Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-07

Inc league Is assured, Wouiu seem "
be a very definite refutation of the
of the world plan which
we believe it possesses. An appealing
fundamental in the league method is
the reduction of ornaments. We can
not afford to do it until other nations
do likewise. If we do not enter the
league hundreds of millions of dollars
must be spent for ornaments. If We
go in-and l believe the people will
insist on it-then we can count on
economies.
No Emotion of Pride
in q. O. p. Platform.
Since the last national conventions
of the two great parties a world war
has been fought, historic, unprece-
dented. For many, many months CIV
ilization hung in the balance. In the
despair of dark hours it seemed as
though a world dictator was inevita-
BILE and tina. henceforth men and
women who had lived in freedom
would stand at attention. in the face
of the drawn sword of military au-
tocracy. The very soul of America
was touched as never before with a
fear that our liberties were to be
taken away. What America did need
no reiteration here. 1t is known of
all men. History will acclaim it
poets will find it an inspiration
throughout the ages. And yet there
is not a line in the Apublican plat
form that breathes an emotion of
pride or recites our national achieve
ment. In fact, if man from Mars
were to depend upon the republican
platform or its spoken Interpretation
by the candidate of the party as his
first means of information. he would
not find a syllable telling him that
the war had been won and that Amer
lea had saved the world. How I'M
generous, how ungracious all of this
IS; how unfair that a mere group of
leaders should so demean themselves
in the name of the party of Lincoln
and Mckinley and Roosevelt.
the dlscourtesy to the President
is an affair of political intrigue.
History will make it odious. As
Well might it be directed at a
wounded soldier of the war. One
Tell in the trench; the strength of the
other was broken in the enormous
labors of his office, But others were
ignored-the men and women who
at home with an industry
and "a skill that words cannot re-
count! What of the hands that moved
the lathe by day and the needle by
night? What of the organizations,
and fed the world-thats carried
to the very front trench
in the face of hell's furies-that
nursed the wounded back to life
that buried the dead in the dark
shelter of the night-that inspired
business men and artisans of ali
parties to work in harmony? What
of the millions of men. women and
children Of all creeds. religious and
who stood in the ranks as
firm as soldiers overseas, undivided
by things they once Quarreled about
What of the government itself
the faith of our fathers
as sufficient to meet the storms OF
time? Why the sneer' at labor with
Stacker? The spectacle is sufficient to
convince any unprejudiced man that
the republican leaders who have
taken charge of their party and
it's candidate are no more
possessed of the spirit of the hour
than they We're in 1912 when they
a revolution within the
rank and file of a great organization
If further proof were needed. the
action of the present Congress sup
plies it. Not constructive law can
be cited. Money and time were
wasted in seeking to make mill
tary triumph an odious chapter in
yet is it not significant
that after two years of sleuthful in
curry there was nothing revealed in
that vast enterprise. carrying billions
of dollars in expense, upon which
they could base even a whisper of
The Mexican situation. trying to
our patience for years. begins to show
signs of Improvement. Not the least
of the things that have contributed
to it is a realization by the people OF
that country that We have neither the
lust for their domain nor disposition
to disturb their sovereign rights.
Peace smiles upon the border and
incentive to individual effort seems to
be making a national aspiration
e. s. Performance
in War Unsurpassed.
Many elements have made our re-
public enduring, not the least of which
Is a sustained gratitude. The richest
of our land are woven from
historic threads that tell the bravery
of our soldiers of every war. They
make the first impressions of history
upon the minds of our children and
bind the hearts of generations to-
gether. Never in all time will the
performance of our soldiers in the late
war be surpassed. From farm, forest
and factory they gathered together
in the training campS-from country
side and city-men whose hands were
calloused by labor, others whose
shoulders showed the stoop of office
task-the blood of many nations
flowing in their veins-and the same
impulse ran from the front trench
in Europe back to the first day in
training. We must not forget that
war breaks into the plans of young
men, and their first chart of life is
later on. In college and
shopAin every calling, they were
building the base for their careers.
of them by the cireum-
stance of injury or the disturbance
Of domestic conditions which war al
their whole course of life. We owe
4 debt to those who died, and to those
the honored dead left Deepen intent We
owe a debt to the wounded: but we
must realize that considerable COM
pensation is due those also who lost
much by the break in their material
hopes and aspirations.
The genius of the nations mind and
he sympathy of its heart must in
'pire intensive. thoughtful effort. tic
lssist those who saved our all. j feel
leeply that the rehabilitation of the
disabled soldiers of the recent war is
me of the most vital issues before the
people. and i. as a candidate pledge
myself and my party to those young
Americans to do all in my power to
secure for them without unnecessary
lelay the Immediate training which
s SO necessary to fit them to COM
,ete in their struggle to overcome
hat physical handicap incurred while
n the service of their government.
believe also that the federal board
# vocational rehabilitation as far as
possible should employ disabled SOL
liers themselves to supervise the re-
mobilization of disabled. soldiers. be-
'ause of their known sympathy and
The board itself and
Ill agencies under it should be bur
lened with the care of securing for
he disabled soldier who has finished
lis training adequate employment
These men win inspire future gen.
rations no less than they have them