Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-10-08
DEMOCRATIC MEETING WE'LL
ATTENDED, ENTHUSIASTIC

The monthly meeting of the DEM
ocratic Women's Federated clup o.
Morgan county, held Friday nlgn.
was we'll attended and filled Win
enthusiasm. The president, MIS-
Flo Strahl. presided, and Mr.. Z. A.
GAYLORD had charge of the program
and introduced the speakers, the
first one being Atty Esther Plnsky
of Bellaire, supervisor OF women ;
work in the 15-1 6-18th district, VINO
smoke at some length, most interest,"
ingly. and was given closest atteh-
ton.
She said that the Democratic par
+v has successful record that
sneaks for itself. She spoke OF the
artun7n season time of Thanksglv-
ing when people take stock OF what
thev have to be thankful for, ana OF
tho blessings they enjoy, and SAID
thew should be thankful for Presl-
don't Roosevelt with his understand
ing mind and sympathetic heart. TO
ing back four years ago to the Her
bert Hoover administration, she re-
called1 the devastation; OF 14'ooo,-
900 people out of work; OF hail
million children going to school nail
starved. millions Of farmers losing
their farms: thousands of farm lore
closures. seven billions Of dollars
lost in business and bank failures;
farmers in the western states stand
ING armed to keep officers from sell
ing their farms; tenants evicted.
child labor permitted, factories and
mills silent, thousands walking the
streets. idle, wondering where their
next meal was coming from; soup
houses and bread lines in the cities;
the youth of the country discour-
aged and turning to life Of crime.
The national yearly income had
dropped 40 billion; with 25,OoO
bankruptcies in the year 1882, and
the administration in power OFFER
ing no avenue of escape; banks clos
ing on every hand-this was the
condition of the country under Her.
bert Hoover. And the speaker said:
sis there anyone who wants to go
hack to those dark days?" She said
that had Mr. Hoover remained in Of
flee a year longer there would have
been no country, and she also SAID
that Herbert Hoover has been to To-
peka. Kan, to advise Governor Lam
don. In March, 1888, when Mr..
Roosevelt took over the govern
ment the American spirit had van
ished: human hearts were call
ing for him, and he restored conf
dence. and had enacted the greatest
humanitarian acts ever given to the
American people. Banks were open
ed, public confidence restored; and
she referred to the federal bank in
surance act, securities measure, and
other acts that brought confidence
and prosperity. Had these acts
been passed under the previous ad-
ministration, she said, millions OF
homes and billions of dollars would
have been saved. Referring to the
WPA act, the speaker said men do
not want charity, but work, which
brings self respect, and through the
WPA billions of dollars of wealth
have been added. To the answer OF
those who charge the president with
trying to destroy the constitution,
the speaker said: eff it had not been
for Franklin D. Roosevelt, we today
AS to presidents who had offered
criticism of the supreme court de-
cisions, she mentioned Andrew jack
son, Abraham Lincoln and Theo-
dore Roosevelt, the latter even go
ing so far as to advocate the Ju-
dicial recall.
AS to the charge OF waste, she
smoke of Herbert Hoover who was
member of the cabinet at the time
of the Teapot Dome scandal, and
saw it being leased to private inter-
ests: of the vast sums given rail-
roads; and to the Reconstruction
Finance corporation, all of which
did not lead to recovery.
Speaking of Governor Davey, she
said he had gone along with Presi-
dent Roosevelt in his program; that
as a a.governor, in Is months he had
established a record never eXcelled
for worth while achievement; the
debt had been reduced $3.50, 900;
the school foundation act which the
governor fought so hard to enact,
gives to every child in the state
equal educational advantages in our
public schools. She spoke too or
the increase in old age pensions, all
of which have not cost the farmers
one cent more in taxes.
Another speaker at the meeting
was Mr.. Richard Edmonds OF Chi
cago, grandson of the late F. r.
Porter. and a graduate of the Uni
versity of Chicago. His able and
address which was brief,
was devoted principally to a dis
cussion of who is backing Landon
and Knox, and he showed conclu-
sively that it is w. r. Hearst
and said that Landon was scarcely
heard of until Hearst took him up
in his newspapers. He showed what
a poor background Landon has for
the presidency, calling attention to
the fact that President Roosevelt
had had experience in public office
and national, for 25 years.
In answer to the charge that Hearst
Roosevelt, Mr.. Edmonds
very cleverly brought out that
Hearst did not discover" Roosevelt,
and he went ahead to show how
closely the Republican ticket is
hooked up with Hearst, and how
they are all combined with the big
interests.
The concluding speaker was Mr..
M. j. Almack of the state depart
ment of education, who said that
the next Is years will be challeng-
ing ones, and much depends on
whether we keep Roosevelt in pow
er, as to it's successful outcome;
said a constructive mind is needed
to pilot the ship of state; and that
the old order Of unrestrained capi-
talists is dying, and that whether
Roosevelt or Landon is the next
president, the country will never go
back to the old regime. The greatest
democratic institution, he said, is
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