Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-08-09

IOuay, ne continued, I'VE are OF
fered seat at the table OF the family
Of nations to the end that the smaller
peoples may be truly safe to work ont
their own destiny. We will take that
place. I say so because we have faith
faith that this nation has no selfish
destiny, faith that our people are look
ing into the years beyond for better
thingsand that they are not afraid 70
do heir part. n
To Preserve Ideal.
Even as this nation entered the war
for an ideal. so 1t has emerged fron
the war with the determination that
the ideao shall not die. 1t is idle to
prentend that the war declaration OF
April 6. 1917 was a mere act Of seIk
defense or that the object Of our par
ticipation was solely to defeat the MIL
itary power Of the central nations oe
Europe. We knew then as a nation.
even as we know today that success
on land and sea could be but half q
victory To the cry OF the French at
Verdun: They shall not pass and the
cher of our own men in the ArgonI1e:a
We shall go through we must add
this positive declaration Of our own
wills; that the world shall be saved
from the reptition Of this crime.
The league of nations is practical
solution of practical situation. It
is no more perfect than the original
constitution which has been amended
18 times and will soon we hope. be
amended the nineteenth, was perfect
It is not animation; 1t is anti-war.'
TX Two Great Problems.
Two great problems he declared,
will confront the next administration,
our relations with the world and the
pressing need Of organized progress at
home. Among the most pressing OF
our national needs. he placed the
bettering Of our citizenship, the ex-
tension Of teaching to over 5.000,000
of our population above the age OF
ten who are itfiterate, the strengthen
ing of Immigration laws to exclude the
and morally unfit. the i'm
provement in working conditions espe-
cially in the congested centers. the ex-
tension of Communications to max0
rural life more attractive and the fur
ther protection Of women and child life
in industry
Reorganization of governmental mS-
chinery. which he said has become am
especially since the war. also
was urged by Mr.. Roosevelt.
Notified by Cummings.
Homer Cummings. former chairman
of the democratic national committee.
declared in formally notifying Mr..
Roosevelt of his nomination, that the
American people ''haye paid stagger-
ing plenalty' for the republican vic
tory at the polls in 1918. Undisputed
in the material and moral leadership
Of the world" when the arnistice was
signed, he said who will deny that
our title to that leadership has been
impaired if not completely
lost 2"
There is but one way out" he add
ed ''It is to redeem Americas word
to the world and to assume witheug
hesitation our share of the task of re-
the broken structure OF
Roosevelt Day.
There was no mistaking the fact thar
this was Frank Roosevelts day
Pictures of the candidate and his chief
were posted conspleuously, while flags
and bunting gave holiday atmosphere
to the street. Former navy men, RE-
gardiess of their political affiliation.
turned out in force as did the local
lodges of Masons, Oddfellows and the
to which Mr.. Roosevelt be-
longs Weathers conditions were ideal.
A pretty natural settiag had been
provided for the exercises. The
Roosevelt home stands on a broad ter
race several hundred feet above the
Hudson and is fIanked on all sides by
spacious lawns and beautiful trees
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke from the front
yeranda.
Mr.. Roosevelt leaves Tuesday for
Chicago, where he will open his first
tour Wednesday evening
The tour, which will last three weeks
will take him to the Pacific coast and
back with addresses in fifteen differ
ent states, in seventeen working days