Republican farmer., 1920-07-02
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 HAS FITTED HIM FOR PRESIDENCY

San Eroncisco, July 1.--Hailed as . ''new NAvarres his lance that of law his shield that of justice" At torney General A. Mitchell Palmer was formally nominated today for the Democratic presidential candidacy by John H. Bigeiow, of Hazleton, Pa.
 True Amer1caniHm must be on guard" Mfr. Bigelow said. "No foe within and no enemy without must impair 1t or diminish 1t.
 '-rhc hosts that we sent abroad In tlse years of our great conflict per formed their prodigies Of valor and wrought their noble conQuests to the eternal glory of tho country. By their force and by their prowess the uaight1est menace to the worlds de- u10cracy was subdued- The militant spirits breeding over the bloody bat tledeids of France and Flanders were conquered. But the menaces to free government were not bantshed. They stu rear the hydra-head of anarchy and revolution Some gather in the .stlences of the night within the gates of secrecy Others take up the ve- nal pen or by the art of speech spread their pernicious doctrines. They prey upon ignorance and long established hatred of every form of Government
 @ ."~Tho dangers are not distant; the fears are not mere fancy. They are living, breathing things and always pregnant with disaster Therefore your candidate must be more than tho mere mouth piece of your poli- cses- He must be the embodiment ,of your freedom and the exemplar of your liberties He must be the intrepid defender of your institutions, . oourzxeosas crusader in the cause of Law and order. Above all, he must be the ardent advocate of American ism: and tho Democracy of Pennsyl- lvunia has commandedna me to present tn you his candidacy
 sIn the exactinE time through which we have passed in recent years Inc has shown all of the qualities of leadership
 ~In Pennsylvania when a powerful political organization under the lead exxtdp of tho present high priest of the Republican party.-the invisible .pUwor that dominated the recent con- vsntlon at Ch1cago-had tempted even the lazdRrs of our own party to be- tray her Interests, 1t was he that entered into the conflict and rescued Democracy from her faithless leaders and from her shame It was he that fear1essty exposed the crimson record of Republican corruption and regen- arated his party so that now 1t may hold high it's head in the pursuit of thnee lofty ideals and pure purposes that arc the pride of the Nations Democracy
 ~In the halls of Congress of the Nation in 1909 and 1911 when the regime of autorracy threatened to crush the genius of democratic gov ernment, it was he that stood stead fast with that magnificent array of OUT leaders that routed the old order of aibsDiut1zrn. abolished Cannonism and opened the doors for the oppor- tunat1es that the ensuing years show cred upon our party
 ~<When finally the people of the nation entrusted tiae charter of pow CT to Democracy and placed her rep resantatives in charge of our Legisla- tive halls 1t was hs that stood upon the floor of Congress and rendered valiant service alongside of Clark and Underwood tn the great constructive work that marked the initial steps oE Dem0cracy'S re-ascendance-
 When, less than four years ago tho nation resorted to arms to vindi- eahs her sovereignty. to repel and re- asn4 repeated Insults 10 her citinenry, Ii was he that by feariezs administration of hts trust as Custodian, enriched our war resources by $1,oo0,O ,ooC and directed that power against the foe from whom it was taken
 --No task. assigned to layman or of fciz1 has ever been performed, iI tho history of this government, with such measure of success that has at tended his administration as AIer Property Custodian
 When, during the war and sue ceeding it, the insidious evils of an rN 11ox 1,xx was he that stood va1iantly agains the protests of parlor bolshevists against the thrusts of yenaI pen ant a7and ferrous tongue, and deported am fmprisoned the defamers of the na tion-oye even at the threat of th' -terroEizts bombs
 When within the year, the darl and ominnus clouds of industrial un rest gathered round, when lines O capital and labor. when mighty com binatfons of wealth arose upon tn one side to menace it and the feudal fSsn of force on the other hand t threaten it, 1t was he that stood tn unreienting foe of tyranny of a kinds-whether that tyranny be tn tyranny of money or the tyranny 0 nsen-
 4%When during the past session ( ConereAS-now dead, but not forgot ten nor forgiven-a partisan effol was conceived to alienate from ou party Americas adopted sons; whe lppe1ud1ces were appealed to and th frue status Of our alien inmigran
 was in question it was he that ss forth the true doctrine of American
 ism at the Jackson Day banqu' when he said: But we insist ths
 those who come to our shores sha
 come in the right spirit and with tt right purpose: that those who renal shall stay with intent to becon
 Americans in every seuse- He mu
 let the spreading light. from u
 dgure which beckons to him on Bet
 1oe's Island, shine only upon a cou1
 tenapce which shall look forever
 the West He must realize that tn
 revolution has been fought and wc
 when he sets his feet upon America