Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-06-28

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setting. He was master Of himself
and at ease with the audience. He
knew his subject; he knew his hearers
and he spoke from his heart to their
hearts. His first reference to the presi,
dent was the signal for demonstra>
ton and applause greeted point after
point as he presented them with tell
Ing force.
His greatest climax came ut the
conclusion of his defense Of neutrality
aa maintained by the president. He
led his audience step by step up to
the summit and then he flashed upon
them an impassioned picture of peace
that thrilled the multitude of eager
listeners He interpreted the dominant
thought in the Democratic party as IL
is gnthed here In its chosen represent
tatives-the dominant thought Of the
country. The words will live, for they
give to great truth the luster Of the
Is the paragraph:
''This policy may not satisfy those
who revel In destruction and find
pleasure in despair. 1t may not sat-
lsfy the fire carter or the swashbuck-
Ter. But 1t does satisfy those who
worship at the altar of the God Of
peace. It does satisfy the mothers
Of the land at whose heart and fire.
side no jingoistic war has placed an
empty chair. It does satisfy the daugh-
tiers Of this land from whom buster
and brag. has sent no loving brother
to the dissolution Of the grave. II
does satisfy the fathers Of this land
who will fight for our flag, and die for
our flag when reason primes the rifle,
when honor draws the sword, when
justice breathes a blessing on tho
standards they uphold"
James Arouses Enthusiasm.
The second day was equal to the
first. The delegates, instead Of being
exhausted by the demonstrations of
Wednesday, seemed to be warmed up
for the entire convention. The an.
nouncement that Senator Jones Of
Kentucky would make a speech in as'
Stunning the position Of permanent
chairman aroused great expectations,
and the expectations were not disap-
pointed. He was at his best.
His style is his own; his sentences
abound in pithy statement, in antithe'
sis and in humor. The speech was not
long, but it was full Of meat. The
challenges he flung out to the enemy
stirred the delegates to round after
round Of applause. He called atten-
ton to the various remedial measures
which this administration has written
into law-frst, tariff law with an in.
come tax embodied in it, lifting lone
hundred and twenty millions per an.
mum off the tables and backs of the
poor" He justified the income tax
on the ground that 1T is tax that
forecloses no mortgages-forces no
sales. It is collected only where riches
abound and prosperity smiles"
Republican prophecies have failed.
They told us that Democratic tariff
would produce panic even in time of
peace; it has failed to produce panic
even when the world is at war.
Defends Currency Law.
His defense Of the currency law
was even more forceful than his de-
Tense Of tariff reform. Here, too, he
contrasted the old system with the
new. Under a Republican currency
law "a few men could create such a
panic as the whole nation witnessed
in 1907" The new law preserves pros
perity and protects our financial inst1-
tutions with oil the nations struggling
to secure gold. He emphasized the
fact that the Republican convention
lacked both the candor to indorse the
currency law and the courage to de.
nounce 1t.
He brought the convention to ita
feet In his eloquent justification Of the
presidents Mexican policy. The fol.
lowing passage from his speech will
be widely used during the campaign
combining, as 1t does, citation from g
Lincoln precedent with powerful
word picture Of the condition that
would have followed Intervention. Il
reads:
"When the Republican platform al
Chicago denounced the Mexican pol.
icy Of Woodrow Wilson, it denounced
at the same time the similar Mexican
policy of Abraham Lincoln-the one
they have heretofore called the pa
iron saint Of the Republican party.
Mexico Was In Turmoil.
"When the Lincoln administration
came into power Mexico had been IL
turmoil for years. The government OF
JuareZ was In power, but was unable
to enforce order. Not only had Ameri.
cAn property been destroyed, but
American lives had been lost and q
member of the American legation had
been murdered.
ut is perfectly easy thing for the
president Of the United States to
plunge his country into war If he is
politician before he is a patriot. He
would seek his own reelection as he
came upon horseback up the bloody
highway of contending armies. The
American people have never yet re-
pudiated war president and never
will. We are naturally a red-blooded,
fighting race. OF course our army
could invade Mexico and march in
triumph to its capital, but after the
war was over other armies would
march-an army of widows and or
) phans, IN army of cripples and men
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