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FAGE POUR
do I mote heartily commit myself party is silent upon the question of
and controlled method
fully limited
Address of Acceptance
of effectuating the
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then be for the people and the
upon
j stitution of the United States.
national
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programs for the nation.
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self-government.
lots
if
Agriculture
Publicity agents
administration have written so many
that they have prevented the aver-
appropriated for flood relief is too
Temperance
Disregard fur Law
1925 decreased by twenty
F
fathers (it
oct inns t
again: I
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during the la: 1 .
I pledge any self alilutioal guarant
inder my leadership will not advo-
President
of
national conduct
• oolidge’ record.
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• ystem which । pelieles he announced
Gon in
tection of our children’ moral ‘
j
doetrine
than ours.*
We have denuded our
We have been slow to re-
would develop different desires and nomie and unfavorable
Every'race hasmd
potential power for the development tion
k
While
a material prosperity, tne very
basis upon which other countries may
may produce
it
which threaten world peace and ma
takes on a ne’w
l.
meaning.
vehicle for carrying out the popula
scientific 1
the Volstead Law giving a
will.
approximately
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way
The Republican Party
These
an intoxicating
beverage. The figures furnish striking indication
The Republican Party builds
lion men, desirous to work and son
women show to one another. ‘
lirmesty make If* '
plomacy.
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hi
I regard it. therefore, ns a
permanent duty to keep alive the in-
people in these ques-
tention- by the people of the ci
aPP
(
hey have
the
C
To settle this dispute,
officer of* the Republican, President gress
have died and hundreds of
marines
at'"
something like one of those grotes- ation with Congress, the administra-
big oyster shell tion entered on this long continued
to which in the course of years. I z
I have
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about the
resources
forests.
claim I
stead of taking leadership in
important work. Forethought,
.the betterg
l stand
Aet were prophetic uf our situation
today.
only under the benevolent adminis-
tration of that party can the country
liberty, free assem
and th# rights of
text from, a great Republican Secre-
tary of State, Flihu Root, who said:
resentatives in the
State legislatures
rep-
and
the party?
today stands
widespread
adjustment
prices of
main-
and
Con-
our
unknown before prohibition,
lieve in reverence for lay 8
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and
men
e sential to 8
»:ricti«n advod
theories against which the party lib
rals like Roosevelt and La Follet*
and their party insurgents have re-
occupation of the territory of
toial
failures
We
shir
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world
nation.
only by the absolute
honeycombed its administration.
f alse Prosperity and Unemployment
Par
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ts nd
ng m
a
ministration
Failure to Consolidate by Re-organi-
their face
necestary.
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business basis * * • *
Restoration of Equitable Tariff
involving the righteousnese
, Mss
party
night.
‘ Barh
sisitor
Mrs.
Savoy
Mr.
Trentor
their m
They •
• where
elster,
Mr l
Bonhan
Mis-
is visit
G. H.
Mra.
ment, not people, but material thines . 1
, . . properly manned.
11......en
Dhmring all of our
I he Ti eedom of eniry
ha been extended t
who desired tO ||||
the. freedom and the|
3 * America, 1
qualities of our a
helped to developed
co
Party Responsibility
In th* rugged'honesty of Groves
might otherwise lie in the multilat-
eral treaties.
. Real Outlawry of War
"Public office is a
That principle now
intments "i
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of
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Defending his
on April 25,
what .-h.ir.li he ate
P
can people would approve a
V"‛ pretend
wa ' power
—Of the
Democratic Nomination for President
— By -
HON. ALFRED E. SMITH
of electrical energy.
mit to citizens of other states a care-
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que spegtacles of a
the last fiscal year than durihg the
fia-t yenr of she Coolidge adminis-
tration. . * ’ ' *
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preciation of the degree of distress
existing today among farmers and
Political parties are the.
I
and irregular masses of barnacles supposedly friendly nation by
agree with me that the Mlution I
offer is one based upon t he) historic
and property of a citizen are a part
of the national domain, even ‘when
nomination was
I num e piven (
even, to those who
though they be small are sovereign
and entitled to demand and receive
use of liquor in a way which
- ership of । he power by owning and
ol controlling the site and plant at the
are extortionate and un-
age man from having a proper ap-
one billion, six him
our general prosperity.
made itself felt in an enormous in
crease of bank failures in the agri-
wars as those reservations
terpreted in the'light of I
America has extended to our rela-
has been more careless
' onservation of natural
our troops into Nicaragua,
taimed.them there for years,
this without the consent of
hess of those treaties as deterrents
Republies."
Nicaragua and Mexico
have attached themselves
symmetry or relevancy.”
aseupon a myth. We are told tha.
policy of the Democratic Party, to
and his
ateet poesibled
f"
ness prosperity exists and tha' it the restoration of cordial relations
can exist only under Republican ad [with Latin America and I take my
to a progressive liberal eonserva-
maintenance of legitimate business
assure to each
right of local
greatest principle ’
The Eighteenth Amendment
of thelcede
It pre
into power in 1921 it definitely prom weakest member of the family
ised re rganization of the machinal nations deserve as much respect
of government, aA abolition of .... those „f the rrat empire
of 1921 sald “if you could visualie
tbe government a* a butpess or ad-
ministrative unit, you would see
articles on
a national policy of flood control, and federal
The last two administrations waited cifie
have allowed to run to wast • or j high in the annar
have given to private exploitation | history. . j
State its complete
ian principles. Jefferson and
followers foresaw the * complex
respect for their sovereignty. And
1927, the doctrine that the person
can he secured
privilege that can come to any man repeated so often that some people
is to give himself to a nation which ! begin to believe it without the slight-
has reared him and raised him fom est proof. I assert that there ian
obscurity to be a contender for the proof. r • « a a | shall certainly do all that lies iu
my power to bring about the full-
have is unduly concentrated and has
not equitably touched the lives of the j terest of* our
of the Republicaff prevent this calamity with its . n- Aisput which,J
suing waste and misery. An ounce • pi inciple .or i
of prevention is worth a pound of I Chief Justieen
.first aid and relief. In the last hat. gavernment
Congress the Reid-Jones Bill laid .tween capital J
down sound lines for the solution oftio.was an J
convinced thatit cannot be mde me the Republican Party will at- war is maUrialfy impaired by the
better. tempt in the campaign- to m. repre F ervations as erted by yariols Ha-
lt C nui new world theory ent Democratic attitude to the land tion- uf rhe vighi to wugi Wh . ..
government exists for whe people is The Democraki Party does not -an i
-Fte--
-Cleveland there
our party’s
When the Republican Party cme and equal tight of the smallest and
These sources of thi ’
must remain foreverform
highest office in the gift of its peo: Ine reused Federal Taxes
"ple. . If the defenders of the administra-
Here I confirmed my faith in the tion answer that taxes have been re-
in the picture of pro perity to attract
hem and the millions dependent ep-
or them
Prosperity to the extent that vc
| several states,
of, water power
are in-
tion cuts squarely across the two cating beverages « crime. It wouia aiatiy arm, elcted, I.shallimme-
groat political parties. There are preserve for the dry states Federal I the type - ■
thousahds of sor-called "wets and enforcement of prohibition within of varty t„ enter
drys" in each. The platform of my their own borders. It would par. shall join with them
I
millions of dollars.
tense " 1 shall restore this Commission
makes the concern of .the govern- I the high level upon which Pres-
I will state the, reasons for my be-
lief. In a book "Law and its Or- fairly say
igin,” recently called to my notice,
throughout this land know the anx
ie|y and. Worry which has been
brought to them hy their children’
enjoy prosperity. When four mil-
tivities of this great. wide pre E, ulture aid in November, 1927;
country. They knew that in rural," Since the war, the prices of farm
sparsely settled districts peopleproducts have persisted in an uneco.
Divine Providence, I accept youi
summons to the wider field of actio. !
The Theory Di Progressive Govera- 1
ment
Government should be construt
hisiwith other groups of like ability."
ar- j .The Business Men's ( omni. ssion on
abroad. f do not think the AmerL
ment. A harp line separates those tlon in our economic •
Who believe that an elect da- - shoul J j wonld cause business upheaval and
be the special object of the govert, popular distress. This principle
mient’s concern and those who Jr 1 was recomnized as far hack as the
lieve that the xovernment i t‛" pqssage of the. Undetwood Tariff
agent and servant of the people who ' p Our platform restates it in
create it. Dominant in the Repub mmhistakable language. The Dem- which w ml I
can party today is the eJement which | acratic Party stands squarely for the -
proclaims and executes the political .... '
19 <i. h
yeai ol
..1 Gad. rl*
leaders of finance
and business must work out the de-
1 mean it to. tail. There are varving nuanu , "
out Such conditions can not and day. I will never advocate nor ap. I the attainment of the '
will not exist under any administra- prove any law which directly or in- to he accomplished. such „|
tion presided over by me. directly permits the return of the should he subjected t onPans
The second constitutional duty im. saloon. .searching. uWe and t „ to
posed upon the President in “To rec- Such a change woutd preserve for ‘analysis, because the interests
ommend to the Congress such meas- the dry states the benefit of a na.' require that the solution
ure, as he shall judge necessary and tional law that would continue to .economically sound,
expedient." Opinion upon prohibf- make interstate shipment of intoxi.
admittedly in the serious blow to national pry. I under jukj,
in cu/with the world. Freedom from en iaccurate and unscientific Each purity as a whole which is truck1 Where 10
fomgn relations we must rise above tangling alliance, is a fixed Ameri. State would then be allowed to fix when the buying power or the rarii, Y
it party polities and act as a united jcan poliey. It does not meanjit’ own standard of alcoholic con. I er is paralvzed ' . . , , . ,
nation. Any foreign policy must however, that great -ations Should tent, subject a. ways to the Mrovis , “ • - • I main under federal control,
have its root- deep in the approva’ „„t behave to „n,. another with tha that that standard could not exceed
' f a very large majority of our peo. , same decent friendliness
lk Therefore, no greater service play that self-respecting
was ever tendered by any Resident
than by Weodrow Wilson when te ’
struck at the methods of secret di-1
give to Germany, or
young men and women
• ■ n “-nTT V । it onanE ।,, ,., i- L
Today we have close re- The President of the United States provisions of the 15th Amendment 1,
...... vital to our commercial and has two constitutional duties with Certainly, no one foresaw when th: i count, , •
landing , with every other, inspect to prohibition. Tlw first is amendment was ratified the comb fmam d
mhodlied in his oath of office. If, tions which exist tolay „r bontlev.
with one hand on the Hilde and the ging, corruptic n and open violation by
other hand reaching up to Heaven,' of the law in all parts rtf the coun-
I promise the people of this coun-'try. The people themseloe should
and everything Demorat ic is good. I
approve the effort to renew ami ex-
tend the arbitration treaties nego-
tiated undei the administration of
President Wilson. .But Un- usefui
of their duties during the coming; J*51
winter and present to Congress im- The Atlatin
mediately upon its convening, tile recognizenoenas
solution recommended by the body' administ tha
of men best fitted to render this a large" <
signal service to the nation. I shall tion for 002 M I
support the activities of this body; boring M-
until - --hi-e--* ’
this great problem. The policy Holmes and Jus
thus initiated for the Mississippi .1 S. Suapremec
must be carried through. The money I opinien which 0
' on labor im
named irrespective The welfare, of our country there-
upon this --- ’ r "emands governmental concern
in the dfiXanm for the legitimate interest of him. I energy
। Democrati Party and Platform in of our
that,the people exist for the govern cate any sudden or drastic revolti-
billions of dollars. This, depression
i wa"
I he.
American labor. Both can be main-
tained and at the same time the
regard oLthe prohibition law i in
sidiously sapping . vespect • far’ -ai fte Report of NiVenibi i li 1921
law. I raise, therefore, what 4 pro
foundly believe to be a great moral I
Introduction Chamber of Commerce of the United
Upon the steps of this Capitn 1 States eaid,ir. its annual report this
where twenty-five year* ago.I fi at yeqr:!No progress has been mad
came into the service of the State, I । on the plan of re-organization of the
receive my party’s summons to lead government’- departments as ad-
it iff th nation. Within this build-jvocated by the Chamber.” The ad-
ing, I learned the principles, 4he pur ministration spokesman answers
poses and the functions of govern- only: "We have given an economical
ment and to know that the greatest administration,” and that has bee 1
est concerted action between this
country and all the Latin American
countries with resnee to any step
which t may ever be necessary t •
take to discharge such responsibili-
ties to civilization as may he plad
upon u* by the Monroe Doctrine.
Impairing the Arbitration Treaties
The evil effect Af the administra-
tion’s policy with respect to Latin
responsible for the
dishonesty that has
without armed troops.
Ami the- To no declaration of our platform
I
and
for this calamity and for uniyersatseriou proh E
demand that something be done in- Abuse or । J
this .1
cour- From
age, and leadenship and knowledge evitable that o
furhoe fecogni,
ihe issuahiee 9 J
disputes
I personally declare what the platform
declares: "Inerference in the purely
internal i ffairs of Latin Ameri. an
countries must cease” and I specifi-
cally pledge my self to follow this
declaragban with regard to Mexico
as well as the other Latin American
countries.
The Monroe Doctrine
The -Monroe Doctrine must • be
mintained but not as a pretext for
meddling with the purely local con-
J believe in temperance. We have 1920 and
tons with the rest of the world. Inot achieved temperance under the
am nofe one of those who contend present system. The mothers and
I hat everything Republican is bail feth-- 9 -------
helled. This reactionary elemet tarirr can be taken out of the realm
seeks o vindicate the theory of bene-lof politics and treated on a strictly
Volent oligarchy. It assumes tha1
ment nf such a law “trials become
scenes of perjury and -subordiant .r"
f perjury; "juries find abundant
excuses for rendering 'acquittal or
persisting in disagreement contrary
to their oaths" and he concludes
“Perhaps worst of’all is that geres
al regard and reverence for law are
impaired, a consequence the mischief
of which can scarcely be estimated."
These words written years before
the facts that will enable us to as-
certain how we may increase the
. . pun hading pivier of everybody’s
originated one of . • .. . . 1
1 income or wages by the adjustment'
of those schedules which are now the
al injunction as "
voluntary servitude
lh ssati sfactiona
have grown from
undolihtedly
framed to <1)41,4 1^1
plaint in regard tt
idsuance of
The Judiciary q
Untied S rates Sem,
progress 5 carefus
out ion, । promisj
to the end that si
by -law -be broupks
existin evils ands
vie l„ the 1*^1
In thu epirit 1d
omsaipn, Dunns."
hull lall. »' '“Pj
pgs to which I
ration of The Federal Government "We consider that the independence
public trust.”
change in the law. I personally be-
lieve that there should be change
and I shall advise the Congress in
accordance with my constitutional
duty of-whatever changes I deem
“necessary or expedient." It will
billions of dollars, or from four b 1-
lion to fourteen billion dollars. The
vaQe of I'm in property between
live, not destructive; .progre ive, not " Equal opportunity fm all, special
reactionary. I am, entirely unwillin; j privileges for none,” I ehall ask
to accept the old order of things as , < ‘ongress to carry out the tariff dec-
the best unless and until'1 become laration of our platform. To be
customs from those in densely pop- to the general scale of
ulated sections and that if we were ; other goods and services;" and "the
t be a nation united on truly na-' disparity between urban and farm
tional matters, there had to be a incomes has emphasized the dispar,
differentiation in local laws to allow ity in standards of living in the
izen of that country, or the property
of a citin of that country situated
within the borders’ of th United
States a part of the national domain
of the foreign country. Our un-
warranted -intervention in internal
affairs in Latin America and this
and high standard of wags for
of a pecial • Kimiftee ..1 \ . natiuval ie our e .
iation of fnd Crant Colleges and
Jeffersonian Printiples
The remedy, as I have stated, is
the fearless application of Jefferson-
Nicaraguans in turn have been killed
by our marines. Without eonsult-
to determine
France, or England, or any other
country, the light to regard a cit-
popular will
pared a plan of re organization.
The plan wa- filed in thy archive
it still remain there. After sevet
years of Republican control the strue
ture of government is worse than t
was in 1921. * * ’
inereased Federal Appropriations
The appropriations for independ-
ent bureaus and offices not respon i
ble to any cabinet officer increas'd
from $3,400,000 in 1914 to $163,000,-
000 in 1921, and to $556,000,000 in
1928. No wonder that a cabinet
our public waters with their great
to no right, privilege or
that we do not freely con-
> each dne of the American
small to make even a start. Too
muh lime has been spent in squab
bling over who shall pay the bill.
The Mississippi River. and its
tributaries constitnte a great net-
work of waterways flowing through
a large numiber of States, , Much
mon than flood control is involved
Fullest development of the Missis-
sippi River and its tributariee as
arterie of commerce should be the
goal.
< onservation of Natural Resoures
Wide pos ibilities for public gout
are latent in what remains of our
than the one for the abolition of the
practice of the President of enter-
ing into agreements for the settle-
ment of internal disputes in Latin
American countries, unless the agree-
ments_have been consented to by the
Senate as provided for in the Con-
U? Mah "I will faithfully execute after this eight years of trial, 1,.
the ofTice of President of the United permitted to say whether existing
States awl to the best of my ability | conditions should be rdetified I
peerve: preteet awl rlefend the personally believe in an amendment | v ........nt or roope, ativ. ,„.„l eHmJ
Constitution of the United States.", to the IRlh Amendment wln.liwonl.land. an earnest . ni..V",, ...
yo"-"a b sure that I >hall live cive to each individual Stale itself i the problei, of th,. " ' '
up to that oath to the last degree. I only after approval by a referendum/i eost of ..... will
shall to the very limnit execute t he ‘popular .....if its ple the right plu
pledge of our platform “to make an wholly within its borilers to import, ihe
hom-t indravor tot enfmee the manufac ture or cause to be mane
eighteenh Amendment and all other factured and sell alcohalic heverage
We' — • ! " • • • I
in the enforce.
the 18th mendment or the Volstead-creased by the striking sum of ten
The present administration has
been false to that declaration of one
of its greatest party leaders. The
situation in Nicaragua fairly exeni-
plifies our departure from this hich
standard. The administration hns
intervened in an election dispute be-
tween two conflicting factions, sent
Solidation of unneces ary and
lapping agencies. A committee
stock raisers. From 1910 to the
present time the farm debt has in-
I t
place of generation. The govern-
crop wh.. pMliltceiilaruui,or federal, state or the author-
filed I,y ...... oni, Ihe rpresenting joint states-must
. ...... -...........................-Ermechanie reniain . . . .....tro..... witehthat turns on ...
provision o the Federal Constitu-the sale to be made only by the yopose to sul, titat. a , ’ ol the I nwer greedily sought hyi
tion and all law. enactel pursuant .State itseir and not for consumplion action and f, iendilin", ‘ ।. oitain rrivate groups without the'
thereto" in any public place. We may well. In my ........4 rat ion ot t."' \ l leart regard for the publie good i •
Fhe I r. iont dees not make the learn from the expeience of otte” ment „f my state whene ,, 1 hall curiy into Pederal admin-thi ep'an J
law.. He dors his best lo execute nations. Our Canadian neiglborsconftonted with a oliomI illation the same policy which I, thei imapovtant J " 1
them whether he likes them or not. have gone far in this manner to solvi L hatn ter, । cahed hUmc' f " have maintained against heavy odd endeav ‘ to '/J
The corruption in enforcement nc this problem by tin* method of ale thone best equippes on"rencbin.m own state. Under no circum- J on the high plale at
tivities which caused a former Re- made by the state itself and not uylar subject in hand Igl stance should private monopoly beielligenie 'P 3
publican Prohibition Administator to private individuals. low that course witl repara 4 ; per mit1 ed to capitalize for rate-mak- Victory, inpm
state that three-fourths of the dry No Return of the Saloon culture Farmer nd ""K"1 ing purposes water powersites thrt -hieving it, ca
agents were political ward heelers There is no question here of theers with such < onst, "etit.m i ' are the property of tin* peopl. tirely satisfied . 0
named h. politicians without re- return of the saloon. When I j will come from sound themselves. It is to me unthinkable Navember becaumon
gard to Civil Service laws and that stated that the saloon “is and ought and fair minded leaders ',,f r ' that the Government of the United "right and thetetoma
prohibition is the “new political to be a defunct institution in this j and business must work ..tit ""Dce States or anv state thereof will per- । victory meanS 00
pork barrel," I will ruthlessly stamp country" I meant it. I mean it to-1 tail. There are vnrvin." mit either direct or indirect aliena- tion. 1 am ‘‘""■J
.. . °‛ tion of waler power sites. dom of our P • T|
end which is ’ l u ,4 devotiou t0
Surb a Labor complete “e ad
at in,P "8 The American people constitute a pur countryima
" . 0 true ture of many component parts. 1 place that We i,
minded One of its foundations is labor. The 1 consideration AI .7
h ° • ' rensonable contentment of those who our party 18 "latl
’ toil with the conditions under which mote it. ° mgi
' now declare t ml
men from
States to;rJ Sn
icate myself J
that 1 P2n2
great Rep0°3
tates: *.* Income from
1920 1, Ah not been
James C. Carter, one of the leaders
of the Bar of this country, wrote of
the conditions which exist “when i»
law is made declaring conduct
widely practiced and widely regard-
ed as innocent to be a crime." He
publie ownership, and control. Freeden From Politid
th- are owned by the fed- w p,. this is a fl
,---- government, they should re-law and not of me
paralyed । main under federal control. Wherejex ute themselves ■
Marketink, Warehousinz and they are owned by an individual M _ „t Fcharacter J
th, m .. e , , c Surplus < .mt nd I ate, they shoula he under the eon . ta sene te6
fair Amendment fixed, F Congress Cooperative, coorilinatei market, trol of that slate, or where they arl , , e .^1
and Amendment to the Eizhteenth ing and warehousing of iplu oy.....I ly states jointi, y they should ' .
moreover . that thereifarm products is essential just ... he ........ he eontr "I „f those .ud. <. / . . I
s.nmld be submitted to the people I coordinatei, cooperative controt dt . . , . „ , „„ , „ . . 1a 01
the question of some change .„ the the „f capital was rounli na0 ...... ate Through Pullie n • "I
Oh nership make the 5
• -ary to the repulation of oui ' (, ..ill ill (.Midi
f wherevef .ihe development, the nom nation W AS "TH
finances. l o accomp h . , id
11 ’ "government ageney, state or federal iircni e siyeloli
stabilitv. the edlernl Ra i VaIhI
q r ti . “ a: the case may he, mist retain any one in my
। '* “ " 1 into beinr ‘ i hrough contrartual agreement withb. influenced in app-
' admini tration. the distributing companies the rightqustion
I quest,on for arriculture is to tair and reasonabi rates ! i i IdA,
, "'K Any Plan dev...... must to the ultima.....onsumer and tiM'l..... .1
on.....ati1 with the other itilar right ......sisi upon fair and
Pna? ( % 01 mil busines ip titutinn i , , ■ u
n .. ’ .equal distribution of the power. Tin
<>ut Htiori declares for the de.’ *
. nfficient to pay ., fail ieturonthe
current value of capital used and a
faii wage for the farmer’ lahor
m to permit farm people to main-
tain a standard of living comparable
against the old world conception
Ihe Tariff
Acting upon the principle of
tion policy based upon the same
principlee to which I have given my
npport in the State of New York
and t.. fight aginst selfish aggres-
‘i<»n in this field wherever it ap-
pears and irrespective of whom it
may involve. No nation in history
they live and work is an essential
basis of the Nation’s well-being.
wholly within the borders of those
estates without the old evil of the
saloon.
Such a method would reestablish
respect for law and terminate the
agitation which has injected discord
into the ranks of the great political
parties which should be standing for
the .accomplishment of fundamental
appointed. A repre sentativi
President acted a hairman.
of what real ultimate economy
Water Power pt rm declaratiqnj
The value of this heritageeanwhich limit inmigt
best be measured when we consider preserved in foil ■
the recent disclosures of the methods I I am heartily ht M
employd by private monopolies tolfromtheimmigratin
wrest our remaining water powers! provision which
from public contro. land I am opposed in
Public Ownership and* Control of restri 'ion based upot
Water Power t .„populatim
A s against propaganda, it is the a cer is thirty-eigh
duty of the Democratic Party to believe this is designe
setup truth. The ownership ol ate - certain H
some of these great water powers i an unwise polie-
believe it is a solution which would
today be offered by Jefferson, or
Jackson , or Cleveland or Wilson, if
those great leaders were with us.
ami the pro ! farming
cultural distrjets. In 1927 there
were 830 bank failures, with total lip
bilitie of over 270 millions of dol
la lmost entirely in the agricil-
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farmer, the wage-earner and the lions, and to advise the electorate
individuni business man. The clair 1 . as to facts ami policies.
of governmental economy is as base- Our Latin American Policy
less as the claims that general busi- | especially stress the necessity for
whether these changes shall be
made.
Presidert Wilson’s udminis t ration.
; is in the nation, of others in the
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cerns, of countries which even points out that
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port their families, are unable to
secure employment there is little
means would have done much to
a satisfactory law is placedplatrsinindasti
th" statute books. the part.ootisa
Flood Control principle′ “
With the development of inland, whieh alone “
waterways goes the control or a basis of an •
floods thereon. The Mississippi' empluyer; or.
flood, of last year brought home tolthat lalor 0.
the nation the imperative need for fair t ' “
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principles of the Democratic Partylduced, they find themselves in a
so eloquently defined by Woodrow similar dilemma. The total taxes
Wilson: "First; the people as the collected are $24,000,000 more then
source and their interests and de - in the first year of the Coolidge ad-
Sires as the text of laws and institu- 1 ministration. While tax rates have
lions. Second, individual liberty □ been reduced and \ some war-time
the objective of all law.” With a, taxes abandoned, the governmenc
gratitude too strong for words and actually took from the people, in in-
with humble reKnce upon the aid o% home taxes $ 183,000,000 more dur* a
specious reason for it constitute the for different local habits. It was rural and urban populations." “The.
~ ..... wi, .oumi. ma for this reason that the Democratie| value of farm land and farm prop.
"'"t 1 son placed >t. in or er t hat, seek to justify imperialistic policin, platform in 1884 announced "Me op-lerty decreased heavily in the post.
"" .. " " "" "" ..... -.......- Pose sumptuary laws which vex the j war deflation" and "large numbers
iterially lessen the effectiveness which citizens and interfere with individual, of farmers have lost all their prop-
liberty," and it was for this reason j erty in this process."
(that Wondrow Wilson vetoed t) • • The normal market among the
Volstead Ait. . [farmers of, this country for the pro.
The real outlawry of war muzt. Modification of the Velstead l.aw jduets of industry is ten billions of
result of log-rolling and which upon come from a more substantial ep- In accordance with this Democrat-dollars. Our export market ac-
deavor to remove the causes of • a • i ie principle, some immediate relief enisling to latest availele figures,
and in- this endeavor the Republican would come from an umendmrent toi exclusive r agricult,, products'
We place responsiblity up a The Constitution provide that* atmin i 11 ation ha- signally failed the Volstead law giving a scientifir
treaties with foreign powers mus: , am neither militarist nor jingo I definition of the alcoholic content of drod
lie ratified by a vote of two-thirds of । believe that the people of this coun.
the Senate. This is a legal rec. [ try wish to live in peace and amitv 'present definition is
ognition of the truth that in
lands for development and; t heir hil iren hiw
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham Daily Favorite (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1928, newspaper, August 23, 1928; Bonham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1548590/m1/4/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.