Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-22
Special to Times Republican.

| ID the auuTess OF SeilalOT Nuiuhha'
as temporary chairman Of the repub-
lican state convention. delivered here
this afternoon:
! Mr.. Chairman and Fellow Repub-
licans; This convention begins, for
Iowa, the organized procedure which
will end presently in the nomination
Of candidate OF the. republican
party for the office of president or
the United states. ..
| The Importance of such a meeting
can not be oyerestimated and tho re-
| sponsibility which attaches 10 your
| deliberations and decisions gives TO
the occasion the most impressive
character and the highest dignity.
We, who cherish the republican faith
and revere the republican traditions,
earnestly hope and confidently be-
| lieve that the candidate selected by
the convention shortly TO assemble
in Chicago will be verwhelminSly
elected in November. He ought to he
elected for 1t is high time that the
president OF the United States shall
be a right minded man. He ought
to be elected for surely eight years
of mystery, of uncertainty, of incon-
sistency, of abnormality. of incon-
! ceivable twisting and turning in the
office of the chief executive are pun
blunders we have committed. and we
have earned our emancipation. We
have not wandered thru the wilder
ness quite 50 long as the Children OF
Israel, but time goes faster nowadays
and we have suffered quite as much
! as Gods chosen people of the olden
days. He ought to be elected. for the
people have grown weary of dark
ness, seclusion, aloofness and re-
moteness in the presidential office.
/ We want man who thinks in the
open, who acts in the open. who has
confidence in and affection for his
fellow men. who takes counsel be-
| fore he decides, and whose mind IS
| o. the ordinary. human kind. We
want a man who will let a little sun
! light into the White House and who
will gather within its CommOdlouS
walls the men and women who are
entitled to be heard respecting the
policies which should govern the des-
TIMES of the greatest nation on earth.
Finally. he ought to be elected. for
. the principles which he will main;a in,
are the essential principles of hu-
man liberty. justice and progrsss. l.
An Ideal candidats.~
I During the Few minutes I she'll ASK
attentioir, shall not inquire 3wno
our candidate should be, but. IA IRE,
what he should be. IndeedgI mast
broaden the inquiry, and erTbraCe the
party whose representa- tives We are.
We are asking the people 6f America
to entrust THERE vital ahalA to our
political organization, and it be-
comes our duty to set forth honestly,
Candidly and fully our reasons for
the belief that the men and women
Of the United States will be happier,
our institutions safer, our develop
n,ent more certain, our country more
prosperous, under the control Of a
republican congress and a republi-
can executive than under the leader
ship and power Of any othsr political
tparty which asptres to altthofits.
.
T The four years which have just
passed have been the most momen-
tous and terrific in the history Of
mankind. l do not intend TO recall
with any detail the horrors we have
experienced. 1t is sufficient to say
that they have imposed upon human
ity problems. burdens, and perils the
like Of which were never known be-
fore. The very foundatio cf socie
ty have been broken up and all the
evil passions and vicious principles
can conceive have been loosehed and
are raging and ,seething In every
quarter Of the globe. The United
States, alone, stands fairly secure in
the tumut which appalls every
thoughtful man. Our country enter
ed the world war. raised an army Of
more than four millions of men,
transported more than two millions
three thousand miles across the sea
and helped nightly to overcome the
criminal ambition Of an insane ma
ton fighting for universal conquest.
The heroism and sacrifice of these
soldiers Of the United States Is with
out parallel in our own history, and l
pause at the altar OF their patriotism
only long enough to say that the
memories Of those who died will. for
all time. be shrines for every loyal
American heart, that for those who
have been disabled-while their in
juries can not be repaired-a grateful
country will generously provide
against their diminished ability to
earn livelihood: and for those who
happily survived in full health and
vigor a Just country must make such
adequate provision as will leave them
at least on even terms with those
who remained at home in civilian
employment. s-.
Our Burden Tremendous. ..
We emerged from the war with q
debt of more than $4,000, ooo, 900 and
with revenue law which exacts
from the people about $4,000, o0o,0oo
| annually. This burden. measured by
any past experience, is tremendous,
but 1t can be borne.u it can ne justly
distributed. Our greatest problem ID
to readjust the disordered relation
which has inevitably appeared be-
tween wages and compensation for
personal service. and the prices Of
commodities. It 10 not my purpose
to enter upon q discussion Of thia
fundamental question, but must b
permitted to say that there Is bu,
one enduring solution Of the prob.
lem. either for our own Or any Other
country. We must Wordsworth Il
tho very limit Of health, endurance
and strength. Things must BE- pro.
duced; tho supply must overtake the
demans. The increasing disposition
Of great mnltitudes 6f the people To