The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-12-10
|SPROUL MAKES
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Advises Party to Adopt Plat
form of Economic e.
ficienc'
SEES SUCCESS + G. 0. P.

W"ShihS toi, Dei t-iV'- IL we 80
into this campaie :spon a platform
of economic ef ;:ancy in public
administration, !. Irmness and JUS
tice in our forf ! relations and of
constructive an { practical progress
towards cur domestic development.
weN shall be Overwhelmingly success
full"
This was the keynote sentence Of
the keynote speech of Gov. William
c. Sproul, of Pennsylvania, in OPEN
ing the first postbellum conference of
the republican national committee
here today at the Ne Willard, called
by Chairman Will II. Hays, for the
purpose of naming the time and place
for the republican convention next
| year.
| The democratic party was exco-
| rated bv Gov. Sproul for it's dis
graceful and humiliating" manner of
handling the Mexican situation; "its
inefficiency and extravaganza" it's
"meddlng in the private and personal
affairs" of the people; "its rape Of the
railroads" its foreign policy and it's
administrative weakness"
Upon the termination of the issue
to be brought out next year." the
speaker declared, "depends not only
the progress, but the safety of the
republic"
Gov Sproul indicated his belief
that the republican platform would
contain such material as will 'change
the opinion held by so many c@ople
abroad that we are a nation of four
fushers and buffers; meet the men,
ace to our peace on our southwestern
boundary; guaranty that our laws
are made for all the people; provide
more thorough cooperation of, the
government" in the great projects of
education: encourage agricultural
productiveness:" provide adequate
land and water transportation; and
'bring a practical, rather than a Wis
ionary, regime to the country
"It is essential that we approach
the next campaign not in an attitude
OF criticism, but in spirit of con-
structive suggestion" said Gov.
Spreul. Everybody is criticizng and
| lamenting the weakness of the ad-
ministration. We must prepare not
only to clean the governmental mess
but we must lay our plans for re-
storing our nation to the position of
respect which it once held in the
minds of other peoples of the earth.
1--WE must lay our plans to meet the
menace on the southwestern border,
not by high sounding phrases and
| impetuous and unprepared military
moves, hut by a sane and definite
policy in dealing with the arrogant
| and ignorant enemies of this coun-
try who are now in control of the un-
fortunate Mexican nation. No chap
ter in our entire national history is
more dssraceful and humilating
than the story of our relations with
Mexico during the past seven years.
while we are organizing Il mop
ping un policy to clean out the in
tolerable nests of inetiiciency, we
must lay our plans for broadminded
adjustment of our industrial ques-
| tiors.
1--WE must insist that everyone who
comes here and every one who lives
here shall understand that our laws
dit Ild'lA ibl. al VI Nlt Dtpplt.
1--WE have tremendous problems to
meet in the rehabilitation of our great
arteries of travel and commercial in
tcrcourse. the rape of the railroads,
conceived in an unholy lust for power
and partisan advantage, has left us
a situation that will demand the
! highest abilities of sound judgment
/ and forccful management to work
| out
"Thc mopping up will be painful,
| hut it must be thorough for relief
from extravaganza is sorely needed
andan abateemnt of the taxes which
! throttle enterprise and work hard
ship upon all of the people must soon
be forthcoming.
"Out democracy will indeed be poor
and himsy if shaken by any such
conditions now confronting us. If we
will but ccme down out of the fools
paradise of extravaganza and inef-
| ficiercy in which we have been soar
! ing and get back TO work in earnest
| our troubles and even our debts will
| soon vanish"
William r. Wrigley of Chicago.
will head the general division of pub
| tic information of the republican ma
| tional campaign, it was announced
| today.
At the executive meeting of the re-
publican national committee this
afternoon it was decided to select a
committee consisting of twelve mem
| bers of the national committee and
| twenty five or thirty leading repub-
| licans representing groups of busi-
ness men. farmers, lahoring men,
which will devote the next six months
! to concentrated thought on the sub
iect of policies and platforms. This
committee will make suggestions for
the resolution committee at the next
convention.
The committee also decided to Gre
ate council consisting of the twelve
members of the national committee,
who will formulate suggestions for
policies and platform. and an equal
number of republicans who are not
members of the national committee,
including four women.
Other committees appointed in
cluded an executive committee, where
John O'Callatan Loughlin will be
chairman of publicity and finances.