The Republican., 1920-08-19
DIR. JOHN WESLEY HILL OPENS
WESTERN MD. CAMPAIGN
Makes Strong Presentation of Repub-
lican Side at Mountain Lake Park


before a considerable number of au-
ditors, DR.. John Wesley Hill, chancel-
lor of Lincoln Memorial University,
located at Cumberland Gap, Tenn,
opened the Republican campaign in
Western Maryland when he was intro
duced to the audience by State Sena-
tor Harvey ]. Speicher.
The crowd was much less than was
expected owing to the fact that up
to Saturday every day of the week
had been wet and on that day the sun
shown out so that it gave the farmers
of the community the first real good
day for harvesting their grass crop
in fortnight and they took advan-
tage of it.
Chancellor Hill, in his remarks, said
in part;
White House on minority vote. The
people did not want him. They
wanted Republican, but they were
so cocksure of it that they split in
the middle and through that divide
the Democratic catastrophe, under
which the country is now suffering,
was made possible. Four years ago,
the breach in the Republican ranks
was still open and the Democratic
party was continued in power. To-
day the Republican party presents
a solid front without friction and
without factionalism, under the lead
ership of Warren G. Harding.
Divided on Paramount Issue.
The Democratic party is divided on
it sparamount issue. Governor Cox,
having made his pilgrimage to the
White House, where he surrendered
Internationally to Wilsonian dicta-
ton, declares that the issue is the
League of Nations. Chairman White
of the Democratic National Commit
tee, proclaims it as 'progressiveness.
The Republican party is ready to join
issue with either slogan, knowing
that they are attempts to beguile the
people from the Incompatible record
of Democratic blunders and inca
pacity. Governor Cox insists that the
League of Nations shall be adopted
without reservations, at the same time
insisting upon certain interpretations.
The Supreme Court of the United
States ruled in a decision rendered
in relation to the treaty following
the Spanish-American War that a
treaty can be neither changed nor
modified by interpretations. Notwith-
standing this final word upon inter-
pretations, Governor Cox insists
upon them. He has not, however, in
mind, nor to what particular article
or provision of the treaty they are to
be applied.
For Specific Reservations.
"The Republican party attempts
as that. The Republican Senators,
reinforced by the votes of % Demo-
cratic Senators, voted for the ratifi-
cation of the treaty with certain
specific reservations. Governor Cox
insists upon the ratification without
the dotting of an or the crossing of
t; without reservation that would
free us from obligations to police the
world and to engage in all manner of
foreign wars at the behest of an alien
council; without reservation that
would give us the right to regulate
the size of our own Army and Navy
according to our own needs; without
a reservation that would give US an
equal voting power in the League of
Nations; without a reservation that
would give US the unquestioned right
to determine for ourselves our own
domestic affairs; without a reserva-
tion that would protect the integrity
of the Monroe Doctrine; without a
reservation that would give US free
dom to withdraw from the League at
our own will. The only reservation
Governor Cox and his party would
permit, would be certain interpre-
tations which would make more clear,
explicit and binding the bonds which
would strangle our National indie
pendence. The Republican party in
sists upon the right to administer our
own affairs on this side of the globe,
to maintain the Monroe Doctrine,
which originated as defense against
Europe's encroachments, to protect
our American boys from conscription
and insists that Congress alone has
the right to declare war.
"The Democratic party seems just
now in sort of missionary dream.
1t is fact, however, that the home
missionary activities of the Admins
tration have fallen into bankruptcy.
For eight years our borders have
been menaced by Mexican bandits.
American citizens have been abduct-
ed and murdered by the hundreds in
the face of a continued outpouring of
protest from our State Department.
This has surely been a noteworthy
Administration Why talk of polio
ing the world and protecting the ter
ritorial rights of small nations be-
yond the seas when we have utterly
failed to protect our own rights in
Mexico?
No international BellbOy."
"The Republican party is not ready
to enter into compact that will low
er the Stars and Stripes beneath the
red flag of internationalism and
transform Uncle Sam from the Ian
tern bearer of the worlds progress
into an international bellboy. Under
Republican Administration it has not
been necessary to prod Uncle Sam to
his duty to humanity. He has
wrought for world betterment' with
out being enmeshed in the complica-
tion of world league. Under Lin
coins Administration emancipation
occurred; under Mckinley, the liberia
tio nof Cuba and characterization of
the Philippines; under Roosevelt, the
Kaiser was driven out of Venezuela
and Americans were protected all
around the world; under Taft. the