Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-06-11

Senator Arraigns Wilson In Key
!: note Speech Before Repub-
|ican Convention. &.
DEMOCRATS ASsAILED:
Declares Primary Effort Of Repub-
lleans Must Be To Remove "WIl.
son and His Dynasty" From
Control OF Government,

son and His Dynasty" From
Control OF Government.
Coliseum, Chicago-Redemption and
Of the United States are:
the twin tasks to which the republicans
party must pledge itself, declared SEN
ator H. c. Lodge Of Massachusetts,
temporary chairman Of the republican
national convention: In his keynote
speech opening the convention.
Among other things he said:
We are met here to take the first,
the most decisive step in the political
campaign which is to determine the
party control Of this great government
for the next four years. It is a solemn
moment, fraught with vast possibilities
Of either good or evil.
In order to render to our country
the service which we desire to render"
and which we can accomplish in large
measure, at least, If we undertake it =
with all our ability and in a disinter.
ested public spirit, we must have the
opportunity for service. That oppor-
tunity can only come through our be-
ing entrusted by the people with both
the legislative and the executive au-
thority.
To this end Mr. Wilson and his
dynasty, his heirs and assigns, or any
body this is his, anybody who with
bent knee has served his purposes,
must be driven from all control, from
all influence upon the government of
the United States. They must be
driven from Office and power not be-
cause they are democrats, but because
Mr.. Wilson stands for theory Of adj
ministration and government which is
not American. His methods, his con-
slant II indirect assaults upon the con-
stitution and upon all the traditions Of
free government, strike at the very
life Of the American principles upon
which our government has always
rested.
The return of the democrats to
power with Mr.. Wilson or one of his
disciples still the leader and master of
q. great party, which before his advent
possessed both traditions and: prin-
ciples would be a long step in the d.
;rectfon Of the autocracy for which Mr..
Wilson yearns, and q. heavy, blow to
the continuance. Of free representative
government as we have always con-
ceiXed and venerated it.
The peril inseparable from Mr.. Will
son and his system goes far beyond
all party divisions, for it involves the
fundamental question of whether the
government of the United States shall
be government of laws and not of
men, whether it shall be free repre-
sentative government or that of die
tatorship resting on plebiscite car
ried by repellent methods. Mr. Will
son and the autocracy he represents,
and all which those who believe in his
doctrines and share his spirit repre-
sent, must be put aside and conclusive
ly excluded from any future control.
Bear this we'll in mind throughout
the campaign, for it is the first condi-
ton OF our ability to enter upon the
path which will carry us forward to
true progress and to wiser laws. It
is the path of Washington, of Lincoln
and of Roosevelt from which Mr.. Will
son has sought to drag us. We can
only regain it by once and for all con-
demning the man and his associates
who have thus endeavored to turn us
from the right road into the dark and
devious ways which with all nations
lead to destruction. We therefore
make our appeal for support to all who
love America, to all, whatever party
name they happen to bear, who are
true to the faith of the fathers, to join
with us in this great work of redemp-
ton. The defeat of the present ad-
mlnistration and all it means trans
cends in importance every other ques-
t1an and all immediate and dominant
Issues are bound up with it.
Defending the Senate's opposition to
the Treaty Of Peace as high and pa
triotic duty, the senator flung down
this gauntlet: I'VE make the issue;
we ask appreciation for what we have
done: The people will now tell us
what they think of Mr.. Wilson's
league"
While emphasizing the point that
around the league must be waged the
1870 presidential campaign, and devot-
Ing much: Of his speech to arraignment
OF the Wilson administration, the SEN
ator found time to lay before thesdele-
gates the stand of the Republican
party on other salient problems facing
the nation.
William ainne Radio Bill.
WASHINGTON - President Wilson
signed the bill allowing use of naval
radio for press and commercial wires.