The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-09

to the rest of the world has been de- Itermined.
 And upon the horizon, war clouds
 have gathered again. There has not been an hour since the November elections of 1918 during which the American people have not paid a stag gering penalty for the Republican tr1- umph of that year. We have now passed through two years of domestic and international chaos. There is but lone way out. There is but one clear jpath of duty. It is to redeem Amer ica's word to the world and to as sume without hesitation, our share of the task of rehabiitating the broken structure of civilization. When we have once more gained our own self respect, we shall winebssck the respect
 of the world, it's trust, its faith and the priceless treasure which comes
 from the knowledge that we intend to
 keep faith with our Allies and pro-
 pose to do our part in extending jus tice throughout the world. The Dem
 ocratic party is unconquerafole in its hold upon the truth that America be-
 longs to the world and cannot serve
 herself while breaking faith with oth CTS.
 l Such is our cause and such our purpose. That you will hold high the
 standard we place in your hands, we do not for one moment doubt We lpledSe you the WHCle-ue1ILSo Suk1poi
 of the united Democracy of the na-
 ton in this great undertaking to the .I leadership of which you and our dis ltinguished candidate for the Presi- ldency have been dedicated"
 MT. Cummings and Ladies and Gen
 tlemen of the Committee:
 I accept the nomination for the l office of Vice President with humble Iness and with a. deep wish to give to our beloved country the best that is in me. No one could receive a high
 CT privilege or opportunity than to be l thus associated with men and ideals
 which I am confident will soon re-
 ceive the support of the majority of
 our citizens. In fact I could not conScientiouS1y accept it, if I had not come to know
 by the closest intimacy that he who
 is our selection for the Presidency,
 and who is my chief and yours, is a.
 man possessed of ideals which are
 also mine. He will give to America.
 that kind of leadership which will ri make us respect him and bring fur
 ther greatness to our lead. In James M. Cox I recognize one who can lead this nation forward in an unhalting march of progress.
 Two great problems will confront the next administration; our relations
 with the world and the pressing need
 of organized progress at home. The
 latter includes a SyStematfzed and
 intensified development of our re- sources and a progressive hetterment
 of our citizenship. These matters | will require the guiding hand of a President who can see. his country : above his Party, and who, having a clear vision of things as they are, has also the independence, courage <.l-,II u1@ <k,~ 1 to things they should be without swervink one footStep at the dicta- : ton of narrow partisans who whisper Party or of selfish interests that murmur '.Profits."
 In our world problems we must either shut our eyes, sell our newly built merchant marine to more far 2 seeing foreign powers, crush utterly by embargo and haraSsinS legislation . our foreign trade, close our ports and 2 build an impregnable wall of costly |. armaments and live, as the Orient = used to live, a hermit nation, dream
 ling of the past; or, we must open | our eyes and see that modern civiliza- Il ton has become so complex and the
 l lives of civilized men so interwover E | with the lives of other men in other E countries to make it impossible tc
 be in this world and not of it. We , must see that it is impossible to avoi6
 except by monastic seclusion those honorable and intimate foreign rela |. tions which the fearful-hearted sh ud- T deringly miscan by that .Devi1:
 catchword International Comp1ica v ] tionS."
 z As for our home problem, we have . been awakened by this war into d startled realization of the archaic if shortcomings of our governments 2 machinery and of the need for thu e kind of re-organizs ton which only |. clear thinking business man, exper = fenced in the technicalities of gov ;- ernmenta1 procedure can carry out it Such a man we have. One who ha IF so successfully reformed the bushes Il management of his own great stat II is obviously capab1 of doing greate D things. This is no time to expert tt ment with men who believe tha tt their party can do no wrong an, ?, that what is good for the selfish in l. terests of a political party is of ne y ceSsity good for the nation as well o I as a citizen believe that this yea 6 we should choose as President h proved executive. We need to d 'e things; not to talk about them. IT Much has been said of late abou $ good Americanfsm. It is right tha l. it should. have been said, and it i
 right that every chance should b
 
 le deriving our prosperity and our na ,i tional existence itself. But it woul l. be an unusual and much to be wish IL ed for thing if in the coming pre- X. sentation of the issues a new not l. of fairness and generosity could b struck. Littleness, meanness, false III hood, extreme partizanship-these ar
 not in accord with American spirit - I like to think that in this respec - also we are moving forward.
 - Let us be definite. We have pass S ed through a great war-an arme = conflict which called forth every ef fort on the part of the whole popu
 1ation. The war was won by Repub - licans as well by Democrats. Me s- of all parties served in our arme .. forces. Men and women of all par " ties served the government at home l. They strived honestly as American: "a not as mere partisans. Republi = cans and Democrats alike worked i