The Washington times., 1920-08-07

state and community initiative would
be impaired by anything approaching
dependence. The central government
| however. can inventory the possloll-
tiles of progressive education. and In
| helpful manner create an enlarged
public interest In this subject.
| There will be no attempt In TINS
campaign TO compete by dollars win
our opposition. So many people have
been In the money gathering business
for the reaetionary cause that the
millions already In hand are more or
less q matter OF general information.
PLAIN TRUTH OBLIGATORY.
deal In the utmost good faith with
the electorate and tell the plain
truth as TO the amounts received. the
contributors, and the items OF dis
bursements. The public judgment In
elections should be rendered after the
fullest hearing possible. Each side
has the right to properly present Its
case. This IL a legitimate expense.
There Is no narrow dividing line be-
tween the legitimate and illegitimste
In political campaigns. One contem-
plates the organization and main
tenance OF such facilities as are
necessary TO advise the people OF the
facts bearing upon the issues: the
other Carries the deliberate purpose
to interfere with the honest rendering
of a verdict. How misguided some
Of our people are. Recognising that
| Ifeadjustment must be made, they be-
lieye that they will fare better II
th.y cast their fortunes with those
with whom they dealt on the base OF
IcampaiRn contributions in days gone
by. They do not sense the dangers
that threaten. The sort OF readjust-
| me mt which Will appeal to our self
respect and ultimately to our general
prosperity, is the honest readtust-
meut. Any, unfair adjustment simply
delays the ultimate process and we
should RENE nfber the lesson OF his
tory that one extreme usually leads
Ito another We desire Industrial
peace. We want our people TO have
an abiding confidence In government.
lbut no readjustment made under re-
dictionary auspices, VIII carry Win u
the confidence of the country.
III were asked to name in these
Trying days the first essential over
,shadowing every other consideration,
the response would be confidence In
Government II would be nothing
else than a calamity II the next Ad-
jministration were elected under cor
lrupt auspices. There Is unrest IN the
lcountry; our people have passed
Through a trying experience. The Eu-
ropean war, before 1t engulfed US,
aroused every racial throb In a nation
Iof composite citizenship. The connict
in which we participated carried anx-
!ieties into every community and thou-
sands and thousands OF homes were
touched by tragedy.
WANT TO FORGET WAR.
! The inconveniences incident to the
war have been disquieting; the fall
ure Of the Republican Congress to re-
peal annoying taxes has added to our
troubles. The natural impulse is to
forget the past to develop new inter-
ests, to create a refreshened and re-
freshing atmosphere in life. We want
to forget war and be free from the
troubling thought OF it's possibility in
the future. We want the dawn and the
dews Of a new morning. We want
happiness in the land, the feeling that
the square deal among men and be-
tween men and Government Is not 70
be interfered with by a purchased
preference. We want change from
the old world of yesterday where in
ternational intrigue made the people
mere pawns on the chessboard of war.
We want a change from the old in
dustrial world where the man who
toiled was assured "a full dinner pail
as his only lot and portion. But how
are we to make the change? Which
way shall we go?
We stand at the forks Of the road
and must choose which to follow. One
leads to a higher citizenship. a freer
expression of the individual and a
fuller life for all. The other leads
to reaction. the rule of the few over
the many and the restriction of the
average mans chances to grow up
ward. Cunning devices backed by
unlimited prodigal expenditures will
be used to confuse and>to lure. But
have an abiding faith that the pit
falls will be avoided and the right
road chosen. The leaders opposed to
Democracy promise to put the country
back to normal" This can only mean
the so-called normal of former re-
dictionary Administrations, the out
standing feature of which was a pit
tance for farm produce and small
wage for a long day OF labor. My
vision does not turn backward to the
normal" desired by the Senatorial
oligarchy, but to a future in which all
shall have a normal opportunity TO
cultivate a higher stature amidst bet
ter environment than that OF the
past Our view is toward the sunrise
of tomorrow with it's progress and it's
eternal promise of better things. The
opposition stands in the skyline OF
the setting sun, looking backward, to
the old days of reaction.
accept the nomination Of our
party. obedient to the Divine Sow
ereisn of all peoples, and hopeful that
by trust in Him the way Will be
shown for helpful service.
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