The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-09

CHICAGO. June As temporary
chairman Of the convention. Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge said:
We are mat here To take tho first. the
most decisive step in the political cam
paign which IL TO determine the party
control OF this great government, for
III" next four years. |; - So!,tln
moment. fraught with vast possloiI!tl'S
OF either good or evil. We'll worth our
while Il IS Just here upon tins oank
and shoal OF time" 20 pause for an In
StaRc while We glance swiftly upon tne
scene in which We ar" % t'Ght our pa
tl" Behind US lies IN" greatest war
al history. now for the most part fal!en
advances OF science IN methods or tax
fling human life. which battered upon IL.
halted and Gutescen' IN" tr'np'st no"
subsidized but the ocean still hcaSeS aho
rolls with crcStfnK waves while the deau
seas OF the storm. which has passed.
crash sullenly against IN" Sn"r'S ma,
shelter and sustain the VAST 'aor" "H..'
We are wont to call our CiNillzS'ot'
We find ourselves gazing upon the proc
iems and trials which IN" huge Con'u'-
sion has left to us ana win Wn'Cn VIC
mast cope and, cope Sncc"sStuI'E II
are 10 rebuild and again move onward
Ira ruined towns. The, broken INDUS
: rrinS. the deSolate farms AZ" there oe-
fore our eyes wherever the nAtt!es were
fought. Countless httie MOUNDS masH
Inc resting places OF the. dead in the
rieldS and on tho hllSldes torn and
sashed bv sho, and she'll. Signals Of
mourning throughout the world tel us
q, tho irrcpsrahle losses or all nations
which have swept away SUCH an ap-
Mailing portion Of the youth or every
land, those IN whom were garnered up
rhe hopes and strength OF the future.
Tho spiendor Of the achievement OF our
soldiers and sailors, their daunt!eSs
courage and unshrinking service vii!
always remain one OF the proudest mem
Dries in the history Of the Republic.
But the dead return not and the shadow
% the great sorrow for those Forever
gone will never be lifted from the hearts
81 the people who sent them forth 10
battle. The material side OF war rfsu!ts
is like the spiritual. even with US. We
feel IN daily life the grinding pressure
OF the vast debts and heaped up taxes
which have been piled upon our shout
dcrs and upon those Of posterity. Great
empires have been swept from the earth
ancient monarchies have crumoled IN an
hour and Congratulated governments
have tottered. fallen and passed away
like watch in the night.
All these things stare US In the race.
pierce our attention and arrest our
thoughts. But this Is not all and what
romans. perhaps moro than anything
else. makes incredibly difficult the i'm
mense task which lies before US, one NOT
70 be escaped but which will strain gov
ernments and people 10 the top OF their
bent IL aught that makes life worth Nv
Z.
the shattered forts. the effaced villages
the sinking ships were not the only VIC
TINS of the storm OF war. Other things.
the impalpable possession or the nina
and heart have in like fashion been
wounded and crippled. In the shock or
war. through long years OF bitter con,
flict. moral restraints were loosened and
all the habits. all the conventions. al
the customs OF life. which moro even
than law. hold society together. were
swept aside. One passion. one purpose
to save the country. 20 save ctHiliza-
ton. TO preserve treedom-rose su-
prone II could not be otherwise. There
could be in that hour but one question
asked OF men and women: Are YOU
loyal to your country and her cause
ready TO work and TO sacrifice ana II
need be to die for them II that sim
gle demand was rightly answered moth
ing else mattered in those days OF
stress. and anguish. NO one inquired
further.
So the war ended and victory came;
the great adventure was over ana men
ways dull. the old life tame. the old re-
straints burdensomc and they them
selves possessed by a longing Tor eN-
element and hunger for change unI
the restlessness which IS everywhere;
in the mere trifles OF life. In dress IN
amusements, in pleasure seekinS1 IN tne
greed FOR money and the rccklessneSs
more serious. IN the discomfort with an
forms OF government or control ana IN
the readiness and eagerness TO destroy
s~Nu the fundamental principles OF
free and orderly civilization without
which law and order. organized society.
the possibilities OF progress ana inc
chance for happiness cannot exist ln's
state OF mind born OF the war Is the
gravest obstacle In the essential work
OF restoring a shattered world and max
mig the great victory blessing 10 man
kind In order to succeed at all We
must understand this mental ana mora
condition. We must allow for It. we
tnust he very patient We must steady
out nerves. We must be tolerant ana
above all. open-minded. We must can
on our common sense and self-restralnt
The complex problem cannot De esauew
and II must be dealt with in such a way
"a to preserve the foundations OF socle-
" and enable US, those once secured.
10 advance steadily never hurriedly out
syery Improvement. every form OF true
progress which will help mankind. II
is a gigantic task for any government
or any party. No party and no govern.
ment can succeed unless they race II
hrayely, looking facts always in the
face and determined TO do their best
never promising what they cannot per-
form and never yielding 10 the iaciAe
temptations Of momentary success.
One OF our great political parties mas
failed TO meet-nay. Is in consider
able measure responsible FOR. the peril
Gus conditions Of the hour. The only
other organized political FORCE strong
enough 70 grapple with the encircling
dangers is the Republican party. II
that too fails and breaks down. the Rus
sian descent into baroarism Will begin
10 draw, near. Such an end Is incon-
ceiSable with the American people out
they must realize the peril and drive It
back into the darkness whence IL comes.
We. keepers OF the Republican faith.
must therefore succeed We must no1
know defeat when the great RESPONSE
billy sGm RsS to 9ns Tx 's ssrs ss5
in 1920. No larger Victory at any time
could be won by any political party.
We must both earn and deserve X. WE
did not fail IN the Civil war. We shaIl
not. must not fail now.
In order TO render TO our country the
service which We desire TO render and
which we can accomplish In large meas
ure. at least. n we undertake IL win All
our ability and in disinterested public
spirit, we must have the opportunity for
service. That opportunity can only
como through our being entrusted by
tho people with both the legislative and
the executive authority. To this end MI
assigns, or anybody that Is his. anybody
who with bent knee has served his pur-
poses, must be driven from all control,
from all influence upon the government
OF the United States. They must he
driven from office and power not be-
cause they are Democrats but because
Mr.. Wilson stands for theory OF ad-
ninistration and government which Is
not American. His methods. his con-
slant II indirect assaults upon the Con-
srtution and upon all tho traditions OF
free government. strike at the very life
OF the American principles upon which
our government has always rested. The
return OF the Democrats 20 power with
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