Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-07

delays the ultimate process and we
should remember the lesson of history
that one extreme usually leads to an
other.
Industrial Peace Desired
We desire industrial peace. We want
our people to have an abiding confidence
in government, but no readjustment
made under reactionary auspices will
carry with it the confidence of the coun-
try. II I were asked to name in these
trying days the first essential over
shadowing every other consideration,
the response would be confidence in gov
ernment. 1t would be nothing less than
a calamity IL the next administration
were elected under corrupt auspices.
There is unrest in the country; our
people have passed through a trying ex-
perience. The European war before it
engulfed us aroused every racial throb
in nation of composite citizenship.
The conflict in which we participated
carried anxieties into every community
and thousands upon thousands of homes
were touched by tragedy. The incon-
veniences incident to the war have been
disquieting; the failure of the Republi-
can Congress to repeal annoying taxes
has added to our troubles.
The natural impulse is to forget the
past. to develop new interests, to create
refreshened and refreshing atmosphere
in life. We want to forget war and
be free from the troubling thought of
its possibility in the future. We want
the dawn and the dews of a new morn :
ing. We want happiness in the land,
the feeling that the square deal among
| men and between men and government
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| chased preference. We want a change
| from the old world Of yesterday, where
international intrigue made the people
mere pawns on the chessboard of war.
We want a change from the old indus
trial world where the man who toiled
was assured "a full dinner pail" as
his only lot and portion.
At Parting of the Ways
But how are we to make the change
Which way shall we go? We stand at
the forks of the road and must choose
which to follow. One leads to higher
citizenship, a freer expression of the
individual and fuller life for all. The
other leads to reaction, the rule of the
few over the many and the restriction
of the average mans chances to grow
upward. Cunning devices backed by un-
limited prodigal expenditures will be
used to confuse and to lure.
have an abiding faith that the pit
falls will be avoided and the right road
chosen. The leaders opposed to Democ-
racy promise to put the country "baCk
to normal" This can only mean the
so called normal of former reactionary
administrations, the outstanding feature
Of which was a pittance for farm pro y
duce and a small wage for long day
of labor.
My vision does not turn backward to
the normal desired by the senatorial
oligarchy, but to a future in which
all shall have a normal opportunity to
cultivate higher stature amidst bet
ter environment than that of the past.
Our view is toward the sunrise of to-
morrow with its progress and It's eternal
promise of better things. The opposi .
tion stands in the skyline Of the setting
sun, looking backward, to the old days
Of reaction.
! accept the nomination of our party
obedient to the Divine Sovereign of all
peoples, and hopeful that by trust in
Him the way will be shown for helpful
service.