Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 September 1916 — SECTIONALISM CRY S REACTS ON HUGHES [ARTICLE]

SECTIONALISM CRY S REACTS ON HUGHES

G. 0. P. Candidate Is Mocked by Record of His Own Party in Congress. LAWS ENACTED ARE FOR ALL On Its Achievements Administration Invites Judgment as to Whether Its Work Is Sectional in Its Scope and Purpose. Charles E. Hughes has raised the cry of sectionalism, complaining to his Western audiences because the important Committee Chairmanships in the House and Senate have been filled —this being due to seniority promotions—by Southern .members. “During the last year of Republican control there was not a committee chairmanship from the South,” replies Congressman James B. Aswell in his speech reported in the Congressional Record. “Was that nationalism or blind, ignorant partisanship?” he asks. “Let the people decide,” he suggests, “whether the following great measures enacted by this so-called South-con-trolled Congress are sectional or national : “The Underwood Tariff Law, just to the consumer as against the Special privileged class, followed by a nonpartisan tariff commission removing the tariff question from politics. “The Income Tax Law, causing the rich to pay their just proportion of the expenses of the Government. “The Rural Credits Law, the Ast legislation .solely for the farmers. “The establishment of rural routes, the extension of the parcel post, and better mail service for our rural population. “The Good Roads Law for all sections and for all our people. “Farm extension laws, Including Smith-Lever Act, grain and cotton standards, regulating cotton futures, and so forth. “Numerous just labor laws, the most beneficial in a century by the American Congress. “The Child Labor Law for the children of the whole country and for civilization. “The Federal Reserve Act, giving'a*i elastic currency and preventing financial panics—the greatest act ever passed In the history of our Government. “Conservation acts for the people as against special Interests. “Anti-trust laws and arbitration laws, preventing special-interest control. “Shipping act for open markets for our products and commercial mastery of the seas. “Federal Trade Commission Act, protecting the Individual as against the vested Interests. “The Seamen's Law for the workmen, and public safety. “Legislation supporting the President In keeping us out of the European war while maintaining peace with honor to the American flag. “Mr. Speaker, for the sake of the great dignity of the high office he seeks and in the name of common decency, let Mr. ex-.Tustice Hughes specify and name the sectional measures in the above list and mention those he would repeal I”