Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-09
SENATOR ROBINSON
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/ cost of city government would SURPRISE
j 1.-THE citizens. He cited Wimingtons
inability to collect garbage and attributed
| the present condition Of affairs to 'g-
/ norance. incompctsncy or mIsmanaRe-
/ mcnt. He said the Republican party
took up Addicks and put him out OF b,lsl-
ness, sent Alice and Ball to the uniten
| States Senate in Addicks days, gave ban
| ("the man who defeated the speaker
another senatorial term two years ago and
also elected Alice S partner Layton, Repre-.
sentative in Congress Have you heard
ANYTHING about garbage, have you heard
| ANYTHING about State expenditures ne
| asked. No, because the city and State are
| Republican governed, he answered; You
are paving taxes every day and do not
know Il. he stated Why do State ,eN-
| pen ses amount to $2,O000O0 annnalyF
1 he asked II women cannot run the State
| better than men they ought to be ashamed
| of themselves. he remarked. Show the
men YOU can do it better than they, and
i hope TO God you will do it, he told the
women If any newspaper wants hghrts
and will send a reporter to my ONCE u
can have them nd nausea, he SAID
| Remarking that he would not say any
thing unkind about the Republican nom
| inee for governor. Mr.. Salisbury stated he
| is a pretty decent fellow MIR. Sau Is
| bury declared the same people who
| ''bought all the newspapers also grabbed
| the executive branch of the government,
| control the legislative branch and are
| irving to grab the judiciary He announced
| that the next governor viii appoint four
of the six Supreme Court justices and
predicted if the Republicans elect the
governor he win appoint as Judges men
| he is told to appoint. MIR. Salisbury SAID
| if necessary he viii give names before
| the campaign ends. DO you want a mere
| puppet for governor! he asked None o'
| us want appointees of the puppet OF a
controlling power put on the supreme
! be nch, he asnwered.
| MIR. Salisbury praised the Democratic
NOMINEES, Andrew j. Lynch for governor,
! James r. Clements for Representative
| in Congress and William I. Lyman for
attornev-general He stated MIR. Lynch rs a
prominent lawyer and Christian gentle
man. Mr.. Clements is eminently htted
| for Representative and Mr.. LYMAN is
| beloved bv all He declared corruption
and nastiness will not be Strengthened out
unless Delaware has a Democratic at
torney-general. He condemned bribery
and mentioned that Anthony Higgins
when United States Senator co-operated
with him in trying To clean up the State.
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years in Congress and familiarized HIM
seN with the characteristics, inspirations
and natives of men who control the al
fairs of the country. thought MIR. Sauls-
! bury WAS one Of the best and trucst men
he had met in public life. Oh for the re-
turn To public life in America Of men who
have the courage OF convict,onsl he ex-
claimed.
Considered from the standpoint 6 the
number and magnitude of questions TO he
determined. Senator Robinson said the
national campaign rs the most important
in American political history. He urged
the men and women of Delaware to dIsre-
gard political affiliations aud vote with
an eve single to their duty.
Senator Robinson told the audience
Governor Cox, the Democratic nominee
for President of the United States, is a
great and loval American, who has done
more for the people than any other living
statesman. Mentioning Governor Coxs
achievements in Ohio, he enumerated the
Workrnens Compensation law, coDsoh-
dated rural school system. State budget,
Child Iabor law, Minimum Wage bill and
mothers pensions. He challenged any
Republican in the audience TO name
single legislative or administrative act
attributable to any effort OF Senator
Harding the Republican nominee for
President. He noted the conspicuous
absence of tariff and prosperity from the
Republican platform.
Commenting on the Democratic admin
istrstion since 1918. Senator Robinson
declared the Democrats had enacted moro
progressive laws and instituted more
wholesome reforms in seven years than
the Republicans IN y years. Citing Dem
ocratIc national achievements, he mcn-
toned the Federal Reserve Banking law
the Farm Loan act and labor legislation
Senator Robinson considered the League
of Nations the most important issue lie
stated no question is more widely mis-
represented or more generally misunder-
stood He told what IT is and how 1t Will
safeguard the peace of the world. 1t is
contract or agreement signed by the
Powers Of the earth, he said. 1t promotes
international cooperation and achieves
international peace. We cannot live IN
state of isolation, but must mlngie and
deal with other people. We must reailZe
the necessity of promoting and achieving
world peace. The league preserves peace,
clarifies and enforces internasio law,
enforces treaty obligations, minlmizes the
destruction of war and reduces the size OF
armameuts The assembly is composed OF
delegates from each nation in the league
and the council of nlne delegates, the
United States, Great Britain, Italy;
France and Japan to be always repre-
sented The nations agree TO arbltrate
or TO have their cases investigated and
recommendations made. No nation will
violate It's agreement, because it cannot
survive commercial boycott.
After describing the permanent court of
international justice, Senator Robinson
analyzed and ridiculed proposed sub
stitutes for the League of Nations and
criticised Harding, Lodge, Taft, Johnson
and Others He explained articles 10 and
II and stated Ireland would have better
chance for independence with the United
States in the League than out He
emphasized the facts that all the decisions
of the assembly must be by unanimous
vote and the council advises, NOT demands
He declared it Is not Wilson's league, but
the worlds league. He hoped the United
States viii not go In partnership with
! RuSSis Mesif.o and Jusr,a4 Eabie Turkey.