Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-06-29

Sufely the Glme Has CoIue WueH, pc- cause of the calculated criticism and premeditated calumnies of the oppo- sition, we are entitled to call atten- tion to the fact that all of these things were accomplished under the leadership of great democrat and of great democratic administration If the republican leaders are not able to rejoice with us in this American triumph they should have the grace to remain silent, for it does not lie in the mouths of those who conducted the Spanish-American war to indulge in the luxury of criticism"
 SO4 Investigations.
 Referring to congressional investi- gations by smelling committees he said that over 80 investigations have been made, over $2,O00,0OO wasted and "the result has been to prove that ii was the cleanest war ever fought in the history of civilization"
 "The republican party became SC fixed in it's incorrigible habit of con- ducting investigations that it finally turned to the fruitful task of investi- gating itself. They discovered fraud and graft and gross and inexcusable expenditures. The revelations dis close the fact that the meeting at Chicago was not a convention but an auction. The highest bidder, however did not get the prize. The publicity which overlook the proceedings frus- trated the initial purpose. The Chi cago convention left the democratic party as the sole custodian of the honor of the country"
 Peace achievements of the demo- cratic party, he asserted, "freed the farmer from the deadening efefcts of usurous financial control. Labor was given it's Magma Charter of liberty Business and finance were released from the thralldom of uncertainty and hazard"
 "The income tax law" he said "re- lieved our law of the reproach of be- ing unjustly burdensome to the poor The extravagances and iniquities of the tariff system were removed and non-partisan tariff commission ere ated. Pan-Americanism was encour. aged and the bread thus cast upon the waters came back to us many fold Alaska was opened to commerce and development. Dollar diplomacy was destroyed. A corrupt lobby was driv- en from the national capitol. An effective seaman's act was adopted, The federal trade commission was created. Child labor legislation was enacted. The parcel post and the ru- ral free delivery were developed. A good roads bill and rural credits act were passed. A secretary of labor was given a seat in the cabinet of the president. Eight hour laws were adopted. The Clayton amendment of the Sherman antitrust act was passed freeing American labor and taking It from the list of commodities. The Smith-Lever bill for the improvement of agricultural conditions was pass ed. A corrupt practices act was adop- ted. A we'll considered warehouse act was passed. Federal employment bu- reas were created. Farm loan banaks postal savings banks and the federal reserve system were established.
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 The federal reserve system, passed over the opposition of the leaders of the republican party. enabled America to withstand the strain of war without shock or pain and ultimately made our country the greatest creditor nation of the world"
 Turning to the record of the rennb- iican congress since 1918, MT. Cum