Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-04-22

PARTY HOPE
OF AMERICA
Speaker Says All Should Vote
Without Fail at
Primaries.

To the Editor: As the day set for the
primary election approaches. nearer and
nearer, it becomes more apparent to one
every day how very important 1t is that
every man and woman who wears the
name of Democrat should so to their
usual voting place on election day and
aid In choosing good ticket for the
November election. No place should be
overlooked from Unit, States Senator
down to member of the advisory board.
1t has been said that America is the
hope of the world. Not long ago this
statement was so absolutely true that
the whole allied world was looking to
this country for relief. In the early
days of 1918, when the German army
was making its mighty drive toward
Paris and 1t appeared for several days
that the city of Amiens would surely
fall. and then the great French capital;
when the English army was lighting Win
its back to the wall, and Haig was send
ing messages to London, that without
help in twenty four hours the English
army would be lost. then II was that
America was really the hope of the world
America was confronted with the great
est task that had ever faced any ma
at that time hung the fate of the world.
That America saved the day, saved hu-
man freedom, saved democracy and civ
nization, can not be successfully dis
puted.
Just as America was the hope or the
world in 1917 and 1918, so is the Demo
cratic party the hope Of America In 1922.
If the Democratic party stands for moth
ms more than the one great principle OF
equal rights for all and special priv
leges 10 none" it would be the hope OF
America. because no other party tn this
country upholds this doctrine, upon
which depends the whole future great
ness and glory OF our republic.
We have, at this time. several kinds
Of special privilege blocs In our Con
gress The most notorious and obnox-
ious. and the least justihable of these
special privilege blocs. is the despisabie
protective tariff bloc which now men
aces us Once let this doctrine OF
special privilege become firmly and
finally established In this country and
prosperity and liberty and the peaceful
pursuit Of happiness are at an end
1t Is only a short distance from special
privilege TO might makes right and from
there a toboggan slide leads to anarchy.
In the last three years we have travelled
a long way down the hill that leads TO
anal disaster and decay. This republic
cannot always endure II one set of men
are to have the privilege of securing for
themselves great wealth. at the expense
and to the detriment Of another body OF
our people This is Just what "Protec-
ton" does 1t taxes one man t. benefit
another. II taxes the poor to benefit the
rich. It axes one man to make col
Iossal fortune for another
Let us see IL there is any real sub
stantiaI reason for my assertion that in
the last three years we have been travel
ing fast toward disaster and dissolution.
We have seen every cussed traitor In this
country patted on the back and called
a good fellow by those who had in times
past boosted of their patriotism and
their loyalty and their devotion to the
republic They have taught their chill
dren that to be disloyal to the Repub-
lican party is to be traitor 20 the coun-
try.
In this connection permit mo 70 say
that the maa who was not absolutely
loval to President Wilson, during the
war, was and ever will be just as much
Of menace TO the welfare Of the republic.
as was the man who was not loyal to
Abraham Lincoln from 81 to 60. While
there were some thousands Of Democrats
who were not loyal to President Lincoln,
there were many more thousands Of Re
publicans who were not loyal to Presi
dent Wilson.
In 1918 and 1920 there were many by
pocrtical demagogues Ike Henry Cabot
Lodge and James F. Watson, who will
fully and vlciously misrepresented the
campaign issues before the people Be
Ing mon Of ability, such demagogues are
the most dangerous fellows in the coun
try. Compared with them anarchists are
not in It. We have seen candidates for
high office on the Republican ticket so
wiggly- wobbly aud such dodgers and
flip -Hoppers that no man could tell to a
certainty where they stood on any ques
tlOn
These are some OF the reasons why
every Democrat, man and woman. should
go to the polls on primary day and
help nominate the best candidates OBJ
tainable. This Is our special privilege,
and our duty, and every one OF us should
avail ourselves of the opportunity to
help choose a good ticket on May ?.
HARVEY D. COLLINS.
Huntington, Ind.