The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-14
Promises Much.

He dwelt on the preservation of our
institutions n patriotism" Among
his declarations were the following:
with all our power we will strive to
prevent the further spread of social
I'VE have promised a forward STEP
ping as we'll as a forward looking pre-
gram for labor, for business and {
the farmer. and those premises We will
keep,
unorganiZod, called l., w, w, or any
thing else, that goes about this country
seeking whom 1t can destroy-that thing
Is a traitor to this country, nothing
else. and should be treated as such.
The Republican party will not for
get in the stress OF other matters, that
its protective tariff policies have made
the wages of our laborers the highest
In the world.
In the great readjustment ahead,
business must have sympathetic help,
not ~antagnostic curtailment.
There must be strong federal reg
ulation, but not federal ownership.
We are against p~aternalism in goy-
eminent.
Shame on us for tolerating in our
body polite an u~ndigested mass max
ing for nothing but internal disorder.
II a man is loyal to any other flag
foreign, red or blaek-he is disloyal to
the Stars and Stripes, Either these
men are Americans or they are traitors.
II they are traitors they should be in
termed, deported or shot.
IF a political party does not stand
for those things which Will bear the
severest scrutiny, II is not entitled to
succeed and it will not endure"
There is no zone of twilight in poll
ties or public affairs; right is Fight
and wrong is wrong, and the same strict
standard Of morals, equity and justice
must obtain as In any private business
Of professional motors. When we get
our politics entirely on this basis, when
we live our patriotism daily, we will
do a citizens full duty, and not until
then. I nave no use for The individual
who Is either too busy or too good
to help. He has no just complaint
to make, whatever happens. He Is rid
ing On another ticket Let us have
another patriotism of Abraham Lincoln
\ ism which moves us when an enemy is
at our gates, but a patriotism which
| moves us every day what we W to
the country in which we live.
we have insisted, and now insist,
that We are unprepared for peace, as
we We're for war, We slipped along
under this Democratic administration
without any adequate thought of the
problems that would confront us just
as we did before we entered the war.
| Watchful waiting was as fallacious In
this as II was to Mexico or as to the
failure to prepare for war when war
was at our gates, or as to Russia"
Mr.. Hays mentioned the passing OF
the suffrage amendment, and said the
Republican vote for the measure spoke
for itself. The party had a great duty
ahead in taking hold Of the situation
In Washington" he said, lin the inter-
est of economy" Tho war bills would
be paid, and willingly, but we do moi
propose TO let the use of the war as ar
alibi for everything"
A special session of congress SHOULD
have been called three months earlier
he said, but there now could be legisla
tion TO establish business on a safe anc
sane basis; congress will take hold o.
the railroad problem and return of thu
wires to their owners will be required
legislation will be developed for a bet.
ter relation between capital and labor
with justice for both" a budget system
will be established; the diplomatic sys
TEN WIN be improved; the shippint
problem solved; soldiers who won tn,
war will be remembered and our posi-
ton on International relations" will b,
developed.
we have always believed we Shout,
live and let live That is not enough
We must and shall say help and 10
live"