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aeisncy. be reduced to a maximum OF
$1,000 900 900, including sinking fund
and interest on the national debt. When
we enter the League Of Nations we
should at the same time diminish our
cost for armament. To continue ex-
pendtures In either the War or the
Navy Department on q vast scale, once
our membership in the league is assured,
would seem to be q very definite refuta-
tion Of the advantages Of the world plan
which we believe it possesses. An ap-
pealing fundamental in the league meth
Cd is the reduction of armaments. We
cannot afford to do it until other nations
do likewise. II we do not enter the
league hundreds of millions of dollars
must be spent for armaments. II we
20 in. and | believe the people will in
sist on it, then we can count on econ
OmieS.
World War Reviewed
Since the last national conventions
Of the two great parties a world war
has been fought, historic, unprecedent-
ed. For many, many months, civiliza-
ton hung in the balance. In the despair
Of dark hours it seemed as though a
world dictator was inevitable and that
henCeforth men and women who had
lived in freedom would stand at atten-
ton, in the face of the drawn sword
Of military autocracy. The very soul
Of America was touched as never be-
fore with fear that our liberties were
to be taken away.
What America did, needs no reitera :
ton here. 1t is known OF all men.
History will acclaim it-poets will find
i an inspiration throughout the ages.
And yet there is not line in the Re-
publican platform that breathes an
emotion Of pride. or recites our ma
tiOnal achievement; in fact, II man
from Mars were to depend upon the
Republican platform or its spoken in :
terpretation, by the candidate OF that
party, as his first means of informa :
ton, he would not find syllable telling
him that the war had been won, and
that America had saved the world. How
nngenerous. how ungracious all OF this
leaders should so demean themselves in
ihe name of the party of Lincoln and
Mckinley and Roosevelt.
Dlscourtesy to President Odious
The discourtesy to the President il
on affair Of political intrigue. History
Will make it odious. AS well might
Il be directed at wounded soldier OF
'he war. One fell in the trench the
strength Of the other was broken In
Inc enormous labors of his office. But
others were ignored-the men ant
women who labored at home with ar
Industry and skill that words car
not recount! What Of the hands thai
moved the lathe by day and the needl,
Dy night? What of the organizations
Superbly effective, that conserved fooC
ana fed the world-that carried nour
snment to the very front trench in tn,
iac" OF helrs furies-that nursed tn,
wounded back to life-that buried tn,
,sad aead IN the dark shelter of the night
.aat inspired business men and artisan
W al parties to work in harmony? Wha
y. lne millions OF men. women and chill
Mren m,e OF all creeds, religious and other
s' wsS' who stood in the ranks as firm a
tSSS,alers overseas, undivided by thing
"ey once quarreled about?
what Of the government itself-con
"r,nIng the faith of our fathers a
STTpncient Tpie to meet the storms of time
cbny the sneer at labor with the veile,
nosse that 1t was a mere Stacker? Th
rnn rr,v.acle IS sufficient to convince an,
IanagsreJudIcSed man that the Republicai
nau naaets who have taken charge of thei
po'.y po ana nominated its candidate. ar
Lor o more possessed of the spirit of tn
mron muuI man they were in 1919 when the
T.JSiRtated anJ revolution within the ran
tb0n u nle OF a great organization, If fur
tbo bO' PROOF were needed, the action q
const present Congress supplies it. No
md ,iSsructiVe law can be cited. None
n;i;teWer iiite were wasted in seeking to max
IN %Wiiaittary triumph an odious chaptc
tS,, ,t,st9ry-and yet is it not significan
o"is aiter two years of sleuthfuI in
vary vSptS Inere was nothing revealed in tha
lNrS ha'erpriSe, carrying billions of dol
base ~ an expense. upon which they coul
r M, wen whisper of dishonesty?
o,t,ne Inc Mexican situation, irving 70 ou
Of imnronor nor years, begins to show sign
bina'Bp n'pF1Nyement' tNn Not the least of IN
SS re6i;.at Inat have contributed to IL
trv eailaatlon ,hon by the people of that conn
ths;n. .nat we have neither the lust r.
theirr uomain nor disposition TO distnr
unnn sovereign rights. Peace smil,
VIdma,' 'ns ne border and incentive 70 irdi
til ttiuuel effort seems to he maIin ~ 'u'
'Onai aspiration. ""'"s nd
Tribute Paid Soldiers
IL ahy nny elements have made our roruh
snu9ring; not the least of wh;nh
ditions gratitude. The richest tra
VI our land are woven fro,