The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-28

| looked upon as an unknown quantity
which might turn out to be the decid-
ing factor in almost any of the politi-
cal equations now confronting the par
ty leaders. No one professed to know
what new and unexpected elment he
might bring into play at the critical
time.
J. Bruce Kremer, of Montana, vice
chairman Of the national committee,
had been selected to call todays ses-
sion to order and to present Chairman
Cummings. At the conclusion of the
keynote address of Mr.. Cummings all
that remand to complete the days
program was to approving the selec-
lions for the various committee mem
bers already made by the state dele
cations
Champions League of Nations
The league Of nations covenant was
championed as the Monroe Doctrine
of the world" by Homer Cummings,
temporary chairman of the Democrat
ic national convention, in his keynote
address.
OF the peace treaty's defeat in the
senate he said: mo blacker crime
against civilization has ever spoiled
the pages of our history"
He characterized the Republica n
platform as "reactionary and provin-
cial." FILLED with premeditated Sian
ders and vague promises, it will be
searched in vain for one constructive
suggestion for the reformation of the
conditions which it criticiZeS and de-
plores," he continued.
The oppressed peoples of the
earth will look TO it in vain. 1t con-
tains no message of hope for Ireland;
no word of mercy for Armenia; and 1t
conceals sword for Mexico. 1t Is
the work Of men concerned more with
material things than with human
rights. 1t contains no thought, no pur-
pose which can give impulse or thrill
to those who love liberty and hope to
make the world safer and happier
place for the average man"
He declared that the peace-time
record of the Democratic party from
March, 1913, to the outbreak of the
world war has to its credit more eff
fective, constructive and remedial leg
islation than the Republican party had
placed upon the statute books in a
generation"
PraiSing the administrations course
in the war he said: I'VE fought a
great war, for a great cause, and we
had a leadership that carried Amer
lea to greater heighths of honor and
power and glory than she has ever
known before in her entire history"
Republicans Should Stay Silent
Let no one misunderstood us.
These great affairs were carried for
ward under the stimulus Of American
patriotism, supported by the courag
and spirit Of our people. All this is
freely and gladly acknowledged, but
surely the time has come when, be-
cause of the calculated criticism and
premeditated calumnies of the opposi-
ton, we are entitled to call attention
to the fact that all of these things
were accomplished under the leader
ship of a great Democrat and Of a
great Democratic administration.
eff the Republican leaders are not
able to rejoice with us in this Amer
lean triumph they should have the
grace to remain silent, for it does not
lie in the mouths of those who con-
Quoted the Spanish-American war to
indulge in the luxury Of criticism"
Referring to congressional investt-
cations by smelling committees" he
said that over 80 Investigations have
been made, over two million dollars
wasted and the result has been to
prove that it was the cleanest war
ever fought in the history of civiliza'
ton"
THE Republican party became SO
fixed in it's incorrigible habit Of con-
Quoting Investigations that it finally
n tho fruitful task 0f iNVPSti
ga ting itself. They discovered fraud
and graft and gross and inexcusable
expenditures. The revelations dis
close the fact that the meeting at Chi
cago was not a convention, but an auc
ton. The highest bidder, however