The Winslow mail., 1920-06-18

The Keynote" speech of Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge at the Republi-
can National Convention, which was
largely devoted to bitter and parti-
san attack on President Wilson and
his policies, indicates the plane upon
which the Republican party proposes
to pitch the approaching campaign.
AS pictured by Representative AL
ben w. Barkley, Democrat of Ken
lucky, Democrats are prepared to
meet these personal assaults upon the
President and Representative Bark
ley says the country has but to re-
member how Washington. Jefferson
Jackson. Lincoln and other great
presidents were maligned, in order to
take such attackes at their real worth
Representative Barkley recalls that
traducers of Lincoln went even fur
ther than present day critics of Pres.
Wilson. Lincoln, he says. was called
| the baboOn at the other end Of Penn
! sylvania Avenue" his administration
was described as weak and vacillat-
Ing" he was accused of "treachery",
Of having sacrificed the "honor and
dignity" of the nation, and was called
by some of his critics an "Imbecile. /"
: "But where today are the traducers
OF Washington: where are those who
maligned Jefferson; where are the de-
trainers of the character Of 'OTd
Hickory Jackson: where are those
who, with leering look and sinister
smile, sought to besmirch the record
| of Abraham Lincoln?" asks Represen-
Itative Barkley. "They lie in unmark-
| ed and unhallowed graves. They
have all descended into the stiffness
OF deep oblivion from which they will
never emerge"
Representative Barkley and other
Democrats believe that the best and
most convincing argument to such at
tacks is the fact that many presi-
dents. and particularly "war presi-
dents" have had their motives mis-
understood and maligned in their day
and that history has given imperish-
ability to their names.
Further along this line Representa-
tive Barkley says:
'"The figure OF Washington grows
more imposing as the years go by.
land each year pilgrims by the thou
sands tread softly near his tomb
Jefferson's memory and his great
deeds are enshrined in the hearts OF
la grateful prosperity. The heroic
courage of jackson as soldier and
statesman inspires each new genera
tion of American patriots. And the
tragic career Of Abraham Lincoln
gives hope to every struggling boy in
this fair land, and in his honor we
build monuments and cities.
1t is mot my task to assign to Wood
row Wilson the place which he will
occupy among the great statesmen of
America and the world Impartial
| history will perform that duty. No
word of mine can add to the fullness
If his stature. No word or act
yours can detract from it. But if
may be permitted ito indulge in a pro-
lphecy, it is not difficult to foresee
that those who now snap at his heels
| like hungry jackals will take their
|places among the forgotten register
/ Of the Nations malcontents, while he
will stand with Washington, Jeffer-
son, Jackson and Lincoln as one of
the few great figures Of this era.
Let me in conclusion adopt as a
fitting motto for the Democratic Party
and it's great President sentence
uttered by the great Lincoln in his
famous debates with Douglas over the
|senatorship from Illinois. When com
lplaint was made at the course he was
pursuing would defeat him for that
high office, he uttered this immortal
sentence: I am not bound to win;
but 1 am bound to be right In being
right he lost the senatorship, but he
gained the presidency and a pre-
meirshfp among the worlds greatest
statesmen. In being right. woodrow
Wilson has lost the support of mar
row. artisan. and slothful Republican
Congress. but he will have gained a
|prize infinitely greater in value and
lin honor, high place among the
|meager list of the worlds real states
|men and benefact,ors."