South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-09

the service which we wesire TO rem
der and which we can accomplish
Ia large measure. at least. IL we un-
dertake Il with all our ability and In
a disinterested public spirit, we must
have the opportunity for service.
That opportunity can only come
through our being entrusted by the
people with both the legislative and
the executive authority. To this end
Mr.. Wilson and his dynasty. his
heirs and assigns. or anybody that
is his, anybody who with bent knee
has served his purposes. must be
driven from all control. from all in
fuence upon the government OF the
United States. They must be driven
from office and power not because
they are democrats but because Mr..
Wilson stands for a theory OF ad-
ministration and government which
is not Am erican. His methods, his
constant n indirect assaults upon the
constitution and upon all the tradi-
tons OF free government, strike az
the very life OF the American prin-
ciples upon VIII ch our government
has always rested. The return Of the
democrats 10 power with Mr.. VIII
son or one OF his disciples still the
leader and master OF great party
which before his advent possessed
both traditions and principles. would
be a long step In the direckan OF
the autocracy for which Mr.. Wilson
yearns and a heavy blow to the con
tinuance OF free representative gov
eminent as we have always con
ceived and venerated IT,
Ozark and Devious Way"
Inc 10 T.
Wilson and his system goes far be-
yond all party divisions. for II in
wolves the fundamental question OF
whether the government OF the
| United States shall be a government
/ OF laws and not OF men, whether
II shall be a free representative gov
/ eminent or that OF a Dictatorship
resting on a plebiscite carried by re
+ pellent methods Mr.. Wilson and tn,
/ autocracy he represents, and al
/ which those who believe in his doc
| trines and share his spirit repre-
/ sent must be put aside and conclu
I sively excluded from any future con
| troll. Bear this well IN mind through
\ out the campaign. for IL is the frs
\ condition of our ability to enter upoI
/ the path which will carry US forward
/ to true progress and to wiser laws
1t is the path OF Washington, OF Lin
! coin and OF Roosevelt from which
! Mr.. Wilson has sought to drag us
! We can only regain 1t by cnce ant
| for all condemring the man and hi
| associates who have thus endeavor
/ ed to turn us from the right roa,
\ into the dark and devious way
which with all nations lead 10 de
struCtion. We therefore make on
! appeal for support TO all who low
| America, to all. whatever part,
name they happen 20 bear. who ar
true to the faith OF the fathers, I,
join with us In this great work o
/ redemption. The defeat of the pres
| ent administration and all IL mean
transcends in importance every othe
! question and all immediate and dom
| inant issues are bound up with Il
/ Without that defeat every chance o
| the right settlement of the might,
! questions before us, so sorely needle,
now and not later, will depart.
Economic Conditions.
Let me turn first to the economic
conditions, so profoundly distortC
/ and confused by the war. which az
/ feet our daily life, are essential 4
! our business and upon which on
/ material prosperity and all the bene
\ fits, both mental and moral. which
flow from II when honestly acquired
| so largely depend. Already a be
ginning has been made by a repub
lican congress. working under all tn