Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1919-06-13
DEMOCRATS OPEN
1920 CAMP AIGN
Aggressive Fight for Presidency
Promised by Leaders
Of the Party.
SHOW SPIRIT OF CONFIDENCE

Representative Women From All Sec
lions Of the Country Present at
Meeting Of the National Com
mittees at Chicago.
The formal opening guns for this
presidential campaign of 1920 were
fred at Chicago on May % and % a
gathering of the Democratic Ma
ticnal committee the Associate Won
ans National committee and many
chairmen and secretaries Of state com
mittees. Members of President vii
sons cabinet and other notable party
leaders were present, and while
sounding Leynotes took occasion tC
vigorously denounce the Republican
leaders for the character of their at
tacks, as well as to call attention to
Democratic achievements during the
last eight years.
The participation Of the women, for
the first time, in the national councils
Of the party brought representatives
from all sections Of the country, and
on the occasion of the banquet they
divided the Oratorical hon0rs with
men of political note for many years,
There was no lack of confidence on
the part of men or women. The lat
ter, while hoping for universal suf-
frage in the election of 1920, pledged
the Democrats those western suffrage
states that played such an important
part in 1915. The general effect OF
the meeting was to sound the tocsin
for an aggressive war from now on,
In which a tour to every debatable
state west of the Mississippi river, by
Homer S. Cummings, national chair
man, will form an important part.
There was not a Democratic leader
present who did not leave Chicago
convinced that a vigorous counter
attack would be made on the Repub-
licans.
Republicans Reactionary.
Terming the Republican party zone
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 Cum
mings on his arrival in Chicago start
ed things moving briskly. Striking
at the Republican "Old
Guard" he said: 1T is manifest that
the Republican party has again fallen
under reactionary leadership. The
choice of the committee heads in the
recently organized house of represent
atlves is very discOuraging to every
American, while the cleo
lion of Senator Penrose to head the
finance committee of that body lndi-
Gates the type Of leadership to which
The Republican party is committed"
The banquet held on the evening of
May 30 was the occasion Of addresses
Dy Mr.. Cummings, Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer, and Franklin ID.
Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the
navy,
In speaking of Republican ISLANDER
Mr.. Cummings was loudly applauded
when he said that CAS- | read the re-
ports of these speeches of strict and
lnrelenting partisanship | wonder
what phrases of abuse, what language
If vituperation, what invective, what
recital Of blunders and crimes would
nave agitated the political atmosphere
f the president of the United States
lad led the country to a disastrous
conclusion of an unsuccessful war
Every epithet of reproach already has
,een exhausted in an attempt to dis
,redit the leadership of Americas
PRESIDENT at a time when Americas
Drestige was never greater, Americas
,ower never so vast, and Americas
uccess never so transcendent. The
of SANDER, which Is the very
pune of politics, has been reserved
or Americas greatest leader in the
Iour of Americas greatest triumph.
70 listen to the spokesman of the Re
publican organization Is to gather the
that America lost the war
nd has been forced into discredit-
BILE peace, humiliating to all lovers
f constitutional government and free
ON"
Democratic Partys Record.
In refuting oldtime Republican
laims that the Democratic party was
ectional, lacked experience in leader
hip, was committed to free trade. in
apable of providing revenue, insin-
ere in professions of friendship for
ibor, inimical to the farmer, an en-
my to legitimate business and in
apabe of carrying on war, Attor-
ey General Palmer paid tribute to
resident Wilson by saying:
"They said the Democratic party
lcked the experience in training in
craftsmanship which made for con-
tructive leadership in solving the |
problems on the far-fiung
ne of your governmental activities. |
InM KEEp nEM0rPAnY GAZE