The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-09

lican national convention delivered
today follows In fun.
We arc met here 10 take the first
tho most decisive step I'm the pulitl
cal campaign which Is to determine
the party control of this great gov
ernment for the next four years II
ts solemn moment, fraught with
vast possibilities Of either good OF
evil. We'll worth our while it is
Just horc upon this bank and shoal
OF time to pause for an infant
while we glance swiftly upon the
scene Ia which We are TO fight our
battle. Behind us lies the greatest
war Of history. now for the most
part fallun silent, together with nli
tho hidcouS advances ~ science In
methods of taking human iifc, which
battencd upon II, halted and quics.
cent The tempest has subsided but
the ocean sun hoaves and rolls with
cresting waves. while the dead soas
OF the storm, which has passed
crash sullenly against the shores
that gholter ana sustain the vast
fabric which wo are won, TO call
our civilization. We find ourselves
gazing upon the problems and trials
which the huge convulAion has left
Go us and with which we must cope
and cope successfully II we are to
rebuild ana again move onward.
The ruined towns, the broken indus
tries, the desolatod farms are there
before our eyes wherever tho battles
were fought. Counties little mounds
mark tho resting places OF the dead
In the field and on the hillsides torn
and gashod by shot ana shell. sig
nails OF mourning throughout the
world tell us OF the irreparablo losses
OF all nations, which have swept
away such an appalling portion OF
the youth OF every land, those In
whom were gnrnored up tho homes
ana strength of the future. The
splendor OF tho achievement Of our
soldiers and eailors, their dauntieHs
courage and unshrinking service will
always remain one of the proudeat
memories In tho history OF tho re-
public. But the dead return not
and the shadow OF the great sorrow
for those forever gone will never bo
lifted from the hearts of the people
who sent them forth to battle. The
material side OF war results iH. like
tho spiritual. ever with us. We .ooI
IN daily lifo the grinding pressure OF
the vast debts ana heaped up taxes
which have been piled upon our
shoulders and upon those OF pos
terity. Great empires have beon
swept from the earth, ancient mon
and long established governments
have tottered fallen and passed
away like watch In the night.
All these things stare us In the
face, pierce our attention and arrest
our thoughts. But this IN not all and
what remains, perhaps more than
anything else, makes incredibly diff
ficult the immense task which lies
before US. one not to bo escaped but
which will strain governments and
people to tho top of their bent II
aught that makes life worth living w
to survive. The wrecked towns. tho
shattered forts, the cffaccd villages.
tho sinking ships were not the only
victims OF the storm OF war. Other
things. the tmpalpable posshssions OF
the mind and heart, have In liko
fashion been wounded and crippled.
In the shock of war, through long
years OF bitter conflict, moral re-
straints were ioosened and all the
habits, all the conventions. all the
customs OF life, which more even
than law hold society together. were
Ito save the country. to save civil
cation, TO preserve freedom rose
supreme. It could not he otherwise.
There could be In that hour but one
question asked OF men and women;
Are you loyal To to your country
and her cause. ready to work and to
sacrifice and 10 need be to die for
them" II that single demand was
rightly answered nothing else mat
tered In those days of stress and
anguish. No one inquired further.
So the war ended and victory
came: the great adventure was over
and men and women came back 10
find the old ways dull. the old Tito
tame. the old restraints burdensomo
and they themselves possessed by a
longing for excitement and munger
for change unknown before one
Gees the result In the rostlessness
which Is everywhere; In tho mere
trifles OF life, In dress, In amuse-
menta in pleasure seeking, In tho
greed for money and the recklesHnoss
of expenditure and. what IL infinitely
mora serious, In tho discomfort with
all forms OF government or controi
and i'm the readiness dnd ongcrncSs
TO destroy even the fundamental
principles OF a free and orderly CIV
ilization without which law ana or
der. organized society, me possibil-
tie OF progress and the chance FOR
happiness cannot exist. This state or
mind born OF the war IN the Gravest
obstacle in the essential work OF
restoring a shattered world and
making the great victory "A blessing
to mankind. In order To succeed at
all we must understand this mental
and moral condition. We must allow
for It. We must be very patient. We
must steady our nerves. We must he
tolerant and above ell. open-minded'
We must call on our common sense
and aelf-restraint. Tho complex
problem cannot be evadcd and IL
must be dealt with In such way
as to preserve the foundations OF So
clety and enable us, those once Sc
cured, TO advance steadily, never
hurriedly but always In order. to-
ward every reform, every improve
ment. every form OF true progress
which will help mankind. IL is "a
gigantic task for any government or
any party. No marty and no govern e.
ment can succeed unless they face
1t bravely, looking facts always In
the face and determined to do their
best--never promising what they
cannot perform and never yielding
to the facile temptations OF momen-
tary success.
One of our great political parties
has failed to meet--nay, in a con-
siderable measure responsible for.
the perilous conditions of the hour.
Tho only other organized political