The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-10-08
ROOSEVELT, ERNST
AND MORROW HERE

children is the most keen scrutinizer
of the future. When a policy comes
up for me to pass judgment on by
my vote, what do do? l say to my
self How will this affect the coun-
try when my little daughter Oracle
and my son Teddy are grown up and
have families of their OWN" The
average family man or woman does
the same thing We decide every
thing with our eyes on the future, for
in our children we have given hos
tages to the future of our country.
at is this quality of thought we
need, particularly now. We must
meet this danger with clear eyes and
a steady hand; we must meet IL with
honesty; we must not blind our
selves to It and lie idle except for our
boasting,' until we are swept into the
maelstrom. We must steer our
course steadily between the Scylla of
Bolshevism and the Charybdis or
Bourbonism.
I'VE must meet the future deter
mined that we are going forward, al
ways forward, to better things and
that we will not let unreasoning fear
force us into senseless reaction.
Equally, we must not let our country
be governed by ipdolent discomfort
and the impractical theories of the
doctrinaire. What we want in this
country is common decency, common
honesty, and common sense. and these
the Repu blican party will furnish.
lone of the most dangerous results
of the universal unrest has been the
blossoming of the false and destruc-
tive doctrines of class cleavage AID
class government. We see, at this
time, the great countries of Europe
shaken to their foundations sy-it. We
see Russia, England. France and Italy
thrown back centuries in their march
of progress. We see injustice mas
aueradlng as justice and tyranny Of
the minority masking itself as demo-
cracy.
The Democratic party mas looked
on this country as If it were COM
posed of classes. The Republican
party refuses to recognize such a
thing as class We have no classes in
this country and we must not have
them. The successful man of today
is the poor boy Of yesterday, and the
schievemontssof the father viii never
hold position for the son. II is the
son who must make that position for
himself and by himself and if he does
not, and this applies particularly to
me, the country will cast him aside
and. will be monumontally right and
American in doing so.
"During the past few years, and at
this moment, there are many quack
politicians hiding false doctrines un-
der the cloak of Americanism. The
eyes of the people must not be blinded
by misleading phraseology. True
Americanism Is the fundamental idea
on which this country was founded
True Americanism is freedom of re-
ligious thought; the right for every
man to worship God in the way he de-
sires; the right for every man to ex-
press his convictions by the ballot;
the right of free press; free speech,
and free assemblage There is but
one way, to meet force and that is
with force. There is but one way to
meet lawlessness and that is with |
law; there is but one way to meet !
false ideas and that is with sound !
ideas. Cleave to these thoughts with
every ounce that is in you and let no |
agitator, no preacher of doubtful mo-
tives, blur your vision on these fun
damentals. These are American.
Their practice is American.
Calls Article X Death Trap.
"The great issue of the campaign
is the wilson League or Nations. Like |
all of you, do not wish to see future
wars. | know what war is and L
have three little boys. There are the
seeds of more future entanglements
In that doctrine than there are in any
thing of its kind in history. Found
ed on injustice, in many instances,
and containing Article X, the league
is death trap.
Like you, l hoped for many great
things from the league. had seen
the horrors of war. eagerly read
the first copy l could obtain of the
covenant. ! was bitterly disappoint-
ed to find there, not justice. but in
justice-not peace, but military ag-
grandisement, and browning be-