Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-05
BOWERS LAUDS
] WILSON, FLAYS
MUCKRAKERS
Fl Wayne Editor, in Bitter At
tack on Presidents Foes,
4 Upraids His Critics.
EMPHASIZES RECORD
Special to The Times.

Special to The Times.
EOGANSPORT, Ind, March 5.-Four
hundred democrats attended the first of
a series of banquets planned as feature
of the campaign in Cass county here last
night. Claude G. Bowers of Fit. Wayne
was the principal speaker.
Mr.. Bowers delivered a forceful ad
dress on the political situation of the
day, telling in detail of the achievements
of the Wilson administration. Mr. Bow
ers' speech in part follows:
with what o magnificent record of
constructive craftsmanship do we ap-
proach the people For twenty years the
American people were demanding the
' reformation of the currency and the
scrapping of the archaic system under
which a few men could control the peo-
pies currency, tyrannize through the con
troll of credit over business and force
panic at their pleasure And within one
year Of the first inauguration we had
given to the nation the federal reserve
systematic greatest single act of con
structive craftsmanship in the last three
quarters of a century.
CUT MANACLES
FROM LITTLE FELLERS.'
1T transferred the financial capital OF
the country from New York to Washing
ton, struck the manacles from the wrist
power of the privilege of precipitatiuc
panies at their pleasure and gave TO his
tory the name of Woodrow Wilson.
1T did something moro: When the
great hosts Of Prussia swept across the
Belgian border it WIS the democratic re
serve system that steadied the American
market, held the line for American busl-
Eess and saved the nation from a more
devastating panic than il has ever known.
1t did something more. Ii made Il pos
si6le for America to finance the fight
against the Zoe and win the war.
When the democratic party was push
Ing this great measure to its passage
] neard Elihu Root in the senate predict
that it would PROSTATE business within
three months-and today we defy any re-
sponsible leader OF the opposition to
pledge his party to its repeal.
After discussing the farm loan law, the
tariff commission, and the trade commits
sion he concluded that the frst four
years Of Wtlsonian democracy will chal-
lenge the admiration Of history as the
greatest period of constructive states
manship that the republic has ever
known
And what shall be said OF the record
oS the republican party? Record 2
There is no such animal The only rea-
Son the people know that the republican
congress has been in session is the fact
that up to this time they have been
taxed more than S3,934,O00 to pay their
salaries-and what have they done to
ear their salt:
Senator Watson demanded that an ex-
ira session be called at once TO the end
that the railroads might be Immediately
returned to private ownership. Wilson
gave them eleven months to pass the
necessary legislation, and after eleven
month IF miseraply bungllng, he had TO
give them two months grace.
MANS LIGHT
OF MUCKRAKERS.
They denounced and ridlculed the
president because it took the peace com
mission seven months to readjust the at
fairs of the whole world after the great
est upheaval Of all time, and 1t takes them
thirteen months TO pass the law for the
readjustment of the railroad question In
the United States.
"And legislation for the encouraing Of
our foreign commerce? None. For the
upbuilding Of the merchant :aartae?
None. For the readjustment and recon
.struetion of business! None. Tor the
benefit Of the soldiers of the war? None
Nothing.
'There only legislation on the ta~ie was
where Wilson pointed them the way; on
proht,4rILI was ..I.-c ~ IiaUu SI- =, SID
a plan and devotlng the time for wuich
the people have paid them almost D01
coo TO miserable shopping Investigations
in search OF an issue, all they have dis