The Alaska daily empire., 1920-06-28
CONVENTIONS
OPENED AT S. F.
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he controlled the Senate and that in
his own time and way he would de.
stroy the treaty.
This is the sordid story Of its
defeat said Cummings after re-
viewing the Senate's action in the
matter mo blacker crime against
civilization has ever soiled the pages
of our history. The last chapter
was written at Chicago"
Peace Ideals Supported
Let the true purpose of our party
be clearly understood" he sain in
concluding his address I'VE stand
squarely for the same ideals Of
peace as those for which the war
was fought. We support without
flinching. the only feasible plan Tor
peace and justice. We will not sub
nit to the reputation of the peace
treaty or to any process whereby it
is Whitfield down to the vanishing
point. We decline to compromise
our principles or pawn our immortal
souls for selfish purposes. We do
not turn our backs upon the history
of the last three years. We seek
no avenue of retreat We insist that
the forward course is the only right
eous course.
I'VE seek to reestablish the fruits
OF victory, to reinstate the good faith
of our country and to restore it to
its rightful place among the nations
OF the earth. Our cause constitutes
a summons to duty. The heart of
America stirs again. The ancient
faith revives. The immortal part
of man speaks for us. The services
of the past, the sacrifices of the war
the hope Of the future, constitute
4 spiritual force gathered about our
banners. We shall release again the
checked forces of civilization and
America shall take up once more the
leadership of the world"
kremer's Opening Speech
Mr. Kremer in opening the con-
vention said:
my fellow Democrats:
Led through a labyrinth of dew
ious political ways, lost in the mazes
of political trickery, following the
Pied Piper of Republicanism, tire
Chicago convention emerged upon
the well paved road of standpatisnl.
That heterogeneous mass promul-
gated remarkable dOcument-rc-
mafkable in the fact that it is a
mastery exempification of the art
of evasion. Not content with the d-
rect insult to the progressive ele
ments wrongly placed in their ranks
they once more surrendered the con
troll of their party to the old forces
of reaction and nominated a leader
of that dynasty of dollars, against
whose influence the common people
rebelled until the great movement
of progressiveism drove it from
power and installed in its stead a |
party truly representative OF the
people.
"In marked contrast to the gather |
ing Of the opposition, we have met
today to deal with living issues and
to advise the people of America and
of the world of Democracy's stand
upon the questions of the hour II |
is with justifiable confidence that
we approach the important work OF
presenting a platform and naming IA
candidate, for we offer to America
assurance, based on achievement
We present a pledge founded Oil per
Torrance.
G. o. p. Termed Reactionary
'The Republican party would turn
backward, unmindful of the hopes
men and women and would have us
restore to power reactionary forces
which could only result in ruin and
disaster, but we will continue to
keep our eye to the front and will
hold to the path that during eight
glorious years has led America to
prosperity, peace and world leader
ship.
"Our opponents speak to the people
in the language of yesterday. They
see only through the lenses of re
action Through years OF retrogress
ion their party has now reached the
decadent stage The Chicago plat
form stamped it as party of des
truction. Its declarations of prin
ciples condemns but suggests no
remedy either for real or fancied
ills. 1t is out of tune with free
people everywhere; it is out of har
mony with the worlds desires; it
no longer, as in the days of its re
birth, stands as giant championing
the cause of freedom, but, dwarfed
by loss of principle, it has developed