Evening star., 1924-08-12


Is conduct so corrupt. so partial and
SO feeble that IT shakes the public
confidence in Government itself.
"Indicts" Republican Party.
II indict the Republican party i'll
Its organized capacity for having
shaken public confidence to it's very
foundations. / charge it with having
exhibited deeper and more wide
spread corruption than any that this
generation of Americans has been
called upon to witness. l charge 1t
with complacency in the face of that
corruption and with i'll will toward
the efforts of honest men to expose
it. charge it with gross favoritism
to the privileged and with utter dis
regard of the unprivileged. I charge
II with Indifference to world peace
and with timidity in the conduct of
our foreign affairs. I charge 1t with
disorganization, division and inco-
herence and on the record l shall ask
the voters throughout the length and
breadth OF this land to pass judgment
OF condemnation, as a warning to all
men who may aspire to public ONCE.
that dishonesty either in thought,
word or deed will not be tolerated In
America. cannot doubt what YER
dict they will render.
Ready With Program.
when they have made their an
,wer they will turn to us. as II 10
right they should, and ask what we
have to offer In exchange and what
pledges we can give that our onef
will be performed. We are ready for
the question. We are prepared to
offer a Democratic program based on
Democratic principles and guaranteed
by a record of Democratic perform
ance This program we have out
lined in our platform; these princi-
pies are those BY which the Demo-
cratic party has been guided through
out the years-and which. like the
creed OF the church, should be re-
peated whenever Democrats assem-
ble-a belief in equal rights to all
men and special privileges to none:
in an ever wider ana more equitable
distribution OF the rewards OF toll
and industry; In the suppression OF
private monopoly as a thing inde-
fensible and intolerable: in the larg-
est liberty for every individual; In
local elf-Government as against .
centralized bureaucracy: In public
office as a public trust: In q gov
eminent administered without fear
abroad or favoritism at home. And
our pledge will be the long roll Of
beneficent legislation passed during
our years OF power and the conduct
without scandal or corruption OF a
great and victorious war fought un
der the gallant and inspiring leader
ship of Woodrow Wilson.
II have expressed in general terms
my approval OF the proposals con-
tained in our platform. You will not
expect me at this moment to discu 81
them In detail or to outline the meth
DDS by which they are to be carried
into effect. There will be time
enough for that. Far more impor-
tant than the language of such docu-
ments is the spirit that breathes
through them and gives them life.
Co.Atry sAesld Know.
THE country has the right to know
whether under the guidance of the
Democratic party it will follow q
course of wise and continued prog
ress or be given over to the delusive
panaceas of the dreamy radical or
the SNUG complacency OF the con.
servative who thinks that AN goes
well IL only it goes well with him.
"The words progressive and 'reac-
tionary' have been much used In
American politics. There has been
little effort to define their meaning
They are becoming mere tags which
politicians fasten on themselves OF
their opponents without tndulgtng in
any mental process that remotely re-
seMbles thought But, like shipping
tags, the thing which really counts
Is the destination written on them
progress to what; reaction from
what--that is the real question.
Motion may be either backward
or forward; 1t may even be goine
around in circles. From my point OF
view he only deserves to be called
q progressive who cannot see Z
wrong persist without an effort to re,
dress it, or . right denied without aE
effort to protect It: who feels . deer
concern fer the economic welfare oi
the United StAteA but realizes tha,
the making OF better men and bettel
women is . matter greater still: WHIT
thinks OF every goveramentAt polio,
first of all in its bearing upon human
rights rather than upon materiA
things; who believes profoundly IL
human equality and detests privileg,
in whatever form or in whatever dis
suise, and who finds the true test o.
success In the welfare OF the man,
| and not the prosperity and comfor'
| OF the few.
Tnalvfaual N UA1t.
eThe civic unit OF America is no
| the dollar but the individual man. Al
1 that goes to make better and hap
| pier ana feeef men ana women
| progress: all else 10 reaction. Pro
xressfves OF this sort though the,
| may not care to use the name
| nevertheless in their hearts are Dem
l ocrats.
1--WE shall strive, therefore. for tA'
| things that ioek to these great eAas
/ for the educattoA ot or youth, no
| only In knowiedge gatAefea ftcn
pask ages, hut In the wholesome var
tue Of seif~helps tor the proeecttoa o
| women and chiidren from hamAi
greed and NAsqual laWss Tor tie pre-
veation o4 child labor an1 TOR thl
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