The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-22

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 Brother Henry Ford
 Grows Pessimistic
 TIT ENRY FORD is greatly put out O N over the way the republican and democratic parties have been behaving. There is distinct note of pessimism in an editorial published in a recent issue of the Dearborn In- dependent, through which Brother Ford speaks to large constituency The title of this editorial is, "Will Americans Stand for It?" It seems that there was an "utter absence of public spirit and responsi- bility" shown by our politicians who gathered at Chicago and San Fran cisco, presumably holding the destiny of the nation in their hands. The re- suit has been, we are told, a "deep disgust for partisan politics in gen. eraI."
 According to the Independent, the republican convention was dominated by the money barons. "Progressivism and clean republication were snubbed, insulted and crushed at every turn. The delegates were euchred, wearied, driven and de- ceived. And the candidate who emerged from this chaos was even more colorless than the republican platform, if anything more colorless can be conceived"
 That's fine democratic doctrine and the spellbinders will thank Brother Ford for giving them such good cam paign thunder, but he doesn't love the democratic party, either. In fact, the democratic convention at San Fran cisco twas, if anything, a degree worse" Brother Ford thinks the con- vention "resembled more hangover from the saloon regime than a gath ering of American citizens selected to formulate policies for the solution of the problems which harass the na- tion and the world" As candidate Cox is no better than Harding.
 Since the American people have been treated like children and their nobAst aspirations sighted by the politicians, MT. Ford wants to know what they are going to do about it. Will they rise and assert themselves by figuratively tying can to par tisan politics, organizing citizens movement and naming a citizens candidate to sit in the White House?
 We feel safe in predicting that they will not. Brother Ford is a suc- cessful man and in some respects a great man. He has even been called benefactor to the nation and is the father of the flivver. IT he finds nothing to commend in G.tller the democratic or the republican parties is to be regretted, but his clarion note falls a bit flat t5 maker of automobiles Brother Ford enjoys pre- eminence. To be a good judge of political movements and particularly to understand what they ma lead to, one should have some knowledge of history, and Brother Ford has con- fessed that he is lamentably weak in history.
 For better or worse, the country will worry along with it's two old par ties. A democratic victory would of course be highly desirable and bene- ficial as wall, but even if the repub- licans win, the nation will not go to pot
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 Democratic Platform
 a Promissory Note
 A s the presidential campaign 1A plans develop the democratic outlook is full of promise, and not