Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-23
Two GOVERNORS SPEAK
lOWDEN AND CORNWELL
WARN AGAINST RADICALS
"rst NtrEipjan Declares FOmcntcrS of
Discomfort Arc Uniting Ia
Overthrow Republic.


NEW YORK. Dec. 23.--Govcrnor Low
non. OF Illinois. a candidate for the Re-
publican presidential nomination, in an
address here tonight attacked socialism
,hd communism. The futility Of these
doctrines. he declared, were empty
proved by results Of the attempt Of the
cotnmunitS, although candidates Il;
plymouth Rock favored a communistic
state.
Speaking AT the New England So
cicty forcfathcrs' dinner. Governor
i-owden also criticized the initiative,
rctercndum and recall as inapplicahie
Pilgrims had found il necessary to sup
piunt democracy by representative
government the moment the coinnun-
ny grew too large for its members
TO meet conveniently.
he further argued from the expert
ances Of the Pilgrims that INC indt-
riduat worker must be rewarded in
PROPORTION TO his merits: that ocsai:-
izcd labor must work out some plan
whereby the superior worker shan
nave larger reward than III" Stacker.
and that brains" in the planning ana
management OF enterprises cannot be
loft out of account as one Of the in
Indispensable factors of production.
West Virginia Executive speaks.
4 warning that forces working for
he overthrow Of the American govern
incnt are being co-ordinatcd and .fhow
ing symptoms of unity which cannot
lie disrc3ardcd safely was offered by
Governor CornwcII Of WcS; Virginia
who followed Governor L"wden. Gov
nrnor Cornwcll coupled his warntng
aDonSibinty for the XiSting situation
rests upon the heads uf tho public
officials, who have lacked The moral
courage To stand against tn. ihrrl,s
"f the radicals He declared that an
enormous amount Of dangerous rropa-
Sanda is being carried on. the 'hu:cn-
nS places being in New forN and
Chicago.
1t has been hard" said Governor
tornwcn. 10 get III: average citizen
"a understand or 20 bring him TO appre-
"iatc the fact that the struggle the
'adicais have precipitaied is not an
economic one.
Il, is not "a fight. IN reality. -. .
;air WACO In return for an honest da%
york. Nor - II :. hSht - reduce the
eonhitions. II 10 soe!,i ana poli,ica.
onslaught upon our form e. SoEcrn.
hent and upon The system OF Individual
ownership % private property-pii Vate
All Such Enort. HIVE Failed.
IL matters not 10 the men diTeGtin-
mon rship--tha, all efforts ana
ais ut specialization and nation2lizh-
ION OF propc y--harc been failures.
10 matter where. when. or By MIA
people they were tried. Thos%
gentlemen who ar. selling control 81
many OF the labor unions are bent.
,cVcrthclcsS, upon substituting punIic
Icr private ownership OF all induEtrS'
n fac; OF all property That doctrine
Goycrnor cornwoli declared hi. con
Melton that only minority os n?
members o. the railway unions favored
Tho Plumb plan. II. sal dthat the
uvcrasc citizen. representing tho
:,rcat American public, would pni NJ
FOO. down upon tho labor unions III
lncv persist in Their attempts - rum
itc country exclusively for their own
interests" The speaker asserted that
she conditions brought about by the
enemies within our gates called FOR
q strengthening oC our military forces
and adequate pay for the work they
do.
Army and Nav: Cndcrpnid.
The officers and nlenain .our army
and navy" he conttnred are so
GROSSLY underpaid 1t IS wonder there
Z, a single recruit. This country VIII
have need OF them before the n.nac"
o. Eolshev!srp has been dispellcd,' IL"
concluded with summon. 10 all true
Americans to stand together in Dc"
Sense ot America and American lns;i-
luiirns.
IA addition TO Governors Cornwcll
ana l.oWdcn the guests Of honor in
ciuded: Governors Clement, o. YER
lront; BARTLETT. OF New hampshire. and
iloicoNlb. OF Connecticut. The dinner
celebrated the one hundred and four
zenith anniversary Of the soCi"ty's or
Sauixa,ion, and the two hundred and
nincty-n!nth anniversary of the land
ina % the Pilgrim Fathers.