The Lakeland evening telegram., 1920-08-09
MUST
look AHEAD And
NOT TO The PAST
! Presidential nominee accepts
h Honor in Strong Speech in
|resence Of Ten thousand Peo-
h at His Home in Hyde Park,
\. Y.-Pays Tribute to Cox as
Leader.
fBy Associated Press.)

sde Park, N. Y. Aug. 9-This
nv little village was today the
bocratic mecca OF the east. The
and file Of the party began pour
in at daybreak to attend the
sevelt notification, and ten thous-
were in attendance when the
monies began at the Roosevelt
e at three o'clock.
ormer navy men regardless Of
affiliations were out in full
as were the local lodges of Ma
and Odd Fellows. The weather
ideal.
he address of notification was
e by Homer S. Cummings, chair
Of the Democratic national com
Zee.
Accepts Nomination
rankin D. Roosevelt accepted the
pination in a well-considered ad-
es, following the same general
IS as those Of Governor Cox in his
eptance address Saturday. He paid
,gh tribute to the standard bearer
He will give to America that kind
leadership which will make us re-
ct him and bring further great
! to our land. In James M. Cox
ecognize q man who can lead this
lon forward in an unhalting march
progress"
Two great problems will confront
next administration" he said
hr relations with the world and the
ssing need Of organized progress
home"
Must Advance or Retreat
In our world problems we mus
Der shut our eyes, sell our newly
IL merchant marine to more far
ing foreign powers, crush utterly
embargo and harrassing legisla
} our foreign trade, close our port'
build an impregnable wall o
(tly ornaments and live as tn
ent used to live, a hermit nation
banning of the past; or we mus
En our eyes and see that moderl
Filization has become so complies
the lives Of civilized men so In
woven with the lives Of other mel
other countries as to make It impos
lle to be In this world and not o
We must see that it is impossibl
avoid except by monastic seclusiol
bse honorable and intimate foreigl
lations which the fearful-hearte'
udderingly miscall by that Devil
tchword international compiled
ns."
Home Problems
As for our home problems, W
We been awakened by' this war int
startled realization of the archai
ortcomings Of our governments
bchinery and of the need for tn
pa of reorganization which onl
par thinking business men expert
fced in the technicalities of govern
ental procedure, can carry out
pen man we have
Following those lines Mr., Roos'
It argued for the ratification OF tn
pace treaty with the League OF M
pms intact, pointing out that thel
no honorable escape from tni
Purse. He declared that the Leagt
Nations was necessary to mail
PIN the peace of the world. and
Ril to ratify and become part
Pc world organization would be
Prov away all the results OF OF
fctory in the world war.
Entered War for Ideal
Even as the nation entered Il
Far for an ideal so it has emerg'
'om the war with the dete
'pination that the ideal sns
lot die. 1t is idle to pretel
pat the declaration Of war OF Apl
1917, was a mere act of self-d
|ense, or that the object Of our pa
Eeipation was solely to defeat Z
hilitary power OF the central natio
Europe. We knew then as a D
Pon even as we know today that So
fess on land and sea could be
Palf a victory. The other half Is 2
let won. To the cry OF the Fren