The Monticellonian., 1919-06-13
DEMOCRATS OPEN
 1920 CAMPAICN
Aggressive Fight for Presidency Promised by Leaders
 of the Party.
5H0Ht SPIRIT OF CONFIDENCE
Representative Women From All See tons Of the Country Present at Meeting Of the National Com
 mittees st Chicago.

The formal oHeUzuE guns Tor the presidential camHa3-n of l9-e were fired at Chicago n May @S and --' at a ea herIHs of tAe Democratic Nas tlonal committee. The As>oeiate Wom= ans National committee and many chairmeH and secretaries ef state conn mitteeS. Members of President Nit sons cabinet and other notable party leaders were present, and while sounding keynoteS took occasion ta vigorously denornfe the Republican, leaders for the character If their at- tacEs. aS well as te call attention "a Democratic achievements during the last eight years
 The participation If the wemea. fer the first time. in the national councils of the party brought representatives from ali sections af The country. and on the occasion af The banquet theV divided the orafafleal honors with men of political note for many wears.
 There was no lack of confidence on the part ef men CT women. The lat- ter. while hoping for universal sui frace in the election of 19e0. pledged fhe Democrats those western suffrage states hat played such an importan; part in 1916 The general effect of the meeting was ta sound The tocSin for an aggressive war from now on. in which tour fa every dehafable state west ef the Mississippi river. hy Homer <. Cummings. national chair man, will form an important part. There was not Democratic leader present who did not leave Chicago convinced that vigorous counter attack would he made on the Repub= licsRs.
 Republicans Reactionay.
 Forming the Republican party "one that complains and moves back. ward" and the peace treaty and the League of Nations covenant aS the greatest document of human liberty ever prepared Chairman Gum mings on his arrival in Chicago start ed things moving hFiSkly. Striking smartly at the Republican Old Guard he said: It k manifest that The Republican party has again fallen under reaetionaFs leadership The choice ef the committee heads in the recently organized house ef represent atives fs very dEScunraEiuz tn every progressive American. while The elec- fion of Senator fennase fa head the finance eonmittet If that body iRdi- cates the type uf leadership 10 which the Republican party k committed.
 The banquet he'd an the evening of May ea was the eeeaSieR of addresses hy Mir. Cummings. Attorney General \. Mitchell Palmer. and Franklin n. Roosevelt. assistant secretary of he navy.
 IB speaking of Republican islander Mr. Cummings Wa> loudly appIaudel when he said that As read The rts ports ef these speeches of strict and nnrelenting parfisaashIp wonder what phrases of abuse. what language of vitupsra,iou. what i1veCriye what recital of bluuderS and 'rimes would have agitated the politlca' atmosphere f the president af the United States had led the country to a di>aSs ruuS conclusion of an unsuccessful war. Every epithet of reproach already has l,sen exhausted In an attempt to dis credit fhe leadership ot Americas president at tune when Americas prestige waS never greater. Americas EoWsr never >o XaSt and Americas success never Sa fEaR>eeHdeRt The fafnsasfan af islander which IS fhe Nerx spntne of politics. has been reserved for Americas Sneate>l leader in the hour of Americas greatest triumph To listen to the Speke>nea nf fine Re publican organization is ro -ather The impression that America loSs the war and has been fereea iago a dtSeredly able peace. humtIat.as to aF! lovers - constitutional government and free dom