The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-06-07
'IET US FORGET OUR DIFFERENCES
CHAIRMAN SAYS IN OPENING SESSION

| up the Philippines. He also declared
the part OF the United States must be
trusted leadership in a fraternity Of
American republics.
He praised the immigrant and said
few zealots of any origin who vio-
| late our neutrality can not impugh the
/ loyalty of the mass.
In part he said:
| Let Us Forget 1912.
| We did not do very well In making
for harmony the last time we met.
| The country has regretted, let US for
I get-and make amends to our country.
| We did not divide over fundamental
principles, we did not disagree over
national policy. We split over methods
of party procedure and preferred per-
sonalties. Let US forget the differ
ences, and find new inspiration and
new compensation in an united en-
deavor to restore the coutry.
| The essential principles of Repub-
/ 1icanism are unchanged and unchang-
| ing; the lofty intent, the indestructible
soul and the undying spirit of Repub-
Hcanism are as dominant today as in
the destined beginning sixty years ago,
or at any time during the intervening
years, and they are emphasized today
by the proof recorded to Republican
credit in the matchless chapters of
American progress.
! For National Defense.
Perhaps 1t is reminder more than
a discovery, but there has come to us
a conviction that this great nation,
rich in resources and strong in pa
triotic manhood, has been negligent
concerning its own defense. We have
dwelt in fancied rather than real Sc
curity. Pride mingles with regret in
this, because it suggests the mind of a
nation SO free from intended offense
that there was no cultivated thought
Of needed defense. Our righteousness
Of purpose is portrayed in our trust IN
unarmed safety. But there is a warn
ing in bleeding Europe, and there is
call today for prudent, patriotic and
ample national defense. There is no
mistaking the sentiment. We are not
thinking of the hysterical, we need
not be moved by preparedness which
is partisan in conception. We need
not believe in defense propaganda
inspired by those who aim to wax fat
in the production of arms and munit-
ions, because there is none. / deplore
the teaching that an anxiety about our
national defense is inspired by greed.
We rejoice in free speech and free
press and untrammelled opinion, but
patriotism is lily promoted by the i'm
putation of false motives, whether
aimed at those who believe in defense
or those who doubt it's wisdom. Such
teaching rends the concord OF cit
izenship, which may develop a worse
peril from within than from any
:, enemy without
Believes in Defense.
Though we do not pretend to be ex-
elusive in our devotion, we Republic.
ans believe, sincerely and soberly, in
. adequate national defense. We have
always believed in an ample navy, as
invincible in modern might as John
Paul Jones builded in our freedom S
earliest fight. We have in mind a
protected commerce on the waters,
and a seacoast secure in strong naval
defense We were building to high
rank among naval powers when the
Democratic party interrupted. and we
subscribe to stronger commlttal now
because of a new realization Of the
envy which our wealth and our com
merce invite, and a new appreciation
at our commanding place in the at
fairs Of the world. l shall not say that
1t is our aim to have the greatest navy
in the world, but noting the elimination
of distance and the passing of our one
time isolation, we ought to have a
navy that fears none in the world, and
can say any time and anywhere
These are American rights and must
be respected,
No Curse of MiIitarisn.
Let no one apprehend the curse OF
militarism in this fair land. We de
clare unalterably against it. Our free
citizenship, walking confidently, alb
. sorbed in the triumphs of peace, would
tolerate no such blight on American
institutions. There is to be no sur
render of cherished ideals. With that
yearning for peace which has marked
our continued development, with that
same committal to justice which has
given us front rank in the onward
march Of civilization, with that rare
unselfishness which led US to IN
sheath the sword for humanity's sake
and put all territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
, aside, with that belief in the square
deal, individual national and inter
national, which Is the foundation Oh
American faith we mean to go on, ar
= exemplar of peace to all the nations
/ an arbiter of justice to all the world
promoter of righteousness to all the
people Of the earth.
, The Cost of Living.
1t is worth while to recall the magni
fled importance given to the high cos,
of living four years ago; first, to EN-