Evening star., 1928-11-04


There could be no other reason fol
holding the national conventions a,
early as the month of June unless i
was contemplated that the candidate!
would use the time between nomination
and election day in an effort to make
clear to the people of the country theil
stand on the great problems that are
subjects of platform declaration.
No such debate has been held in this
campaign. because the Republican can.
didate has contented himself with six
or seven speeches. in which he deals
with the problems under discussion in
the most general way. and instead OF
debating himself he has been repre-
sented in public discussion by prcmi-
nent members of his own party. VINO
acted as his spokesmen.
That is exactly what the people of
this country desire to get away from.
: They have had all they can stand Of
the spokesman idea. and they want a
leader who will talk out plainly and
clearly to them. acquainting them with
the facts and giving the ordinary man
and woman a little more information
about the operations of their Govern
ment at Washington.
Hits Campaign Method.
Early in the campaign Chairman
Work openly made the statement that
the Republican candidate would not be
drawn into any controversy with me.
Obviously that attitude defeats the
whole purpose Of campaign A ma
tional campaign, in the very nature of
things, is a controversy between political
parties as to which policies or methods
are best calculated to promote the well
being and prosperity of the United
States.
It is hardly fair to the American
people for a man who is aspiring to the
high Office of President to ask them to
rely on what somebody else says about
the issues The people of this country.
! am sure. would like to have heard
directly from Mr.. Hoover, because,
after all. he is the candidate. and he is
the man who will be charged with the
responsibility in the event of his elec-
ton.
However. I never ran away from a
debate in my life, and therefore I have
had to take them all on.
Following its old tricks, the Repub-
licsn party sought at the outset of the
campaign-and is still continuing-to
set up smoke screen behind which they
hope to hide the record of the last seven
and half years To perfect the smoke
broken-down cry of prosperity, as though
there were some patented formula by
which the Republican party alone pro-
notes the prosperity of this country.
Refers to Former PanicS.
They we're particularly jealous about
1t this year because they felt the neces-
sity of diverting the public mind from
the fact that the present prosperity,
high wages and high standard of living
came to the country under the admins
tration of President Wilson.
The history of the last so years clearly
shows that there were more business
and financial panics under Republican
administrations than under Democratic
ones; and the fact is that the Federal
reserve act. designed to- stay financial
panics, was passed under the admins
tration OF President Wilson, and was
later referred to by Andrew Mellon,
Secretary of the Treasury, as the great
Stablllzer OF business and finance, not
only In our own country, but abroad
The difference is that when trouble oc-
ours under Democratic administration.
the Republicans call it panic. When
1t happens under Republican admin
istration the Republicans refer to it as
depression. In fact, Mr. Hoover him.
self, in the course of one of his speeches
IN this campaign referring to the army
OF men out of work last Winter, said
that it occurred during a depression.
That the country is prosperous in
spots at the present time nobody denies.
But at the same time we have Mr..
Hoover'S own word for it that the tex
tile and the coal industries are tagging
IN the march of prosperity. And the
Republican party in its platform admits
that the agricultural industry is in dire
distress. am using their own words.
or course, it is another Republican
trick to attempt to link prosperity to the
tariff. After my Louisville speech, In
which clearly outlined the Demo-
cratic attitude OF the tariff, the Repub-
lican leaders found themselves in a
panic. Mr.. Hoover weathered the storm
by silence. Mr.. Hughes said that 1t
was doubtful If members of Smiths
party in the Congress of the United
States would follow his tariff views.
He was unable to find fault with the
views themselves; he was compelled to
admit that they would stabilize the
business OF the country, give confidence
to business, preserve the standard of
living and Of wages for the working
man and protect business, large and
small, as well as the farmer. / made
immediate answer to his suggestion
that the members of Congress of my
party would not follow my views by
broadcaSting the declaration 80 per cent
of them will follow exactly the policy
enunciated by me in my Louisville
speech.
Outlines Tariff Plan.
I repeat here tonight that under my
administration there will be no general
revision of the tariff, that the tariff,
II amended, will be amended in Spe-
ciflc schedules after study and careful
investigation of all the facts by COM
petent, thorough going, able tariff COM
mission. The suggestion by me that
the tariff be lifted out of the realm
OF partisan politics was met with a
counter suggestion from Gov. Hughes
that that was an impossibility With
that entirely disagree, and IL Mr..
Hughes and the Republican party be-
lieve that the people are compelled to
countenance log-rolling. political ma
nipulation, favoritism and star cham
Der proceedings in the making of tar
riffs, they do not understand the view
point of the American people.
Nothing is SO ridiculous in this cam
paign as the attempt on the part of
the Republican managers to lead the
American Workingmen to believe that
my election and my leadership of the
Democratic party in the nation means
that he is to be driven from his home.
said in Newark that this was an
insult to the intelligence of the rank
and file of the working people of this
country. and l definitely pledge to
them under me nothing viii happen
to the tariff that will take a scent
piece out of their pay envelopes. If we
do anything with it, we shall make
those envelopes buy more for them. /
say furthermore that in dealing with
this problem we will give fun pro-
lection to the farmer and to the busi-
ness man, big or small
The Republican party has referred
to President Coolidge as the great
apostle of prosperity A newspaper
report of the press conference with the
President at the White IInl1Sa On Oc~