Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-12-07

Wilson did not mention the peace
treaty nor the League Of Nations In his
message. but submitted the following
program to carry out the aims he out
lined:
1. Immediate passage of the budget
bill.
.. Strictest economy in Government
appropriations.
3. Immediate revision Of tax laws.
4. Adequate provision for disabled
soldiers and sailors.
8. A Government loan to Armenia.
s. Granting of independence to the
Philippines.
In addition the President repeated
recommendations he made in previous
messages urging encourageme for the
manufacture Of dye stuffs and related
chemicals in controlling cold storage and
Federal licenses for all corporations en-
gagged in interstate commerce as a means
of reducing the cost of living.
The text of President Wilson's message
follows:
When I addressed myself to performs
ing the duty laid upon the President by
the Constitution to present TO you an
annual report Oh the state of the union
/ found myself dominated by an i'm
mortal sentence of Abraham LincoIn's
Let us htrTe faith that right makes
might. and In that faith let us dare to
do our duty as we understand it, a SEN
tence Immortal because 1t embodies in a
form Of utter simplicity and purity the
essential state OF the Nation, the faith
in which 1t was conceived and the faith
in which it has grown to glory and
power.
With that faith and the birth Of a
nation founded upon it came the hope
into the world that Il new order would
prevail throughout the affairs Of man
kind. an order in which reason and right
would take precedence of coYetousness
and force. and 1 believe that I express
the wish and purpose of every thought
ful American when I say that this SEN
tence marks for Us, in the plainest man
ner, the part we should play alike in
the arrangements of our domestic affairs
and in our exercise Of influence upon the
affairs OF the world.
BY this faith. and by this faith alone.
can the world be lifted out of its present
confusion and despair.
1t was this faith which prevailed over
the wicked force of Germany. You will
remember that the beginning of the end
or the war was when the German people
found themselves face to face with the
conscience of the world and realized that
right was everywhere arrayed against the
wrong that their government was at
tempting to perpetrate. 1 think there
NoAC bAAeAt II ID Iut 10 Say LOdL TINS WAS
the faith which won the war Certainly
this Is the faith with which our gallant
men went into the field and out upon the
seas to make sure of victory.
This is the mission upon which
democracy came into the world Democ-
rracy is an assertion OF the right of the
individual to live and to be treated Justly
as against any attempt on the part Of
any combination of individuals to make
laws which will Overburden him or which
will destroy his equality among his fell
lows in the matter of right or privilege,
and l think we all realize that the day
has come when democracy is being put
upon its final test. The old world is
just now suffering from a wanton reiec-
tion of the principle of democracy and a
substitution of the principle of autocracy
as asserted in the name but without
the authority and sanction of the multi
tude. This is the time of all others
when democracy should prove its purity
and It's spiritual power to prevail. 1t is
surely the manifest destiny of the United
States to lead in the attempt TO make
this spirit prevail
There are two ways in which TN
United States can assist to accomplish
this great object:
First, by offering the example within
her own borders of the will and power OF
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