The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1920-06-24
Suggested Platform for San Francisco
Convention

UuHtCUluH
By Alice Curtice Meyer Wing in a
speech delivered at the Missouri Re
publican Convention at Kansas City,
May S, 1920.
We the Democrats, in convention
assembled, fearing that our end is near
and realizing that we have nothing 10
stand on except broken promises, moth.
ing 10 hold on TO except our imagina-
tion, do hereby declare that Tor once
in our lives we will speak up and tell
Just exactly what it is that We do want.
We admit that, for one thing, we
are in favor Of wasting all the money
that can be extracted from the people
Of these United States Of America, and
We point with pride 10 our great Presi
dent whose administration has been
conspicuous to the world as a period
Of wanton extravaganza. Remember
his glorious trips TO Paris, if you please,
and the gorgeous ship we paid for aud
the people who accompanied him at
our expense. And remember also
the columns aud columns sent over to
newspapers describing his entertain.
ment by the crowned heads OF Europe
at a time when the cables we're too
busy to bring news to the waiting
fathers and mothers OF America whose
boys were still reported missing.
What country has ever equaled our
great cost-plus system war time which
made multi'millionaires with the money
we gave at such sscrificef
What other country has made OF it.
self bargain counter at the expense OF
its citizenS2 For example, that sale a
few months ago to France Of more
than $2,OOO,OO0,OOO worth Of Amer.
can property for less than one-flth Of
its actual value. We are happy to say
that much Of that property was food.
There were 100000 pounds OF
sugar and 70,00O,00O pounds Of bacon
aud we could have brought it back 10
America had we pleased to do so. But
our country is one-man country and
we all have money 10 burn. The ten
billion dollar war debt with its immense
interest still unpaid is but small
matter TO US, and il it is cancelled the
tax payers will gleeiully 60 down into
their pockets for more cash.
We agree that there might be some
doubts as 10 whether the Democratic
party really is, after all, the party
Of the people and the poor, and
that those who accuse US OF catering
to the moneyed interests, under
that most preposterous article called
the League Of Nations, might be near
er correct than we have heretofore ad
mitted. And we do agree that we
had IondIy hoped to jeopardize the fu.
ture OF American boys by keeping
them forever across the seas, policing,
patroIing, protecting the properties Of
our capitalistic interests under this So
called League OF Nations.
We are proud TO say that inconsist.
ency is one Of our most treasured Jew
els. Before the public had forgotten
that Secretary Baker demanded an i'm
mense standing army to discharge
our obligations" under the League
Of Nations, Secretary Daniels declared
that il we didn't swallow the League
oil Nations and swallow it right now,
we would have TO have the biggest navy
in the world. We do admit in all
seriousness that this reminds US Of
the funny man in the circus who al
ways tells US il he doesn't make us
laugh he will be fred and that il he
does make US laugh he will be dis
Charged.
Let US ielicitate ourselves because
Of the fun we have had with the farm
es, the very backbone Of the country,