Evening star., 1924-09-15

tCOntlnued from First PaSe.)
paign in 1920 was made up on "every
smoldering hate and discomfort that
affected the people Of this nation.
AS a result. without general regard
to any issue, without deep consider
alton of any program. the American
people in an overwhelming number
declared for a change in their Gov
ernment. And such change they
undoubtedly procured"
Those who had by campaign con-
tributions or political activity assisted
in this victory were prompt to appear
and claim the rewards for their finan-
cial and personal valor," the nominee
continued.
a result, he said, was the writing
upon the statute books in the United
States of a tariff law which the Re-
publicans papers of this country from
ocean to ocean condemned on the next
morning as an outrage and an imposi-
ton upon the consumers of the coun-
try"
'It was then" Mr. Davis said. you
got your duty on wheat, which you
were assured would put you on an
equality with the manufacturer in the
East so far as governmental benefit
was concerned: and your duty on
ungrateful and unresponsive commod-
tiles, instead of accepting the bounty
given them by the gracious hands Of
the Republican party, Immediately fell
in price and gave the whole snap
away.
And now. even such good Republi-
can authority as the candidate for
Vice President publicly admits that
law fixing a duty on a commodity
nf yIyh tnh 60
many words written in the sand.
Dwells on Scandals.
Mr.. Davis reviewed briefly the oil
and Veterans Bureau scandals. He said
that the cases of Fall, Doheny and
Daugherty were not isolated examples.
There is in all the history of this
sorry business no one chapter, in my
Judgment. so black and so disgraceful
as the administration of the Veterans
Bureau under Charles R Forbes and his
allies. for it did violence to our promise
to those men," he said.
Mr.. Davis then spoke Of the West
ern country.
Il had heard in the East the tales
of deep distress that had settled on
agriculture through all this region.
and as / have come those tales have
grown none the less for the telling
none the less diStreS SsinE in their ulti-
mate fact, 1t wrings ones heart to
hear of strong and sturdy men whose
years of life and labor have gone for
naught and who stand evicted from
the soil they had bedewed with their
honest sweat. And it stirs ones i'm
pulse to search out relief for such
conditions and to apply such reme-
dies-if remedies there be-as the
power of Government may devise.
But when those who have this dis
ease Of privilege are applied to, what
do they produce in the way of reme
dy? And having spoken of disease,
I deter myself from calling names,
because all lawyers know that to
impute any sort Of disease to human
to a suit for libel. without calling
names, then, what did some gentle
men suggest in this country as the
remedy for agricultural distress?"
Cites Platform Plank.
platform:
"'Railroad freight rates should be
so readjusted as to give the bulky,
basis, low priced raw commodities
such as agricultural products, coal
and ores the lowest rates, placing
the high rates upon more valuable
and less bulky manufactured prod
ucts.'
such readjustment of freight
rates will be of great benefit to pro-
ducers of such products, but more
must be done for them. Waterways
offer the cheapest means of trans
portation for those products which
we are discussing and equally as
satisfactory where time of delivery
does not constitute a material ele-
ment. Nature in this particular has
showered it's blessings upon our
country. We have been negligent of
these opportunities and remiss of our
duty to our people in failing to i'm
prove our rivers to the highest point
of utilization and provide the maxi
mum of water transportation"
Regarding women in politics, Mr..
Davis said: I'VE Democrats have long
since ceased to think of women as
playing a different role or possess
| ing different interests, or aiming at
| different ends in the political world
from the men Of the Nation. In the
great field of Government there
should be no questions interesting
| women in which men should not arouse
the equal interest of women. Our ideal
| is an exact and equal partnership, with
all the men and women Of the Nation
working side by side for the common
welfare of themselves and their poster
ests and the Nation needs now and
always the strength given by their
| Joint endeavor.
| "I welcome, therefore. the fact, even
| IL it be a mere coincidence. that the
States of Missouri and West Virginia
| this year have each nominated for the
high office of Secretary of State out.
standing representatives of the women.
hood of the two States. I venture to
! express the fervent hope that the
/ voters of the two commonwealths will
approve these nominations and call
Secretary Morrow and Secretary Clark
to the public service"
Longs for Honesty.
| In conclusion the Democratic presi.
Dental nominee said:
| "I put it to the farmer. who has
seen distress and despair settle upor
| him in his most laborious moments.
put it to the consumer, who has paid
by reason of iniquitous laws and un-
necessary and exorbitant price for al
the necessities of his life. And I put
it to the honest men and women OF
this country, who long for nothing
else so much as to see return agair
a government of which they car
boast in the sight of all mankind"
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