Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-04-12
CUMMINGS EXTOLS
WILSON At WoMEN'S
JEFFERSON FEAST
Never Before Had America g
Power and Prestige Reached
Such Heights, He Says.
SEVERELY ARRAlGNS G. o. p.
y Associated Press TO Every Evening.

~ Associated Press 10 Every Evening
Pittsburg. April Il At the 1ener-
son Day banquet given here hy the
Women's Democratic Committee Of
Alcghany county. Homer S cum
miugs. former Chairman Of the Dem
ocratic National Committee. was tha
chief speaker Nr Cummings address
ing the women said
When the great founder ~ the
Democratic Party dra afted the Declara-
tion ri Independence. there were re-
leased upon this continent. forces
which ultimately made America free
When. al tho close Of the great war
Woodrow Wilson cooperating with
III" representatives ~ The dominant
governments Of the world, formulat ted
the covenant Of the League Of Nations.
there We're put in motion forces deHtin-
ed ultima tely 10 set the whole world
free
Men talk Of failure" and speak Of
the tragedy that is supposed 70 reside
IN the fact that all the high hopes that
hung upon the Paris Conference have
not been realized The word failure"
cannot be applied to any project which
has for its purpose the establishment
of permanent peace or 10 any man vino
laborS in its support. Merely 70 under
take such a plan. 20 formulate Its
terms. to give IL To the world is tri-
umph for the ages; and to secure the
adherence Of the forty nations that
recently gathered about the Peace
Table AT Geneva, marks the farthest
advance Of statesmanship in the his
tory Of the human race. An achieve
ment Of this character is beyond the
reach Of critics for it is in accord with
me Divine purpose itself. Failure
Is term properly applicable TO those
who at the most critical moment OF
the worlds history. used their power
and the weapons forged by sedition
and discomfort TO thwart or delay the
+ realization of the worIds hope
No matter what else may be said OF
,nt. campaign of 1920. this always must
be said the Democratic Party did not
dip the flag II fought the good fight
II kept the faith; and, in the light OF
I events faces the future with un-
diminished courage. proud OF its
achievements, confident of the verdict
% history and serene IN the knowleds.
that il will be asked again 10 take the
management OF the great affairs OF
our country
Holding To Democratic Policies.
Today. though crowuei with power
the Republican Party mas neither pro-
gram nor settled policy. The Secretary
Of state. in dealing with Mexico anC
China. in discussing the cable lines a
Yap. in considering the Russian situa
ton. and the Colombian Treaty. and il
presenting American contentious rel
at!ve 10 Mesopotamia, speaks OF the Ian
guage and proclaims the policies OF hi:
Democratic predecessor. 1t was sai<
that all the Wilson policies would be re
pudiated and that there would be es
tablished a separate peace with Ger
many as soon as Republican Congress
could sign it, This was convenien
propaganda for the purposes Of a cam
paign; bat responsibility has had
SOLDERING effect. and such a course nov
appears to Republican leaders as in
consistent with American honor. Eacl
advancing hour furnishes new proc
IF the soundness of the Democrats
position.
II our dealings with the tariff ques
non. VIC understood what Republican
leaders are 50 loath 10 learn. that
nation cannot sill without huying tina
foreign and domestic commerce are no
different things but only different as
nccts Of the same thing; that foreigl
business begets domestic enterprise an
that America cannot prosper withou
.xport markets for wheat cotton, cop
pcr and manufactured goods. TIL
enactment of Child Labor Legislation
the passage Of the Clayton Act aud tn
establishment Of the Farm Loan Bank
indicated the spirit behind the legislativ
p1Irposcs Of the Democratic Admins
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