Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-09-02

N~-~ -@SL-<7NaF I'll 44A Liz WILL
and 65th Congresses and was re-
elected to the 6Blh Congress oy over
45D9 rnaJurity
he paid especial attention n his
address 10 the work If Congress.
The election following this CAM
palga, he said, will be decided by the
opinions n the American people res
pectlng TWO important factors: first.
the record II the TWO leading par
les n The racenr past second. the
platform adopted by the conventions
and what the people can expect
through The personality of the can
dldates themselves On those plat
forms
! speak If the records If the parties
II the recent past. he said The
country IS living IN a new era The
tsepupllcan party boasts If great
record n The days gone by. from
Lincoln down 10 the present. This
afternoon visited the Capitol and
was reminded by the portraits. I
saw there Of the men of nur1unnl
lame This Stale has corrr. bured. Of
themselves they would write an
honorable history worthy If PARRY
support coaAy But the world war
has established new conditions.
From the recent past Of only four
years ago I recall participating in
The Maine campaign. The one great
ISSUE At LhaV time the Republicans
We're combating was the false one
BASED on Wilson's slogan that he
kept Us out of war l notice from a
picture I saw on me street rodav that
OK has adopted q slogan as false As
was the other, Peace. Progress ana
Prusfer-tT. This last one is practi-
caly based on the fact thar Wilson :
slogan Illustrated the possibility of
toollng enough of the people some of
me time 10 bring the desired poliri-
cal result
You well know thar within . -,nn-h
o. ne -1ne If his Inauguration II.
called upon the 65th Congress for a
det.ia snr1un Of war The Republican
members Of Congress aid aside all
craftsmanship and gave MIN more Iowa.
support tha1 ala his own parry, N
following his advice N carving on
he war. This action ne so apprrvad
that he called IN the people two
wears ago 70 elerr Democratic.
House and Senate
me peoples answer was a Repub-
-lcAn majority N both House and
senate similar comparison NAV
o2 drawn to-day, thai as Wilson mas
4o well recommended Cox 70 the
A-neT2can people hey VIII rnspund as
hey did TWO wears ago
0ne II the earliest recollectluns in
= political way that ! have is that
picture IN The ahIesr carruunlst Of
MS daE laoeIinG Senator Plat- as
Ne Too, because he followed thc
leadership Of Senator Conklin. Tho
intimate relationship established be
twetn Wilson anu Cox entities rht-
after to oe allied Wilson's ND Too. h
But 70 return to the recrrc u1 me,
Two parties IL The recent pgst. there
are rwo outstanding features. namely
me LeAEue Of Nations coming within
he province Of rae United states
senate and -hc financial conditions.
Say he eague" rather imam q
eague. Tor i IS Wilson league which
ny IA 1r.Al.
Refresh YOUR memories briefly on
Lhls srubJpc'. On ,ru.v 10 1919 Tsrrsl-
dent Wilson presented the peace treaty
20 = Senate. The document printed
.5rseiv contained ,g@ nages. I,orst
rtar that 1 ary going 70 read 4, Tie
outstanding ~egLi-rc ct rha dpr,7,na,7f
was tile eact -har ne POSSIBILITY Of The.
s.stablisrTne ~ PEACE was 50 closely
.llterwoven wstn the - lainlghrrt.Ilt Of
tae league. cAzl II waE .rnpcssIl,l. a.
s''''-i'i'F HEN MS was desiGnetuE
t'-t---'eN -' N 'S-i' n'I"l 'AstAhoinE
''s -aS. 'A&I ~. ,"t pe"pie were 50
-A-'1 JUS -uF p'-Aoe, u In regard 70
II -"nSue -he people We're represented
"' ''''et 'ups III me SENATE. ana the
'.''>''S' d 7'''t r+-hs'" "scnsseu the
III muse groups represent ~ &
= 'i ,'r pT'I''r ana me VITA!
a. 7I"fe- ae was roI4owed
ous4"ut 1ia are pTesenta-
~-"n'
Turning ID tho AnancIn! conditions
with winch tire country anu a Repub-
Iican majority were faced We referred
To the splendid support the Repuni-
cans accorded the President sweeping
aside al PARTISAN consi derarions dur
inE the duration of The war They gave
President Wilson an absolutely rree
hund. ana accented HI face '-alue every
request ne made for large aDproprln-