Show Republican Candidate for President 4 j 1 I. I i f ci c. c i O f r It F 1 F kF J i f 1 It i f A Aa a I 4 y v n f S n ni i CHARLES E. E HUGHES 1 A PERIOD OF SIXTEEN YEARS ar 1 6 0 t M I r rIt 5 It r OF VAR A OUR LS AND AD Acro FACTORIES HAD HAD j D DIED ED FROM FROMAN AN OVERDOSE OF THE UNDERWOOD BILL BILL In the House of Representatives on August 4 Hon William A. A Rodenberg Rodenberg Roden- Roden berg of Illinois delivered the following following following follow follow- ing speech perhaps the most caustic arraignment of the Democratic party and the administration since the national national national na na- na- na conventions Portions only of this remarkable indictment are herewith herewith here here- with given iven Sixteen 11 Y Yeu's Years als al's of Unparalleled Prosperity r 7 y Four years ears ago owing to a most unfortunate division in the ranks of the Republican party Woodrow Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son SOil was elected President of the United States by a minority vote of the people and with him there came f into power a Congress Democratic in both hoth branches For 16 years prior to 1912 the Republican party y had been heen in complete control of the destinies of the nation and during that time it made a record of patrio patri- patri o oe achievement o unparalleled in all ti the a i political history Applause Applause Ap Ap- Ap- Ap use o oft off the Republican side Iy da tide in every branch of cf r human human bunian endeavor Labor steadily employed at the was highest highest high est wages ever paid The farmer received received received re re- good prices for his products t the e merchant was happy and contented contented contented con con- tented the manufacturer had an abundance of orders one cne Ie banks had plenty plent P of money which they were prepared to loan at reasonable rates of interest the hum of legitimate Industry in industry industry In- In was heard throughout the length and breadth or tho the land and the tho American flag nag commanded profound profound profound pro pro- found respect wherever it was unfurled un un- unfurled t furled to the the breeze Applause on the Republican side At no time Inthe in inthe inthe the history of this Republic were th thu V Vt v. t Am American e ethan wr Jn earn people more prosperous than during those 16 years of unInterrupted un- un inter Interrupted opted Republican control Our laUon lation rose from to proximately The sav- sav gs of ot the people the real test of prosperity Increased from four and half billion ye 0 b lion to a f liars Hars and our national wealth t I lorn om seventy-seven seventy billion to a hunted hun hun- ted red and billion dollars No on earth and no political part pary par par- t y y that has ever existed since gov- gov e were instituted among men menca ca cap cai present a record that begins t tov to n 1 compare with the marvelous achievements achieve ments of the Republican party from 40 the inauguration of William 1 Me McKinley McKin- McKin McKinley I ley in 1897 to o the close of the he adof administration ad- ad ministration ot of William Howard Howardl Taft in 1913 l E Enter the sou Soup House louse y yi s i I J I Four years ago our Democratic friends made certain direct and specific specific specific promises to the wa wage e earners of this country They promised the tips themen themen men who work in the mills in the the I mines in the factories and on the I farms the farms the men why who earn their bread in n the tips sweat of their brows brows brows- that if they were successful in wrestIng wresting wrest wrest- ing control of the tips government from the Republican party they would place upon the statute books certain economic laws which would bring increased increased in in- increased creased prosperity to every American home and every ver American fireside Has that promise been kept Has the Underwood Democratic tariff law proven a benefit or an injury to the wage earner Has it Increased or decreased his opportunities for employment employment em em- employment Has it directly or indirectly indirectly indirectly indi indi- been the means of establishing establish establish- ing a single new industry in any state in this union Has it created a market anywhere within the confines confines confines con con- fines of the Republic for the only commodity commodity com corn that the workingman has to sell namely his labor No no no- no times no From the tits day the tariff law went into effEt effect on October until the spring of 1916 1915 when we first began to feel the stimulating effect of ot the tremendous orders for Cor European war supplies complete industrial par paralysis paralysis ly- ly sis SiB rested like a blight upon every part of our common country Starvation Starvation Starvation Star Star- and stagnation confronted us on all sides The mines quit workIng working working work- work Ing the mills and factories closed their doors and across their silent and chimneys was written the epitaph Died of an overdose of the Underwood bill A half million men In New York alone were compelled to patronize the bread line and in the city eity of Chicago paid daily visits to that one institution that always springs Into existence under a Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic administration the free froe soup house Purel Purely Psychological cal It But just as the sun Bun of our prosperity prosperity prosperity pros pros- was about to pass Into complete com com- complete eclipse just as hope was about to give way to blank despair our drooping spirits were revived and our our hearts were were cheered by the comforting aasu assurance ranee of ot our amiable ex l professor that all our depression n was purely psychological psychological psychological a state of mind Laughter Laugh Laugh- ter on the Republican side Well that helped some Renewed Renew Renew- ed d la laughter g ter on oh the Republican an aid I I r i Of course it did not pay pay the rent or buy school books or clothing for the little ones at home It did not pay doctors doctor's bills or grocers grocer's bills or satisfy satisfy sat sat- the cravings of an empty ach It did not put any flour flou or sugar or bacon baton in the larder Jarder but it did serve to make Us think link of our happy free care-free college college days when all the world was bright and rosy and there was nothing to indicate the possibility of Democratic success Ih I t A treat reat Indeed is psycho psychology log and Woodrow Wilson is its prophet Specific Promises To Reduce Necessities My friends the protective policy of the Republican an party ne needs s no defense It It has stood the test of ex ex- It has brought untold blessings to every very American home and it finds its vindication today in inthe inthe inthe the g. g genuine prosperity that it brought to all the people in days now gone but which will return when the Republican party is restored restored res res- restored to power on Ol the day of March in the year of our Lord 1917 Applause on the Republican side Our Democratic ti friends made another another an other direct and specific promise in inthe inthe inthe the of four years ago a promise that they the would like to have us forget but which the Banquo's I ghost wi will not down T They ley said in that campaign that the protective system of the Republican party was responsible for the high cost of liv liv- ing They were crocodile tears as they expressed hypocritical sympathy for the downtrodden working men They said that they would reduce the tariff a and nd thereby bring about a corresponding reduction in the cost of the necessaries of life Well VeIl they reduced the tariff but Just to what extent did they reduce the cost of living They forced the farmers farmer's farm farm- farmers farmer's farmers farmer's farm farm- ers er's wheat and corn into competition with Canada and the Argentine Republic Re Re- Republic public ImbUe and they compelled him in 1914 before the war created the abnormal ab ab- abnormal normal demand for our food supplies to accept the lowest price for his products that he had received since the days das of Gr Grover ver Cleveland Conditions in Mexico Finally conditions became so unbearable unbearable unbearable un un- un- un bearable that the administration re reluctantly reluctantly reluctantly re- re concluded that some action was necessary Accordingly the so- so called A. A B. B C. C powers lowers Argentine Brazil and Chile were asked to call representatives of the warring factions factions factions fac fac- of Mexico i into to a conference for forthe forthe forthe the purpose of ot composing their differences differences differences dif dif- dif dif- and forming a government In this call It was clearly and unmistakably unmistakably unmistakably un un- mistakably Intimated by our Government Government Govern Govern- ment that failure on the tho part of ot any Mexican faction to respond to the call calI and participate in the conference would result in a refusal by us to todeal todeal todeal deal with such faction In the future Villa Zapata and other bandit chiefs accepted the invitation with alacrity and enthusiasm and the world then witnessed the humiliating and disgraceful disgraceful disgraceful dis dis- graceful spectacle of ot the great and powerful Government of of the We United States cou counseling and conferring with murderers and cutthroats cutthroats' as to our future policy polley h in l I Mexico Even 1 I 11 S Carranza steep steeped d in treachery as he since ha has shown himself to be seems to have had too much left to take part in a conference with Villa and Zapata He peremptorily refused to attend but Jut within six weeks thereafter he was recognized by Woodrow Wilson as es s the de facto head of the government of Mexico Great God what a r record cord of infamy and shame What a travesty on diplomacy diplomacy di di- cy and statesmanship Is it any wonder that the world stands aghast and th tho people ople of America hang liang their s 's in deep humiliation whenever whenever they f think of Wilsons Wilson's Vil ons on's Mexican Mexican Mex Mex- ican can pa policy Jt r Great re applause applause se on the Oh it will vill not avail 1 Mr lr Wilson or his apologists to try to appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear that l all Americans residing residing in Mexico l are freebooters and Many an honest man of moderate moderate moderate mod mod- erate means has gone gope there on legitimate legitimate legitimate mate business and in the hope of winning a competence for himself and family He was proud of his American Ameri Ameri- can citizenship when he went to Mexico l He r regarded it as a badge of honor and he felt that he was fully protected by our treaty with that country But Dut he lie was soon disillusioned disillusioned When trouble came and he lie appealed to his government for protection protection protection pro pro- the administration at WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington bluntly and brutally informed inform inform- ed him to leave his earthly possessions possessions posses posses- behind and to get out of the country as no protection would be extended to him The action of ot the American government In sending that notice to American residents r in Mexico Mex Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- ico was at the same t time me notice to the bandits of Mexico that they were at liberty to plunder and rob and kill Americans with impunity and without let lel or hindrance Already Alread Americans have have been wantonly and brutally murdered scores of ot American women have been ravished little litte children have been horribly mistreated the American flag has become an object of ot of contempt and derision in every part pari of Mexico and when an appeal for r relief is made to Washington the victims of Mexican outrage are met by the insulting in Mexico Mexico Mex- Mex query What are yo you doing ico co why dont don't you get out and aud como come f i o r vW V J |