Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-07-29


publican nomination for the presidency
& delivered to-day n S follows
hartman Lodge. members of the Mo-
ca ton committee, members of the Ma
hal committee. ladies and gentlemen:
3 message which you have formally
hveyed brings TO me realization of
possibility which Is not urderest-
ted. 1t is a supreme task to inter-
t the covenant CT great political
rty the activities of which are so WOW
into the history Of this republic, and
very sacred and Solemn undertaking to
er the faith and aspirations Of the
ny mllions who adhere to that party.
e party platform has charted the way
|. somehow. we have come to expect
BIT Interpretation which voices the lath
nominees who must assume specific
ks
POLITICAL PARTIES NECESSARY
Let me be understood clearly from the
v beginning. I believe in party spon- !,
ship in government I believe in party |
vernment as distinguished from person"
government. Individual, dtctatorial, au- {
cratic or what not. In citizenship or
pre- than n hundred millions il is i'm !
ssible to reach agreement upon all ques-
MS Parties are formed by those who
ach a consensus of opinion. 1t was the
ent of the founding fathers to give TO
e republic a dependable and enduring
l~N,r government. representative in
rm. and it was designed to make po-
teal parties not only the preserving
onsors but also the effective agencies
rough which hopes and aspirations and
nvictions and conscience may be trans
ed into public performance.
Popular government has been an inspir-
ion of liberty since the dawn of civ
cation Republics have risen and fall
and a transition from party to per
nal government has preceded every fail
e since the world began. Under the con-
tuition we have the charted way to Sc
rity and perpetuity. We know it gave
us the safe path to a developing emf
nee which no people in the word ever
Walled 1t has guaranteed the rule or
telligent. deliberate public opinion ex-
essed through parties. Under this plan
masterful leadership becominglj- may
anfest it's influence. but a peoples will
i'll remains the supreme authority.
FOREFATHERs' PLAN DISPUTED
THE American achievement under the
an of the fathers is nowhere disputed.
the contrary the American example
hs been the model of every republic
hich glorifes the progress of liberty. and
everywhere the leaven of representa-
We democracy which has expanded hui
an freedom 1t has been wrought
rough party government.
NO man is big enough TO run this great
public. There never has been one
UGH domination was never intended
tranquility, stability, dependability-all
Re assured in party sponsorship, and we
can to renew the assurances which were
ended in the cataclysmal war.
1t was not surprising that we went far
field from safe and prescribed paths
mid the war anXeties. There was the
Unfortunate tendency before: there was
he surrender of Congress to the grow
hg assumption of the executive before
he World War imperilled all the prac-
ces we had learned to believe in; and
the war emergency every safeguard was
went away In the name of democracy
e established autocracy We are not
COMPLAINING at this extraordinary be-
owal or assumption in war. it seemed
emporarily necessary; our alarm is over
he failure to restore the constitutional
hethods when the war emergency ended.
CAPABLE CABINET DEMANDED
Our first committal is the restoration or
representative popular government. I'M
er the constitution through the agency
f the Republican party. our vision in
ludes moro than a chief executive. We
elieve in a cabinet of highest capacity
dual to the responsibilities which our
ystem contemplates, in whose counclls
he vice-president, second official of the re
bublic. shall be asked to participate. The
anne vision includes cordial understand
he and co-ordinated activities with {
house of Congress- fresh from the people
koicing the convictions which member:
bring from direct contact with the cleo
orate, and cordial cooperation alont
With the restored functions of the Sen
te fit to be the greatest deliberativ'
BODY of the world. Its members are TIL
designated sentinels on the towers o
Constitutional government. The resump
ion of the Senate s authority saved t.
his republic its independent nationality
when autocracy misinterpreted the dream
bf world experiment TO be the vision o
world ideal.
DEFENDS sENATE'S ACTION
It is not difficult. Chairman Lodge. t
make ourselves clear on the question o
nternationa relationship. We Republi
cans Of the Senate, conscious of our sol
emn oaths and mindful of our constitu
ional obligations. when we saw the struc
lure of world uper-government tai
ng visionary form, Joined in becomin
warning of our devotion to this reput
ic II the torch of constitutionalism ha
not been dimmed. the delayed peace
the world and the tragedy of disappoin
ment and Europes misunderstanding
America easily might have been avode
The Republicans of the Senate halted II
barter Of independent American emlnent
and influence, which it was proposed
Exchange for an obscure and unequal plat
in the merged government of the worl
Onr party means to hold the heritage
American nationality unimpaired and u
Surrendered
WE HOLD TO OUR RIGHTS
The world will not misconstrue. We
not mean to hold aloof, We do not mex
to shun a single responsibility of this r
public to world civilization. There is
hate in the American heart. We have
envy, no suspicion, no aversion for Al
people in the world We hold to o
rights, and mean to defend, aye,
mean to sustain the rights of this n
ton and our citizens alike, everywhe
under the shining sun. Yet there is I
concord of amity and sympathy and fr
ternty in every resolution. There is
genuine aspiration in every Americ
breast for a tranquil friendship with
the world,
More, we believe the unspeakable 81
rows. the immeasurable sacrifices. t
awakened convictions and the aspiri
conscience of human kind must comr
the nations of the earth to new a