Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-06-28
CHAIRMAN IN KEYNOTE SPEECH LAUDS PRES

Wars are not fought by armies alone.
They are fought by nations 1t is a
measuring of the economic strength OF
nations. The front line trench is no
stronger than the forces which lie be-
hind the trench. The line OF communca-
ton reaches back to every village, farm,
counting house, factory and home. Amer
lea prepared by making the economic
life of the country sound.
What would have been our situation II,
prior to the outbreak OF the war, we had
not prepared so that our farmers were
able to feed the armies of the world
What would have been our situation II
labor had not been willing to follow the
leadership of the president? What would
have been the situation If we had
not established currency system
which made it possible for US to
finance the war? What would have
been the situation If the republican
party had been in control and had main
tanned its old attitude toward IeglslatlobhI.
There would have been an inevitable
breaking down of the economic structure
of our country. We would have been
caught in the throes OF panic more
devastating than any We had ever
known. Industrial life would have been
disorganized and the tdsks of war, diff
fcult as they were, might then nave be7
come altogether impossible.
WHAT HAVE REPUBLICANS
ACCOMPLISHED SINCE 1913?
The republicans have now been in con-
troll of the senate and the house for more
than a year. They won the election or
1918 upon the faith of alluring promises.
They said that they would earnestly sup
MORT the president at least until the
tasks of war were finished. 1t was their
contention that they would enter upon
the work of reaonstrrcuon with supeIlVi
intelligence and even with greater pat
riotism than would be possible unuer
democrats leadership. They gave pun.
Iicify. when they entered upon the recent
session. to detailed and ampitlous state
nents az to their program. IL we are
- re indoed. as l hope we may, be- by
the record. let them also be 1udgea py
tha record What have the repuhhcahs
accomplished since their politicai success I,s
an 1o1S3 What beneficial results nav
ao,ved 70 the American people w ia.
nrornises have been redeemed nat
nroUress has been made IN the ssttie
,n.,anf Of foreign or domestic questions
twice the president went before con con
gross since the termination OF hos ttI
sties calling attention TO needed Iesls
/ ioto, He urged the passage OF laws
-eIatinr 10 prohteering; measures TO sun
nlifv and reduce TAXATION approprlaIJe
aPotIon relative 10 the returning SOL
diers: the passage or n Resolution ~ ~
corning the constructive plans
oUt On detail by former Secretary Lane
- .ho measures advocated by the sec
"A
rafarv OF agriculture. He snggestteu
tbet the congress take counsel together
and nrovide legislation with references 10
Industrial unrest, and the muS s ano
tIons 81 capital and labor. After more
than year Of sterile debate orr country
has neither peace nor recohstr ucuo a.
10 rreD Of achievement, shameless IN
waste Of time and money, the recoIu vi
tbe present congress Is without pa.alie
Tor lis incompetencies, failure ana re-
,,naietions- Are the American people so
unjust or so lacking In discrimlhA s'on
tbst thev will reject the service OF
party which has kept It's WORD, ana pa pa
trust in a party when merely Iehes,9
the brokea promises or a previous car"
paign?
DENoUNCEs MALICE IN
ATTACKS UPON PRESIDENT.
Republican leaders have been moved
NV strange and inexplicable jealousy
Of the president. Their feverish ami,
mostly expressed In gross abuse anu
through secret intrigue, has been pronuc-
tive Of one Of the most unhappy chapters
in American history, recalling the slInl-
lar experiences Of Lincoln and WASH
ington. Political malice followed the
president to the peace table sena-
torfsl round robin" was widely cireu-
lated Every device which partisanship
conld develop was employed for the pur-
nose of weakening the Influence OF our
Commission at Paris, and making the
task there still more, difficult At
lime when every instinct Of fairness
pleaded for a whole-hearted support OF
the president, political antagonism and
nersonai envy controlled the anti admin
istration forces.
the cause OF peace. The long-continued
strain while composing differences
abroad; the expenditure Of nervous VI
taiity and intellectual force In building
a new order Of human relationships upon
fhe ruins of the old. laid heavy toll
upon his reserve powers. Then came the
return in triumph. only TO ind here a
widespread propaganda OF opposition
making Il imperative that be take up IN
his own country a struggle Tor the pres
ervation OF that which had been Won at
such incalculable cost Following the su-
nerhuman labors OF seven years tf Lnex-
ampled service. this meant the wreck oil
his health, sickness for months upon a
he'd of pain, and worse than me physl-
cal sickness, the sickness or heart whlcn
comes from the knowledge that political
sdversaries. lost to the larger sense or
things. are savagely destroying not
merely the work OF meas hands. but the
worlds hope OF settled peace. This WIS
the aTIiction-this the crucihxion.
As he lay stricken In the whitehOuse
tba relentless hand of malice beat upon
the door of the sick chamber. The enc
mics of the president upon the noor or
The senate repeated every slander that
envy could invent, and they could scarce
Nv control the open manifestation OF their
eIee when the great man was stricken
nj last. The congress was In session for
months while the president lay In the
whitehouse struggling with terrifying
illness and, at times, close TO the point OF
death. He had been physically wound
eS inst as surely as were Garfield and
Mckinley and Lincoln, for, 1t is but a
difference of degree between fanatics and
partisans. The congress. during all THIS
periDd when the whole heart or America
ought TO have been moving o9t, IN rove
and sympathy, did not find time amid
their chickering's, to pass one resolution
of generous import or extend one kind
lv inquiry as to the fate Of the presi-
dent of their own country.
And what was his offense? Merely
this-that he strove to redeem the word
that America had given to the world;
that he sought to save a future genera
ton from the agony through which this
generation had passed; that he had TAX
en- seriously the promises that all ma
lions had made that they would unite
at the end of the war in a compact TO
preserve the peace of the world and that
he relied upon the good faith OF his
own people. II there was any mistake
II was that he made a too generous es-
Innate Of mankind, that he believed that
the idealism which aad made the war
a great spiritual victory, could be re-
lied upon to secure the legitimate fruit
of the war-the reign of universal peace.
In one sense, it is quite immaterial
what people say about the president.
Nothing we can say can add or detract
from the fame that viii flow down the
amending channels of history Genera
lions yet unborn viii look back to this
era and pay their tribute Of honor to
the man who led people through trou-
blous ways cut of the valleys of selfish
ness up to the mountain tops of
achievement and honor, and there showed