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" 3 HOMERCUJVIMINGSeHAMPIONS Which, He Declares, Conceals a Sword for Mexico and Ts the Work of Men Concerned More .With Material Things ' 1 han With Human Rights. Sam Francisco, Jan 28. Th League Nations coTniiLyai;ttompipntijt k "Moaroa TJoetriaaoi th world " by Homer Camming, temporary chairman tt the Demoeratie National Convention, ta hit keyaote address her today. . Of tha peace treaty' defeat in the Senate, a aam: "Mo Mscker crime agaiaat eiTiliralitiarTiaa loiled the page of oar history. - He characterised tha Bepubllcaa plat form at "reactionary 'and provincial Filled with premeditated alandera and vague prom ise, It w1 lt searetied -4m vaia for one constructive suggestion for he reformation of tha conditions which it critieiaea and deplore, he continued .Th oppressed people of the earth will look to it ia vain. It contains no message of hope for Ireland ; no -word -ox. mere j for Armenia: and eoneeala a aword for Mexico. -It ia the work of men concerned with material thinga merer thant with human rights. It eontiina - no thought, - o- purpuiic which eaa give impulse or thrill to bank, Postal Savings banks and the Federal reserve system were established. 1 These enaetaisuts, -ajid-jaanv other provisions of a remedial character, had a eleansing and quickeniig effect npoa the economic life of our country. The farmer was freed" from the deadening effect' of usuriout financial control Labor , was given Itt Magna Charta of -flibrtivBiuiness tnd finance wor re- tnd hazard. The ' economic life of Ameriea was refreshed by the vitalizing breath of economic freedom. This traordlwryyarratio sounds like a platform of promises. ' The sober fact It that it it tn .inadequate recital of actual performance. It constitutes Democracy's response to the demands of social justice. , It it our answer to the antiquated slander that the Demo eratie party Jt unable to understand the great aflaira t tue country. rrr"r: The Federal Reserve System. if the Democratic party had aeeom- nligbPil Trritlrriw--mer--tluin:ihe passage . ... ws i n a 1. ..1.1 1 . who love libertv and hone- to 01 1er" " T.uu.,u ir,1T-V-fer-;ygKn-t3rr entitieU to, tni rinniirmg .gxaiilttuox I . . - r rr l.u f - - -. - - 0 - The address in full waa as follows Ladies and Uetttltmen of thfr-tWreir'f tion: At 4his high hour when the destinies not only of political parties but of Jtroplet anat ttake f when social an rest iVvrjwher apparent whea existing forms of g6Ttrment--Te-being chal'U-' , lenged lad. their foundations disturbed or ewept away, it is well for u, here in America, to psuse for a period of oleosa deliberation. We, who assemble -n this great con vention. counsel together, not merely as members of a party tmt as children of ThirHTrii'', "f ymmfry anil Ac. votion to human service should purge our hearts of all unworthy or mislead ing motives. Let U .fervently pray for a Divine Blessing upon, all that we .'dot .or undertake. .lt us pledge our selves anew to equality of opportunity, the unity of our country above the in terests of groups of classes; and the maintenance of tht .high honor of Amer- ka ia her dealings with other nations. The people will ahortly determine which political instrumentality it best auited to their purposes, most respon sive to their needs. They will have be- I ore them many platforms and many promises. In what direction win tney turn There is- no better way of judg ing the future than by. the past. We ask. therefore, that the people turn from the passions and the prejudices of the day to the consideration of a record as clear as it is enduring. Republican Ceadershlp. - " The Republican party was unsuccess ful ia the elections of 1812 because it leased from the thraldolSrTineeTtsdn the nation. This act supplied the coun try with an clastic currency controlled le. Fames the recurring phenomena of disaster which the Republican party could -neither con trol nor explain are now but a mem ory. Under the Kepuonean system, iBPre was. - an. .-average... of one bank failure every twenty-one days for a period of "n?aTty--forty years. Afterl the passage of the Federal reserve ays tem, there were, in 1915, four MM failures; in 1918 nd 1917, three bank failures;. in 1918, one bank failure, and in 1919, no bank failures at all. The l?edraj.jeserve.8ystem, passed over tho otfnosition of the leaders of the Ropoo- Iteatr pmjly, enabled America to with stand tke atrain of war without shock or pan! and ; ultimately made our country the greatest creditor nation of the world. Achievement la War. And then the great 'war,Jea'mC" W. Ultimately, by the logical steps of necessity, out peace-loving nation was drawn into the conflict. The necessary war legislation was quickly supplied. A wsr finance corporation was cre ated. War risk insurance was provided. Shipbuilding laws re-established Amer ica' supremacy upon the seas. The office of alien property custodian was created. A war industriet board was established. A war trade board was created. Food and fuel regulations were formulated. Vast loans were success fully floated. Vocational training was provided.- A national council of de fense was created. Industry wa sue fessfully mobilized. Almost over night, the factories of the nation were made a part of the war machine, and the miraculous revival of had oersistentlr served special inter- . .... . 4 . ,u I maculae, ana mo uiiracuiuun rriimi ui !f J?!: .0U: lT the shining industry filled th. ocean lanes with pur transports of the time. Those who controlled its dcinr- derrved htiF-Toline;l--tnwrnra- ion from "the good old days of Mart Banna' and neither desired a Tiew any nor 'were willing to recognize a new day when it had dawned. To esch press ing problem, they sought merely to re apply the processes of antiquity. ' There were element in the Republi can party which were intolerant of its mental sloth and moral lrresponsimnty These influence sought to gain party control in 1912 and again, in 1910. They renewed the hopeless struggle at the eonventioa recently held at Chicago. Despite these efforts, the leaders who Iiav manipulated the party mechanism for more than a generation, are still ia undisputed eontrol. 1 The Republican platform, reactionary nd provincial, Is the Tery apotheosis of political expediency. Filled with Premeditated slanders and vague prom ises, it will be searched in vsin for on constructive suggestion for th retor nation of the condition which it criti cises and deplores. The oppressed peo nies of the earth will look to it in vain It contain no message of hops for Ire land; ao word of mercy for Armenia; and it conceals a sword for Mexico. It is the work of men concerned more great affairs were earried forward under the- stimulus of . American patriotism, rupported by the courage and the spirit cf oar -pools All thi--! freely sni gladly - acknowledged, but surely the time ha com when, because of th "--,r w aa premeui--- . th Mt.fni lh;. tated ealumnic 0f the opposrtioiirwr--'; M u OMr tn ,1 world peace, rest upon a bar majority of one, secured through tns tainted senatorial vot from ' JdichlgtaCr: JThe Republican Party became so fixed la its incorrigib'l habit of conducting investigation that it finally turned to the fruitful Us of iaireetigttiaf itaelf. For; the first lime iiie they entered upon this program they discovered fraud and graft and gross and inexcusable expenditure. The revelation disclose the fact, long understood by the initi ated, that the meeting at Chicago was not " convention hot an auction. The highest bidder, however, did not get the rto;'tH''''y wlililiHrtiw the proceeding frustrated the initial purpose. Ia more senses than one, the recent Chicago eonventioa ha left the Demoeratie party a th sole custodian of the honor of the country. : The Coat af the Wr. "There are men o small in spirit, o pitifully cramped ia coal, that they sug-aeat- that-4he.var cost toe much. Th Bepnblicaa platform ecB6elthi eom- plaist It , wa tnaeea, aa expensive itr 'entitledto cstr-attention to th fact that all of these things were ae- great Democratic Ad minist ration, We hsve no apologies to nisks not one. W are proud of our great Nsvyj we are-proud of our splendid trmyj w are proud of the pewer- ef our. country and the: msnner. in ; which that power has been used; we are proud, of the work that Ameriea has don in the world; we are proud of the heroism of American men and women; and we are proud of thenspired and tncom parable leadership of Woodtow Wilson. Haa ot"'tha''1ipirwheii ''anr" httiliiZrr-'$''1-''9r'k' Americans, irrespective of party, should begin to praise the achievements of our- coiintjyja,ther than to criticise Mii nf natluual pride should protect es from the insensate assaults of mere partisans, We fought a great war, for that earried America to greater heights of honor and power and glory than she has ever known before in her entire history. If the American flag must lu lowered, it will he hauled down Ja a Republican Convention and hot in Penn-eriitic ignvention. Partisan Investigations It is this shining record of tremen- with mtitcHiilTaTBt iharn with htimtn iightaJtmntaina no thought, no pur pose which can give impulse or thrill to the Whoj love liberty and hope to make the world a aafcr and happier place for the average man. , Democratic Achievements, The Democratic party is an nnen "tangle J"irty-Hrfrew party owing, allegiance to any class or group or Bp andcarry through to success tne great progressiv program outlined in onr platform f 1912. During the month which intervened between March 4. 1913. and the outbreak of the World War, we placed pon the tatut book of our country more effective, ronstnictivs and remedial legislation than the Republican party had placed there in a generation. Ths-ineome tax was made a perman ent part , of .. th revenue producing agencies of the country, thereby reliev ing our law of the reproach of .being ijustly burdensom to th poor. The ,)rtinrtWBfJ3!l!it . ' of the tariff system wer removed; and a!non: partisan tariff commission wa ' estab lished so that future revisions might be mad in the light of accurate informa tion, scientifically and impsrtially ob tained. Pan-Americanism was encour aged: and tha bread thus east upon th international water ctme back to m many fold. The great reaches' of AJsfc were opened up to commerce and development Dollar diplomacy wa destroyed. A corrupt lobby was driven from Us national rapitoi. An effective Seaman's act was adopted. The Federal Trade Commission was created. Child labor legislation- was enacted. Th parcel post and; the rural free de livery were developed. " . A good roads I'ill and rural credit act were passed. A Secretary of ,Lahor was give a seat ia the cabinet of th President. Eight hour law were adoptedi.TheClayton a mendment to the - Shermsn anti-trust act was passed, freeing American labor and taking it from the category of com modities. Th 6mith-Lever bill for th mprovement of agricultural conditions t as enacted. A eormpt praetic ct va adopted. A well considered ware oust ct was passed. ,. Federal employ .sa( bureau wer ereattd, Farm Loaa Old Folk's Best Friend That's what many call it, for it puts vim and vigor into old stomachs; rich, red blood into n . i "r ouna" fleh on old bones." Drink glass of this delicious diges tant with each meal. Shivar Ale WW DIOESTIVI AMMATICS WITH SHIVAR MINERAL WATER AND SINGE. Your grocer or druggist will refund your money on first dozea if yon are not pleased with results. Our fleet laid the' North" sea mine barraee. We sent fighting craft to every sea tnd brought new eourage and inventive geniua to the crucial fight against the U-boat, In transporting our troops to France, we never lost a man in a ship convoyed by the American navy. One of the first decisions was be tween the "volunteer system" and the selective draft. Many patriotic citi zens' strongly deprecated conscription and dreaded ita possibilities. The adt ministration, however, placed ita in ttuence behind the measure, secured it passage, and made possible the win ning of the war. It proved a demoeratie system assur ing equal service, equal danger and equal opportunity. At one stroke of the pen, bounty jumping, and the hired substitutes that had disgraced the man agement of the Civil War were made impossible. The selection of men to go to the front was placed not merely in the hands of the civil authorities, but actually in the hands of the friend and neighbors of the men eligible for ser vice. No fundamental law was ever ad ministered with such scrupulous honor. Not one breath of scandal touched this IeglslnQoTiT- and o- cheerfully -wa it ai-r.epte.ri that today, Ahn term "draft dodger is -an epithet of-repiQnchin any community. Partisanship wa put aside in the se lection of General Pershing as leader of our force and no military eomman- Am hiatnrv waa ofvit f,M, hand or more snflaggihg supparUrTlifi .Z and guaranteed try-thrfetev policy of selecting officer through train- camp ajrd4,.tha .w.olitiJi favorites and guaranteed competent leadership for the youth of the land. Ten million men were registered1 within three months from the declaration of war and thirty-two earns cities, com plcfe in every municipal detail, were built in ninety days. , In France, we had to construct our own docks, railroad lines, storage de pots, hospitals and ordnance bases. We bad to cut -down- the forest io? our bar racks., la June, two month after th declaration of war, our fighting men wore in France; in, October, Americans were on the firing line;' in scarcely more. than..a,.yeatjwe had two million men ia France, had whipped the enemy t Belleau Wood, beaten them back at Chateau Thierry, wiped out the fit. Mihiel salient. and delivered the terrific hammer blow at Sedan that virtually ended the war. Less than two year ago, General Hnig, with the bluntnes of a soldier, eaid: 'The British Army is fighting with its back to the , wall ; Lloyd George ""was" rying ; "It' a rac between Wilson and Hindenburg;'' and France clung like a drowning: man to the Bock of Verdun, turning agonized eye to ward America. And America came. We challenge th critics of th Admini stration to point out how, within the limits of human possibility, the war eould have been won mors promptly or with less loss of American life. It was not by mere chance that these thing., were accomplished, To readjust the processes of peaeua- to erv-thc activities of war require ladership of unexampled skill. Petty criticism of minor defects, and individual officials may for a time attract a superficial at tention, hut the significant things., the. great outstanding facte plead eloquently Hr th Demoeratie cause. I Let as one misunderstand us. These dous achievement that Republican man agers and the Chicago platform seek to shame and besmirch. Various Con gressional committees, which for want of a more .appropriate term, are called H'smellinff committees" were appointed for the purposefascerteHiing whether. er not there was any graft in the. con duct of the Great War. Over eighty investigations have been made, over two million dollars have been wasted, and 'th'f'ontf'mair'narfjwwsi'-tw' prove that it was the, cleanest war ever fought in the history oz civilization. Through the hands 'of a Democratic administration, there have passed more than forty billion of dollars, and the finger of scorn does not point to one single Democratic official in all America. It is a record never before made by any political, party in any country that ever eenducted a war. -. If Republican leader are not able to rejoice with us in this American triumph, they should have the grace tn remain silent, for it does not lie in the mouths of those who conducted the Spanish-American war to indulge in the luxury of criticism. What wa there in this war to compare with the typhoid itfested camps tnd the paper soled shoe controversy of 1898f What was there in this war to eompare to the em balmed beef scandal of the Spanish-AnTeTrran--Werl Despite all-their-in vestigations, not on single Democratic cfneial ha either been indicted or ac cused or even suspected; and the only dignitary in America, of any out standing political significance who is moving in the direction of the peniten tiary, is Truman Newberry, of Michigan, The very power of th Republican Party to conduct a partisan investiga tion of the war, to criticise the presi dent, to control the organization of the Senate and to wreck the prospect of measured agninst the blood of Ameri can soldiers Would it not be better to epe.na.a billion dollars for ahellt that were never exploded, than to have one Amerieaa boy ea the firing line minus sn essential cartridge I . Wa it not bettor to prepare for a long war and maks it aborts than to prepare for a abort wtr and make it long! wneir criticism it made of the expense of war, let ns not forget that we bought with it th freedom and th safety ef the civilisation of the world. I' re parses follow the leadership of tha President Whst -would have beea th ituatioa we had not established a currency sys tem which made itrostible-f er u to njetha., war! ' What would have beea tho situatioa If th 3epUbtien party had beea ia control and had main' tained itt sold attitude toward le3U Uont - There would . have beea ar. in evitable breaking down of the economic structure of our country . W would have been caught ia th throat of a panic more devastating than any we hid ever kaowa. Industrial Hf would have beea disorganised and th tssk of war, diffleult a they were, might then have beeom altogether impossible. Th RepabUeaa Record 8iac HIS. Th Republicans have now beea in control of the Benate nd th Hoiu for more than a year. They woa th election of 1918 upoa the faith of anur ia f promises. They, taid that they would earnestly aupport the President, if lit leasU until the tasks of war were finished. It waa their contention that they would enter upoa the work of re construction" with superior lhtetttgenea ird-va--wtthFaie.4ttotU would be possible under Demoeratie lesdership.'- Ty gave publicity," when they entered upon the recent session, to detailed and nmbltiout statements as to their . program. It . w ar " . ' to b judged, I hope we may be, by the record, let them also be judged by the record. What have the Ropubtieant accomplished tinea their prepared fo"r""warTIa-trit-militaxy sen, a democracy is never preparea for wtr: but Ameriea made ready ia them! Surely a just anT7ghteoTuifn-wy4at-wa Jar more effective than hv it) attaining, at enormons coat, srn-at armament, which neHher psrTy ever advocated and which our people would never approve. - - - - Wars are not fought by armies alone. They are fought by nations. It is a measuring of the economic strength of nations. The front line trench ia no stionge-r-than the forces which lie boi hind the trench. The line of communi cation reache back to very village. -ffSTTiTr-TeBnUnai-Jufflae and home. America preparea ry maxing-ree economic life of the country sonnd. What would have been our situation, if. prior .to the outbreak of th war, we had not prepared to that our farm er were able to feed the armiet of the worldt What would have been onr tit ration if labor hid not beea willing to We are proud of the confi dence doctors, druf gitti and the public have In 66 Chill and Fewer Tonic It quickly relieves Constipation, Bilious ness, Loss of Appetite and Headaches, due to Torpid Liver. adv. 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