The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-06-08

the republicans In the campaign
must be to remove from control or
influence over the American govern.
ment, Mr.. Wilson and his dynasty
his heirs and assigns or anybody
that is his, anybody who has with
bent knee, served his purpose
Scathing criticism of Wilson and
his administration marked the en-.
tire speech
After reviewing the war and con.
ditions 1t brought about, Senator
Lodge said
"One of our great political parties
has failed to meet--nay, is In a con
siderable measure responsible for,
the perilous conditions of the hour.
The only other organized political
force strong enough to grapple with
the encircling dangers is the Re-
publican party. IL that too fails and
breaks down, the Russian descent
into barbarism will begin to draw
near. Such an end is inconceivable
with the American people but they
must realize the peril and drive 1t
back into the darkness whence II
comes. We, keepers of the Repub'
lican faith, must therefore succeed.
We must not know defeat when the
great responsibility comes to our
hands. To the service of 1860 we
must add like service in 1920 No
larger victory at any time could be
won by any political party. We must
both earn and deserve IT, We did
not fail in the civil war. We shall
not must not, fail now.
True progress must rest upon and
proceed from the sound principles
which sustain all free government
and to such progress the Republl
can party always has been commit
ted. Loyalty to the United States
and obedience to the peoples laws
are the corner-stones Of the Reppub-
lie and should be sustained and up
held by every man and woman In
every corner of our great land. Keep
these principles sacred and nn-
touched and all the rest VIII follow.
Let me turn first to the econom'
ic conditions, so profoundly distort-
ed and confused by the war, when
affect our daily life. are essential to
our business and upon which our ma
teriaI prosperity and all the benefits'
both mental and moral which HOW
from It when honestly acquired so
largely depend. Already begin
ming has been made by a Republican
congress. working under all the dl-
flculties an deposition imposed by
n hostile executive. Many vital eco
nomIc measures and especially pro
tactive tariff legislation to guard our
Industries are impossible with q De-
mocratic Free Trader OF Soclallstlc
nroclivities in the white house. TO
accomplish such measures as these
we must have. as we intend to have
with a Republican house and scnate'
a Republican president, in sympatny
Great reductions in expenditures
have been effected but we have peeh
met with resistance in some OF the
departments and also by haDits Oh
waste backed by maladmiristratlon'
nv sacrifice of efficiency to politcai
nprnoses. never so recklessly indulg
cd in before. and in certain cases by
an incompetency so marvellous that
II cannot be due to nature but must
he the result of art. Yet despite all
thase lettering conditions an amount
of work has been done which In the
days of peace wuold have been con-
sidered remarkable but now passes
almost unnoticed because great
events have so crowded on each 9th
er's heels in the years of world war
that the comprehension and appre-
citation of legislative accomplishment
are we'll night lost. Let me give
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