The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-24
BEGIN ID REMEMBER THINGS
 PARTY HAS DONE
Achievements of Democrats and Republicans Set Forth in Statement by
 Patterson

here last night by Chairman A. G.
 Patterson, following very repre-
 sentative meeting here yesterday,
 declares 1t unnecessary for any dem-
 ocratic nominee for state or congress
 sional office to conduct any sort of
 campaign to bring about his election 1 in November.
 The statement declares that after
 the experience of the people in few counties with republican rule in local affairs, "they are now begin
 ming to remember with gratitude tho
 great things done for them by the democratic party and to contrast with those great things what has
 been done to them by the republican party within the past two and one- half years.
 Achievements of the democratic and republican parties in national af- fairs are set forth in the statement. The state democratic campaign com mittee is composed of A. c. Patter- son, chairman, Montgomery; Judge Mike Sollie, Ozark: D. w. Pettus. Selma; R. Lee Barnes, Albertville; | John R. T. Rives. Birmingham. Hugh White of Montgomery, is secretary and Fred Gormley of Montgomery, is | publicity director.
 Text of Statement
 The full text of the statement is- sued by Chairman Patterson follows: tThe state dem ocratfc campaign committee knows that no democratic nominee for any state or congression-
 al office in Alabama needs to have any campaign waged to bring about his election In November. No repub-
 lican now fills any of such offices and the chances today of his being able to win one of such offices IS greatly less than ever before.
 "In Q few counties in Alabama as a result of the hysteria which follow ed the World war, and relying upon the promises of the republican party, the people have been misled into electing republicans to some county and Judicial circuit offices. Two years of republican misrule In these
 counties has done much to show the people that republican promises can not be relied upon and that repub- lican rule means misrule and misgov-
 ernment.
 Party Achievements
 Tn addition to their experience
 with republican rule in their local af-
 fairs the people after they have got
 ten their minds settled after the con-
 fusion of the World war are now be- ginning to remember with gratitude
 the great things done for them by
 the democratic party and to contrast
 with those great things, what has
 been done to them by the republican party within the past two and one
 half years. We refer briefly to the great remedial legislation of the
 democratic party during the period
 prior to the present rebublican ad-
 ministration. For many years, un-
 der our federal laws. the banking and currency system was such that 1t was within the power of a com
 paratively small number of men in Wall street to exercise control over the money and credits of the country. Under this condition, we suffered the financial panic of 1907-190S, when the farmers had to accept clearing house certificates in payment for their cot | ton and other produce. The democrats enacted the federal reserve bank act, | which made such Financial panics i'm 1 possible. But for this federal reserve bank law. we would have suffered one of the worst financial panics in our history at the beginning of the | World war. By means of the reserve bank our nation was able to take
 care of the great financial demands of the World war and at the close of tho war, the American dollar had suf- | fered no loss in its par value.
 Remedial Legislation
 "The democratic party enacted .he federal trade commission act to put down unfair practices in trade and commerce.; the Clayton antitrust 1c, to regulate and suppress trusts and
 monopolies; tho Underwood Simmons tariff law. which greatly reduced the tariff and placed upon the free list
 all of the necessities of life; the fed
 eral income tax, which placed the heaviest burden of taxation upon the wealthy class who arc the best able to bear it. It was tho democratic party which caused the federal farm loan law. which enables the farmer to borrow money upon his farm and Improvements upon long time and at low rate of interest, after tho re- publicans had failed or refused for many years to give the farmer any such relief. Under this federal farm loan act our government has loaned to the farmers of this country nearly a billion dollars. The democratic party Is responsible for the federal statutes under which the federal aid Is given to states and counties which enables us to have better public roads. This great legislation was due largely to the aggressive fight in behalf of the people. led by a demo-
 cratic senator from Alabama. the late Senator John H. Bankhead. As a crown of glory to this long list of
 remedial legislation in behalf of the plain people came the guidance and leadership of that great statesman,
 Woodrow Wilson, during the darkest period of the worlds history. His state papers issued before our coun- try entered the war revealed the brutal selfishness and tyranny of tho German cause and his suggestions of a unified military leadership, aided by the dauntless courage of American | soldiers, led the allies to complete victory in a much shorter period of time than the most optimistic heads among the allies thought this World war could be concluded. The demo- cratic party Is now. and has always been, party of courage and achieve 1 ment and its strongest claim for con- | f:dence and support Is the simple | statement of it's deeds in behalf of all :, the people and in behalf of humanity. Record of Promises
 "When we turn from this splendid record Of achievement to compare the l work of the republican party, we submit that the fairest minded of
 men must admit that the republican record Is ono of insincers promises, unfulfilled; of broken pledges to the people; and peradventure. if the republicans have done anything, we find always that 1t tR something not 1 in behalf of the md nes of the peo- pie but in behalf oft ealth and spe- cixi privilege. whicR have always been the subject of the warmest af-
 tion of which the republican party lis capable. This perhaps is not strange. Such wealthy interests pour