Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-04-12

Pittsburgh, Pa, April H.
prominent in Democratic circle
Day dinner Of the Allegheny C
mittee here Monday night. Z
Homer S. Cummings, of Conn,
Democratic national committee
delphia; Miss Mary Archer, ,
Uniontown; and w. S. Vandyke
Pennsylvania Democratic comm
Many compliments were paid Wood
row Wilson by the speakers, especially
Mr.. Cummings, who declared, while JEFF
ferson had been instrumental in making
America free, Wilson had been instru-
mental in ultimately freeing the world.
Wilson EmuIates jefferson.
Mr.. Cummings speech, in part fol-
lows:
"When the great founder of the Dem
ocratic party drafted the Declaration
Of Independence, there were released
upon this continent forces which ulti
mately made America free. When, at
the close Of the Great War. Woodrow
Wilson, cooperating with the repre-
sentatives Of the dominant governments
Of the world, formulated the covenant
of the League of Nations, there were
put in motion forces destined ultimately
to set the whole world free.
Men talk of failure and speak Of
the tragedy that is supposed to 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
to any man who labors in its support.
Merely to undertake such plan, to
formulate its terms, to give it to the
world is a triumph for, the ages; and
70 secure the adherence Of the 40 ma
tons that recently gathered about the
peace table at Geneva, marks the far
therest advance of craftsmanship in the
history of the human race. An achieve
ment of this character is beyond the
reach Of critics, for it is in accord with
the 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
dlscontent to thwart or delay the real
ization Of the worlds hope.
Didn't Dip the Flag.
NO matter what may be said of the
campaign of 1920, this always must be
said-the Democratic party did not dip
the flag. It fought the good fight; it
kept the faith; and, in the light Of
events, faces the future with undimin-
ished courage.
To-day. though crowned with power.
the Republican party has neither pro-
gram nor settled policy. The secretary
Of state, in dealing with Mexico and
China. in discussing the cables lines at
1ap, in considering the Russian situa-
ton, and the Colombian treaty, and in
tive to MesOpotamia. speaks the Ian
guage and proclaims the policies of his
Democratic predecessor. 1t was said
that all the Wilson policies would be |
repndiated and that there would be es-
tablished separate peace with Ger
many as soon as Republican congress |
could pass the law and a Republican |
president could sign it. This was con-
yenent propaganda for the purposes Of !
a campaign; but responsibility has had |
a SOLDERING effect. and such a course |
now appears to Republican leaders as |
inconsistent with American honor. Each |
advancing hour furnishes new proof of |
the soundness of the Democratic posi- |
ton.
'In our dealings with the tariff ques.
tion, we understood what Republican
leaders are so 1oath to learn. that a |
nation cannot sell without buying; that
foreign and domestic commerce are not |
different things, but only different as
poets Of the same thing: that foreign
business begets domestic enterprise
and that America cannot prosper with
out export markets for wheat. cotton,
copper and manufactured goods The
enactment of Child Labor legislation,
the passage Of the Clayton act and the
of the Farm Loan banks
Indicated the spirit behind the legisla-
tive purposes of the Democratic adj
while the creation of the
federal reserve system gave to our
an economic sOundness which
L had never possessed under Repub-
ican rule and which enabled us to
withstand successfully the enormous
financial strain Of the great war.
Pen Subdues Prussia.
1T was the craftsmanship Of Wood
row Wilson that drove wedge be-
wcen the armies of the central powers.
The pen Of Woodrow Wilson was
nightier than the sword Of Prussia.
Il say to you in all solemnity, that
American power, prestige, honor and
craftsmanship have never. in the en-
tire history of our country, reached ,
The heights that they did under the !
leadership Of Woodrow Wilson. Amer
ca had it in her power, not only to be ]
The moral leader of the world; but the {
material leader of new world
fashioned in the moulds Of peace. This [
vas the supreme moment of our his
tory. Our hearts beat the faster when
We realized that it had been given to
our country to lead the stricken I
peoples of the world up from the val /
eys to the higher planes Of achieve j
nent. The hour was ripe for this I
great adventude.
Immediately following the election
# the Republican house and senate in
.91S, the evils which might readily
lave been foreseen, developed with as !
ounding~ celebrity and became more q
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