The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1920-08-09
ROOSEVELT TO ASSIST HIS CHIEF =
IN BATTLE TO UPHOLD LEAGUE

Hyde Park, ~. Y, Aue. Frank
lin ID. Roosevelt, in a formal address
accepting the Democratic Vice Pres
tdentset nomination at his home here
today, Joined with his chief, James III:
'Coxs In accepting the challenR4 0f, the
hepubiicans 70 make the league Of
nations one Of the principle issues OF
!, The peHaoefatic party" he said,
Of psarS sWkich to make II a reSi
treaty. must include a league, Of ps-
tions." isss1gEs; & 3, =,
Today" he continued, aiswe ara Of.
fered q seat at the table az the, fam
lily cot nations to the end that the
smaller peoples may be truly safe to
work out their own destiny. We shah:
take. that place. I say 80 because 81
have sfaithr-faith that this nation has
no selfish destiny, faith that our peo-
PIE are looking into the years beyond
for better things and that they are
not afraid to do theit part.
"Even az this nation entered the
war for an ideal, so it has emerged
from the war with the determination
that the ideal shall not die. It is idle
to pretend that the war declaration
of April 6, 1917, was mere act of
self defense or that the object of our
participation was solely to defeat the
military power Of the central nations
Of Euaope. We knew then as A ma
ton even as we knew today, that sue
cess on land and sea could rbe but
half q victory. To the cry Of the
French at Verdun:. They shall not
pass and the cheer Of our men in the
Argonne: We shall 40 through'Awe
must add this positive declaration Of
our own wills: that the world sshall
be saved from the repetition Of this
crime. ~. 80,
The league Of nations is a prac-
ticalsa4mtion of q practical situation.
1t rs no more perfect than the orig
inal constitution which has been
amended 18 times and will soon be
amended the 10Th, was perfect. , It is
not anti-nation; it is anti-war."
,N Two great problems" he declared,
will confront the next administers
stions Of our relations with the world
and the pressing need Of organized
progress at home. Among the most
pressing of our naional needs he
placed "the bettering of our citizen
ship, the extension of teaching to over
5000, ,O00 Of our population above the
age of hos are, ilhterat the.
IstFehgt thehibg Of Ainetfcan laws to
exclude the physically and morally
unfit, the improvement in working
conditions especially in the congested
centers, the extension of communica-
tions to make rural life more attrac-
tive and the further protection of wo-
men and children's lives in industry"
Reorganization of governmental
machinery which, he said, has become
antiquated, especially since the war,
also was urged by Mr. Roosevelt.
Homer Cummings, former chairman
of the Democratic National Commit
te, declared informally notifying Mr..
Roosevelt of his nomination, that the
American people have paid "stag-
gering penalty" for the Republican
victory at the polls in 1918. Indis-
puted in the material and moral lead
ership Of the world" when the armis-
tice was signed, he said, "who will
deny that our title to that leadership
has been grievously impaired if not
completely lost"?-
There. is but one way out" he
added. ut is to redeem Americas
word to the world and to assume with
out hesitation our share of the task of
rehabting the broken structure of civ
ilization."