republic.
Tells Of Huge Expenditures.
"0ur fathers were wise enough 10
know that extravasance breeds corrup-
tion-that an eXtravagant government
can no more escape becoming a corrupt
government than a spendthrft can es-
cape becoming a bankrupt-and our
children will some day realize that
truth In bitter experience.
Even within the last three months
Democratic cabinet officials have asked
for appropriations aggregating the stu
pendous sum Of Si5.OOO000,OOO for the
fiscal year-a year Of peace-beginning
on July 4. 1919, and ending June 30. 1920.
THAT is more than three times a
much as the Federal government spent
durlng the entire war between the
States. -Four years OF war with an ex-
pendlt1fe OF >SiN0O,O00,OOOi One year
Of peace with an expenditure Of si5.-
l00.000OO0; Can It be possible that the