Columbus daily courier., 1920-07-12
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lcssncss. naked and unashamcd in|
iis serVile service of q greedy PIN
tocracy.
ncmucrnis nraxrn.
Tho Dcmocratic bid h moro than
hold; Il Is hralen. With mild rcscf.
vaiions, ), net only claims q partisan
credit. which belongs 10 iac whole
naiion. for fighting aud winning lhs
war. but Il declares that Il adminis
Tered The conduct Of that war with.
mui the faint ~ scandal Aud The
ghosts of Hos Island. and Aircraft
end shiphulldinF and cnnlonmeni
constructions. and nitrate plant an
preparations are aiill stalking
through The landi Scandal l. Il no
scandal that IN the year 1911. the
year Of supreme sacrifice. vhcu our
bows were fighting and dying for $40
a month. and our people were econ
omirinr and sacrificing "a buy Iib.
criy bonds. that iac United Slaies
Steel Corporation made net carninrs
NJ seee. .a3i So. or ~ milliun dollars
more than its total capital slocki
What can we call that whole Orgy
Of war profiiccring by a set of The
most interruptions set of scoundrcls
who ever faitened out of The ncccssi-
ties and the miseries Of a great ma.
lion at war; Shall We acknowledge
that scandal IA too lieht a word and
say with senator Capper: n this
be- not grand larceny in day Time. I
do not know what else we should
oail u9 Even 50 the scandal re-
mains. for such profiiecring was
never prosecuted by The prosecuting
attorney general
Crimcs That Are sublime.
"Nor Is this all. There are some
crimes which by their sheer effroni.
cry become sublime. Failure 10 pro
tcci a people against profiieering in
time nf war might be forgiven. but
90 break the faith Of a whole nation
can moi b. forgiven
"The Republican party would lead
ms back tO the bandagc If Marcus
Hhnna. Not lo bc outhid. the Demo.
cratic party. through IT, indorsc.
mcni of A. Mitchell Palmer would
lead us back Ia the days of Philip II
NJ spain. Charles Of ENGLAND. the
unspcakahlc Mctiernich Of Austria,
and cause their inquisiiions. secret
police. spies. espionage, agents pro.
tocatour. star chamber proceedings.
arrests without warrants. private
prisons. illegal detentions and al.
minislrativc Justice 10 supplani The
methods provided by the bill NJ
rights which has been the bulwark
Of Anelo.Saxon freedom for nine
centuries. To such depths Of will
and performance has the party OF
Thomas jefferson descendcd.
"Such are the conditions under
which We are In convention assem-
hled. This whole country Is shocked
hy the action of these two major
parties. The truth is out al last
Both parties have surrendered un
condilionally 10 privilege and rcac
lion. Thousands are agreed with n.
Today for every one who agreed with
MS IN January. The vast majority
~ the electorate realize that no mat
ter whether the Republican or the
I Democratic party wins, the peopl,
lose. The necessity for the abolition
II privilege was never ~ imperative
as u Is today.
Therefore. that platform which
Is submitted as the basis of the De
lihcrations Of this convention has Q
most serious claim tn our considera
linn. Not only is u a short platform
hut IL Il single minded IN iis deNo
ton 10 one determination. Il dc
rlarcs' that the principal cause o
ne distress Of this people "a eco
nOmic IN Is nature and can be- rc
moved only by economic action
Every word In rs says the SAM
hing. Abolish economic privilege
A government controlled by priv
legc can twist any political reform
10 AS own uscs. Political reform
must wait until the abuses NJ priv
lego are destroyed by the abolition
II privilege.
-By destroying monopoly IN trans
portalion and the basic industries
al private industries would h
placed beyond the possibility o
state control. The ensuing campairl
would revive the confidence of lhi
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