Republican farmer., 1920-08-13
GOV. V.COX TAKES
 FIRM STAND ON CAMPAIGN ISSUE

dreds of millions of dollars must be spent for ornaments. If we go in, and I believe the people will insist on
 it, then we can count on economies
 Since the last national conventions of the two great parties. a world war has been fought, historic, unpreced- ented. For many, many months, civil lizatiof hung in the balance. In the despair of dark hours, it seemed as though world dictator was in evitable, and that henceforth men
 and women who had lived in free dom would stand at attention. in the face of the drawn sword of military
 autocracy The very soul of Amer ica was touched as never before with a fear that our liberties were to be
 taken away. What America did,
 needs no reiteration here. It is known of all men. History will ac- claim it-poets will find it an inspira-- ton throughout the ages. And yet there is not a line in the Republican
 platform that breathes an emotion of pride, or recites our national achieve
 ment. In fact, if a man from Mars were to depend upon the Republican platform or it's spoken interpretation,
 by the candidates of that party, as his first means of information, he
 would not find a syllable telling him that the war had been won, and that America had saved the world. How ungenerous, how ungracious all Of this is; how unfair that a mere group of leaders should so demean them selves in the name of the party of Lincoln and Mckinley and Roosevelt The discourtesy to the president is an affair of political intrigue. His tory will make it odious. As well
 might it be directed at a wounded soldier of the war. One fell in the trench; the strength of the other was broken in the enormous labors of his office. But others were ignored-the men and women who labored at home [ with an industry and skill that words cannot recount! What of the | hands that moved the lathe by day and the needle by night? What of i the organizations, superb1y effective, | that conserved food and fed the world i that carried nourishment to the very front trench in the face of helPs l furies-that nursed the wounded back | to life--that buried the dead in the 1 dark shelter of the night-that in i spired business men and artisans of all parties to work in harmony? What I of the millions of men, women and | children of all creeds, religious and otherwise, who stood in the ranks as | firm soldiers overseas, undivided | by things they once Quarreled about? l What of the government itself-con- l hrning the faith of our fathers as | sufficient to meet the storms of time | Why the sheer at labor with the
 yelled charge that 1t was mere
 stacker? The spectacle is sufficient l to convince any unprejudiced man l that the Republican leaders who have taken charge of their party and | nominated it's candidate, are no l more possessed of the spirit of the | hour than they were in 1912 when | they precipitated a revolution within the rank and file~of a. great organiza- tion. If further proof were needed,
 the action of the present congress | supplies it. Not a constructive law can be cited. Money and time were | wasted in seeking to make mili-
 tary triumph odiousR chapter in
 history-and yet is it not significant that after two years of sleuthful in-
 quiry, there was nothing revealed in
 that vast enterprise, carrying billions
 of dollars in expense, upon which
 they could base even a whisper o1
 dishonesty?
 The Mexican situation, trying tC our patience for years, begins to show
 signs of improvement. Not the leas, of the things that have contributed
 to it, is realization by the people OI Iudt country, that we nave neither the lust for their domain, nor dis
 position to disturb their soverigr rights. Peace smiles upon the bor der and incentive to individual effor
 seems to be making a national aspira !, ton. Many elements have made our re
 public enduring; not the least O | which is sustained gratitude. Tn, 7 richest traditions of our land ar I l.i& f the bravery of our soldiers of ever.
 war. They make the first impression of history upon the minds of our chiI , dren and bind the hearts Of gener , atfons together. Never in all time vii
 the performance of our soldiers il
 the late war be surpassed. Frop
 farm, forest and factory they gather
 ed together in the training camps from countryside and city - me whose hands were calloused by labo, Q others whose shoulders showed tn 7 stoop of office task-the blood O , many nations flowing in their veins
 and the same impulse ran from tn , | front trench in Europe back to tn V first day in training. We must nc 4 forget that war breaks into the plan
 of young men, and their first char , of life is in a sense more importan
 than any calculation later on. COlleSe ana SnOp-ln every calling = they were building the base for thei
 careers. Thousands of them by tn = circumstance of injury or the disturb . ance of domestic conditions whic ', war always brings, were compelled t change their whole course of life. W ' owe a debt to those who died, an to those the honored dead Is left de
 pendent. We owe a debt to. tn
 wounded; but we must realize tha
 considerable compensation is du
 those also who lost much by tn
 break in their material hopes and a: : pirations. The genius of the nation
 mind and the sympathy of it's hear must inspire Intensive thoughtful e
 fort, to assist those who saved or y all. I feel deeply that the rehabilits
 ton of the disabled soldiers of tt e recent war is one of the most wit; 'e issues before the people and l. as $ candidate, pledge myself and my pal T. ty to those young Americans to C