Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1920-06-09
KEYNOTE SPEECH DELIVERED
BY SENATOR H. c. LODGE

| chairman of the republican national con-
\ vention in his keynote address here to-
day.
Defending the senate's opposition to
| the treaty of peace as a high and patri-
| otto duty, the senator flung down this
gauntlet:
I'VE make the issue we ask approba-
ton for what we have done. The people
will now tell US what they think of Nj
Wilson'S league and the sacrifice Of
| America.
| While emphasizing the point that
/ around the league must be waged the
1920 presidential campaign, and devoting
much of his speech to arraignment of
the Wilson administration, the senator
| found time to lay before the delegates
| the stand of the republican party on
| other salient problems facing the nation.
Chief among these was Mexico. De-
| claring it was time for the United States
| to take firm hand in things Mexican
| and end the "dsgraceful record" of the
| last seven years, Senator Lodge urged
that this country let the Mexicans choose
| as their president some strong and up
| right man who is friendly to the United
States and determined to establish or
der and then lend him a real and cordial
| support.
'.Mexico lies at our DOORS" he declars
| ed at is a primary duty for us to deaf
nothing has been done and yet we are
| asked to take a mandate for Armenia"
| Salient points made by Senator Lodge
were: "Mr Wilson and his dynasty, his
heirs and assigns, or anybody that is
his anybody who with bent knee has
served his purpose, must be driven from
all control from all influence upon the
government of the United States.
"They must be driven from office and
power. not because they are democrats,
but because Mr.. Wilson stands for
theory of administration and govern
ment which is not American.
"The return of the democrats to power
with Mr.. Wilson or one of his disciples
still the leader and master of a great
party which before his advent possessed
both traditions and principles, would be
| a long step in the direction of the auto
| cracy for which Mr.. Wilson yearns and
| a heavy blow to the continuance of free
representative government as we have
always conceived and venerated it.
'Mr. Wilson and the autocracy he rep
resents, and all which those who be-
| lieve in his doctrines: and share his spirit
| represent must be put aside and con-
clusvely excluded from any future con-
troll.
1.-THE defeat of the present admins
| tration and all it means, transcepds in
Importance every other question and al
immediate and dominant issues are
bound IN with it. Without that defeat
every chance of the right settlement Of
the mighty questions before US, so sore
| ly needed now and not later, will depart
"To maintain law. and order anu &
! stable government where justice Pules
| and the right of all men, high and low
| rich and poor, shall be protected, We
! must have a government of the people
| duly chosen by the people and neve
must there be permitted any government
by single man or by "a group Of men
or by an organized minority.
MANY vital economic measures an
especially protective tariff legislation t
guard our industries, are impoasibl
with democratic free trader of social
istic proclivities in the White House. T
accomplish such measures as these, W
must have. as we intend to have, re
publican president, in sympathy with
| republican house and senate.
'gThe rise of prices, the high cost c
living which reach daily into ever
home is the most pressing, as it is tn
| most difficult and most essential p obleI
which confronts US. Some of the source
of this trouble can be reached by iegis
lation. although not all, but eSe<ythiI.
that can be affected by law should b
done at once.
"Profteering, the charging Of extol
tionate and unjustifed prices, which
stupid as well as unlawful, are suhiet
now to ample punitive laws Tno'a lax
should be enforced others if necessar
added, and the offenders both great an
small should be pursued and punished.
''The most essential remedy for hiG
costs (of living) is to keep UP and il
crease production and particularly Shout
every effort be made to advance tt
productivity of the farms.
"The phrase government ownership
means not only that the go lernmer
shall own the railroads but also it is
be feared, that those who run the raj
roads shall own the government. GsEer;
government ownership under our polit
cal system would inevitably bring abol
the mastery of the government by tho:
| who operate the machinery of transpo
tation or of any other industries whic
come into government possession. Fl
rights of the general public, for whom q
Industries exist would disappear und'
this scheme and nothing would be left
the people except the duty of payir
taxes to support the roads.
"Over 500 Americans have been mu
dered in Mexico. CarranZa insulted Il
American government in every possib
way and still nothing was done. We f
so low that when an American was sci
ed by one of the many bands of brigan'
and held for ransom, all that the go
eminent OF the Onll9Q 'bleS WOulu U
was to offer to be the Ennel for co
veying the ransom of their Citizens
the highwaymen who had seized them.
1--WE have watched and waited lo
enough. We need a firm hand at t
helm The time has come to put an e
to this Mexican situation, which is
shame to the United States and a d
grace to civilization. If we are to ia
part in pacifying and helping the wor
let us begin here at home in Mexico
"Let the Mexicans choose the
president some strong and upright m
who is friendly to the United States a
determined to establish order and tn
let the United States give him real a
cordial support, and so strengthen q
uphold him that he will be able to
terminate the bandits and put an end
the unceasins civil war
When the armistiee with Germany y
signed the course to be pursued v
clear. That course was to ms
the peace with Germany at eonce q
then take up for reasonable conside
ton the question of establishing such
ture relations with our associates in
war as would make for the future pei
of the world This Mr.. Wilson pi
vented. He went to Europe.
.He had apparently only one aim,
be the maker of league Of which