The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-20
MARSHALL SAYS
EQUAL JUSTICE IS
CURE FOR UNREST
ViCe-PreSident Tells Indiana
Democrats That RepubIi-
cans Have Done Nothing
But Find Fault.

INDIANAPOLIS. May co" Equal
and exact justice to all men" as a
remedy FOR unrest was prescribed by
Vice President Marshall in his keynote
address today before the state Demo-
cratic convention. He also urged jail
sentences for profiteers and increased
production to relieve the high cost OF
living
II hold that the Democratic doctrine
OF equal and exact justice to all men
and OF special privileges to none will
meet all the angry and irreconciled
views OF today" said Mr.. Marshall
The vce-president also expressed the
| hope that President Wilson and the
senate would reconcile their differences
over the peace treaty and that II would
be ratified; but Said no man should be
read out Of the Democratic party be-
cause of his opinion on the league of
| nations
| Vice President Marshall said his com
meats on the treaty would be brief for
he had no hope OF lighting the elm
merriam darkness which now envelops
| it," but added
| "A lifelong advocate Of a resort to
| courts and not TO force | gave my un %
| qualified Endorsement to the aitruistic
Views Of the president, in the defense
OF which views he has broken his
body"
| Any letup in the enforcement Of ma
| tional prohibition until legal change has
| been made in its provisions was OPP
| posed by Mr., Marshall, who warned the
| Democratic party that it would merit
| the contempt of the people IL II ever
stands for the Haunting of law be-
cause certain citizens do not believe
In it."
The vice president assailed the Re
publican congress for its work during
! the last year, declaring II has laid
Its hand upon nothing and has thought
OF nothing save proposal to prevent
| during an unprecedented scarcity OF
manufactured products the dumping OF
foreign made goods on our markets as
an oblation to the great god protec-
ton that he will not permit the low
ering of prices lest 300 per cent stock
dividends may no longer be declared
and thus the working men be put upon
an equality with the pauper labor OF
Europe"
Mr.. Marshall declared the aftermath
Of the war In legislative halls would
be heart breakng II it were not humor-
Gus and charged that the Republicans
have spent the last year conducting
searching Investigations at great ex-
pense to show that the victory which
We won was really a defeat"
| Restoration, now that the war II
ended of freedom of speech and OF the
press with punishment for those seek
ing to create disorder or overthrow tins
government by any other than lega
means was urged by Mr.. Marshall, whit
also advocated readjustment OF taxa
tion after government expenses hav
heen reduced TO a minimum. In orde
to place the burdens upon those mos
able to bear them.
The Democratic party, he said. shout
also demand that the states take bac
the discharge OF the duties which wer
reserved to them in the compact mad
| with the general government and tn
party he thought, should promise tina
| II would not submit any federal con
stitutlonal amendments which 'furthe
relieves the states Of their duty TO en-
force the police power inherent in tn
states and to protect the lives and for
tunes of their citizens,