The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1924-08-14
MIR. DAVIS ACCEPTS
Friend and Foe Impressed with
sincerity and Ability of Demo-
cratic Leader Extracts
From Address.


didate for the presidency of the U,
tied States, John W. Davis sets ii
American people thinking deeply an
looking into his face as the possibl
"Moses'' from under the blight whic
has come over it.
The three excerpts of his speech giy
en- below, suggest it's general teno
and the character of the man.
In impressing what might be expect
ed in the future from the party whiei
has had complete control of the GOV
arnment for the past thrse and {
half years, he said:
"Need dwell on the picture that
the last twelve months presents: On
one side the executive, on the other the
members of his party in both houses
of congress, seeking different aims;
entertaining different views; advocat-
ing different measuresg The executive
proposes adherence to the existino
World Court. The request falls on dull
ears until finally. the leader of his
party in the senate brings forward
manifestly for obstructive purposes, an
entirely different scheme The execu-
tive demands the Mellon bill and mem
bers of his party in both houses of
Congress, regular and insurgent, hasten
to reject it, He disapproves the Ad-
justed Compensation Act but Congress
re-enacts it by the required two-thirds
majority. Congress passes measure
granting to postal employees an in
crease in their meagre salaries; the
President disapproves it. He protests
against the restriction on Japanese i'm
migration; Congress adopts it. Whom
ever before did party in control of
the executive and of a majority in
both houses of Congress present so pitt
able spectacle of discord and divi-
sion9 By what right can political
so led, so disciplined ap-
peal for furthur lease of powerg Four
years ago the Republican Party, in
snarling criticism of the great leader
then in office, promised to "end exec
ntiye autocracy.' It has fallen into :
he pit that it dug, for its efforts in
hat direction have succeeded beyond
is widest dreams. An executive who
'anot or viii not lead, Congress that
.annot or will not lead, Congress that
rood government exist under such con-
litions9''
Does Mr.. Davis understand the far
ners' case9 This is what he says of
he governments relation to agricul- !
ure::
"To the farmers of the United
tates also we promise not patronage :
ut such laws and such administration
the laws as will enable them to
rosper in their own right. They are !,
OF mendicants and, fortunately for !,
Il of us, are willing to Ike the risks
lat attend their all important calling :
hey are entitled in return to a gov !
'nment genuinely interested in their !
toblems and keenly desirous to serve
lem to the limit of its power They !
el today, more severely perhaps than !
ny others, the depressing effect of :
scriminatory taxation. Buying in3a :,
detected market and selling in mar r
It open to the world, they have been :,
reed to contribute to the profits of -
ose in other industries with no COM
nsating benefie to themselves. =
"Recent experience has proved, If i
oof were needed, that an effort to
lip the farmer by tariff ON his pro- !.
cts, is the baldest political false pre- - =
nse. He knows as we'll as any econom- j:
can tell him that the price he gets
r his surplus crop depends upon condi-
ms at the place of sale; and he re-
zes that his permanent prosperity
pends not upon the decrease through
Up shortages of the quantity he has pa
sell, but upon the restoration and
pansion OF, the markets to which his
DDS must CO. When he faces as
ny do today, impending bankruptcy |
d ruin, it is small comfort to be told
those who are so solicitous to pro- lV
It other industry from al possible fre
npetition that the farmers saliva
n lies wholly within himself. The go'
outrageous and intelligent deflation gu
creditsv which the Republican Par YET