Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1920-06-28


ployment bureaus were created. Farm
loan banks, postal savings banks and
the federal reserve system were cstab-
iished.
"The federal reserve system, passed
over the opposition of the leaders OF
the republican party, enabled America
to withstand the strain Of war without
shock or panic and ultimately made
our country the greatest creditor ma
ton of the world"
Republican Record Barren.
Turning to the record of the Republf-
can congress since 1918, Mr.. Cummings
said it was barren of achievement,
shameless in waste of time and money
and without parallel for its incom-
petencies, failures and regulations"
President Wilson's two appeals be-
fore congress for legislation dealing
with profiteering, reduction Of taxa
ton, aid for soldiers and laws to i'm
prove relations of capital and labor
were ignored, he declared. and after Il
year of sterile debate our country has
neither peace nor reconstruction"
Attacks Upon Wilson.
He dwelt particularly Oh attacks
made upon the president. Malice fol
lowed him to the peace table, he said,
and widespread propaganda made 1t
imperative when he returned from
Paris to make a struggle for that
which had been won at incalculablc
cost. This meant wreck of health, sick
ness for months OH bed of pain; and
worse, the sickness Of heart which
comes from the knowledge that politi-
cal adversaries gre savagely destroying
not merely the work of mems hands,
but the worlds hope Of settled peace.
This was the aftliction-this the cruel
tiXion."
Mr.. Cummings continued that in one
sense 1T is quite immaterial what poo
pie say about the president. Nothing
we can say can add or detract from
the fame that will flow down the un-
ending channels of history"
He cited the Republican and Progress
sive platforms Of 1916 as part OF the
record placing this country in favor Of
the League of Nations.
League Of Nations.
1.-The Republican platform contains
vague promise to establish another
or different form Of association he
said. There is 10 mental dishonesty
more transparent than that which ex-
presses fealty to a League of Nations
while opposing the only league that
exists or is ever apt to exist.
What nations stand outside? Revo-
lutionary Mexico, BolsheviSt Russia,
unspcakablc Turkey and-thc United
States.
1T is not yet too late. Let us stand
with the forces of civilization. The
choice is plain. 1t is between the
Democratic party's support Of the Lea
que of Nations, with its program of
peace, disarmament and world fratern-
ity, and the Republican party's plat
form of reputation, provincialism,
militarism and world chaos"
1t is not reservations that the presi-
dent stands against, said Mr.. Cum
mings, but notification. He told how
President Wilson had published the
tentative text of the league covenant
widely in 1919, asking for criticism
and receiving suggestions from Taft,
Hughes and others that were actually
incorporated into the revised draft Of
the league
Lodge lntOllerant.
Senator Lodge, he said refused to
offer constructive amendments Mt any
time. $50 intOlerant was his attitude
that he would not even consider a com
promise proposed by former President
Taft of his own party and which was
assured of support of 40 Democratic
senator's. Senator Lodge knew that he
controlled the senate and that in his
own time and way he would destroy
the treaty.
This is the sordid story of it's de-
feat" said Cummings, after reviewing
the senatcs action in the matter. NO
blacker crime against civilization has
ever soiled the pages Of our history.
The last chapter was written ut Chi
cagO.'
For Peace and Justice.
"Lct the true purpose of our parry
be clearly understood" he said in con-
Guiding his address. I'VE stand square