Indiana daily times., 1922-01-17
DEMOCRATICIS
LASTING PARTY,
ASSERTS MYERS
Tribute to Woodrow Wilson Is
Fe&ure of Jackson Day
Speech.
G. O. P. WEATHER VANE

Special to The Times.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan. 17.-''When
Democratic success begins in the ele-
mental units of the Government it is
most significant; and surely it has be-
gun when forty-si cities and towns out
Of seventy four in Indiana have returne6
Democratic majorities,' Walter Myers Of
Indianapolis declared in a speech at
Jackson day dinner here last night.
He pointed out that the country people
have not yet had a chance to speak, but
expressed the opinion that when they
have an opportunity they will speak the
same language as spoken in the cities
THE strongest proof that the Demo,
cratic party is built upon a rock lies in
its ability to Withstand the onslaughts
Of time and temper, mood and preju-
dice" Mr.. Myers said 1T always comes
back. II may take time and effort, tire
less effort; but 1t does come back. The
Democratic is the only party that has
lasted since the early days Of the Re-
public and it has survived because firm
adherence to principle makes ii a better
party in defeat than the Republican or
any other is in victory.
1 LIKENs C. o. p.
TO WEATHER VANE.
THE Republican is a party Of practi-
cal politics. What it lacks In perform
| ance it makes up with promises It's
| weather vane is ever with the prevailing
wind On the other hand, the Democratic
party is constant combining sane states
manship with lofty ideals. Planning for
the future, it follows rigid policy OF
right and justice that is best for all IN
/ the long run and yet flexible enough 10
meet the demands of every day With the
utmost promptness, courags and decision
and the least annoyance and burden"
Mr. Myers paid q tribute to Woodrow
I Wilson He declared that in the read
/ justment after fhe war THE voices of the
Survivors united with the souls of the
slain in the demand that readjustment
should be made on the basis Of lasting
peace for all people"
zone whose ears were attuned with
| sympathy was a veteran Of the war who
4 lives in Washington" he said Ills fin
gers tremble and his step is lame. his
trudgiug body leans upon a stick. He
was permanently disabled In line Of duty
lie was commander IN chief Of the Army
. and Navy Of the United States during the
war and served his country and fought
as gaIIanrly as any man who fell among
q the ledgcs Of the Marne or in the tan
gled thickets Of the Argonne need
u
/ to the man who has done most TO promote
/ the peace OF the world and 1t viii be de-
livered Washington, not at tbe White
House. but TO the home Of a former oc-
rup8nt.
MAKES REFERENCE
( TO LEAGUE.
/ This tired warrior translated the
ycarning Of humanity into a written con-
stitution Of international peace. He APP
"a
great American idea, American iu con
ceptlon, American in purpose, Amer
lena in principle, that the development
Of peoples must come from the concert
and union of free and independent com
munities and nations That principle
had made et forty eight States a perpe-
tual and indissoluble union. Out Of
thirteen colonies It had made n nation
/ in which the jealousy OF village house
wives gave way to the cooperating utter
ances Of international statesmanship.
/ THE peace conference was quick 10
/ grasp the idea They needed but to look
at the United States to know It would
work. More than fifty nations accepted
the doctrine and the League of Nations
is now a fuuctionlng international en-
tity for the promotion and preservation
( Of peace"
"The Republicans, by their votes
against the treaty Of peace and the
League Of Nations. condemned the under
lying principle Of the American Govern
ment because they could not stand to see
It applied to international relations by
Democratic Administration" Mr
Myers said.
The disarmament conference was char
acterized by Mr.. Myers as a smoke screen
behind which President Harding tried
to crawl I'm by the cellar window" lie
pointed out nothing that has come ont
of the conference would not have come
from the League Of Nations
/ TAKES FLING At
WATSON REVIEW.
Mr.. Myers referred to the recent review
/ OF the first year Of the Harding Ad-
ministration by Senator James E. Wat
son.
THE first and emphatic portion Of
/ his article Is devoted to what he pleased
/ to call negative achievement. which.
of course, are no achievements at all be
cause an achievement ts what you do
and not what you don't do" he said
"'The Senator takes credit for the
separate peace with Germany and Aus
/ tria When President Wilson returned
/ from France, was not he one Of those
/ Republicans that stuck their noses I'm
( he air and whined about President
/ Wilson disgracing the Nation in the eyes
Of the world If he should negotiate 81
separate peace? Do you not recall the
Republican phrase, No soft peacef'
/ Why is this separate peace, substantially
/ the treaty agreed upon at Versailles by
/ President Wilson, so great an achieve
ment?
THE Senator glories over the farm
/ ers' emergency tariff, saying: No apoI-
| ogy need be offered for the several
measures enacted by the present Con
gress for the betterment Of the condition
! of the farmer; upon his prosperity the
prosperity Of the Nation is dependent.
An important feature Of this measure is
/ the dye embargo provision, highly i'm
| portant to the development of our
/ essential dye and chemical industries
"What has a dye embargo got to DO
with the price of wheat and oats and
corn and the prosperity Of the farmer?
! FARMER ASKS
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