New Britain herald., 1924-04-03
BOTH PARTIES ARE
 BEING DISCREDITED
So Declares Sen. Pepper in Maine
 Keynote Address

Portland, Mo, April S.-Senate democrats, in cndeavoring to infic, injury upon the republican party have succeeded in discrediting both ot the great political plrites Senator Pepper republican Pennsylvania de- clared in a keynote address here to- day before the republican state con ecntion.
 This discrediting process has reach ed the point, Senator Pepper Asserted that 'an irresponsible and highly dan gerous third party has actually sug- gested itself to the extremists as a practical possibility" The democrats, he added. have aimed at us and hit America
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 T am hero today" inc Senator stat ed. ito affirm my belief that the democratic party has recently for- feited whatever claim to public con- fidence it may have possessed. I am here to register my conviction that upon us, who call ourselves the fol- lowers of Lineoln, rests the weighty responsibility of strengthening and safeguarding the republic.
 Republicans of Maine. this is the task to which summon you--.a task which should stimulate the cnthusi- asm of every man and woman who holds the republican tradition and is ready 10 go forward to victory under the leadership of Calvin Coolidge.
 But at this point an effort is cer- tain to be made by somebody to dis tract attention from the great prob lems which await solution and to confuse judgment by giving 10 the names Of three officers in the great republican army an importance not in the least justified by the facts.
 How About Fall Etc.
 When sensible people are waiting 10 be told about President coolidge's position on public questions and what the party is attempting 10 accomplish for good government somebody is sure 10 shout how about Forbes?' How about FaIl?' and How about DaughertyT Thereupon we find our selves showered with threats and &C., cusations in which modicum of truth is obscured by a mass, ot. iic- tion.
 The appointment of Forbes as head of the veterans bureau and of Tall as secretary of the interior have proved to he terrible mistakes: while inc selection of Mir. Daugheriy as at- torney general seems 10 me to have been a grave erorr Of judgment.
 Arc Harling's Mistakes
 When I say that I am speaking of ohe mistakes not of the living but of ! fhe dead: Of the mistakes of a be- loved leader whose virtues were many and whose lapscs were fcw--of 1 a leader who left behind him g long 1 catalogue of notable achievements !, and who gave his life for you and for | me as truly as any soldier who ever | died fin battle. When any man for ' campaign purposes or to gain par tisan advantage undertakes to dis turb the rcpose of that leader, ] , brand him as. political ghonl and declare him 10 hc unfit for the so- cieiy Of decent people.
 During the progress Of these so- called investigations many good citi- Eens and wise editors have been ex- horting republican senators 10 show the fighting spirit. Since ve have lacked actual legislative control this advice has amounted 10 nothing more than an appeal for brave talk. And brave talk without power to make il effective is the sure sign Of a shallow mind. x&x
 ''The time for talk that is really bravo Is wlen you have position to detond nhich is fundamentally sound though at the moment unpopular. When party miEtakts have made tt