Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22

you, think with complete unselfishness
OK your country and your ccuntry's IN :
terests first, a high qualification for an
exalted Office not too familiar to us OF
late and therefore peculiarly necessary
at this moment You will, we are Ger :
tain, be ever faithful to the finest tradi-
tions Of the Republican party.
Your public life has shown to us
and all your fellow citizens that you
believe in the system Of government de-
signed by the trainers Of the constitp'
tion. They established representative
democracy and had no sympathy with
any scheme which would turn the gov
ernment Of the United States into an
autocracy based upon plebiscite and
with oil the intervening representative
features disregarded or effaced.
| You have abundantly shown your
unwavering conviction that the govern
mcnt OF the United States should be one
lot laws and not Of men, and that thu
three branches OF that government
should all work together in the exer-
else OF the powers conferred upon them
severally by the constitution, for the
common purpose of advancing the gen
eral welfare Of the people.
Questions Of Complexity
Domestic and economic questions oi
extreme complexity and difficulty must
be dealt with at once In such a way az
to meet the needs Of the time. Our
Immediate duty aud that of all Republi
cans and all true Americans who ar,
thinking of the problems and peril.
of the present and Of the future Is I,
give you such generous and complet
support that when you take up the du
ties Of the great Office for which yo,
have been nominated you will find |
House and Senate in full sympathy will
your purposes and ready to aid you II
every way in carrying them to fulfill
mcnt.
1.-THE present situation, however
brings with 1t far reaching questions o
foreign policy to degree never known Il
, leur previous history. at our own door
we have Mexico IN state of disorde
land disintegration to which our gov
ernment has, unhappily, most liberall
contributed. Here Is a grave responsi
bility not to be evaded or escaped. w
rightly insist upon the supremacy in tn
American hemispher" Of the Monro
Doctrine, which was declared by us il
order to guard the safety of the Unite
States and save the New World so ia
as possible from the wars and misfor
tunes Of the Old.
Protection for Americans
1--WE justly demand the abstention o
Europe from any interference wit
American questions. but this ioctrin
of ours brings with 1t not only It's bcne
fits, but its duties. The condition o
Mexico. owing in large measure tei tn
shortcomings Of our government, coul
not we'll be worse, and we must max
up our minds that we not only owe It t
ourselves to protect there. as all owe
the world, American rights and inter
ests so long neglected, but to reach of
n helping hand to the Mexican peopl
. to the cni that law and order may
established in that country which ha
, been plunged into anarchy and curse
! with continuous civil war.
"In defense of freedom and civiliza
ton and to vindicate our own invade
rights we entered upon the war wit
Germany. and although We were tard
In taking part in that great conflict
we came upon the field of action in tim
to turn the scale for right and hbert,
Not content with aiding Europe to brin
to pass the peace which all desired afte
victory was won. Mr.. Wilson undcrtoo
to make us members of an alliance wit
foreign powers indefinite in extent an
, containing provisions which threatene
the independence, the sovereignty an
the safety of the United States.
"This effort on the part of the Pre-;
| ident was arrested by the action Of tf
/ Republicans of the Senate, who lro