The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1920-10-26

make them conform to the ussges Of
peace. Nothing was done. Every at
tempt was wrecked by the machina-
tions of the Republican clique bent on
the wreck of the government.
| Mr.. Lanham then launched into
lucid tale of the Republican handling
Of conditions during the Spanish-Am.
erican war and after its close. The
Democratic record in the present war
is comparatively white when contrast
ed with the record sheet of the Repub.
lican party in 1898. Although the
Smelling committees Of the present
congress have found where millions
of money has been wasted, from the
standpoint of the view taken from
the experience Of the present day af.
ter the war Is over, yet they have not
discovered in all their searching, one
box Of embalmed beef or one pair of
paper soled Shoes" said Mr.. Lanham.
"All that the committees could find
was that under the Democratic admin
istration, the cleanest war in the his.
tory of civilization was fought and
won. The committees finished their
work with no recommendation for
congress to take up, no arrests to
make, no persons to send to jail, no
punishments to enforce. The enorm-
GUS expenditures in the war were due
to the very nature Of affairs, and
could not be avoided"
In discussion Mr.. Harding on the
League problems, Mr.. Lanham declar-
ed that most of his declarations were
as clear and lucid as the proverbial
mud in literature, his statements Of
ten sounding good but meaning abso-
lutely nothing when reason was ap-
piled to them as test. "Mr. Hard
ing is conducting guessing contest.
Men of firm minds in the party like
Mr.. Borah are getting out" declared
Mr. Lanham. Even Mr.. Taft has be-
come strangely quiet"
"The League of Nations is the thing
for everybody, but it is sour milk is
sue for the Republicans because it's
success was in the hands Of the Demo-
cratic Party. That's the crux of this
whole campaign" That this was true
was vouched by the loud applause
from the whole audience.
Mr.. Lanham quoted from Taft,
Lodge, and Teddy Roosevelt, showing
that they stood for the League Of Ma
tions, when they were not obsessed
with party victory on their mind. Mr..
Lodge said in 1915 that the peace of
the world could never be maintained
unless by league Of the nations of
the world. "There was no other way
to world peace" Mr.. Lanham declared
that the League was the agency to
carry out the massage on Mckinley q
monument in Columbus, which eau
tions the people not to hinder any
measures for the concord of the ma.
tions, and to do nothing that will con
flict with the efforts of the world for
peace.
4 "There is only one thing for us as q
nation to do: We must go in or stay
out," said Mr.. Lanham. politics
makes strange bedfellows for US some
times and II we stay out we will sleep
with Germany and Turkey and Russia
our enemies in the last war. To
avoid this thing we must settle the
question in harmony with our allies,
We must put America first and the
party second in this election period.
1T was the lack of q League that
caused our boys to be sent to Eu
rope to. fight the last war;" declared
Mr.. Lanham. "If we had had such an
instrument Germany could never have
started across Europe" Mr.. Lanham
then took up the League by steps
and discussed it thoroughly. He con
vinced everybody that it did not i'm
pare the sovereignty of congress. and
that the country would never go to
war without the consent of that body
"If the League of Nations meant
war to this country, men like the Du
Points of the east would not be fight
| ing the issue but would be for 1t heart
and soul. 1t would mean money tC
them. But it means disarmament to
the world, and no business for the gur
makers and the manufacturers of iron
plate for ships of war, and they are
fighting the issue tooth and nail. The
question is, whose side are you on?
Governor Cox favors going in and
the adjustment of wars. He is ready
now for the big move. Are you ir
Ohio ready to follow. your great gov
ernor as are the people of Texas?'
asked Mr.. Lanham in concluding.
Mrs. Hubenwald said in her tall
that the victory of suffrage was {
victory for both womanhood and Dem