Evening star., 1924-07-03

Readers looking for something out
of the ordinary on editorial pages
found it in what many editors had to
keynote speech to the Democratic
convention. Praise, censure and
ridicule came forth with much the
same vehcmence that characterized
the speech itself. Democratic papers
generally lauded the militant chal-
lenge of the speech. Some Republi-
can editors refused to take it seri-
ously. while others resented it
| sharply.
favora bly, impressed One notable
dailies was the New York World,
| which assailed the speech as an ex-
| aggerated partisan appeal: in which
the Independent voter would take no
| interest. "The independent" said
| The World, lis prepared to believe
| that the party in power has been
| extraordinarily corrupt. He is not
prepared to believe that all the vir-
vices in the Republicans. He dis
counts that sort of thing as bunk"
On the other hand, the Evening
World, under the same ownership,
in the following expresses the typi-
cal Democratic view: after the
Burton whine because of the expo
| sures, there is relief in the honest
indignation of Harrison. He ac-
cepts the challenge of the foes of the
| investigation with an enumeration of
| the results that no one dare deny.
He has properly met the deliberately
framed lie in the Republican plat
| form that the nauseating. corruption
of Republican officials is matched
with similar cupidity among Demo-
cratic officials, with a direct chal-
lenge to Coolidge and the reactionary
group behind him to name the DEM
ocratic culprit.' He meets the Repub-
lican challenge on the crazy-patch
tariff of all the interests with
for its repeal. He confronts the
Republican pose restorer OF
prosperity and confidence with re-
minder of the pitiful prostrations OF
| agriculture. and with the fact that
the best minds. He places his party
! foursQuare behind the World Court
that a Republican Senate refused to
countenance and foo which. during
| the last session Of Congress, Re
publican President refused to fight.
Thus in an inspiring, fighting speech
Senator Harrison has made the most
of a. great opportunity, and outlined
a plan of battle that will appeal to
every enemy of privilege and cor
ruption."
The New York Times Gndependent
Democratic) adds. Senator Harrison
at the end Of his speech showed that
he was fully aware Of the response
bility which rests upon the Demo-
cratic party in the very act of its
severe arraignment Of its political
opponents" He seeks neither a con-
| servative nor a radical plan of bat
tie" according to the Cleveland Plain
Dealer independent Democratic), but
"a moderate one that will appeal to
veltians and plain people" Moreover.
"if the rest of the conventions work
! is done with as much militant spirit,
with the same confident optimism
that the nominee to be chosen will be
the next President and that the plat
cies of the new administration the
country will have cause for con-
graduation" The keynote was for
the most part, says the Birmingham
News independent Democratic) con
pledging the Democratic party to
further common national services
such as it performed during the first
four years OF the Wilson administra-
tion."
Republican opinion that the speech
was wholly negative and evasive Is
expressed by the New York Herald
| Tribune, which asserts there was mo
allusion to the three questions which
| have Influenced all controversies
here over platform or candidate"
mot q word from the orator" con-
tinues the Herald Tribune. about the
Ku Klux Khan. Not q word about
wet or dry NotAA mention Of the
IleaRue of nations. It was an admi.
lrahle exhibition OF prudence But II