Evening star., 1932-10-22

SIOV. fOOSeVeil duuIeSS mere ldSt Llsit
follows:
I am glad to return tonight to the
citizens of st. Louis. have been here
many times in many campaigns. and
always I have felt the warmth of your
generous greeting. I came through
here five weeks ago when we were
starting on our Western trip. and we had
time only for short stop. The Western
trip on which we were beginning af-
forded me the opportunity to continue
the elaboration of the Democratic pro-
gram in Chicago at the end of June.
AS this program developed, have
found an extraordinary response on the
part of the people of the United States.
AS our plans for the restoration Of ag-
riculture, of business, of labor and of
finance were presented. an appreciable
steadiness came over the people of this
country who had stood so patiently in
the face OF adversely for so long a time.
Tribute to Party Program.
This is the spirit, as I see it. Of late
October 1t is a spirit that is trib-
ute to the saneness of the Democratic
program of restoration. 1t proves the
vitality of the people of the United
States. As business and labor and ag-
riculture have begun to feel more Sc
cure and hopeful because of certain
Democratic victory, strange reactions
have been produced among the Repub-
llcan leaders.
They protest that If the Republican
ticket is defeated dire things will hap
pea after November 8. They forget that
the only appreciable improvement and
confidence in the past three months
no ~ ,,1@ <,f% -, ..s,
cere and indefinite Republican platform
adopted in June. or TIE agonized note
of apology in the utterances of the
President and his supporters. but as
the result of a growing confidence on
the part of the people Of this country
that on November 8 there is but one
thing to be expected, and that is over
whelming election of the Democratic
ticket. They realize that the conf
dence that is growing in the minds OF
the American people is getting ready to
express itself in vote of confidence
IN the Democratic program of rehabili-
tatiUn.
Moreover. 1t comes with poor grace
from this administration to lay claim
to relief measures that in large part
were sponsored by Democratic leaders
in Congress.
"A Childish Cry."
To talk of untried leadership in the
face of the fact that the Republican
administration has had to turn re-
peatedly to Democrats for help is to
talk folly and nonsense. 1t Is a child
lsh cry, and the people will recognize
it as such.
Faith is delicate though powerful
NJ IL s.
tnat sounds note of alarm from high
places is performing no decent service
to the American Nation.
One of the most artful and plausible
OF administration whip-crackers started
this campaign of fear on the eve of
the Maine election. At that moment
our people were in low spirits. Mil
lions of men who had tramped the
streets for months feeling hopeless,
friendless and alone were listening to
ms words. and he told them that if
they didn't vote for the Republican
candidate in the Maine election it
would be practically impossible for the
administration remaining in power
from election to March to save them
from dire disaster. The good people Of
Maine were not disturbed bv these
fasefaces Of disaster. They saw that
THIS horrible menace was only a painted
maskj ~ that the artifioially created
eclipse OF the sun was nothing but a
loW-lying smoke screen, so light as to
be blown aside by the first breath of
fresh air.
Just Campaign Skyrocket.
They knew that the fire SO artfl,lly
whipped into life was nothing but q
campaign skyrocket, and that the rum
blingS of disaster that were intended
to sound so near and so menaeine were
simply the old-fashioned melodramatic
campaign stage properties patented by
Mark Hanna and Matt Quay, and for
these long years lying dust covered in
the attic OF American politics. The
people OF Maine saw through this. and
l well remember that On the night
when we started on our Western trim
the night before I greeted the citizens
OF ST. Louis here in September. the
news came that the electorate of Maine
had registered their disapproval of this
sort of silly entertainment in no uu-
certain terms.
AL of the good old specters are
snatched from the grave, but the man
tie OF the giant actors of the past now
hang in a shabby and ill-fitting man
ner on the diminutive forms Of these
new apostles of disaster. The workers
and the farmers of today have heard
from their fathers of the old terror
lstlc threats that were put into their
pay envelopes just before election.
lhey have heard of the warnings orig
lnatlng from the Republican National
Committee in past campaigns and
PASTED on the walls of their factories
Just before election. And they are not
being scared by these things any more
American labor has educated itself
too we'll American agriculture has
learned too much in the bitter school
OF experience to be frightened by any
new variations >of the old terrorism of
the past. We are living in another
age: 1hese stage properties are out of
Tear Gas Not Permanent.
AS a last report. the President and
the ex-President advance and attemnt
to throw political and economic tear
bombs among the people of the
country. Now. my friends. you ali
know what tear gas is. It is one of
the new inventions by which a few
people, can control a lot of people.
A few do it by binding the ewes of
lHe Hldlly, Dy causing tears to flow.
and in the midst Of the confusion that
thus results determined minority
seeks to accomplish its selfish pur-
poses.
You and know that this tear gas
has no permanent effect it is the
temporary and very painful effect that
counts. The tears. I can assure YOU.
are not tears of sympathy, but the pur-
pose of the users of tear gas is not to
create sympathy, but to blind YOU for
the occasion. No, my friends, the pur-
pose of the panic creating tear gas
which the Republican leaders are now
hurling is not to open your hearts, but
It IS to blind your eyes.
:. Let me tell you from the bottom of
my heart that I, for one, favor having
you keep your eyes wide open, and 1.
for one, favor keeping my own heart
wide open.
Reflection on Principles.
want to take this occasion to say
that in my opinion such efforts cast a
deep reflection upon the principles that
this country t1ac cfoo5 for r11o A~,o,