Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-27
BY Rex Lampman.

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This Is no pussy-foot person who
has announced himself as a candidate
for the democratic nomination for the
presidency.
This is no kentle pillow-fighter, nc
slap him n-the-wrist statesman.
This is no gentle pillow-fighter, nc
of passing popular whim, no weather.
vane veering in the shifting winds OF
politics.
This mans name is Mitchell Palmer
and he is attorney general of the Uni
ted States, as every scorner of the con
stitution and breaker of the nations
laws well knows.
Up in the 26th congressional dis
trict Of Pennsylvania where Palmer
fought his way into congress ssa INST
the opposition of Charles M. Schwab,
the steel king, who believes that the
perpetuation Of his riches depends on
republican rule--or misrule--at Wash
ington, the attorney general has been
known since a young man as the
Fighting Quaker"
And a Fighting Quaker" he is
and one with the vision of looking for
ward and seeing what the fight is go
ing to be and how toameet and win it.
Attorney General Palmer is under no
delusions as to the sort of opposition
he will meet from the republicans,
friends of Schwab and all the other
profiteers. He has got their number,
Hear what he said to them at the
Jackson day banquet in Washington,
when he was discussing the issue of
the coming campaign. Here is the
platform he handed out for the party
of Mark Hanna and Joe Cannon of
Lorimer and Newberry, of Schwab and
Gary and all the other crew who en-
ploy politics to fatten their already
swollen purses.
If entrusted with power, we pledge
ourselves to undo all that the demo-
cratic party has done. We will imme-
diately repeal the federal reserve law,
amend the constitution TO make an in.
come tax impossible, destroy the de-
partment of labor and the children's
bureau, wipe out the workmens com
pensation law, abrogate the eight-hour
day, legalize child labor, consign the
parcels post to the scrap-heap, stop
the federal aid to spublie highways,
take the savings bank out OF every
postoffice, destroy the rural credit sys-
tenn and demolish the farm loan
banks, repeal the Clayton antitrust
law, destroy the federal trade commits
sion, strangle the merchant marine by
removing the shipping board, reinstate
the coal strike, let the profiteers so
free, refuse to ratify the peace treaty,
put the country back on a way basis,
and surrender to Germany. To prove
our good faith in this policy of scut-
tie and crawl, we will nominate a Uni
ted States senator for president"
That's the platform that the Flight
ing Quaker says the republican party
must use il it is going to meet with
honesty and courage the record
which the democratic party has
made
Republican Chairman Hays. you
know has offered cash price of s10.-
eco for a model platform for the mori-
bund G, o. p. Palmer says they can
use the one he preseribes for them
without paying him cent.
As private citizen. as congressman,
Is altenproperty custodian, as attor-
aey general--in all his brilliant public |
carer Palmer has shown the priceless
luality Of courage without which a
statesman. however clever is worse
han worthless TO the people. Every
ssue is to him moral issue and must
be fought ou on the field OF right and
wrong.
The republicans old gang In PENN
'yivania whose power is embodied in
ne vicious Penrose machine knows
his wen and hates and fears Palmer
most fervently Until Palmer and a
ew other progresslve democrats like
vance Mccormick and Warren Worth
sailey arose in Pennsylvania, the state
vas absolutely In the dragon-clutch Of
ne machine. Both parties were domi-
iated BY II the republican party a.
'ect and the democratic party indl- I