South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-05
Hamilton Lewis Defends
Democratic Policies in
Indiana Speech.

FRANKFORT, Ind. Sept. a.
Charging that control Of the rcpub-
lican nominees Tor the presidency
and vice presidency is vested IN
eastern capitalists and that should
he 8, o. p. candidates be elected
their masters propose 10 pass Legs
laUon favoring the east and bank
rupung the west, ]. Hamilton Lewis
pictured the issues OF the political
conflict for an audience az Frank
fort "Wednesday evening
Senator Lewis said
The great issue OF the democracy
AZ this tirne IS not what America
VIII do for Europe but what the
citizens OF the United States are
going 10 do 20 America Unless the
United Sta ties can be kept prosperous
and Der citizens engaged in peace
full occupation 70 their profit and
content ar home, no policies Of the
United States for Europe viii be Of
any avail either TO Europe or our
selves
Tho scheme OF the republican
master IS 10 get control OF the United
States They propose 20 get control
# every national opportunity in the
United States from which they can
monOpOize the railroads. the bas IS.
the waterways. and every financial
undertaking that the country affords
10 is their purpose 90 get into power
and then pass legislation that will
cntrench eastern financial taNOrltes
in the government and place In their
hands all the privileges and favors
that the republic provides for its
national citizenship. These masters
who guide this scheme from the east
propose bleeding this west and
draining 10 until 10 shall become
withered IN nnance and barren Of
commerce, and leave 10 victim 20
the east where 10 obtain goods. com
merce or money IL viii have 10 pay
tribute 10 the financial masters OF
New York who set up the scheme 10
get their nominee IN the republican
convention and 10 write their plat
forms III meaningless terms, then 10
prevent the public from seeing their
designs they disguise the objects
they have upon the republic.
an Eastern Platform.
Tho senate syndicat Of select
senators who named the ticket Of
Harding and Coolidge. brought the
platform OF principles from the east.
and after II was adopted in It's con-
fuang terms promptly presented TO
both candidates the substance of
what they must say IN their &C
ceptance addresses. and in their
speeches 10 the voters. The public
will note that these two Official
monographs Of this senate dynasty
proclaim IN almost the exact words
the same assurance
Candidate Harding says we want
10 get back 20 the old order Of
what he called 'normalcy'-dou bt1ess
meaning the things he speaks Of as
normal Influences
The vice presidential candidate
says we want to return 20 old
times.
The Panic OF 'O7.
Let US ask-who is 30 wants these
nen 20 turn this government back
10 old times II IS those who made
themselves master milliOnaires out
OF these old times and left the mill
lions OF the citizens OF this west
helpless when they bankrupted the
nation under Roosevelt and put the
panic OF 1902 on the country until
the west was drained Of every dol
lar. and lost its credit and became
mortgaged from every home, farm
and nreside 70 the east. Now II is
intended 10 repeal the Farm Loan
Credit act. the Federal Reserve Bank
act. so as 70 put the farmer Of the
west and the business of the Mlsslss
iDpi valley states in pawn again 10
these manipulating masters. The old
times 10 which these eminent can
didates ask 20 be returned were those
which under Mckinley the conspir-
ators turned the government over to
chose who directed fortunes TO IA
eorIteS. as the land was plllaged,
the soldiers of the Spauish-Americau
war murdered i'm order 10 serve the
public contract thieves who sold
fuur for quinine, paper shoes FOR
soldiers. rotten and diseased cloth
for uniforms and then paWued the
nation To themselves from which &c
this hour they are rcaping the in
terests and enjoying the polluted
wealth The old times which they
ask to be returned 10 them and
which they pledge will bring this
republic back 10, are the times wher
Roosevelt denounced as corrupt and
criminal under Taft and agains
which he led a revolution i'm the
republican party that brought this
nation 10 the verge 81 civil riot upoT
the streets-a protest against the
condition where the labOrers walked
hungry. tho toiIers despaired, bust
ness houses closed, banks IN panic
and the bread lines and SOUP house.
were the relief OF the miserable.
The Issue.
The great question is, are our
people ready under some imagined
grievance touching foreign affairs on
because OF some differences on the
great international policy. 70 aban