The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-09

that partN> of Lincoln's immortal phrase which speaks of "Government for the People, Service on the part
 of men and women in the government
 is not enough; it must be unselfish
 service it must be Service with suf-
 ficient breadth of vieW to include the
 needs and conditions of every kind
 of citizen, of every section of the
 land. Such a body of workers would make impossible a return to the con-
 dltlons of twenty years ago when men
 in the halls of Congress and in the
 executive branches almost openly re- presented special interests or con- sidered the obtaining of appropria- tions for their own localities as of more weight than the welfare of the United States whole. Such spirit of unselfishness would prevent also the formation of cliques or ole | garchies in the Senate for the re- tarding of. public business.
 Some people have been saying of late: We are tired of progress, we
 want to go back to where we were before, to go about our own busi-
 ness, is to restore normal condi- l tons" They are wrong. This is not l the wish of America. We can never
 go back The good old days are l gone past forever; we have no re- | grets. In this faith I am strengthen ed by the firm belief that the women l Of this nation, now about to receive | the National franchise, will throw
 their weight into the scale of pro- gress and will be unbound by parti- san prejudices and a too narrow out | look on national problems. We can
 not anchor our ship of state in this
 world tempest, nor can we return to the placid harbour of long years ago | we must go forward or founder
 l Americas opportunity is at. hand l We can lead the world by a great ex-
 ample: we can prove thts nation .
 living, growing thing, with policie:
 that are adequate to new conditions
 In thousand ways this is our houl
 or test The Democratic program
 offers a larger life for our country
 a richer destiny for our l,sople. It ii
 plan of hope. In these chiefly le
 1t be our aim to build up, not to tea down. Our opposition is :. to tn,
 things which once existed in orde
 that they may never return. w, oppose money in politics, we oppos
 the private control of national finan
 ces we oppose the tr eating of human F beings as commodities,~ we oppos, the saloon-bossed city, we oppos starvation wages, we oppose rule b, groups or c1iques. In the same wa, l $ our national life.
 I, A greater America is our otiec tive. Definite and continuing stud, f shall be made of our industrial fisca and social problems. Definite an, < continuing action shall be left to emo , tional caprice or the opportunism o l any groups of men. We need a co , operation of the ablest and the wis
 est heads in the land, irrespective o y their politics. So we shall grow sanely, human1y, honorably, happily I conscious at the end that we hande l on to those that follow us the knowl S edge that we have not allowed t = grow dim the light of the America : spirit brought hither three hundre S years ago by the Pilgrim Fathers The coming-years are laden wit l l significa nee and much will depend o = the immediate decision of America l This is the time when men and wom s en must determine for themse1ve
 wherein our future lies. I look to g for progress In the esta blishment ( S good will and mutual help among na I'll tions, in the ending of wars and tn