Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-12-06
daY was as follows /:

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TO report that our country is not only
free from every impending menace of
war, but there are growing assurances
of the permanency of the peace which we
so deeply cherish.
For approximately ten years we have
dwelt amidst menaces of wars, or as par
Elephants in wars actualtties, and the IN
evitable aftermath, with its disordered
! conditions, has added to the difficulties
of government which adequately cannot
be appraised except by those who are IN
immediate contact and know the respon-
SibilitieS. Our task would be less dlnl-
cult if we had only ourselves to consider,
| but so much of the world was involved,
the disOrdered conditions are so well mig
universal, even among nations not en-
gagged in actual warfare, that no perma-
nent readjustments can be effected with
out consideration of our unacceptable re-
latiOnship to world affairs in finance and
trade. Indeed, we should be unworthy
of our best traditions IL we were un-
/ mindful of social, moral and political
conditions which are not of direct con-
Germ to us. but which do appeal to the
human sympathies and the very becoming
interest of a people hlest with our ma
tional good fortune.
1T was not my purpose TO brlng 10
you a program of world restoration. In
the main such a program must be worked
out by the nations more directly con-
cerned. They must themselves turn to
the heroic remedies for the menacing
conditions under which Iney are SIEuS
Cling; then we can help, and we mean
to help. We shall do so unselhshly be-
cause there is compensation IN conscious
ness of assisting, selfshly because the
commerce and international exchanges IN
trade, which mark our high tide of for
tunate advancement, are possible only
when the nations OF all continents are
restored to stable order and normal re-
latiOnships.
MAINLY TASK FOR
EXECUTIVE TASK FOR
"In the main, the contribution of this
Republic TO restored 'normalcy' in the
world must come through the initiative
of the executive branch of the Govern
ment, but the best Of intentions and
most carefully considered purposes
would fail utterly If the sanction and the
cooperation of Congress were not cheer
fully accorded.
81 am very sure we shall have no con-
fict of opinion about constitutional du-
ties or authority. During the anxletles
| of war, when necessities seemed SompeH-
ing there were excessive grants of au-
thOrity and an extraordinary concentra-
ton Of powers in the chief executive. The
repeal of wartime legislation and the au-
tomato expirations which attend the
/ peace proclamations, have put an end TO
/ these emergencies excuses, but / have
I the wish to go further than that. want
| 10 join you in restoring, in the most
cordial way, the spirit of coordination
confidence and respect which is necessary
in representative popular government.
| "EncrOachment upon the functions or
Congress or attempted dictati0n or It's
| policy are not TO be thought OF, much
less attempted but there Is an insistent
call for harmony Of purpose and concord
OF action to speed the solution or the
difficult problems confronting both the
legislative and executive branches OF the
Government
"It is worth while to make allusion
here to the character Of our Government,
mindful as one must be that an address
to you is no less a message TO all our
| neoDle for whom you speak most intl-
| mately. Ours is a popular Government
! through political parties. We divide
along political lines, and l would ever
/ have IL so. l do not meal that partisan
! preferences should hinder a public ser
! want in the performance of a cOnscienti-
/ Gus and patriotic official duty. We saw
/ partisan lines utterly obliterated when
4 war imperiled and our faith in the Re
public was riveted anew. We ought not
| find these partisan lines obstructing the
I expeditions solution Of the urgent prob
/ "GrantfnC that we are fundamentally
a representative popular Government
with political parties the Governing
| agencies, l believe the political party In
| power should assume responsibility, de-
| termine upon policies in conference
/ which supplements conventions ana cleo
| ton campaigns and then strive Tor
achievement through adherence to the ac-
cepted policy.
PARTY DIVISION
WORKS FOR GOOD.
There is vastly greater security, i'm
mensely more Of the national viewpoint,
| much larger and promoter accomplish
| ment where our divisions are along party
lines, in the broad and loftier sense, than
| to divide geographically or according to
pursuits or personal following. For a
/ century and a third PARTIES have been
| charged with responsibility and held to
strict accounting. When they fail they
! are relieved Of authority and the system
has brought US to a national eminence
no less than a world example.
| Necessarily legislation is a matter of
compromise. The full ideal is seldom
attained. In that meeting OF minds
| necessary to insure results, there must
and will be accommodations and com
promises, but in the estimate of con-
victiOns and sincere purposes, the SUI
preme responsibility to national interest
must not be ignored. The shield to the
high minded public servant who adheres
| to a party policy is manifest, but the
higher purpose is the good Of the re-
/ public as a whole.
| 1T would be ungracious to withhold
Acknowledgment Of the really large vol
lume and excellent quality Of work &C
| complished b ythe extraordinary session
| Of Congress which so recently adjourned.
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tasks with which you were called to deal,
and no one can ignore the insistent con-
| ditions which, during recent years, have
called for the continued and almost ex-
elusive attention Of your membership to
public work. 1t would suggest insciner-
ity If I expressed complete accord with
| every expression recorded in your roll
| calls but we are all agreed about the
| difficulties and the inevitable divergence
Of opinion in seeking the reduction,
amelioration and readjustment Of the
burdens of taxation. Later on, whether
| other problC Is are solved, / shall make
some recommendations about renewed
| consideration of our tax program, but
for the immediate time before us we
must be content with the billion dollar
reduction in the tax draft upon the peo-
pie, and diminished irritatiOns, banished
| uncertainty and improved methods Of
collection By your sustainment of the
| rigid economies already inaugurated.
with hoped for extension of these econo-
mics and added efficiencies In admins
| tratiOn, believe such reductions may be
enacted and hindering burdens abolished.
/ HAS GOOD WORD
/ FOR BUDGET SYSTEM.
| "In these urgent economies We shall
be Immensely assisted by the budget sys-
/ tenn for which you made provision in the
extraordinary session. The first budget is
before you. It's preparation is a signal
achievement, and the perfection Of the
| system, a thing impossible in the few
| months available for its initial trial, will
| mark its enactment as the beginning of
the greatest reformation In governmental
| practices since the beginning of the Re-
public.
There is pending a grant Of author
| ity to the administrative branch of the
Government for the funding and settle
ment Of our vast foreign loans growing
out of our grant Of war credits. With
/ the hands OF the executive branch held
| impotent to deal with these debts. We