The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-10
C. 0. P. SOUNDS
'COME-HITHER'
TO DEMOCRATS
Save the Constitution Flag
Is UnfurIed at Rally
in Springfield.
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practice economy and maintain a
sound and stable currency" Spang-
Ter said, and the boos arose from
thousands of threats.
Between 500 and 900 persons were
in the hall as Spangler spoke. He
said the man to be held responsible
for this different, dangerous and
unsound program" was President
Roosevelt.
1T is waste of words to charge
responsibility against any party,
group or person other than the
President himself"
Former Gov. Frank o. Lowden ut
tered the keynote call to men and
women of all political faiths to de-
fend the Constitution against chal-
lenge from high places"
THE preservation of the basic is
sues of the Constitution. he said,
lis the supreme issue of the hour
Upon this great issue the Repub
lican party must take the lead"
Lowden cast aside the idea ad-
vanced in some quarters that a
constitutional party might oppose
the New Deal Democracy. His call
was for Democrats and others to
rally around the Republican BAN
ner.
Experience has shown" he said,
that popular government thrives
best under the two-party system"
Flags New Deal
Lowden f1ayed the New Deal. He
argued that it seeks to destroy the
states by amending the Constitution
to extend Federal power. He con-
tended that completely planned
economy" leads to confusion, auto
cracy and dictatorship.
Are we to discard the American
form of government for imported
philosophers" Lowden asked, and
warned that there is no room on
American soil for the dictatorship
of either the Fascist or proletariat
type of government"
The former Illinois Governor and
farm leader said recent events have
given the Republican party its
greatest opportunity since the Civil
war"
II measure my words" he con-
tinued, when I say that no crisis
so grave as the present has con-
fronted the American people since
that unhappy conflict.
Essentials" Are Challenged
"For now, as then, the essentials
of our form of government are be-
ing challenged in high places. The
very corner stone of our govern
ment is the division of power be-
tween the states and the central
government. 1t is now proposed to
strike down once and for all that
great principle.
This is to b. accomplished by
an amendment to the Constitution.
1t is sought in this way to acquire
power that was denied by the Su-
preme Court in the Schechter
(NhA) Q6ClSlOn.
He charged that persons with a
preference for some European form
of government would discard the
American form of government for
imported philosophers" He said
none dared to make a frontal at
tack on the Constitution but warned
that "the method of amendemnt"
would destroy the Constitution in
effect.
Appeals to Democrats
stephen A. Douglas of Illinois
was the greatest Democrat of his
time" Lowden said, leaving his pre-
pared text. Douglas appealed to
all his followers after the election
of Abraham Lincoln to stand by
the new President.
He said there are only two
partieS-thoSe for the union and
those against it,"
Lowden said the same choice must
be made today on the issue raised
by President Roosevelt of amend
ing the Constitution to give the
Federal government control over ma
tional social and economic questions.
LAS this issue moves forward"
Lowden said, Il believe hundreds of
thousands will follow the illustrious
example of the great Douglas and
be found rallying around our BAN
ner.'