Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-08-15
IA PLATA, MARYLAND, AUGUST Is, 1924.

tdkest they can be forgiven. IL may
pass unwise laws; they can be re-
pealed. 1t may, through honest error,
set men to tasks beyond their power.
Il indict the Republican Party in its
organized capacity for having shaken
public confidence. / charge 1t with
having exhibited deeper and more
widespread corruption than any that
this generation Of Americans has been
called upon to witness. charge It
with complacency in the face of that
corruption and with i'll will toward
the effort Of honest men to expose It.
Il charge IT with gross favorltism to
the privileged and with utter disregard
of the unprivileged. charge ii with
difference to world peace and with
timidity in the conduct of our foreign
affairs.
II charge it with disorganization
division and incoherence. and on the
record | shall ask the voters through
out the length and breadth Of this
land to pass judgment OF condemna.
tion, as a warning to all men who may
aspire to public Office that dishonesty
either in thought, word or deed, will
not be tolerated in America. / cannot
coubt what verdict they will render Sc
Having disposed of the Republican
Party, Mr. Davis turned his attention
to thorough presentation of the Dem,
ocratic virtues as he saw them. His
first words were of the progressive
and the reactionary." He said:
From my point of view. he only
deserves to be called a progressive
who cannot see a wrong persist with
out an effort to redress II. or a right
denied without an effort to protect
it; who feels a deep concern for the
economic welfare OF the United States,
but realizes that the making Of better
men -and better women is a matter
greater still.
Who thinks Of every governmental
policy first of all in its bearing upon
human rights rather than upon ma
terial things; who believes profoundly
in human equality and detesls privi.
lege in whatever form or in whatever
disguise, and who finds the true test
Of success in the welfare Of the many
and not the prosperity and comfort Of
the few.
The civic unity Of America Is not
the dollar, but the individual man.
All that goes to make better and hap
pier and freer men and women is
progress; all else is reaction. Pro.
gressives of this sort, though they
may not care to use the name. never.
theless in their hearts are Demo
Gratis"
To the farmers Of the United States,
Mr.. Davis said, the Democrats prom.
Use not patronage, but such laws and
administration of the laws as viii en-
able them to prosper in their own
right" The farmer. he said, in again
attacking the Republican tariff. must
buy lin a protected market and sell
In market open to the world"
Stand On Rates.
With reference to railroad rates
Mr.. Davis asserted that the farmer
was entitled TO demand an adequate
service Of transportation at reason
able rates" 1t was quite as import
ant to the railroads that the farmer
should prosper, as 1t is to the farmer
that the railroads should be adequate
ly paid for the service that they rem
der" he said.
Mr.. Davis also advocated further re-
ductions in the income tax. He
pledged his own support to the bud
get system. The Democrats. he as
serted also stand definitely pledged
to the enforcement of "all law" In
this connection he added:
TO the enforcement of the law, and
all the law, we stand definitely pledged
We shall enforce it as fearlessiy against
wealth that endeavors to restrain trade
and create monopoly as against pow
erty that counterfeits the currency;
as vigorously against ambition which
seeks to climb into office through the
corrupt use of money as against the
lesser greed that robs the mails.
Obedience to the law is the first
duty Of every good citizen. whether
he be rich or whether he be poor: en-.
forcement Of the law against every
violator, rich or poor. is the solemn
obligation Of every official"
Mr. Davis also urged the necessity
for lifting "the burden Of vast arma.
ments which now weighs upon the
world" and siIencing 'the recurring
threat Of war" He denied positively
that the League Of Nations is a
closed issue so far as we are con
cerned." and stated that, on the con
trary developments had shown il
destined more and more to become
the bulwark Of peace and order to
mankind"
Although urging disarmament, Mr.
Davis also declared himself in favor
OF maintaining "the means Of ade
quate national defense until reason is
permitted to take the place Of force.
Denounees 5leotry.
Mr. Davis also took occasion to de
nounce "Bigotry. intolerance and race
prejudice as alien to the spirit Of
America" and to state that. if elected
his appointments to office would b'
made without reference to "the race
or creed of the appointee."
He declared, too, his determination
to remain free from pledge or prom
Use to any living man" He concluded
Neither the Democratic Party mol
as its leader have any favors fol
sale. We can make but one promise
to all men alike, that Of an honest, ar
impartial, and so far as human wis
dom will permit, a just Government
To these things pledge myself. II
the struggle to- secure them invok,
the support of all patriotic men ant
women to whom country is greater
than party, honor more sacred thar
expedieney and the right dearer thar
personal gain or all things else be
side.'
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