Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-01-17


can oppose class party because n is
rot itself the party of a class. but th,
party Vi the whole people rog., lie. :
itI c.:.cS
The Republican party has becomo
'"pi."i'stic party and has permitted
'"'ih oarohs TO write the tariff laws
trust mashates TO direct the policy of
inc party on the trust question rail
roau presidents to dictate its policy
on the railroad question, while pncI,
ing mousse companies and other prof
l'ecrs nave used it as their own. II
"ouid divide the country into cl,ss
partles and by its own attitude com
pei the formation OF a farmers marry
ana a laborers' party.
THE PARTY or ALL CLASSES
zinc democratic party, on the con.
u",! S'aros Tor the protection of the
| 'isn's OF every class, dealing with
eooh citlZen as an individual instead
, VI as member of class. II bos
! since II has been in power piven i,
/ splendid currency law to the commor
c'al classes. 1t has given n firm lo,r
law to tho farmers II has pivon o',
elent hour day and greater security
Ill us rights to labor and has given
reiiet from the high tariff burdens 70
an the people. Democracy con tenn.
Plates cooperation between all o,o
lnei's ana the promoting of the VOL
. iare or society in general.
~ would prevent strikes not nv
p1ohio'tory laws but by the creation,
.! machinery which will ipycstip,+u
o'SpntoS and thus secure n pcocornI
se''icmcnt of differences before tho
| controversy reaches the stare nc
strike or lockout.
me Democratic party will dist;p,
ulsh between evolution and rovo,u,
'lon guaranteeing freedom of snooch
ana press to every one who odvoc,,or
governmental changes by constitution
~ i''c'houS' ana ut the same time
p'e'ch' the use of either freedom of
speech or freedom of the pr7ss for
, tue overthrow Of constitutional gov
crnment. @''
INC Democratic party has for
E. twenty years denounced private mon
opoIS rs indcfcnsiblo and intolcrob,o
~ cannot surrender its position on
'ilc SUBJECT now when the hcneficiaric,
-, aii lhe private monopolies are mob
ll'"ills under the banner of tho Ropub
mean party for a united attack uno,,
= inc right Of the people to own and
operate ali necessary mononoIi.s ~
inc interest of the public.
Thc Democratic party will contin-
NC us Tight against the profitccr A
government that restraints tho individ
: ual from the use of force i'm tho nro
lection OF his rights assumes the sol.
chih obiigation to protect the .disnrm
." tiZeA from every arm upiftcd for
HIS INJURY. We need machinery in
every state and in each community
'hal VIII give to the consumer fri
huhal before which a dealer accused
OF profitcering can be brought for OK
animation. The Federal Trade Com
mission is Il step in tho right direct
loh But the subject IS too big to be
handled by the nation alone or by n
national commists on. The remedy
must he as complete as the evil, anC
1t cannot he complete unless States
ana communities MS we'll as the Fed
cral Government are prepared to deal
with this subject.
| assume that the party will ac--
ccpt prohibition as the permanent pol
ICY or the country. Three fourths OF
the Democrats in the Senate and two
, thirds of the Democrats in the House
voted to submit the national amend
mcnt and every Democratic State vot
ed for ratification-and every Rcpuh
lean State except three. II is incon
'celVable therefore that our party
should antagoniZe tho moral sense of
the nation. John Barleycorn Is dead.
Tho Democratic party cannot tie il
self to corpse or become the champ
ion of an outlawed traffic.
) l assume that the party will ac-
copt woman's suffrage also as an &C
icomplshed fact. The women saved our
party from defeat in the last cam
paign and r'e need their aid to has
ton the triumph OF every righteous
cause.
/ l venture to suggest three new pro
positions for which I ask considerat
!. ion:
1. A national peace way, running IN
to every state, wide enough to accom-
modate both passengers and freight
ana permanent so that it will he a last
ing the building together the forty
eight Commonw 1t will be II
memorial to the soldiers and to all
others who took part In the war and
a monument in commemoration of
peace restored. 1t will not only be an
expression Of patriotism but 1t will
be educational as we'll as useful 1t will
bring the word peace into the thought
and conversation Of all our people for
centuries.
| 2. We need above all other things
just now national bulletin-not q
newspaper, but a bulletin-under BIZ
partisan control, furnished to all who
desire 1T at nominal costa bulle-
TIN "hith will present to the people
the issues upon which they must act.
w IN editorials presenting the argyll
I mcnfS for and against the action pro
posed g" that every citizen NAV In