The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-11-14

ing orator. delivered an address on
Americanism before the Lake County
Americanization League Saturday ev-
ening in the Hartley theatre at East
Chicago.
The political significance attached
to the eX-senator's appearance in
Lake county is that he may be a can
didate for the United States senate
against Senator Harry S. New at the
republican state primaries next spring
Lake county has always been a Bev-
eridge strong hold and representative
republicans including Judge Reiter
Senator Holmes, Charles Surprise and
James Patterson were on the platform
with Mr.. Beveridge
The speech of the distinguished
statesman. author and orator was very
forceful logical and brilliant.
Senator Beveridge defended the
Americanism of Washington and Lin
coin.
AMERICA ONLY
THE last two or three years" said
Beveridge, there has been propaganda
that we should not devote ourselves to
America only but to the world. The
principle of devotion to America only
has been made to appear out of date.
This new idea Is menacing TO the
republic. There is no motive greater
than the motive of America only. This
republic is the last stand of good men
and women devoted to representative
government as against autocracy en-
the one hand and anarchy on the 9th
rT-l.
the only composed and steady govern
ment on the face of the earth. If We
fail the end of human liberty is al
hand. but if we success this republic
Will be the salvation of mankind.
RACIAL GROUPS
"All other peoples are homogeneous
while we are a collection of racial
groups. No one of these groups is in
the majority. There are more than
100000 people from Belgium. the Bal
kans and Russia 10000 Greeks and
over 100000 Irish and more than
that Of German descent in the United
States.
Tt Is our great purpose to fuse these
various bloods into one great stream
and until our American blood is es-
tablished we must be for American
only because when we entangle our
selves in foreign affairs the fusing or
the various racial bloods stops. L.
with my Scotch blood. he with his Ir-
ish blood. and the other man with his
German blood. can all work in harm
ony for America only.
When this nation Is made war upon
as it was by Germany we can all fight
for our country. Our foreign policy
is absolutely fixed for us by the raciaI
proposition. AS long as we are ex--
clusfvely American we live in concord
and harmony. but the instant our gov
eminent mixes in any foreign policy
our racial lines are drawn and we
begin to think and speak in various
tongues.
Friendship with all the world
wherever we can have it but political
alliance with no nation. That is the
policy to which we were dedicated and
to which we must live. America sue
cessful will do more concrete good for
the human race than any international
ism devised.
"Americanism means first that this
Is a land of laws made by represent
tatives of the people elected by ball
lot and that as long as these laws are
on the law books we must obey them
whether we like them not. It
means second the right of constitution
al free speech with the only limita-
tions that nobody has the right 20
advocate violation of law or the over
throw of the government"
Senator Beveridge was introduced by
Frank Gavit of Gary An
other speaker was Charles Surprise,
honorary chairman of the Lake Co.
Americanization League. DR.. Go15-
man. founder of the Americanization
League in East Chicago, presided
Mayor Mccormack welcomed Beveridge
to East Chicago.
Mr.. Beveridge said In part:
1T was one of the most accomp-
ished jurists that ever sat on the
supreme Bench of the United States
who, in the course of a great opinion.
described the American people as
of many races; and it was
mother Justice of the Supreme Court.
Ilso noted for his learning and abil-
ty, who emphasized he fact that
We Americans are made up of racial
groups and that our greatest task
people. Indeed, all OBJ
serving and thoughtful students of
'ur country have noted that the rae
al structure of our population Is the
asic fact Of American life.
What will develop from that basic
act will determine the well-being or
he ill-being of all people living in
he United States; indeed 1t is not
90 much to say that it will determine
he perpetuity and very existence of
he nation itself. In short, our sue
ess or failure viii he measured with
xactness by the extent to which We
re able to fuse into one harmonious
ghole the various and variegated ele
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