Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-28

WAS l'dSSeu, freeing American iaDoT
and taking it from the list Of COM
modities. The Smith-Lever bill for
the improvement Of agricultural con-
ditions was passed. A corrupt prac-
tees act was adopted. A well con-
sidered warehouse act was passed.
Federal employment bureaus were
created. Farm loan banks, postal
savings banks and the federal re-
serve system were established.
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 ul-
timately made our country the great
est credit nation Of the world"
In Defense Of Wilson.
Turning to the record of the re-
publican congress since 1918, Mr..
Cummings said 1t was barren OF
achievement, shameless in waste OF
time and money and without parel-
lei for it's incompe,encies. failures
and repudiations."
President Wilson's two appeals be-
fore congress for legislation detailing
with profiteerlns, reduction of tax
alton, aid for soldiers and laws to
improve relations Of capital and
labor were ignored, he declared. and
after year OF sterile debate our
country has neither peace nor re-
construction"
He dwelt, particularly on attacks
made upon the president. Malice
followed him to the peace table, he
said, and wide spread propaganda
made it imperative when he return
ed from Paris to make a struggle
for that which had been won at In
calculable cost. This meant wreck
OF health, sickness for months on a
bed of pain; and worse, the sickness
of heart which comes from the
knowledge that political adversaries
are savagly destroying not merely
the work Of mems hands. but the
worlds hope Of settled peace. This
was the affiiction-this the cruci-
fixion."
Mr.. Cummings continued that In
one sense ut is quite immateriai
what people say about the president.
Nothing we can say can add or
detract from the fame that will fow
down the unending channels OF his
tory"
He cited the republican, and pro-
gressive platforms of 1916 as pert of
the record placing this soartrN ~
favor OF the league Of nations.
Says G. o. p. Platform is Vague.
"The republican platform contains
a vague promise to establish another
or a different form Of association"
he said. There IL no mental dis
honesty more transparent than that
which expresses fealty to'a league of
nations while opposing the only
league that exists or is apt to exist.
what nations stand outside?
Revolutionary Mexico, bolshevist
Russia, unspeakable Turkey and-the
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
league of nations, with its program
Of peace, disarmament and world
fraternity, and the republican party's
platform of reputation. provincial
ism. militarism and world chaos"
It Is not reservations that the
president stands against, said Mr..
Cummings, but notification. He told
how President Wilson had published
the tentative text Of the league COW
enant 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"
Senator Lodge, he said, refused to
offer constructive amendments at
any time. $50 intolerant was his atti-
tude that he would not even considN
a compromise proposed by Former
President Taft Of his own party and
which was assured Of support Of 40
democratic senators. Senator Lodge
knew that he controlled the senate
and that in his own time and way ne
would destroy the treaty.
"crime Against Civilization"
s'This is the sordid story Of it's de-
feat" said Cummings, after review
ing the senate's action in the matter.
mo blacker crime against civiliza-
ton has ever soiled the pages of our
history. The last chapter was writ
ten at Chicago"
"Let the true purpose OF our part
be clearly understood" he said in
his address. I'VE stand
souarely for the same Ideals of peace
as those for which the war was
fought. We support without finch
ing the only feasible plan for peace
and Justice. We will not submit to
the reputation of the peace treaty or
to any process by which 1t is Whit
tied down to the vanishing point.
We decline to compromise our pr1n-
ciples or pawn our immortal souls Tor
selfish purposes. We GO not turn our
backs upon the history of the last
three years. We seek no avenue OF
retreat. We insist that the forward
course is the only righteous course.
ave seek to re-esraD1lsh the fruits
of victory, to reinstate the good faith
of our country and to restore 1t TO
it's rightful place among the nations
of the earth. Our cause constitutes
a, summons to duty. The heart OIL
America stirs again. The ancient
faith revives. The immortal part OF
man speaks for us. The services OF
the past, the sacrifices of war, the
hope of the future. constitute
spiritual force gathering about our
banners. We shall release again the
checked forces Of civilization and
America shall take up once more the
leadership Of the world"
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