Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-02

I only incidentally During a discu
| sion Of the republican platform,
said:
ut contains no message or hoI
, for Ireland"
THE republican platform reaction
airy and provincial" he said, "is tn
very ap)theosis of political exped
ency. Filled with premedltated slant
ers and vague promises, it will b
searched in vain for one constructiy
suggestion for the reformation Of tn
conditions which it criticizes and d.
plores. The oppressed peoples OF tn
earth will look to it In vain It cor
tains no message OF hope for Ireland
no word of mercy for Armenia; an
L conceals a sword for Mexico"
The democratic party. he said, be
fore the outbreak OF the war, enacte,
more effective, constructive AM
remedial legislation than the republ
can party had enacted in a genera
ton"
The income tax. he said, relieved
the law Of the reproach Of being un
Justly burdensome to the poor; non
partisan tariff commission, he said
will provide scientific revision Of the
tariff hereafter. Pan-Americanisn
was encouraged; Alaska was opened
to commerce and development; dollar
diplomacy was destroyed, corrupt
lobby driven from the national capitol
an effective seamen's act adopted; the
federal trade commission created T;
child labor legislation enacted; par.
cells post developed; secretary Of la.
Dor seated in the cabinet; eight
hour laws adopted; labor was remov.
ed from the category Of commodities
by the Clayton amendment; corrupt
practice act adopted and the federal
reserve system established he said.
III the democratic party had accom-.
plished nothing more than the pass
age of the federal reserve act, it
would be entitled to the enduring
gratitude of the nation Cummings
said. "Panics," he $ aid ARE now but
a memory.
Under the republican system there
was an average Of one bank failure
every 81 days for period Of nearly
40 years. After passage the ederal re-
serve system there were in 1915 four
bank failures; in 1916 and 1917 three
bank failures; in 1918 one bank fail
ure, and in 1919 no bank failure at
all"
Passing to the record OF the repub.
llcan congress, he said it had ignored
the presidents recommendations for
relating to profteerng, TX.
alton, appropriate action relative to
the returning soldiers etc. He
termed the session barren of achieve.
ment, shameless In waste Of time and
Cummings launched into a detailed
defense of the treaty and the league
Of nations. He said America is in
honor bound to ratify the treaty and
cited events in chronological order to
prove his point.
Thus, before we entered the war.
We made the pledge, during the war
We restated the pledge and when the I
was signed all the nations,
included, renewed the
pledge; and it was upon the faith of /
hese promises that Germany laid
Town her arms he said.
He called the league of nations cove.
liant the Monroe Doctrine of the
world and said its purpose is ito give
Iotice that If any nation raises its
loody hand and seeks to cross the
inc into any other country the forces
t civilization will be aroused to sup.
ress the common enemy of peace"
Such a covenant. he said would
ave prevented the world war.
He defended the league along much
he same lines as were followed by
resident Wilson before his sickness.
lie attacked the republican members
the senate foreign relations COM
littee as designing from the outset
D mutilate the treaty" because /;
'as negotiated by democratic pres.
lent" He said Senator Lodge had
efused to suggest amendments 20 the
'eaty. but that President Wilson had
cen to it that amendments offered by
aft, Root and Hughes had BEEN IN.
Regarding the senate foreign rola.
on committe, he said:
THE foreign relations committee,
Immediately following the last cleo
on, was reorganized with a person
81 consisting OF the open foes Of the
eaty Amongst the number was Sen
or Borah, who declared that he
ould not vote for league of nations
ere the Savior OF Mankind to advo.
tie it. Senator Johnson, Senator
nox and Senator Moses, whose ha.
ed of the president amounts to an
session, were also members and I
enator Lodge was chairman.
THE treaty was referred to the
'mmittee thus studlously prepared
r Its hostile reception. These mem.
RS of this committee adopted every
bterfuge to misrepresent the docu.. Q
ent which they were supposed to be
as statesman. The senate |
ID cen begun discussion OF the T
eaty months before its negotiation I
as concluded and did not terminate c
! debate until nine months after the '
omission of the treaty. b