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political inspiration from 1.-The good
old days of Mark Hanna" and neither
to recognize a new day when it had
dawned. To each pressing problem
they sought merely to reapply the
processes of antiquity.
There were elements in the repub--
1ican party which were intolerant OF
its mental sloth and moral ire
sponsibility. These influences sought
to gain party control in 1912 and
again in 1916. They renewed the
hopeless struggle at the convention
recently held at Chicago.
Despite these efforts. the leaders
who have manipulated the party
mechanism for more than genera
tion are still in undisputed control
The republican platform, reaction
ary and provincial. is the very
apotheosis of political expediency.
Filled with premeditated ISLANDERS
and vague promises. IL will pc
searched in vain for one constructive
suggestion for the reformation of the
conditions which it criticises and de-
plores. The oppressed peoples of the
earth will look to II in vain 1t con
tains no message of hope for lreiand
no word of mercy for Armenia; ana
it conceals sword for mexico. IL
is the work of men concerned more
with material things than with hu-
man rights 1t contains no thought,
no purpose which can give Impulse
or thrill to those who love liberty and
hope to make the world safer ana
happier place for the average man.
Democratic Party
m UnentaREled Party.
The democratic party is an unen
tangled party-a free party-owing
no allegiance to any class or group oil
special interest We We're able to
take up and carry through to success
the great progressive program
outlined in our platform of 1912.
During the months which inter
vened between March 4, 1913:
and the outbreak of the world
war. we placed upon the statute
books of our country more effective.
constructive and remedial legislation
than the republican party had placed
there is a generation.
The income tax was made per-
manent part of the revenue-produc-
ing agencies of the country, thereby
relieving our law of the reproach of
being hnjustly burdensome to the
poor. The extravagances and in
equities of the tariff system were re-
moved: and non-partisan tarin
commission was established so that
future revisions might be made in the
light of accurate information, scien-
tifcally and impartially obtained.
Pan-Americanism was encouraged:
and the bread thus cast upon the in
ternational waters came back to US
many fold. The great reaches of
and development. Dollar diplomacy
was destroyed, A corrupt lobby was
driven from the National Capitol. An
effective seaman's act was adopted
The Federal Trade Commission was
created Child labor legislation was
"a MARCEL and the
rural free delivery were developed
A good roads bill and rural credits
act were passed. A Secretary or
Labor was given seat in the Caoi-
laws were adopted. The Clayton
amendment to the Sherman anti
trust act was passed. freeing Amerl-
can labor and taking 1t from the cat
egory of commodities. The smith
Lever bill for the Improvement of
agricultural conditions was enacted.
corrupt practice act was adopted
A well considered warehouse act was
passed. Federal employment bureaus
were created Farm loan banks.
postal savings banks and the federai
reserve system were established.
These enactments, and many other
provisions of a remedial character.
had a cleansing and quickening ef-
feet upon the economic life of our
country. The farmer was freed from
financial control. Labor was given
its magma charta of liberty. Busi-
ness and finance were released from
the thraldom Of uncertainty and
hazard The economic life of Amer
lea was refreshed by the vitalizine
breath of economic freedom.
This extraordinary narration sounds
like a platform of promises. The
sober fact is that it is an inadequate
recital Of actual performnce. 1t con-
stitutes democracy's response to the
demands of social justice. 1t is our
answer to the antiquated slander that
the democratic party Is unable TO un-
derstand the great affairs of the
country.
Reserve System
Reundly Praised.
If the democratic party had accom-
plished nothing more than the pas
sage of the federal reserve act it
would be entitled to the enduring
gratitude of the nation. This act
supplied the country with an elastic
currency controlled by the American
people. Panics-the recurring phe-
nomena of disaster which the repub-
lican party could neither control nor
explain-are now but a memory. un-
der the republican system there was
an average of one bank failure every
twenty-one days for period OF
nearly forty years. After the pas
sage of the federal reserve system,
thare were, in 1915. four bank failures;
in 1916 and 1917, three bank failures;
in 1918, one bank failure, and in
1919. no bank failures at ALL
The federal reserve system, passed
over the opposition of the leaders of
the republican party, enabled Amer
lea to withstand the strain of war
without shock or panic; and ulti-