Reviews Party's Achievements
Briefly discussing the history and record of the democratic congresses from March, 1913, to March, 1919, the senator asserted that in that period more progressive legislation was enacted than in any 25 years of previous republican domination. He particularly enumerated the federal reserve act, the income tax, the inheritance act, the establishment of a department of labor, the right-hour act and the Clayton act.
That in the period from 1914 on the farmers, the laborers and the small business men of the United States had enjoyed more prosperity than in any time in the nation's history.
Discussing the candidates, Mr. Nugent said that while the Idaho delegation had voted for William G. McAdoo from the first to the last ballot he could conscientiously recommend Governor James M. Cox of Ohio for his progressive record as a member of congress and as governor of Ohio. He said he had investigated Governor Cox's record as governor of Ohio and that he had a particularly fine record in regard to labor troubles.
Senator Nugent touched briefly on the wool question, saying the present low price for wool was not due to the democrats, but rather to the tactics of the American Woolen company, which refused to buy.
"I assure you that the democratic state ticket, so far as I know them, and I am acquainted with them, are honest, conscientious, sincere men and women, and are to be depended to fulfill any promise they make," he said. 