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INVADESTHt WEST
ENT HAILED BY PEOPLE
ON HIS WAY JO OMAHA
CROWDS SURROyNDTRAIN
Wilson Delivers Speeches la Omaha
But Refuses to Talk Politics to
Huge Crowds Which Greet Him on
the Journey—Laughs and Talks to
Jolly Crowds.
President Wilson discussed the.
European war, peace and American
• business in three speeches at Omaha,
Neb., Thursday. He declared Amer
ica is as ready to fight as any nation
In the world, but that its cause must
be just. After the war, he said, this
nation must join a league of nations
to preserve the peace of the world.
The president declared for the
“unshackling” of American business
in order that it may meet the com
petition of the world after the Euro
pean war and cited legislation of his
administration as going far in this
direction.
It was the president’s first trip
into the Middle West since the cam
paign began, and he received what
his political lieutenants characteriz
ed as the greatest reception of his
career. He was cheered by thous
ands during the day. The size of the
crowds and the enthusiasm shown
far exceeded anything he has experi
enced since his inauguration.
J Attracted to Omaha for the cele
bration of Nebraska’s fiftieth anni-
rjrsary, thousands of people from
learby cities and states packed
Omaha's streets. It was an Impres
sive gathering which greatly pleased
the president and his political ad-
• vlsers.
Omaha was in gala attire. The
celebration, non-partisan in charac-
—ter and arranged by a committee
made up largely of RepbbTIcans, was
given a political touch by the pres
ence of the president. All the build
ings were draped with American
flags, windows were packed with
persoas during the parade and bands
constantly played popular and mar
tial music.
Although l*re«ldent Wlleon
■teadll) adhered to hla derision to
make no rear-plat form speechm,
hla journey through Ohio and In
diana on his wny to Omahn a as a
sureraoton of nppenmnrea before
large and rath u>i*a tic crowds.
The |iro|ile knew they could not
expert n speech, hut everywhere
they sw armed to the atatioua for a
sight of the president.
At some of the stops Mr. Wilson
briefly espressed his gratification at
the reception. Usually, however, he
was kept l-usy shaking the hands
extended to him as he stood on the
observation platform of his car. and
the train would pull out before he
could say a word. •
The thing that seemed to move
* the president more than anything
else nna the large n am her of eld
erly people, man) of them declar
ing thentselvea Republicans, who
crowded up to shake hands, with
n ‘*<«ud bless you” that sounded aa
If It came from the henrt.
The train made fourteen stops In
Ohio, most of them at towns of not
more than fifteen thousand inhabi
tant* A conservative estimate
placed the number of persons who
greeted the president at thirty
thouaand In Ohio alone. Indiana
waa A3 genetnus. F#H_W ayne,_ ind.,
probably had the record crow37 wins'
close to ten thousand, but Alliance,
Ohio, and Valparaiso. Ind., with a
large delegation of college boys, ap
proached the record.
At some places the enthusiasm
was so pronounced that in-spite of
the president's refusal to make an
address the train assumed the ap
pearance of a genuine campaign spe
cial". At many places local politi
cians boarded the train and rode to
the next station just to give assur
ance to Mr. Wilson that Mr. Hughes’
western drive had by no means
dimmed . Democratic » confidence of
carrying both Ohio and Indiang.
Throughout the trip one fact stood
out prominently, and it caused much
satisfaction among the president’s
advisers: All along the route the
enthusiasm of the railroad employees
was manifest. They stood beside the
tracks' between stations and waved
their hats as the train passed, and
at brief stops they were always
among the first to rush up and seize
the president’s hand extended to
them over the platform rail.
The president vls obviously de
lighted with the reception. He smil
ed broadly, and each time as the
train pulled out, leaving^a cheering
contingent of Wilson’s supporters
behind, he would remain on the plat-'
form waving his hand.
The politicians along the roadfc did
not try to conceal their pleasore at
the way the people turned out. At
the.instance of the’Democratic State
Conference, the Ohio County Com-
Tfnittees had sedulously advertised
the president s coming, but they had
been pessimistic about the result,
because every one knew there would
be no speeches. At Alliance, a rail
road town, several railroad opera
tives delighted the Democratic lead
ers bf-'aesuring them that when Mr.
Hughes was there he did not get a
fifth of the crowd.
E^. Z. Hoffman, Democratic Na
tional Committeeman for Indiana,
who boarded the train at Lima,
Ohio, for a conference with the pred
ident, predicted with' every show of
■ confidenre_ that!'Indian* woujd ‘ go
-PeweeraUc.—
among Indiana 'Republicans, andTie
is assured of thirty-five per cpnt of
the Progressive vote.’'
The eight-hour law las
prominently, and shouts of approval' "
of his settlement of the strike greet-'
ed the president -everywhere. .At “Man-Power Distributing Board’’ Ex-
Orvllle, Ohio, a railroad town, a
m her km
1$ "GREAT BRITAIN’S CRY
voice from the crowd cried;' “You
were with us in the eight-hour day,
and we Are with ydu now.” An out
burst of cheerinj; followed.
At Lima, Ohio, also, where a big
crowd had gathered, with a band and
numerous flags, a shout of “Hurrah
for the Eight-Hour Law,” brought
another great outburst. At Fort ^
Wayne, Ind., a brakeman pushed his Distributing Board recently appoint-
pects to Comb England for
All Those Eligible.
Great Britain is in urgent need of
men for her armies and also for mak
ing ammunltioU in .her munition fac
tories. A statement to this effect
has been given out by the/Man Power
hand up witlv-the remark: “Right
there, Mr. President. She’s dirty,
but she's going to hit the rooster
hard.”
It is predicted by Ohio and In
diana politicians that the eight-hour
question will prove to be tbie biggest
factor in deciding the outcome of the
mpaign in those states, and the
Democrats are claiming victory on
that basis
Of the hyphenate question- there
was little si&m In much of the sec
tion of Ohio through which the pres
ident passed the German vote is a
powerful factor, but^np conclusions
as to the way it would go could be
dfawn from the conduct^ of the
crowds. In several places comments
could be heard spoken with a mark
ed German accent, blended with the
general remarks approving the pres
ident. "
The president’s enjoyment of the
people's enthusiasm was plainly in
dicated in the remarks he made. At
Lima, in response to calls for a
speech, he said, “My friends, I am
not making c. speech-making cam
paign, but I can say that It touches
me and gratifies me very much to get
the greetings I have received all
along the line. Ohio has certainly
shown her hospitality.’'
Some one in the crowd shouted:
"We didn’t want a speech; want
ed to see our president.”
The crowd laughed as the preel-
dent answered: 'T don't think
much of my speech-making, but J
rather think it is better than I am to
look at.”
The crowd then asked to see Mrs.
Wilson, and the president said: “ITI
admit she Is better worth looking at
than I am ”
Mrs. Wilson then joined him on
the platform and was heartily cheer
ed.
At Fort W*rne. Did., where ten
thousand people had gathered. Mr.
Wilson said: “I haven't anything
ed to comb out men eligible for mill
tary service in the United Kingdom
who fiave not yet been enrolled" in
the army.
The board reported it had exam
ined officials of the admiralty, war
office, ministry of munitions and
other departments and that there
was urgent need of fresh supplies of
men for the armies and munition
factories in order “to maintain our
forces in the field at the numbers
already fixed for them and at the
same time to maintain the supply of
munitions essential for their equip
ment and proper utilization.”
The board therefore directed that
no exemption be granted certain
clacse heretofore exempt and that
there must be no more general dilu
tion of skilled labor in munitions
factories with won' n and other
workers heretofore untrained. It
suggested conferences of employers
and employed with a view to forcing
skilled labor now engaged in private
work for employment in munitions
plants.
“It is essential,” the report says,
“that a large part of the labor now
engaged in private work shall be di
verted to governmental orders, or re
leased for the army.”
The board also has under consid
eration the extended use of women
and of men over the military age and
also the release of men of military
age now employer In the government
offices. This is the only means, the
board says; whereby extension of the
age for compulsory service can be
avoided.
DEFENDS BANK ACT
*
CARTER GLASS ANSWERS CRITIC
OF RESERVE SYSTEM
DEFEATS PARTY ATTACKS
GERMAN SUBMARINE BREMEN
CAPTURED, HEARS CAPITAL
MOVIE SUBMARINE CAUGHT
British Warships Refuse to Give Vp
Picture Concern's Submersible.
A wireless message received at
\ New York states that the Bcitlah
!!.“u S',.cSi < !r.Ti u fl?r;.hr»V , ’To' >» *>■. -m-l, or
S"°«“ uo«y,;; ---cot. o» »•
mv hel tiTh s «ext n? sr? i I to Ml4ral ' • "*<*** th ® belief that
r u d. I sm he.r,fu oh.u!i ,1 • German craft. The subm*
coo'd 1 *“ °" Ab "° 1 * 1 "' 1 «'
guiabed one remark: ”1 m git *
don't wear whiskers.”
he
a yacht when it was captured.
Those In commaud of the yacht
Aoolhor roforodee to Mr R^'l «*■“■
facial adornment came at Valparaiso,'
ere compelled to give up the jour
ney. the British officials taking c n-
Ind.. and Mr. Wilson delighted his „, ,Z .,,l \„, "J
audience, largely composed of rolx* nilnlser nf^th. MrrJdiMnn i«
boys by wavli c • , \\>11 i manager of the expedition not to
|W? raa" clean-shaven c^wd yo£ h * r w ' thout permlMlon Th *
state departipOnt at Washington will
he asked to take up the matter and
secure the release of the submarine.
selves
At Mansfield. .Ohio, the president
got enother laugh. A men In the!
crowd cried: “I heard a Republi-
c .“.'f“o?%»“’ *“" 104,000 SOLDIERS ON BORDER
“He must
be a good man.” re
plied Mr. Wilson.
At Orrvllle, Ohio, .he president ex
cused himself for refusing to make a
speech by saying: “I am befotj the
jury, and I can't say anything.”
ROUMANIANS CROSS DANUBE
IN MOVE AGAINST BULGARS
All Militiamen Not Yet Kent Have
Been Ordered Down.
War department statistics show
that there are about 104,000 militia
men now on the border. The eight
thousand ordered wouth Thursday
will relieve a similar force which
will be returned to their h< me sta
tions for muster out of the federal
I service.
While officials generally expect
Intcrcwting Situation Caused by Ad- ^be entire militia will be withdrawn
within a few weeks, no definite de-
\ an re Which Threaten* Mark-
-engfn’a. Advonrcd Amiy.
Roumanla's -stroke against the
Central Powers In throwing a force
acrosa the Danube into Bulgaria is
the outstanding feature in the cur
rent war news. Should this army
prove to be of formidable size, It will
constitute a serious menace to Field
Marshal von Mackensen'a left flank,
and might easjly' force his retire
ment from the present front~souYh
of the Constanza-Tchernavoda rail
way. He already is being subjected
to heavy pressure along this line by
the Russians and Rcrumanihns, pre
ftumably ; in connection with the
flanking operation.
Bucharest says that violent fight
ing continues all along the line
south of the railroad running from
Constanza to the Danube, with the
Teutonic allies offering stubborn re
sistance to the Roumanian and Rus-
sion forces. Nothing is vouchsafed,
however, concerning the troops
which invaded B Igaria. „ ,
Sofia says that only “several bat
talions” of Roumanians made their
way across the river, and Berlin re
ports the destruction behind them,
by German monitors, of the pontoon
bridges over which they passed.
I
cialon has been announcdll. Secre
tary Baker, however, has said there
wooTH bo-tro general redtsposttlom of
troops in the Southern department
until the American-Mextcan joint
commission, in session at Atlantic
City, evolves some system of border
control.
AH* army department commanders
were ordered by the w?r department
to dispatch militia org. nlzations still
in state mobilization camps to the
border as soon as they can arrange
transportation facilities.
The orders affect only troops which
have not seen service on the border,
about eight thousand men in Ala-
bain^ Georgia, Florida, North Caro
lina, plississippi, South Carolina, Vir
ginia). Colorado, New Hampshire and
New York.
GREEK SITUATION INTENSE
« * *
Cabinet Resigns and New Ones are
■' Favorable to Entente.
The Greek situation continues to
develop. King Constantine, accord
ing to an Athens dispatch, has in
his hands the resignations of the
members of the cabinet except those
of the premier and the foreign min
ister. It is probable that the new
cabinet will contain several support
ers of former Premier Venizelos,
who is in favor of Greece’s entry
into the war on the side of the- En
tente allies. ...
WIRELESS ACROSS PACIFIC
San Francisco Talks With Station
In Japan.
Wireless waves spanned the Paci
fic ocean Thursday. The San Fran
cisco wireless station was in direct
communication with a Japanese gov
ernment wireless plant at Ochilshi,
Japan, fifty-eight hundred miles
away. The “conversation” was a
test preliminary to inauguration of
a wireless commercial service. Pre
viously Honolulu relayed wireless
messages between Japan and the
United States.
WINNING WAR SLOWLY
Britain's Army Chief Calls for Aid of
Every Man.
STORM WARNINGS UP
Disturbance of Slight Intensity Now
”Th#*world war la not .finished,'
he aald, “tfnd a Republican victory
at the polls would endanger our
conntrr'a peace. The "people of In
diana are overwhelmingly against
the warlike tmplteailoas of the
High as Bnneerslr criticisms of the
iaat haa a large
— flfl ti«Qrxia Coast-
The South Atlantic disturbance
was clone off the Georgia coast Wed
nesday moraing, according " to re
ports to tho weather bureau. Ap
parently the storm la not of great, to-
tcanity, hat atom warnings are ami
real Pert Moaroe to hav-
Gen. Sir William Robertson, chief
of the imperia,! staff at ,army £ head
quarters, said in a speech at Dalder-
by, Lincolnshire, Thursday that
while the Allies were winning the
war slowly but surely, he wished to
impress upon his hearers the neces
sity of' procuring more men for the
army and munitions factories. In
this connection, he said, he had a
serious word of warning to give.
We are not Justified In expecting
Representative Cites Silence of Re
publican Convention to Measure's
Critics—Gives Credit for Law to
Wilson While He Was Yet the
Governor of the State of New Jer
sey.
Representative Carter Glass, the
Democratic chairman of the House
Banking and Currency Committee,
has prepared a reply to the attacks
by Republican speakers on the Fed
eral Reserve Act passed under the
present administration. In it he says
that the question of politics did not
enter into the preparation of the
measure, and that all attention was
turned to the economic problems In
volved. .
“There has been no responsible
party assault on the Federal Reserve
Act,” Representative Glass says.
“The Republican National Conven
tion at Chicago.in July said nbt one
word in condemnation of it, nor inti
mated the slightest criticism of any
provision of it. This omission, in the
circumstances, by a body that assail
ed every other legislative perform
ance of the opposing party was tan
tamount to a substantial approval of
the aqt. But recently Republican
politicians have ventured to carp and
cavil. Their comment has been fugi
tive. and not in any sense precise.
It has been turgid and in no degree
discreet. In the measure that these
critics have manifested petty parti
san zeal, to that extent they have
exhibited an Ignorance of the legisla
tion as amusing as It la dense.
“Generally these individual attacka
on the Federal Reserve system have
taken on the guise of the faint praise
which amount* to damnation. When
thla haa not been to the commenta
tors have conceded the soundness
and incalculable usefulness of the sys
tem. only to appropriate for the Re
publican party the credit of having
‘blazed the way and furnlahgd the
pattern’ In the report of the Aldrich
Monetary Commiaalon
"There was no action by the Re
publican party, and the wretched
pretense, exigently put forward now,
that the Aldrich Monetary Com ml
aion and the Republican party ‘blaz
ed the way for banking and currency
reform' la a pore Invention. The
way to’banking and currency reform
under a Democratic administration
waa ‘biased’ by fin r.clal conflagra
tlon under Republican administra
tion. the lurid flame of which haa
licked up the substance of American
business men and the fierce ravagea
of which had devoured the profits of
American Industry until the loesee
entailed and the mleery which en-<
sued had exceeded human approxi
mation
Aa Tor the Aldrich bill, Mr. Glass
says that there was not one funda
mental idea of It that waa original
with the framers of the bill, and
that there are not many of the es
sential ideas of the Federal Reserve
Act that had not been in some guise
considered and discussed long before
either the Aldrich bill or the Fed
ersl Reserve Act was conceived.
“The bill' was not directed with
any reference whatsoever to the Al
drich scheme." Mr. Glass says, “but
was written by practical men upon
expert advice after patient.bearings
and pains-taking investigation by a
sub-committee of the Banking and
Currency Committee oFThe House, of
which I was chairman. Its main fea
tures were presented by me to M
Wilson in December, 1912; while he
was yet governor of New Jersey, and
were by him approved, with certain
material modifications.”
Mr. fllass points out that not only
the Democratic and Republican par
ties rejected the Aldrich bill, but that
the Progressive party In 1912, when
it nominated Col. Roosevelt, formal
ly characterised the bill as a scheme
“to place the currency and credit
system of the United States in pri
vate hands, not subject to effective
public control."
He characterizes as untrue state
ments that the Federal Reserve sys
tem has cost the government larfe
sums of money, that "but two of the
banks have ever paid a dividend,’
and similar statements. The Repub
lican Senator who charged that the
system' was an expensive failure was
the same one who had said seventy-
five per cent, of it was the work of
the Republican party, Mr. Glass says,
and adds that the fystem does not
cost the government a c^nt, as the
expenses are assessed against the
member banks, and. that five of the
twelve regional banks have declared
dividends, while the official report
for June, 191fi, shows that all twelve
of the regional banks for the preced
ing six months,had an excess of earn
ings over expenses amount to ♦804,-
510.- Only one had a deficit,- and
that was slight, while for June all
showed considerable excess of earn
ings over expenses.
But the primary object was not to
earn dividends, but to constitute a
great reserve force and to keep in
poise the banking . nd currency in-,
terests of the ndtidh, Mr. Glass
points out, and he quotes the only
Reserve Board, Paul M. Warburg, as
saying that “earning capacity must
■~i n i— am ■ ■ I
REST ON II
Story U That U-Boat Merchantman
Has Been Caught in Big Net
and la In Scotland.
The German comtperclal subma
rine Bremen, a sister in design and
size to the Deutschland, has been
captured by the British naval forces
and taken to the naval harbor at
Rosytb, on the east cosat of Scot
land, according to Information of a
very creditable character received In
Washington. The character and
source of this report cannot be dis
closed but It can be said they are
such as to cause those who haVe re
ceived the Information to regard It
<as more than fairly authentic.
According to this Information the
Bremen is now at the great new
British naval base at Rosyth, situat
ed near Inverkeithing, on the Firth
of Forth, near tho famous Firth *f
Forth railroad bridge. When the
Bremen was captured is not known,
but the information reaching Wash
ington state.! without qualification
that the vessel has been captured and
taken to Rosyth and that she was
seen there three 'weeks ago.
The intimation is that the subma
rine was caught in one of the huge
nets spread around the British coast
as part of the elaborate plan adopt
ed by the British admiralty for the
capture" of German submarines.
These nets are one hundred yards
long, and about one hundred and
eighty feet deep, made of heivy wire
and cables, and are planted In va
rious parts of the North Sea, as well
as around the British coast. The
nets are anchored ai. I are suspended
from supports placed near the sur
face of the water. There are two
bombs attached to each net. These
explode and disable the submarine
that strikes the net with sufficient
momentum to make the two ends of
the net swing around so as to en
velop the undersea boat.
There have been many rumors of
the Bremen's capture before, but the
British admiralty has never con
firmed them. These earlier reports
have always reached Washington
through newspaper channels. Not
until recently was there any c nflr-
matlon of the report obtainable
through Independent sources of a
creditable character in Washington
and which may be , described as
semi-official. It is impossible to of
ficially confirm the Information at
this time, but it has come to Wash
ington in a way that appears to con
vince persons -who have refused to
credit earlier rumors.
BRYAN PRAISES ACHIEVEMENTS
W DEMOCRATIC RECORD
IS WITHOUT A PARALLEL
ROUT R0UMANUNS
Bold Invasion Across Danube Meets
— • With Dtsastes.
The bold invasion of Bulgaria by
Roumanian troops who crossed the
Danube nfcar Rahovo In the rear of
the main Una in Dobrudja has ended
moat disastrously for the invaders,
according to Sofia, their force being
scattered and virtually wiped out.
To combat the Roumanlano who
apparently were from twelve to six
teen thousand strong, but declared
to be without artillery, the Bulga
rians sent troopa from Rustchuk and
Thrtuktai on either side of the point
of crossing. Caught between the
two forces, the Roumanians are said
to have made for the pontoon bridge
which they found destroyed by Au»-
trian monitors.
Although there Is some divergence
in the official reports from Sofia and
Bucharest concerning the fate of the
force of Roumanians which waa
thrown across the Danube into Bul
garia. the fact is patent, according
to Bucarest communication, that
they have ceased their ”demon , --tra'
tion.”
Bucharest adds that the Rouman
ians withdrew to the left bank of
the Danube, but Sofia asserts that
the battlefield In Northern Bulgaria
between Rustirhuk and Turtukai,
where they crossed the river, is cov
ered with Roumanian dead aa a re
sult of their forced speedy retire
ment back to their own soil.
TWO LYNCHED AT C01RT HOUSE
Negroes Hanged by Mob After Min
ister Hailed First Attempt.
Two i^egroes, accused of being im
plicated in the- killing of Deputy
Sheriff James Gibson during a recent
jail delivery at Nowata, Okla., were
taken from the prison by a mob the
same night and lynch 1 in front of
the court house.
Three negro prisoners escaped
from the jail,'but two were soon cap
tured. One of the rearrested men,
John Foreman, was wounded during
the pursuit and was not then molest
ed by the mob, but the unwounded
negro was seized and paraded,
screaming for mercy, through the
streets. When the mob reached the
Methodist church somebody spied a
tree with outspreading branches-and
yelled, “Let’s hang him on holy
ground.” The pjrisoner waa swung
clear of the ground and was being
strangled to death when the minis
ter came out and persuaded the
crowd to cut him down. .
When darkness came the recap
tured negroes were taken from the
prison by a larger mob of citizens.
Foreman wa^ strung up to a lamp
post near the court house and “Sun
ny” Powell was hung from a tree a
few feet distant. —
Republican mepiber of the Federafold system, New York could not, in
time of ,s,tress, let a country baqk
have $50,000’of eurfency to meet
never be considered the test of tha7 tte .ordinary rf'iuin-ments of com-
efficlency of Federal Reserve banks.
“The Federal Reserve system is
performing a vastly greater service
than merely earning dividends,” Mr
To win IH1 WU, he «ld, uillMi the Tmif" Vl?i.' 'Tt Is buttressing The Ism ofa Itnpendoni wsr, have rstPY,
service, of every man and woman in
the country Ur nttlixea to the fulleat
extent - We have adopted a theory
the principle of national service. We
moat see that we put It Into prac
tice, becaeib we wlat move men. and
we shall want all Mho eaz he
spared’*-.
public confidence, stimulating enter
prise, and driving the nation for
ward.
“A startling eoptfaat between thla
system and the old system under
which the eotntry for fifty years
Is f ennd In the tact that In
merce or the pay rolls of Industry,
whereas In 1916, after but one year
of the new system. New Yorh let two
European nations in the very catacly-
Nebraakan Domes Out Strong for
Administration — Baslaese Freed
From Wall Street—President Act
ed Courageously and the Gantry
Will Approve Him.
“The record m&de by the present T
administration in the matter of do
mestic reform is without parallel in
the history of the country,” says Wil
liam J. Bryan in a signed article in
the September number of “The Com
moner.” After reviewing the prin
cipal achievements .of the Democrat
ic party under Woodrow Wilson, Mr.
Bryan asks:
“When, before, did any party, In
so short a time, present and complete
so remarkable a program for the ad- >
vancement of a nation’s welfare? la
it possible that a party which haa
thus justified public confidence can
be rebuked by the people to whoae
interests it has dedicated itself?”
Mr. Bryan points to the settle- '
ment of the railway strike through
the passage of the eight-hour law as
among the most Important triumphs
of the president. Describing the
larger reforms, Mr. Bryan says:
“First. The tariff law now upon
the statute books is the best enact
ed within a half century, fit is writ
ten upon the theory that a tariff law
should be so framed as to raise reve
nue and nfit upon he theory now g'v-
Ing protection for protection's sake.
It has lessened the power of the
tariff baron to exact tribute from
the public.'
“Second. The Income tax provi
sion, while a part of the general rev
enue law, deserves t®. be considered
upon it* own merits. It was made
possible by the adoption of the in- •
come tax amendment to the federal
constitution, secured after a fight of
more than fifteen years, made under
Democratic leadership. The income
tax in the isw of 191$ transferred
nearly one hundred millions from
consumption to incomss. thus reliev
ing the masses from the Injustieo ,
that Republican tariff laws bad pat
upon them, an Injustice which would
■till continue it the Republicans bad
remained In power.
“Third. The currency law is tho
greatest piece of constructive legis
lation ths generation has aegn It
brings Wall Street's despotic bold
upon the business of ths nation and
the political tyranny sxsrclssd by
the masters of high finance.
“Fourth. Ths rural credits law
is a fitting companion of tho eor-
rency law. It gives to tho agrleal-
tursl world the same sort of roiled
that ths currency law brings to tho
commercial world. It gives conclu
sive proof of tho breadth and eom-
prehenslveneos of Democratic plaaa
—Justice to all In every walk of life.
“Fifth. The anti-trust taw. writ
ten upon the theory that a private
monopoly Is indefensible and Intol
erable. is the first step towards the
release of the country from the groat
combinations of capital that had aa- .
sumed to control productions and fix
prices. It not only gives a measure
of relief from extortion, but it In
cludes a provision which protects tho
working men from ‘government by
injunction.'
• “.Sixth. The act creating a trade
commission, exercising over big in
dustrial powers simitar to those ex
ercised over the railroads by the la-
terstate commerce commission, puts \
the federal government in s posi
tion, first, to secure information,
and second, to use that information
for the protection of legitimate busi
ness against the encroachments of
corporations, attempting a monopo
ly. ’
“Seventh. The shipping bill ia
another step in advance, and a loaf
step. Its purpose Is to protect in
ternational- trade along existing
trade routes and to lay out new lines
of travel for the extension of Ameri
can commerce. It took a two-year’s
fight to overcome the influence of
the shipping trust, but the fight has
at last been won, and the gdvefll*^'
ment Is now In a position to use a
merchant marine of its own to safe
guard the interests of the American
shipper.
“Eighth. The child labor law has
come in response to the growing de
mand for social betterment. Ths
fact that such a law was necessary
is a sad commentary upon the heart
lessness of man—that he should be
come so money-mad as to be willing
to increase his profits by the stunt
ing of the bodies and the dwarfing
of the minds of minors^ The Demo
cratic party deserves great credit for
adding this law to its extraordinary
recotd of great accomplishments.
“Ninth. The president’s prompt
action has given to the employees
engaged in interstate commerce an
eight-hour day. Again the president
has taken the side of the common
man and won. The railroads over
state the cost of complying with the
eight-hour. law. They delay freight
trains at divisions in order to get
bigger loads and longer trains. This
is an expense to the shippers as well
.as <&!! ipjustice to the train men.
They. Van, vi hen it becomes neces
sary, get the trains in on time, and
thus-give the employees time fpr rest
and recuperation—time to enjoy
home and prepare for the responsi
bilities of citifeoshlp. The president
haa acted courageously, and the
country will approve."
000,600, and has recently let the
same nations have an additional
$250,00#,000;. and I speak with
knowledge and not upon conjecture
when I say that these beaks were
enabled to do this beta ass of the ea-
tsieace of the Federal Reserve syv
IJttle Action on Oareo
: Except for the capture -by the Itnl-
taas cf two lofty peaks -held by the
Austrians and a cyntlauatlna of the
heevy bom bard meals by
trlena ef the Carso
heads of tho
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