Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-21
EYES OF THE WORLD.
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scnsed, IA l thought, the spirit of the
institutions of free government.
realized that the sovereign power WAS
with tho people and l decided that would
go la them. | would have held myself a
trespasscr on the proprieties of the hour
and the spirit of our institutions If | had
remained at home and asked you people
To journey there and sit upon my front
porch for the purpose of ascertaining what
nv menta nj attitude might bc on ques-
tions that are vital
II think | can with full propriety ask
the men and women of all political parties
whether we can't agree in this-that the
leadership of the Republican party has
been assumed by the same old crowd that
Roosevelt ran out of the trenches IN 1912?
| ask whether Il IS not also true that this
crowd the members of the Senatorial
oligarchy- not write the Republican
platform. and whether it did not nomi-
nate the candidate for the Presidency l
ask YOU in all seriousness, because / have
no controversy with the rank and file of
the Republican party. My contest this
wear is against the members of the Sem
atorial oligarchv, which formed and had
maintained until this hour the most
rcprehensible conspiracy against the civil
zation Of the world that this planet has
ever witnessed.
REPUBLICANS SUPPRESS FACTS.
al ask YOU what response would have
come from the great soul of Abraham
Lincoln had he been confronted with the
.ssuc this wear | ask YOU what he would
have said not only with respect TO the
conspiracy against the civilization of the
world, hut the conspiracy which has been
formed bv the rcactionary influences sup
plcmcntcd 10y the purse and power of big
business IN America to prevent the facts
and evidence from going to the jury this
fall Is It not significant thing that IN
the Republican Campaign Book you do
not find published the text of the League
OF Nations? Is II not true that the men
and women OF America want the facts?
They want To know the origin of the cove
nant They want to know It's basic princi-
pies, They want to know It's form. They
want 10 know whether II does or docs not
trcSpaSs upon our sovereign rights. They
want 10 know whether or not under 1t our
bows can be sent overseas. In short,
they want to know whether II does or does
not establish new order IN the affairs
Of the world and whether it Is or is not
true that the objections that have been
registered against the League of Nations
are political and captious and mischievous.
very generous and gracious speech. re-
fcrred 10 me as progressive. | am proud
To- be progressive | am pro'ld to feel that
! recognize the difference between the
progressive and the reactlonary IN govern
ment Tho progressive believes and real
izc> that government Is a thing of, by and
for humanity, and that humanity Is a
thing of flesh and blood, Of hope and ann
and aspiration and spirit and soul, and
that II We are TO keep the confidence of the
great mass Of our people IN our government,
government must continue TO be reSpon-
slvc to the hcartbeats the heartaches and
the needs and desires of the great mass
of our humanity.
"Radicallsm will always follow reac
tlonary administration. and | make to
YOU this pnediction-that four years of
roactlcnary government at Washington
under the control of the Senatorial OH
sarehy will bring to YOU in this State more
than a mere matter Of human regret. One |
extreme always follows another. d is a |
law Of nature and our political experiences |
IN the past have simply confirmed that |
law.
STANDS pOR A NFw ORDER
The old order in the world won't do. |
IL has been a great failure Under it wars |
come over night because 1t recognized the /
principle OF the divine right OF kings and 1t |
had the authority without consulting the |
will or wish of the men and women OF the |
nations 10 order the sons Of men into |
the trenches of battle. Now ] stand for |
"A new order IN the world ] am opposed to |
the old order because IL has not only been |
a great failure but II has brought upon /
the sons OF men the tragedies which can |
no longer be justified IN the eyes and hight |
of a modern civilization. II the new order |
for which we ask your support IN this cam
palcn had been adopted In the world ten |
wears ago, 1000 BOYS that sleep today IN |
Francn would be part of our civilization.
Ten million men that were lost under the /
old order Of things would be OF the living t
body of this generation. | cannot under |
stand how the men who deliberately |
and mIschlevouSly and hypocntically op- /
pose the League of Nations can sleep |
nights ] should think their dreams would |
bc disturbed bv the sufferings of millions /
and millions of children whose bodies |
have been starved, and whose souls have |
been scared in the furnances of the great |
war, more than that, ! should think their |
sleep would be disturbed under the spirit |
ual ewes Of tn s. 600 brave American /
BOYS who died that wars IN the future |
might be made impossible.
LEAGUE ENDORSED BY CHURCHES
AT all the great religious gatherings |
held III America during the past two years |
the League Of Nations Covenant has been /
Practically every denomination /
has joined IN indorsing the principles con-
tanned m the covenant. The Methodist
{ 'hur was first in its meeting In Des /
Molncs. the Baptist National Association
was next. then the PRESBYTERIAN General
Assembly meeting In Philadelphia fol-
lowed. then the Triennlal General Conven-
tiOn Of the Protestant Episcopal Churrh.
meeting In Detroit, then the National
Council OF the Congregational Church,
meeting IN Grand Rapids; the Unitarian
General Conference, meeting In Balti-
more; the Christian Church of Disciples,
meeting in Cincinnati the Council Of
Jewish Women of America, and then the
Federal Council OF Churches Of Christ in
America up of practically every
religious faith-Indorsed the league. and
Pope Benedict, head of the Catholic
Church IN ms last cncyclical used these
words; Once the league among the na-
iIons is founded on the Christian law in all
tha. regards justice and charity, the church
v III surely not refuse. A special reason for
forming this society among the nations Is
the need generally recognized of reducing,
II u Is not possible TO abolish it entirely |
the enormous military expenditure, which |
can no longer be borne by the States in | :
order that In this way murderous and
disastrous wars may be prevented