Republican farmer., 1920-08-13

nent which will appeal to our self l respect and ultima tely to cur general l prosperity, is the honest readjust ment. Any unfair adjustmeht simply delays the. ultimate process and we should remember the lesson of his tory that one extreme usually leads to another. We desire industrial peace. We want our people to have an abiding confidence in govern
 ment but no readjustment made un-l der reaCtio1a1y auspices, will. carry
 with it the confidence of the coun- try If I were asked to name in these
 trying days the first essential over shadowing every oth-r consideration.
 the response would be confidence in
 government. It would be nothing less
 than a calamity if the next admins
 tration were elected under corrupt auspices. There is unrest in the country; our people have passed through trying experience. The European war before it ongulfed us aroused every radical throb in a na- tion of composite citizenship The i conflict in which we participated car ried anxieties into every community. and thousands upon thousands of homes were touched by tragedy. The inconvenience incident to the war have been disquieting; the failure of | the Republican Congress to repeal annoying taxes has added to our trou- l bles. The natural impulse is to for get the past, to develop new inter I ests, to\ create a refreshened and re- 1 freshing atmosphere in life. We want 1 to forget war and be free from the | troubling thought of its possibility | in the future. We want the dawn and i the dews of a new. morning. We want happiness in the land the feeling 1 that the square deal among men and | between men and governments is not i to be interfered with by a purchased | preference. We want a change from
 the old world of yesterday where in | ternationa1 intrigue, made the people 1 mere pawns on the chessboard of l industrial world where the man who | toiled was assured "a full dinner | paiI' as his only lot and portion. But i how are we to make the change? l Which way shall we go? We stand
 at the forks of the road and must | choose which to follow. One leads l to a higher citizenship, a freer ex- pressfon of the individual and a full Ter life for all. The other leads to reaction, the rule of the few over the | many and the restriction of the ave | rage mans chances to grow upward | Cunning devices backed by unlimited | prodiga1 expenditures will be used to | confuse and to lure. But I have an 1 abiding faith that the pitfalls will be l avoided and the right road chosen
 The leaders opposed to Democracy | promise to put the country "back to | normal This can only mean the so- called normal of former reactionary adinistfations, the outstanding feature | of which was a pittance for farm produce and a small wage for Ions day of labor. My vision does not turr backward to the normal desired by
 the senatorial oligarchy, but to a flu,
 ture in which all shall have norma
 opportunity to cultivate a higher sta
 ture amidst better environment thar that of the past. Our view is toward
 the sunrise of tomorrow with it:
 progress and it's eternal promise O. , better things. The opposition stands ], in the skyline of the setting sun
 looking backward to the old days O , req ction.
 I accept the nomination of ou , party, obedient to the Divine Sover , eign of all peoples, and hopeful tha
 by trust in Him the way will b. shown for helpful service.