Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-17
DEMOCRATIC CHIEF
SOUNDS TOCS|N
Assails Record of G. o. P. Nominee
for President and Calls for
State Support.

Henry II. Isaacs, renamed Democratic
State chairman this week, pithily sums
ND the chances of Democratic success and
the obvious reasons why the voters should
flock to that party ut the fall election.
MIR. Isaacs said
"As the newlv-elected chairman OF the
Democratic State Committee, have been
asked for brief statement which might
be of interest to the voters of the state.
IL is needless for me to say that | am
profoundly grateful for the honor con-
fcrrcd upon me by the unanimous vote
Of the STATE Committee at It's meeting
Yesterday The unanimity of the COM
mlttec in its action bespeaks confidence
IN me and a singleness of purpose on the
part Of the committee which are highly
appreciated. ~
sponsibiitics of the office for which have
been chosen, |, notwithstanding, assume
them gladly and go into the campaign
from this day confident and hopeful The
pledges OF support and cooperation on
the part of the individual members o. the
committee and the aboundlng enthusiasm
manifest at the meeting yesterday assure
the conduct of a vigorous campaign re-
suting in victory at the polls III Noycm-
her
ITO serve the Democratic party al the
present time in the capacity oi chairman
of State organization offers an oppor-
tunitv 10 perform duty OF genuine
PATRIOTISM The campaign IN Delaware
cannot he divorced from the campaign
throughout the nation. The two inter
mlnglc and are influenced the ono by re
other While the National Convention of
the Democratic party has not vet as
-, ,,ar,.4I 9ar1IId 1tpE fhp
condition nj the present moment IS most
auspicious from national standpoint
Tho whole world and its systems ot
thought and action, rs they have been
heretofore known. have been overturned.
Hero IN .hc United States now conditions
present themselves The utter destruction
~ political, social and industrial systems
IN other countries have necessarily affected
this country in the same general way, but
naturally the effect has been less IN degree
Notwithstanding. there is hardly single
phase of the national life, whether indus
trial or social which has not now for the
past two wears and which docs not now
CRY out for thu healing influence Of wise,
constructive, legislative adjustment To
whom can the country look for relief
Can the people rely upon the Republican
partvF The record Of the ntcd States
Congress. Republican in both branches,
for the past two Years answers IN the
negative.
AT the very time when constructive
action was most needed absolutely nothing
has been done While Rome burned
Republican Congress iiddhd and talked
while a great people torn and distracted
by the trials of a great war; cried for iegls-
lativc bread they have been gwen nothing
not even a stone. Can the country OK
pect better things in the event Of Senator
Harding's election This question am
swers itself!s Senator Harding has beelxa
member of the United States Congress
during the past two years and he there
fore, is IN part responsible for the shameful
record made hv that Congress, record
which has been criticised not merely by
Democrats but by Republicans as we'll.
Besides, the government and the head
Of that government, which can meet these
great issues and save the American people,
must be set up by the people as whole
Senator Penrose and his associates can
not at this time, if ever they could. repre-
sent the electorate Of the United States.
nor even a majority thereof, And it is not
surprising to observe the comment Of
Republicans themselves, directed TO the
action Of the Republican Convention in
Chicago, namely, "the ticket viii look
better rs the days go by.
MUST LOOK TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
1T is obvious that the country can
look only to the Democratic party for the
relief which has now for two years sought
a party which stands and Will stand for
Just and full consideration of every in
terest of the national life, whether indus
trial, agricultural, social or otherwise, and
also for the immediate relief Of the un-
toward conditions which have prevailed
since the close of the war period. And II is
fortunate that the people of the country
have such a safe reliance because ] venture
the assertion that no reasoning man will
question the statement that during the
first six years of the Wilson administration
a Democratic Congress placed upon the
statute Books of this country more wise,
constructive, legislation than has been
placed thereon in a like period since the
close OF the Civil War
CANNOT FOOL THE PEOPLE.
"The people of this country are COM