Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1924-02-21
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
ON CAMPAIGN OF 1924
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ance against the profiteers. They are
selling upon practically a pre-war lev
Tel and buying on level nearly fifty
per cent higher than the level on which
they sell.
he farmers constitute about thirty
per cent OF the population. How can
prosperity be as great as it ought to
be when nearly one-third of the people
can only buy about two thirds as much
as they could before the war?
Secretary Mellon has not only dis
crminated against them in his tax re-
commentator but he was opposed to
| their having a representative on the
I Federal Reserve Board This was not
| due to any conscious hostility to agri-
culture but to an unconscious bias in
favor of great commercial interests,
whose claims for special privilege are
antagonistic to the farmers demand
for justice.
The laborer finds the Republican
party unsympathetic, not because it
dislikes the laboring men as such, but
because the big employers are closer
to Republican leaders, and create the
public opinion which impresses these
leaders. Humanity demands remedial
legislation and this legislation though
it may be delayed, cannot be prevent
ed by reactionary sentiment in Con-
gress or in the court Society must
move forward even if it is necessary
to amend the Constitution
Amend Constitution
1t is likely that both parties will
lind it necessary to declare in favor
OF an amendment to the Constitution
requiring six or seven judges to con-
cur in the multiplying of legislation, just
as both parties are likely to declare
IN favor OF an amendment permitting
the taxation of government bonds.
Another issue that is likely to bring
out very clearly the tendencies of the
two great parties is the issue embodied
| in the authorization of temporary Fed
eral operation of railroads and coal
mines whenever strige or lockout
menaces the public welfare.
The Democrats giving preference
to the needs of the general public, will
probably favor vesting the president
with such power in emergencies, while
the Republican leaders, leaning to the
side of big business" will be likely
to oppose legislation Objectionable to
large corporations. The progressive
Republicans will doubtless side with
the Democrats, because on vital issues
they are really nearer to the Demo
Gratis than they are to the controlling
influences of the Republican party.
1t is impossible at this time to say
Just to what extent international ques
tons will demand public attention. At
present domestic issues overshadow in
ternational issues, but the international
issues cannot be ignored.
What We Need
| believe one of the greatest needs
of the voters is national Bulletin that
will insure the information necessary
for intelligent consideration of issues.
The radio will greatly help in distribu-
ting information, but we need the Bull
letin as we'll
| have not discussed the prohibition
question because it will be an issue on
ly to the extent necessary to insure
enforcement. Prohibition is the per-
manent policy of the nation. The two
great parties united in bringing pro-
hibition and should unite in enforc-
ing it. I hope both parties will have
dry platforms and dry candidates. The
Democratic party has objected to
government by any class whatever
and therefore can consistently oppose
turning the government over to a
farmers party or to 1aboring mans
party.
How can the Republican party OBJ
ject consistently to a government by
large groups, such as farmers, and la
borers, when it has been willing in the
past to turn the government over to
small groups representing special in
terests?