The Pensacola journal., 1920-04-09
|OVERMAN DECLARES HIGHWAY OF
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS STREWN
WITH WRECK OF BROKEN PLEDGES
Democratic Senator From North
Carolina Upholds President
Wilson's Leadership.
ADOPT SUFFRAGE CLAUSE
Overman Declares Democratic
Accomplishments in Seven
Years Been Wonderful.

Raleigh. N c., April S.-By vote
of SIS to 42s, the Democratic state
convention here today adopted plank
in the platform recommending that
Democratic members in the special
session of legislature in July vote
for ratification of the Federal woman
suffrage amendment.
Assailing the Republican party g
North Carolina and of the nation
Senator Lee S. Overman. addressing
the convention. declared the Republic
cans, hoping to win the newt election(
by discrediting the great head of the
Democratic party, have entered into a
conspiracy of abuse and slander of the
vilest and most inhuman kind against
the President of the United States"
Senator Overman declared he believed
the American people would resent at
the ballot box this unjust propa-
ganda of SANDER"
THE Republicans indict the presi-
dent for stubbornness and indifference
to their feelings, when it was they and
not he who made the treaty parti-
san issue. continued Senator overman.
They did it wilfully, and deliberately.
They determined more than a year
ago that regardless of all of the pro-
visions of the treaty they would so
change it and modify Ii that they
could gain partisan victory over the
president. They had no other pro-
gram and no other purpose. They
care nothing for prir eiple. national
honor or national goou faith and ma
tional pride: they dashed all away
for partisan advantage. Even while
the government was negotiating this
,treaty-before its contents We're known
our Republican friends, desiring to
make political capital out of il and in
jure the president, entered into a con-
spiracy to fight it to the bitter end.
For eight long months this treaty has
been held up in the senate. embarras-
sing the president and embarrassing
us both at home and abroad. We now
have to appear before the nations OF
the world as a people who do not re-
gard treaties as a solemn international
obligation, but regard them only as
campaign issued. America, in my
judgment. will finally ratify the treaty
with certain mild reservations and
woodrow Wilson will be vindicated"
Senator Overman charged that the
highway of the Republican party in
of broken pledges and unperformed
promises.
I'm the last election they carried
both the House and the Senate with
the promises that they would reduce
taxation and reconstruct the country
into peace conditions" he said. They
have reconstructed nothing; not a dol
lar have they reduced taxes. They
have appointed 81 investigating COM
mittees, have opened the books during
the war. with smelling committees to
see if they could find where the Dem
ocratic party had expended money
corruptly, and they have not dis
covered out of the billions of dollars
we spent for war purposes-marvelou
to tell-as much as fifteen cents corr
ruptIy spent"
The record of the Democratic party
for the last seven years, Senator
Overman contended was splendid re-
cord of promises kept and promises
performed. He reviewed legislation
passed during those years for the
benefit of the farmers, labor and the
general welfare of the country. say
ing 'the Democratic party stands
against class legislation, but believes
in legislation, of this kind only, where
it is for the uplift and the comfort
OF the great UldSS OI the ptopie. On-
der the leadership of President Will
son, as commander-in-c chief, the ma
ton, he said, had carried the
greatest war in all history and had
brought ii to a successful end.
Saying the Democratic party stands
for freedom of speech, freedom Of re-
ligion and freedom of the press, but
does not stand for license of speech,
and license Of the press. Senator Over
man declared he would stop the i'm
migration of undesirable foreigners
who refuse to learn our language.
hate our form of government. organize
under a red flag for its overthrow.
publish newspapers in foreign Ian
guage advocating the overthrow Of
our government, and yet come to share
our privileges and our liberty"
After summing up the achievements
of the Democratic party, Senator
Overman said:
I'VE hear no more of the empty
dinner pail; we hear no more of the
incompetency of the Democratic party
to run the government; we have made
great record; we have kept the
faith; we have fulfilled our promises
and brought happiness and prosperity
to a hundred million people. The
Democratic party is worthy of en-
thusiastic confidence and support.
Let us have in November the greatest
victory in our history"