Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-29
GOVERNOR SPROuL
AND 7, v. MILLER
DISCUSS ISSUES
Addressed Large Republican Meet
ing in Grand Opera House,
Last Evening
ADMINISTRATION AND
GOV. cox ATTACKED

Campaigning for the Republicans,
William G. Sproul, governor OF Pennsyi-
yania, and ThomasW Miller, former kep-
rcscntatve in Congress, considered var
ious matters while addressing an audience
that filled the opera House last night.
Singing by the Harding and Coolidge
quartet preceded and interspersed the
addresses. The meeting was the largest
attended and most enthusiastic held by
the Republicans during the campaign
Former Governor Charles K. Miller
presided Many men and women were on
the platform. whose occupants included
Governor John e. Townsend. Jr., At
torncv-G General David j. Rcinhardt, for
mcr United States Senator Henry \. du
Pont. former Representative in Congress
William II Ileald Henry u. Scott, Char
les 4 Patterson. H. G. Haskell +. q.
Tallman, William T. Rheuby, George IL.
Kerr, George T. BisSell, Charles Warner.
Charles H. Grantland, Harry II. Blllany,
Frank ID Lackey, Colonel George ",
Sparks. Charles A. Rudolph, Walter l..
Butler. Colonel George \. Elliott. Major
] Danforth Bush, George b. Miller, DIR,
Walter O Stack, James w. Robertson.
John Govatos, Townsend ". Miller.
Herbert H. Ward. Daniel Burton, Walter
tftAFiiS, iNttstN - hulititk anu NtlN NbhtiAiA
men Lyon. Faulkner, Forwood, McNian-
us and Mearns Mr.. and Mrs Robert
n Morrow. relatives Of Governor Sproul,
were among those who greeted the dis
tinqmshed visitor
Governor Sproul stated the Rcpull-
can party went into the national contest
with clean hands No opposition party
in the history Of this or any other nation
passed through a greater national Crisis
with more credit. Republican success IN
the Congressional elections OF 1918 was
Providential: but for the Republican curb
upon Democratic lrrespOnslhility and
ncompetcncy the fate of the Republic
would be IN doubt today"
"The President in his last appeal to
my fellow w-oountrymen' said those who
oppose his policies are both ignorant and
Impudent. Governor Sproul stated, "Well,
= great many Of us may be ignorant, but
M American who questions the policies
of any administration should be called
impudcnt."
Governor srroul declared ''the un-
forgivahle political crime Of the age was
the he kept us out Of war campaign Of
1916, which COST thousands Of American
lives. infinite suffering. and the loss Of
billions Of wasted dollars. While the
WIN " sA> Wa itAts tAAt kbf htA sthatAf W
failed 20 FIJI our water buckets and de-
pended upon idle phrases like "too proud
10 fight. peace without victory and
neutral even in the thought to keep Us
out of trouble when our national existence
was az stake.
Republican nationl investigators have
demonstrated that probably more than
$4,000, ,Oo0, 900 more were expended in
the great war than was necessary, Gov
efnor Sproul stated. Had we spent single
billion in preparing for trouble there
probably would have been speedy end to
the war without Americas entry. Sup
posing that we only wasted $4,000. .00C-.
200 through inoompetency and failure 70
realize the crisis of the age. have YOU ever
realized what this sum would do if ex-
pended for the benefit OF our own people?
the governor asked. Then billion dollars
would build 200, 900 miles Of paved road
az $50, 900 per mile. which is equal TO a
paved road every 80 miles from the
Atlantic to the Pacific and a cross road
every 30 miles from the southern bound
ary to the Canadian line, the governor
said. Ten billion dollars would provide
1000. 600 homes o. iarns for the :. 200, 600
families in the Un,tci States. who are said
u need better homes. at S5, 900 600 each
$4,000. 100000 would pay all the debts
Of all the States and municipalities in the
land; $4,000, 10000 would build a
modern scnool house IN every community
in America; $4,000, ,000,00 would endow
every college ana university that exists
and provide higher education for every
hey and girl who aspl'cs 10 IT. The annual
interest at FIVE per Cene, on this vast sum
would double the salary CT each scnool
teacher in America We have PAID q
terrible prize fol incompetency, ineficien-
cy and insincerity the governor remarked
COMMENT ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
Governor Sproul commented on the
League of Nations. saving:
Governor Cox tells us the League Of
Nations is only a moral obligation A
moral obligation is as binding upon the
people OF this democracy as any treaty
covenant could be. The new plan for
keeping US out Of war is even more
dangerous than the last one Tied in
under the Wilson plan, we would have
% fight our way out with the entire world
arrnved against US When the true story