Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-22

national committee, ihui's or"
men: The message which You have form
,Il,. conveved brings to me a realization
~ responsihility which Is not under
estimated. II is supreme task to inter-
pr.t the covenant of a great pollticai
marty. the activities of which are so woven
,nto the history of this republic, and a
very sacred and solemn undertaking TO
utter the faith and aspirations OF the many
m,llior~ who adhere to that party Inc
marty platform has charted the way,
yet somehow we have come 10 expect
that Interpretation which voices the
faith of nominees who must assume spe-
cific tasks.
Is, mo be understood clearly from
the very beginning. / believe IN party
s,ons,rship in government | believe In
n.rty government as distinguished IRON
PERSONAL government, individual, dlc-
tatoral autocratic or what not In
'cityrcnship of more than hundred mil
lions IL is impossible to reach agreement
upnn all questions. Parties are formed
by those who reach a consensus of opin-
ion. Ii WAS the intent OF the founding
fathers To give TO this republic depend
able and enduring popular government,
rcprcsentatye In form. and it was de-
signed to make political parties not
only the preserving sponsors but also
the effective agencies through which
hopc~ and aspirations and convictions
and conscience may be translated INTO
publh performance.
Popular government has been an IN
spiration of liberty since the dawn OF
civilization. Republics have risen ana
fallen. and transition from party to
personal government has proceeded every
failure since the world began. Under the
constitution we have the charted way TO
security and prcpetuity. We know 1T
gave 20 US the safe path to a developing
ernInerce which no people IN the world
ever rivalled. 1t has guaranteed the rule
of Intelligent, deliberate public opinion
expressed through parties. Under this
plan masterful leadership becomingly
may manifest its influence, but people
will still remains the supreme authority.
The American achievement under the
plan of the fathers Is nowhere disputed.
On the contrary the American example
has been the model of every republic
which glorifies the progress OF liberty, and
i everywhere the leaven of representative
democracy which has expanded human
freedom. IL has been wrought through
party government.
No man is big enough to run this great
such domination was never intended.
Tranquility, stability, dependabillty
all are assured in party sponsorship, and
we mean 20 renew the assurances which
we're rended IN the cataelysmal war.
SAFEGUARDS SWEET AWAY.
II was not surprising that we went far
afield from safe and prescribed paths amid
the war anxietics. There was the I'm
fortunate tendency before; there was the
surrender of Congress TO the growing
assumption Of the executive before the
world-war imperilled all the practices
we had learned 10 believe in; and in the
war emergency every safeguard was
swept away. In the name of democracy
we established autocracy. We are not
complaining at this extraordinary be-
stowal or assumption IN war, IT seemed
temporarily necessary; our alarm Is over
the failure 10 restore the constitutional
methods when the war emergency ended.
Our first committal Is the restoration
of representative populaI government,
under the constitution, through the
agency of the Republican party. Our
VISION includes more than a chief executive,
we believe in cabinet OF highest capacity,
equal 20 the responsibilities, which our
system contemplates, IN whose councils
the vice-president, second official of the
republic, shall be asked 20 participate.
The same vision includes cordial under
standing and co-ordinsted activities with
q house OF Congress, fresh from the people,
voicing the convictions which members
bring from direct contact with the cleo
torste, and cordial cooperation along
with the restored functions OF the Senate,
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the world. Its members are the designat-
ed sentinels on the towers of constitution
al government. The resumption of the
Senate's authority saved to this republic
It's independent nationality, when au-
tocracy misinterpreted the dream of a
world experiment 10 be the vision OF a
world ideal.
IL n not difficult, Chairman Lodge,
70 make ourselves clear on the question
of international relationship. We Re
publicans of the Senate, conscious of our
solemn oaths and mindful OF our consti-
tutional obligations, when we saw the
structure Of a world super-government
taking visionary form, joined in becom-
Ing warning Of our devotion TO this re-
pubic. II the torch of constitutionalism
had not been dimmed, the delayed peace
Of the world and the tragedy of disappoint-
ment and Europes misunderstanding of
America easily might have been avoided
The Republicans OF the Senate halted
the barter Of independent American
eninence and influence, which it was
proposed TO exchange for an obscure and
unequal place IN the merged government
Of the world. Our party means to hold
the heritage OF American nationality
unImpalred and unsuTendered
The world viii not mIsconstrue We
do not mean 10 hold aloof. We do not
mean 10 shun a single responsibility of
this republic TO world civilization. There
ls no hate IN the American heart We
have no envy, no suspicion, no aversion
for any people IN the world We hold to
our rights, and means TO defend. ave we
mean 70 sustain the rights Of this nation
and our citizens alike, everywhere under
the shining sun. Yet there is the concord
Of amity and sympat by and fraternity
IN every resolution. There is a genuine
aspiration m every American breast for
a tranquil friendship with all the world
CONSCIENCE OF AMERICA
More, We believe the unspeakable
sorrows, the immeasurable sacrifices, the
awakened convictions and the aspiring
conscience of human kind must commit
the nations Of the earth to a new and
better relationship. 1T need not be dis
cussed now what motives plunged the
world into war, IL need not be inquired
whether We asked the sons OF this republic
to defend our national rights, as / believe
We dad, or 20 purge the cid world of the
accumulated Ills of rivalry and greed,