The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-27
KeynOter of Democrats Assails C. Q. P; Special
 Pripileges, Also s'I'ake''
 Prosperity Sho,on Up

HOUSTON, Texas, June 27-
 CAP P)--Charges of Republican corruption and special privilege as the battle cry of the Demo. cratic party in the coming presi- dential campaign was sounded by Claude G. Bowers, Editorial writ CT of the New York World, in i, delivering the keynote speech last i, l night to the Democratic national convention.
 Bowers touched off a veritable keg of Democratic enthusiasm that sent a stormy challenge to the Republican National Ticket. He tore mercilessly at the re- cord of the Harding and Coolidge
 Administrations, weeping his auditors into applause as he went down the line on the oil scandals, farm legislation, flake prosperi- l ts," unemployment and all other allegations of Republican mlsrule.
 The New York Editor spoke to crowd. many of which were drenched by the heavy thunder shower which poured through the | roof of the new auditorium. Every state banner was lifted and delegates paraded when Bow CTS demanded the hand of priv ilege be taken from the throats of the farmers.
 The Democratic party has mo. bilized today to wage war of extermination against privilege and pillage, the editor told the | delegates In an lnpassfoned ad- dress "Alid we shall win be-. cause our cause is just"
 Charging the Republican party with having abandoned the prin- ciples laid down by Abraham Lin ] coin and with now having raised the banner of Alexander Hamil- 1 ton who believed in the aristoc- racy of money" Mr Bowers con- centrated his attack upon the scandals of the Harding admins. tratlon, upon Seer etary Mellon for tax reduction to the wealthy classes; upor President Coolidge for his veto of the farm relief legislation, dollar diplomacy and mythical prosperity" Tragedy of Farms The tragedy Of the farms" was his characterization of the agri. cultural problem which had prov ed leading question of the TO- cent Republican conclave and he centered his attack on President Coolidge on this issue. "One month ago the President :itterly denounced" he said. with con- temptuous phrasing the revolving fund of farm relief bill; and the next day he heartily approved the revolving fund for the favored shipping interest.
 "One Jay the head of the state by scratch of the pen increased the tariff loot of the pig iron in- dustry by fifty percent" he con- | tinned. and the next day he de- liyered a homily to the farmers on the wickedness of expecting profit from d governmental act. Under the Coolidge Administra- tion." he declared, there has been a depreciation In the value of farm lands and equipment of thirty billion dollars. Millions of farms have been abandoned and two million men driven from their farms by economic necessity within the year"
 Farm Policy Outlined 1 "Now ye do NOT ask paternal- istic privilege for the farmer" he said in outlining the Democratic policy toward the farmer, but we do demand that the hand of privilege shall be taken out of the farmers pockets and off the farmers throat. We propose to tear down the system of arivilege and put the farmer on an abso- lute equality with every other in- 1 dustry-that is Jeffersonian de- mocracy. We do NOT propose that the most basic of all our in- dustries shall longer be a door, mat for all the others to wipe their feet upon as they enter the | Temple of Privilege.
 We do NOT under-es innate the enemy" he declared The little | giided group that now owns and controls the government can pour a golden stream into tue slush fund and make NO impression
 upon the fortunes they have legis- lated into their c0ffers. The enc my enters the campaign unem- barrassed by a debt Harry Sim clair has raid that off. .... For forty years the party in power has conjured with the name Of Lincoln while following the .lead-