The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-10-10

supporter OF prohibition should he sent
10 the United States Senate from Ken
lucky at this time
Favors Woman Suffrage.
And yet another Of the great ques-
lions before our Congress for settle
ment, which trust may be settled ere
this campaign is closed-and that by
the present Congress now in session.
Is that Of woman suffrage. have ar
IDENTITY stood for this from the time Of
my life as a schoolboy, and through all
the years Of my manhood have been
an advocate OF equal suffrage for WON
en-, therefore II is no new question TO
me, as am no recent convert thereto,
and ] shall support this amendment to
our Federal Constitution.
Marvellous National Growth.
A hundred years ago we were ma
ton Of only few millions of people
and worth but a few billions Of dol
lars, almost bankrupt as a nation, but
with the great opportunities that lay
out before us, with the interchangeable
energy, skill and perseverance Of
young Americans, we took advantage
of our position in the new world, sur
rounded as we were by almost immeas-
urable natural resources, and builded
as no nation in the world are built be-
fore, we grew In that century just past
from that handful of colonists, prin-
cipally upon our eastern shores. until
to-day we are nation of more than
hundred millions of people, and on
whose flag-the Stars and Stripes-the
sun never sets.
But this Is not the marvellous thing
regarding our growth, that we have in
creased In pOpulatiOn-in a strong and
hardy manhood and womanhOod-the
thing at which the world has marveled
most is our remarkable accumulation
OF wealth. We have grown from a
little bankrupt nation OF one hundred
years ago until today we-six per cent
of the worlds population as we are
own more than one-third of all the
worlds wealth. The larger part of this
wealth has been accumulated in most
Of our great institutions represented
by our great agricultural interests, our
great manufacturing industries, our
wonderful mining properties. and our
great transportation systems-the
greater portion OF this wealth has been
accumulated and builded in the past
half century. The greater part of that
time this nation was under the control,
I'm so far as its national governmental
affairs were concerned, of the Repub-
| lican party. All Of the great principles
OF that party for which / still stand
are, first of all, equal suffrage TO all,
protection TO American labor and
American Industries. and a sound and
unquestloned monetary system.
II is TO the soundness of these great
| fundamental principles that America
owes the greater part of her wonder
/ full growth, and II is upon these basic
principles that America must build dur
In the rehabilitating period following
| the devastation OF this terrible war.
We must make a sane preparation for
the solution OF the problems, diverse
| I'm their completely and almost immeas-
urable in their magnitude, which will
| press for solution Immediately follow
| ing the conclusion of peace. We must
! bring the Government within the limi-
/ tations and principles of the Constitu-
| tiOn in time Of peace and re-establish
| policies which bind up the wounds of
| the war, administer the affairs of the
| Government with the greatest econ
omy. promote prosperity, increase our
/ strength at home and abroad, prevent
and prohibit the further spread of I'M
due socialistic tendencies toward Fed
eral ownership, which is exploited by
some as panacea for every real or
| fancied i'll of society, and as quickly
/ as possible set these great principles
! in motion that will place the nations
/ feet once more firmly on the paths of
| progress aud prosperity along the ways
which liberty, order and justice must
ever guard and keep. This last express
sion is the gist of the third plank in a
| platform given TO the public by Chair
man Hays, and with which heartily
/ agree.
Peace Terms.
] II VIII ut iilt hhlH VI AAitliN III
her peace negotiations TO prohibit bar
/ gaining or compromising with the en-
envy OF mapkind over these terms. The
entire world is looking To America
/ from this hour 10 not only furnish the
reserves in man power, war material
| and food for the speedy winning of the
| war but the world Is looking 10 Amer
lea to take the lead in the consumma-
| ton OF peace terms that will. i'm so far
as possible, safeguard the interests of
our allies and bring about peace that
will make and keep humanity safe I'm
/ all time TO come from the aggressions
OF Prussian autocracy and militarism.
America a Peace-Loving Nation.
submit TO you that at the begin
ming Of this terrible war America was
a peaceful natiOn-nOt only n peaceful
nation, hut peace-loving nation. She
was a nation unprepared for war-un-
prepared in all that that word means
unprepared, in so far as having a great