Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-08-09

and the same impulse ran from the
front trench in Europe back to the
first day of training. We must not
forget that war breaks into the
plans Of young men. and their first
chart of life is in sense more i'm
portant than any calculation later
on. In college and shop-in every
calling, they were building the base
for their careers. Thousands of
them by the circumstances of injury
or the disturbance Of domestic con-
ditfons which war always brings,
were compelled to change their
whole course of life. We owe a debt
to those who died, and to those the
honored dead left dependent. We
owe debt to the wounded; but we
must realize that considerable COM
pensation is due those also who lost
much by the break in their material
hopes and aspirations. The genius
Of the nations mind and the
sympathy of its heart, must in
spire intensive thoughtful effort, to
assist those who saved our all. I
feel deeply that the rehabilitation of
the disabled soldiers of the recent
war is one of the most vital issues
before the people and I, as a candi
date. pledge myself and my party
to those young Americans to do all
in my power to secure/ for them
without unnecessary delay, the i'm
mediate training which is so neces-
sary to fit them to compete in their
struggle to overcome that physical
handicap incurred while in the SER
vice of their government. l believe
also that the Federal Board of No-
cational Rehabilitation as far as pos
sible should employ disa bled soldiers
themselves to supervise the rehabi-
litation of disabled soldiers, because
of their known sympathy and under
standing. The board itself and all
agencies under it should be burden
ed with the care Of securing for the
disabled soldier who has finished his
training, adequate employment.
These men will inspire future gen
erations no less than they have
! themselves been inspire by the he
roes of the past. No greater force
for patriotic effort was found when
we were drawn into the late con-
fiict than the example of activity
of our veterans of previous wars.
Under the colors they loved, gath
cred the soldiers of the past, bring
ing quickly to their support the new
army of the republic Response in
the southland by veterans who wore
the gray inspired the youth with a
zeal which aided greatly in the quick
mobilization of our forces
The women Of America. in emo
ton and constructive service, meas
ured up during the war to every re-
quirement. anda emergency exacted
much of them. Their initiative, their
enthusiasm, and their sustained in
dustry, which carried many of them
to the heavy burdens of toll, form
an underlying page in the annals of
the time. while the touch of the
mother heart in camp and hospital
gave sacred color to the tragic
picture that feeble words should not
even attempt to portray. They
demonstrated not only willingness
but capacity. They helped win the
war, and they are entitled to a voice
IN the readjustment now at hand.
Ihelr intuition, their sense of the
humanitarian in government, their
unquestioned progressive spirit will
De helpful in problems that require
PUBIC Judgment. Therefore they are
entitled to the privilege Of voting as
matter of right and because they
Will be helpful in maintaining whole
some and patriotic policy. 1t re-
qulreS out one more state to ratirv
the national amendment and thus
bring a long-delayed justice I have
the same earnest hope as our plat
form expresses, that some one of the
remaining states will promptly take
favorable action.
Senator Hardins's theory of the
great office to which he aspries
putting a thoroughly fair interpre-
tation on his own words is that tho
government of this country. so far
as it is embodied in the executive
should be what he is pleased tn
call government by party" as in
contrast with the exercise by the
president of his own best final
Judgment under the responsibility
assumed by his solemn oath of Of
flee. taking into consideration the
views OF others, of course in ar
irving at that final. Judgment. but
recognizing. no group of any kind
not sworn, as he is. to the faith
ful performance of the particular
duties in question, and not subject
TO impeachment, as he is. in case
OF serious malfeasance in the ner-
formance of those duties The lat
ter is the conception of the Presi-
dency held by Washington. John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson in
initiating our great experiment in
political and personal freedom nm
DER the constitution. 1t is the con-
ceptlon held by Lincoln and Roose-
welt by Cleveland and Wilson and
all other Presidents of the past to
"hom history has assigned a sig
nlhcant place in the normal growth
or our free institutions. It is the
conception OF the Presidenc-- To
which, in case of success of the
Democratic party in the coming
election. my own best efforts shall
be dedicated, with solemn sense
of responsibility to the Power above
to the people Of the United States
as a whole, and to the sacred oath
of allegiance to the constitution and
the laws. There is. and will always
be. useful place for parties in the
conduct of a free government. hit