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Show STAND BY PRESIDENT, IS PLEA OF HENEY San Franciscan Makes Patriotic Address Ad-dress at Luncheon of Chicago Iroquois Club, CHICAGO. Feb. LJ. "While we ficM for demo" racy abroad we must make ery certain that we maintain it at home." said Francis J. Heney. counsel for tlie federal trades rcn-.mu-sicn. in a luncheon speech beforo the lrouo:s club here today. "Labor Is poinsr to demand a far greater proportion of the return of its ef:orts than it has in the past." re continued. con-tinued. "Special privilege is a hard trin to set away from, but unlesvs we make a start soon we shall have s.me or the trouble here that tbey are having in Russia. "In time of war we must watch for the profiteer and stop liim. The great inequality of wealth that exists in this countrv "today cm practically he traced, "to what was done In the civil war in giving grants to the railroads. It constitutes the basis for practically every monooolv In material thins today." Mr. Heney favored woman sufrraire an-a the selective drat law and strongly advocated ad-vocated some measure for t he conscription conscrip-tion of wealth. He also recommended the direct primary In presidential elections. elec-tions. To win the war appeared to the sneaker as the most pressing problem of I the moment. i "Let us all pet behind the president." said Mr. Heney. in con dudina;. "Let us i help win the war for democracy f ir the ! worid and tor real democracy in the i I'nited States." |