Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-29

A REAL KEYNOTE.

Whsoh IL - rcirNSnlnx u
read the address Of Homer Cum
minss. delivered yesterday at sar
Francisco as the keynote" of tn,
Democratic convention. 1t mas beer
often said. and with truth, that tn,
american people 50 easily forget. In.
deed. the world moves along SC
swiftly these days and 50 many great
events are happening hat 1t Is nc
wonder that achievements Of yester.
day are lost in the accomplishment.
sf today and IN the program for to-
MORROW.
It IL only when we pause a mo-
Dent and look back. guided by a
maer hand such as Homer Cum
mtnos puts forth, that we grasp the
true meaning of recent events and
realise. In . measure. what has jus,
Bone befere And ~ we see these
&htngs nov. - great a. they are.
Aew tAsv w4li srow ~ time passss-
tz11y history viii record the past
ecur years a. the greatest epoch In
he worlds history.
And Of that epoch one great per-
soualtty looms forth, head and
sheutders shove all others connected
thsrswith. That personality in
woodrow Wilson. We have ne
apologies to make-not one" says
Chairman Cummings in addressing
the delegates yesterday. We are
proud Of III great navy: we are
proud Of our spelendid army; we are
proud of the power of our country
and the manner in which that power
has been used: we are proud of the
work that America has done in the
world; we r proud OF the
hsroism of American men and wom-
-: and we are proud Of the inspired
and Incompatible leadership of
Woodrow Wilson"
What a striking contrast the Cum
mings keynote speech is to the one
delivered by Senator Lodge before
the Republican convention at
Chicago three weeks age. The Lodge
speech was vague and meaningless.
II was filled with genera!ities and.
aside from its abuse of the President,
it was without positiveness or force.
1t was merely a learned attempt to
make something out of nothing. But
he delegates who listened to it were
not deceived and neither were the
people. The speech fell fat, even the
Republican press admitted 1t and it
has long since been forgotten.
But in the address of Homer Cun,-
mings before the Democratic gather
Ing yesterday there is a clarion call
to every forward-looking person to
take up the banner Of progress again
and press onward into a new era of
pence and prosperity such as the
world has long dreamed of. but had
hardly dared hope for at least not
In this generation. Here is a ring
ing challenge and a bold defiance
that the Republicans will hardly
daxe 70 accept Here Is . record of
achievement the like of which the
country has seldom seen before and
hses the purposes of the Great War
IRE once more brought before the
people In . most convincing manner
md the way to reap the full benefits
u that Great War Is clearly shown.
s-Thers are men," said Mr.. Cum
mtns4 who Seem to be annoyed
whAn We suggest that American
honor IL bound up In this contest.
ma that good faith requires that we
IhOuld enter the League of Nations.
rhs whole Republican case is based
upou the thsofy that we may, with
kcnor, do ~ we please abort this
matter and that we have made no
promises which 1t Is u duty to re-
ieem. Let us turn again to the rec
ma" The speaker then goes oil TO
1uote from the Republican platform
u 1916 and from the Progressive
platform In 1912 and 1916
Ill declaring for a world court for
he pacific settlement of information
disputes" for an arrangement be-
nations to make peace perma-
Senator Lodge himself Is
and 10 is former President
and former President Taft
that Republican sentiment
vas all for a getting together of the
nations Of the earth in a
understanding 70 that mo
'uch war as this could recur."
1t viii be remembered that the
most popular addresses made by the
President before congress were those
= which he referred to the need of
iaome definite concert Of power
~ shall make IL virtually impos-
- .ny aeh eetaatFophs nall
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