Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-02-13
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Friday Forming -..- February Is. 1891
Chairman Shonse Tells or Recent
PROCESS OF Democratic Party.

IN taulO ADDRESS al MIAMI. Florida,
recently. JOuet Shouse discussed Recent
Progress Of the Democratic Party" and
frankly stated that Democratic National
Headquarters has had abundant help from
the White House.
The principal mistakes Of the admins
tration by which the Democratic Party
has profited he designated as "the recent
tariff bill. the so-called agricultural relief
bill. and lack Of leadership on the part Of
the President of the United States"
Concerning the tariff bill he said. 1T
served not only to retard the possibility Of
recovery from the Hoover panic. but il has
served markedly to esuanee from us the
friendship and trade alike of every country
Of the world with which we do business"
He said the Agricultural Marketing Act,
(which was admittedly written word for
word and line for line by Mr.. Hoover" who
had lnveiehed so definitely against the
entrance OF government into business"
contained a so-calIed sterilization feature,
under which provision. with the full knowl-
edge OF the President. the Farm Board has
placed 10 jeopardy in the commodity mar
kets more than S250.O0O.OOO Of your
money.
ut is a very important and very dan
gerous departure from the principles and
the practices that have prevailed since its
creation" Mr.. Shouse continued. that the
government OF the United States should
be gambling in wheat and cotton futures.
for that is what il amounts to-"
Mr.. Shouse asserted that the lack Of
leadership on the part Of the President
was the chief cause Of the unutterable
confusion that exists in Washington to-
day. and has existed there most Of the
time for the last eighteen months
He outlined as Democratic program the
tariff policy as announced in the Houston
platform and set forth in the Simmons
amendment which would put the tariff on
a scientific basis. eliminate swapping. trad
ing and log-rolling and would institute "a
Tariff Commission that will not be mere
body Of clerks TO the President Of the
United States; farm relief bill along the
lines of the Houston platform. and the
passage OF the Wagner unemployment bills
unless the short session Of Congress adopts
them.
Chairman Shouse declared also for the
fve.day week and no reduction Of wages
by employers.
On the prohibition question. he said
among other things II hope to God the
Democratic Party will have the courage TO
let the American people know where it
stands. whether for repeal Of the Eieh-
teenth Amendment, modification Of the
Volstead Act. or for continuing the noble
experiment.
Boom FOR Ritchie Eaters Twelve
States.
A dispatch from Baltimore. dated Feb
ruary 2, says:
More than year before the national
party conventions. friends Of Gov. Albert
C. Richie are attempting TO set up organi-
cations in every State to further his can
didacy for the Democratic nomint ton.
Today il was announced that Richie
for-President League branches had been
formed in four additional States. bringing
the number organized since the first Of the
year to IL.
Free men and free women again" has
been adopted as the slogan of the cam
paign for the Maryland Governor, an
avowed opponent Of the Eighteenth Amend
ment and advocate OF States Rights. who
took Office for his fourth consecutive term
last month.
The inaugural address. in which Gov.
Richie outlined his position on number
Of national questions. was broadcast on
q nationwide radio hook-up.
The Ritchie-for- President League was
organized and Is financed by friends and
supporters of the Governor. IL was stated
today by Lawrence Lockwood. Baltimore
political leader. who is the executive Sec
RETRY. Edward A. Gabler OF Philadelphia
is president. William A. Powell Of New
York vice president. and Leonard Sycle Of
Richmond, Va. treasurer.
Senator Willard Z. Tydines. Democrat, Of
Maryland. urged In a recent address that
organizations be formed In every State
Lockwood said today that printed copies
Of Gov. Ritchie's inaugural address would
be widely distributed.
Gov. Richie will be more than favor
lie son candidate in 1882. such as he was
In 1924 and 1925" Lockwood said. we
consider that Owen D. Younss announce.
ment this week that he is not candidate
YVES factor distinctly favorable to Gov
Richie
The slogan was taken from section Of
the Governors inaugural address in which
he declared against Federal Capitalization
and spoke of "a demand that the countr,
return 10 the safe harbor Of the Constitu
ton and the Bill Of Rights. and that we bs
free men and free women again"
The newest branches OF the Ritchi,
LEAGUE, Lockwood said. are in Illinois
Massachusetts. Michigan and Georgia.
Other branches have been formed In
Pennsylvania. New York. Maryland, Viz
RinIa, New Jersey. Florida, Connecticut
and California.
Rome fell not because free corn was
distributed but because fat and fatuou:
aristocracy paid no attention to conditions
that made free corn necessary. . A. Tall
about the Roman corn laws What will
the historians Of 1000 A. d. say IL they
discover from archives Of 1891 that the
United States government held 100000
600 bushels Of wheat in eranaries. to
avoid Cutting the market with food sup
niles. while a million people vainly begged