The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-28
KEYNOTE SPEECH
GIyEa BY CUMMINGS
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the cieaneSt war ever foagAE liz ms
history OF civilization
lie Sasc cslzs more Efians forty billions
or dollars passed tnroLSa me Azf4A@
q, the democratic administration, aaa
tf,at the finger Of scosT1 Does nos
r,xgtr,- 20 enc single democratic c'1lcial
in ali America"
Thfs, he said, WAS q record never
before made ~ any poitticai party. =,
s.Dexuifs All their stig-sfionS,
re said "uag one single sfnIocfaHae
official has either been accused OF
s.yer gy,sr1essd; and the Only a4gnlt@Ty
In America o. any outstanding Doiiti8|a5'
sgxnteczncs who IL moving u inc or
racsou Of the pentIentiar-y~ 10 Ir1nnaa
,seya,erry of Michigan
..rhe very POWER Of the republican
Marty u, canG;1lcr partisan inTeslsa-
Won Of the war, 10 criticize 1As; srszS..
a., 10 control the ORGANIZATION OF
,s,e. senate and 10 wreck the prospects
~ world rezae, rests upon bare ma
er.-s.v ~ one, secured through ths
tainted senatorial Yote from MIcas-
gan"
cent Investigation OF the primary eiee
ton campaigns.
..T-t,e republican party" he said, De-
came 70 nxed In it's tncTT1gsoie aao..
Of conducting fnvestigztiona tnaA
2naIty turned 10 the fruitful task OF
trIyeH,fgarsng Itself For the first tfrne
sfncs .fey entered upon tlts program
rhev alscsyered fraud and graft ana
s-ross3 and frexeisabEe expenditures
Tae revelations dlSclase the tact
.nat tbe meeting al Chicago Was not
q convention but an aHcich Lee
highest bidder, however, dsd not get
the prize. The publicity thai overlook I'es
IN. urrceediags frustrated the mi'iAA
1tnrprutr.gg referred TO thoze VINO
e,rrnuIatn a. the great money cost o.
the war as -DlnfgIiy c-ampsd M Soai.
REGARDING preparedness, ne sa1a
that I'm a strict military sense DC
rnoe-racy ss never prepared Tor Wat
f,5,t Thai America was made ready IN
= xay thar -sza far more effective than
~ maintaining a. enorTaous cosL
great ornaments, which neither party
ever advocated and whom our peoDse
would never approve.
crrorntr, "a did no trefer 20 the liquor
Issue.
he referred to the Irish problem
ox1ly Incidentally. During fiScussioh
Of me republican platform ne SAD:
eft contains no message Of hope TOT
Ireland"
T-yse republican platform. reaction
AIRY and provincial, he gatd, II TIC
very apotheosis Of political expedi-
ency. Filled with premecitated sian
darg and vague promises, IL VIII be
gearched in vain for one constructor
erggea.Ion for the reformation OF the
csr,dftfons which IL criticizes and de-
rtores The oppressed peoples Of the
earth win look TO II In vain II CON
ta,nr no message of hope for Ireland,
no word Of mercy for Armenia; and
d, conceais a gword for Mexico.
The democratic party. he said. be
,1.re Tho outbreak OF the war, enacted
amore effective, constructive anf
remedial LEGISLATION than the rept1nii
can party had enacted IN genera
ton"
The ;nc1gne tax, ne said, relieved thf
Law Of tho reproach OF being untust,
turdensorne to the poor; a non-partl
san tariff commission, he said. VIII pro
vide scientific revision OF the tarll
hereafter. Pan-Americanism was en-
couraged: Alaska was opened 70 coz,
rnerce and development; dollar o.
piomacy was destroyed; a corrnp
lobby driven from the national capitoi
an effective seamen's act adopted; tn
federal trade commission created
child labor legislation enacted; pal
celg post developed; secretary Q
labor seated in the cabinet; eight-hou
laws adopted; labor WIS remove
from the category Of commodities b
the Clayton amendment; corrupt pra'
rice act adopted and the federal n
serve system established. he said
III the democratic party had accom-
ul,shed nothing more than the pa
rage OF the federal reserve act,
would be entitled TO the endurin
gratitude OF the nation" CUMMING
eaid. Panicg. he said, ARE now but
memory.
Under the republican system the1
yae an average OF one bank fAjlul
every twenty-onc days for period
nearly forty years. After passage
the federal reserve system there wei
in 1918 four bank failures; in 1916 ar
1917 three bank failures; in 1913 or
bank failure, and in 1919 no bank Ia
ure at all
Passing to the record of the reptI
Iican con gress, he said 1t had ignore
the presidents recommendations Il
measures relating to prohteering. ia
alton, Inappropriate action relative
the returning soldiers" etc. He teri
ed the session barren Of achievemer
shameless in waste OF time al
money"
Cummings launched into detail
defense or the treaty and the leag
nf nations He said America is In no
or bound 10 ratify the treaty. al
cited events in chronological order
prove his point.
THUS, before we entered the W;
we made the pledge, during the W
we restated the pledge and when &
armistice WAS signed all the nation
ourselves included. renewed {
pledge; and It was upon the faith
these promises that Germany la
down her arms he said.
He called the league OF natio