Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-27

CLAUDE ,
They did one thing more-they de-
stroyed the falsehood that Democracy
means hard times.
They did another thing-they demol-
ished the fallacy that the party that
gave the Federal Reserve system TO the
Nation is an enemy of business.
And those eight years did one thing
more-they gave another immortal To
the skies
Wilson Given High Praise.
What a majestic figure was he who
led US in those fruitful years! The cold,
even light of his superb intellect played
upon the most intricate problems of
the times, and they seemed to solve
themselves. He lifted the people to such
heights OF moral grandeur as they had
never known before; and his name and
purpose made hearts beat faster in lowly
places where his praise was sung in
every language in the world. And when
at length. his body broken, but his spirit
soaring still, he fell stricken. while still
battling for his faith. there passed to
time and eternity and to all mankind
the everlasting keeping of the immortal
memory OF WOODROW wilson.
We submit that party that stands
for that democracy which Is inseparable
from the liberties of men. and has given
a Jefferson, Jackson and a Wilson to
the seryice Of mankind, has earned the
right. in times like these. to the CO.
operation of independents and progress
sives in the struggle for the preservation
Of popular government, and the purging
of the Nation of that corruption which
has made America byword and q
kissing in the very alleys of the world.
Sixteen years ago the late Senator
Beveridge warned US OF the invisible
government" That invisible government
now feels strong enough TO take on
visibility. From the moment Of the cleo
ton of 1920, there was a mobilization
Of the Black Horse Cavalry of privilege
and pillage,, and it cantered down
Pennsylvania avenue, up and down from
one end to the other.
Calls IL Reign OF PiIIage."
Strange creatures, new to the Capital
put in an appearance. Desk room was
found for one of these in the Depart
ment of Justice. The best minds estab-
lished a temple of the new patriotism in
the Little Green House on K street
Men who were the very symbols of privi-
lege, whose fortunes had been made on
the favors Of the Government, were put
In possession of the instrumentalities OF
the State. Acting on the Hamiltonian
theory that governments are strong In
proportion as they are made profitable
to the powerful, the foremost of these
was placed in a strategic public station
that he might personally supervise the
delivery Of the goods.
The representatives Of special interest
fastened TO the Capital with their re-
ceipts for campaign contributions. to
be given key To the Treasury and @
guest card at the patriotic club on X
street where there was q sound oil
revelry by night" Within five months
the conditions in Washington had be-
come a scandal and stencil. The reign
CT privilege and pillage had begun.
The moment the bell rang these mer
set to the task of undoing the work oil
Woodrow Wilson and to the CONNER.
cialization Of the Government. In thu
midst Of the usual scandal they hurried
tariff law upon the statutes at cost
Of from three 70 four billions year
TO the consumers
People Declared Ignored.
They found the Tariff Commission
We created an embarrassment--the
| ignored IL. II was not facts they sought
| They had promises TO keep When q
| little later they found 1t convenient u
| have complacent commission to find
| the facts they sougf1t-~they packed 1t
+, From that moment the acoustics Of thu
commission have been bad. The cries
| Of the millions for relief cannot b,
heard, but the dulcet whisper Of thu
| pig Iron industry is enough to bring q
| so per cent Increase in Its loot
They found the Federal Trade Com
| mission in the wav~~they packed II
| They took the weapons we provided TO
the protection of the people against ex
! ploitation and turned them over TO tn
powers Of pillage.
Thus privilege was speedily intrench.
ed In every department Of the Govern
nent: and privilege moved into thu
ONCE Of the Attorney General TO spik'
| the guns OF Justice: and Privilege tool
possession OF the strategic points In al
/ the departments and commissions: AM
when the machinery of this potentia
pIutocracy had been completed, there
| at the control, sat the very personifica
ton Of the erstwhile invisible govern
ment, looking after the interest OF hi
flock.
II is q tragic thing TO find a govern
ment nortgaged TO little group tina
could be crowded into the directors
rooms of the Aluminium Co. Of America
Under the rule OF this regime, the aver
age man has had no more stake In tn
Government, for which he may b.
called upon 10 die, than If he had neye
touched our soil.
For example, what stake In govern
nent has the farmer Of today? From
the moment Of the realization Of tn
HsmiltoDian state under the banner O
the bloody shirt in the brutal days 0
reconstruction the American farmer ha
been but newer Of wood and drawe
OF water. During the go years Of JEFF
fersonian supremacy the farmer was o.
an equality with every other industry
and IL Ii no mere coincidence that hi
decline and degradation began with tn
triumph NJ the Hamiltonian state. i
the Jeffersonian concept Of society tn
farmer had position Of paramount i'm
portance; but In all the political writ
ings OF Hamilton the only reference I
the farmer is promise that In com
pensation for his submission 10 taEatio
in the interest Of othera he may pil
his wife and children 10 work In In
mills.
Thus. while the little group represent
I'd by Mr.. Mellon has found In