Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-07-09
High Spots In
Republican Keynote
Speech by Johnson

1.-THE keynote speech of the Repub-
lican state convention was delivered
by Hon. A. R. Johnson of Ironton.l
1--WE are entering upon the most
important campaign since the founda-
tion of our government. 1t is to free
US from proposed entanglements of
the Old World. 1t is to keep America
for Americans. 1t is to return to con-
stitutional government. 1t is to pro-
tect our citizens from debauchery of
the Anarchists, Bolshevists, l. w.
| WIS, Communists, the Red Socialists
4 and all anti-government organiza-
tions, and to preserve a government
! for all those who believe in America"
"We are done with the Democratic
/ President and his scholastic theories
And likewise we pass up a Demo-
cratic governor with the extrava gance
and mismanasement of the affairs of
our state"
Our part in the World war to the
thinking person was inevitable from
the start. Mr.. Wilson, when he was
being placarded as the 'Evangel of
Peace knew the facts, but studiously
suppressed them. Such suppression
of facts and such triflng with ma
tion's trust, honor and interests never
were known in our history"
Since Mr.. Wilson continues to
make himself an issue he shall be
compelled to account before the bar
Of public opinion and public justice
for his misdeeds and for the NAL
Administration of public affairs. II
is not strange that many earnest
Democrats decline responsibility fol
their party and charge the failures tc
Mr.. Wilson's personal government
Surely a more autocratic government
has scarcely existed among moderr
civilized nations than has been exer
cised for the last seven years."
"The disrupted social, economic
and industrial conditions of this coun
try as the result of the great war up
heaval seemingly hold no interest fo
: Mr.. Wilson To this hour he has pro
: posed nothing that would aid in bring
ing order out of the chaos that fol
lowed; the nation was left without it
constitutional leader The good sens
and the fidelity of the masses, aide,
= and encouraged by a Republican cor
]. gress, have combined to make som
( progress towards return to pre-wa
conditions. When we shall have dis
posed of Mr.. Wilson and his fancies
we will begin real and substantia
a return to a stable basis"
o "We are ready, as the senate ha
q repeatedly indicated, to enter into
> covenant of cooperation with tn
states of Europe that will afford ther
, them onward to rehabilitation; b.
a we draw the line at binding ou
q selves rretrievabIy, or at all, to ente
q every outburst which that powde
house of the Old World may suffer-
1 "When OnloS son is IN the
sr White House, cordially supported
ID by and cooperating with Re-
publican congress, there will be
a return to a peece basis In this
i. government and wholesale Iop.
~ ping off of political sinecures, and
~ there will be a return to consttu
~ tionaI governments government
- of the people In fact as we'll as
- in name."
=, "The Republican congress, witho
- executive help, or sympathy, al
- oftentimes with it's opposition, b
gone forward towards demobilizil
D. the wartime machine by repealil
on the greater part of the vexatious W
or legislation 1t has restored to t.