South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-09
TIE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

The republican platform-t wasn't necessary for the
Chicago convention to write
Any of those written by the national republican
conventions of the last fifty years Iaconicaly
ed would have done just well.
For confirmation of Prest wilson's trusm expressed
time that the republican party has proposed
nothing in the last thirty years. the repub-
ncea platform Of 1918, compare with those of the
last thirty years-snce 1sSO-and congratulate your
republican friends if YOU do the G O. p.
actually progressing backward.
It is the old waving Of the bloody shirt: the
same old sef-gori"cation anent the freeing OF the
slaves the usual demand protective tariff now.
however. according to schedules to be recommended
by tariff commission. instructed in advance for the
protective principle; a certain Of army and
talk. but definite. despite the pretended
favortism for great preparedness than army and
planks of that party's platforms have been for
fully decade: then there is great spurge about the
merchant marine. under of pretense that
the present congress had been lodging issue;
and might go quite indefinitely.
The whole performance, following Warren T
Harding's keynote speech. is gracefully modulated
series OF quavers and semi-quavers stradGlngs and
semi-sraddlings. patitudes demi- plattudes
science smiten apparently. that partisanship should
so exceed patriotism that the of party mainte
nance, it was necessary denounce something. the
keynoter stepped forward Wednesday and followed
Thursday by the platform committee they made so
many musical bows each picking up their two little
hammers and beating tinkling old tunes with
some variations on bits of wood
Conscience smitten" said. and here we repeat
So well do the republicans realize the lack Of basis
Tor their denunciatioHs that their view with
alarm" was uttered in semi-tone including one to
-ather repose and dream Of the poets "damsel with
a dulcmer" With tunes familiar. all that is neces-
sary players dexterity in order
10 move MS to stand up and shout
No wonder that they trotted Hon. Chauncey NJ.
Depew and Uncle Cannon. placing them on exhibit
tion because Of their four summers Their ap-
prevail Of the program proof paramount there
Is nothing and conclusion expected be
drawn is that politics and policies like whiskey always
improve with Uncle Joe's advice we'll fol-
lowed. IN the failure introduce into the platform
any Of those ideas the absence OF which
distinguish the republican party from the chasers after
strange gods"-out. Of course we can forgive Uncle
Joe. Men of his years expected doubt that the
world moves that ought to move: and also TO
forget that everything tangled that every
inventor. every dscovorer every pioneer Of new ways
have been fools for season
Indeed. no. we cannot give the republican party
much its platform-or platitudes-term which
YOU may. IL is cheap and so indecisive that even
humor tires in the effort be apprecatiye. have
heard deal about defense FOR instance
preceding the convention and. indeed been
IN progress but what is now promised us7
Hush, stop Look, Listen,
We 10 have adequate" defense that is
prudent" basic" and patriotic Whatever all this
meSns-an ample" navy. with OF us too proud
20 night. and might 60 getting deeper and
deeper into the hole ~ this meaningless nothngness
until maybe. intended. swamped and take
70 concedng the wisdom 81 If ALL because 50 deep
that can't comprehend II.
Il makes excellent platform for those who were