Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1920-02-18
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY"
ASSAILED BY JOE BAILEY
IN GAINESVILLE ADDRESS
PrOnOunces Federal Prohibition,
Woman Suffrage Amendments
InvasiOns of States Rights

4 ia i"iI "olth last IAN It's opposition
TO the present state and federal adj
ministrations and urged a return Of
the party TO 1.-THE principles Of Jeffer-
SON"
Those principles. Mr.. Bailey said In
| his prepared address. ''were once
cherished by every man in this coun-
try who called himself democrat /:
but within the last few years a
strange sect, calling themselves pro
gressive democrats" has arisen
among Us, and their leaders boldly
proclaim that while our principles
were sufficient in the days of our
fathers, they cannot be applied TO
the conditions under which We now
live"
Principles Never Changed
The speaker declared that conten-
ton mot true" for principles never
change; they are as mmutable a.
truth and Justice" but "disregarding
that obvious and vital truth. these
prophets Of new cult. when they
came into power, now almost seven
years ago, proceeded u substitute
progressive policies for democratic
principles"
That was an experiment in 1918: ::
II u Am experience now. and the re-
suit ~ am almost universal discon-
tent" the former senator continued
" What else but evil could Z
democrat have expected when hc sav,
the principles of our party abandoned
and socialistic vagaries adopted bN
those whom we had chosen 10 conduct
the government"
Mr.. Bailey compared expenditures
of the present administration with
those of Presidents Buchanan and
Cleveland, il 1860 and 1885 respect
lively. declaring the per capita cost
in 1860 was less than So. while in
1916 it was more than $17 In 1910.
Mr.. Bailey said. "thc Wilson cx-
penses were 1.S0O.000.0O while
during the next fiscal year II will re-
quire $5.249. 100000" Deductine
interest Oh the war debt and other
expenditures directly caused by the
war, I've will still have an ordinary
expenditure If $4,000. 900. 900 in the
next fiscal year. as against 81 ,S0O.-
100000 IN 1916" the speaker said
Charges Waste Of Money
They are spending our money lik,
drunken sailors" Mr.. Bailey con
tinued. They are wasting much II il
i'm enterprises which do not relate
to any proper function of fedora,
government. and they are worse than
wasting much Of ii in multiplying a..
fices until we now have more than
100000 federal office holders"
Mr.. Bailey declared a bill passed
by the house Of representatives and
pending in the national senate.
would. if made a law, fix SO n iay
as the minimum wage TO any person
employed by the United States. ex-
cept in the army and navy Under
i, he said. "the negro men who clean
out the cuspidors and the negro wom-
en- who scrub the floors Of our feder-
al buildings would be paid more than
the white school teachers Of Texas"
To supply the money for the gov
ernmental expenses, taxation in this
country. Mr. Bailey said. ''is rapidly
approaching the point of confisca-
ton" he declared himself opposed
to many war taxes, and said the in
come tax rates ran too high and the
exemptions too low
His PIa~
Declaring that the 81 500. .0O0, 600
collected yearly ny the government.
before entering the war can NJ made
70 answer AT present purposes, the
speaker gave this plan Of procedure:
First. refund the bonds the United
States has issued and by eXempting
them from all taxation. $500. 900. 900
annually on interest would be saved.
az the interest ~ the bonds could ~
reduced p ? l-2 per cent ~ would
divide that S1.SO0. 900. 900 into three
parts; would first set aside $3.50
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