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1 mm i ,10 J THE SUN, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 191 -- - IPARTY MUST I HOI FIGHT TO 7 ataass Minorities Too Long Have Been Encouraged s and Flattered. SSlNAECHY must iuit &Hcomjctcncy of- - Admiuistra- - S tion Has Pprmittcd Iiuhis- - trial Menace to Grow. 5 s Paruvanak, Nov. 22. A ringing to the Republicans of the nation Sto end once 'forall at the polls tn iSfovembcT, 1920, the lncfflciont rule Xt the Democrats was made hero to- - Sfe&ht by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler !$t 'ew 1'ork. Tho president ot University, who la one ot tho j$wer leaders of the party, spoke pe- - afore tho Union League hero. S His address follows: 5ptr. Prestdent and Members of the 2 Union \League : 2 These we 'significant and stirring &ayt. The privilege of speaking before \Ute Union League on public creations of ShlCh Importance nt such a time is one Skhlehl greatly appreciate and for which \I desire to express my hearty thanks. m it was no less tl TerBorallty than &braham Llnoolh who \spoTte of the TJnlon League as prompted in Its forma tion by motives or xn nignesi pamoi- - Then he added : I nave many a Lime heard of its aowg gooa, mu Son has charged It with doing any Jjjjrrong.\ Surely, gentlemen, that was a precious tribute; to those who heard It (Spoken, and it will remain a precious JttJbute in the memories of their children j long as this republic shall endure, \r ,1 eald ust now that these are nt and stirring days. They ar,e Efefcntflcant because they are to record 2Jh waking of choices and tho formula1-Slt- ot policies that have not to do with routine or'th mere details of our SRally life, but that roach down to the 2wrr foundations of government and of .civil society. They are stirring \because Shay make compelling appeal to every \American patriot to ronse himself from Jethargy. from indifference and from JbVerconfidenc, In order thai he may CJske his place In the-gre- army of believers In the republic, whb propose to do victorious battle to defend She faith of the fathers and to protect JJth achievements and accomplishments jt their sons. J Political IMrtle Xeeessnrr. J! Far some time past there has ben throughout the country an unjust and an untrorhty tendency to decry politics and to urge the youth of this generation to iiiold themselves aloof from Its contam- ination. No teaching could be more false ,\or more unpatriotic Politics is not seeking; politics Is not the use of Ithe devious arts of tho demagogue or Die SJself seeker to secure' tpower over men. Politics la one of the noblest and finest -- words in our language. It la nothing JJbat the doctrine of how to live together and helpfully- - imd nroblems. tho unbounded cist. In-a- n autocracy, wnetner impe- - rtaltat or socialist, there will bo for politico. In an autocracy our poll- - ,tlea wilt be made for us by somaoaa.n. !$sa. In a democratic republic we make ;onr own politics. In a republic every gooa cuzein is or anuuiu uts ttu m-u- politician, because free government will to joot take care of Itself. - ''\ ' American Institutions will not pro-Mr- themselves. They need the care, '.they need the devotion, they need the of protection ot thoughtful, high minded 'and patriotic men and. women, who' .aro 'deeply Interested In politics and' \deeply concerned about politics. Especially 'should every effort be made to draw Into Terslstent political activity and respon-elblllt- y the youth of to-d- who are to fca tho nation's leaders of Oat the people are not going to run this jQovernment, who is going to run it? If we are not ourselves to shape policies ior Our happiness, our comfort and our protection, who Is going to shape them? There are active, persistent and well minorities quite ready to take this Job oft the hands of the people of .the United States if the people of the United States are not ready to maintain \and conduct their own government free government cannot be maln-!taln- d except on the basis of political Ifrinclpls. There are only two great tases of motive which drive men In 'fife, whether It be their Individual life, '(fielr community life or their relation to fitate. One of those motives Is prln-- Mpls and the other motive- Is interest If you are not driven by principle, then jJCotJ give way to Interest A govern-jme- nt that is nothing but a conflict ot interests, nothing but the grasping and (grabbing for prlvllegu and for power of fftls Individual and that, of this group iflnd that will produce chaos, anarchy and ruin Just so scon as the conflict be- -i cornea sufficiently widespread and sufll-tfent- ly general Over against Interest jwe put principle sound, far reaching, loSBstructive political principle. i ; Tl aahlnKton a Party Man. - A body of men ahd rworaon who leather about a principle or a set of .fflttclplos constitute a party, Tha rca- - sflft why parties aro neoessary to free government la that principles are neces- - Iflary to free government and organized ;fcodles of men and women, that Is parties, are needed to maintain, to es and to apply principles. The spirit ; part) which Washington decried in , his farewell address was the spirit of be action, and turbulent We was himself an earnest defender of thoso of principles adherence to which dlstln-Igulsh- es a true party from a faction. Bee what has happened In the history free government In Europe. There dlvlslotl lnt0 parties has been for 30 years between the Conservative and Jtne Liberal The Conservative party reflects the natural feeling of men who ,6 fi6t wish to go ahead too fast who .wish to hold to the old forms that have ;0m down from long ago, and- to yield ;Jwt as little as possible to tho spirit f progress and of change, to what we Mall the modern spirit On the other In ;lhd, the Liberal party Is made up of ;th6s who wish to share and to lead In Ui movement of opinion among men are anxious to shape old Institu- tions to meet new conditions and who Vh to hold themselves open minded of and sympathetic toward each new and each new aspiration that wis among great masses of men. to rh nltory of European politics SS5?. lfor more thin 200 tha ,uni nas swung now to the conser-no- w to'ths liberal, side and 25 rre government in Great Britain, by 'Sm,VTnmnl ln Fhuif, free gov &m ft u 1?wI,UarIanl. fee govern- - , ut la tha United states A MURRAY we are , nil liberals In the European sense. Wa have never had In the United States a conservative party as that term Is known abroad, because ovory Amer lean has wished (or progress, every American has wished for advance every American has wished tor Improve 3iapplly ment. So In this country wo divided upon a quite different Una V divided In the very beginning ot our nation'! history Into those who believed in the power, the force and the Ideals ot treat nation that had been created by the Constitution of the United Statos, and thoso who would deny to that na- - tJtm many attributes of nationhood, who feared tho strength of Us Government and who would put shackles upon Its activities. Development of the Forty. George Washington and Alexander Hamilton were the leaders of the party of construction and nationalism. Thomas Jefferson and his friends were tho lead era of the party of negation and doubt Americans passed naturally according to their temperament or their convic- tions Into one or the other of these groups. There were thoso who believed with all their heart In the nation, In Its calling, in Its opportunity and In US power. On the other hand, there were those who doubted and held back. Mr. Pieslflent, tho reason why the Democrat party has never pursued a logical ana consistent policy from the day of Its foundation until the reason why It could never pursue a consistent and persistent public policy, Is that It. could not contlnuo to doubt tho power and reality of the nation and still survive. That fact speedily converted the Demo crat party from a party of negation to a party of opportunism. To save Itself from extinction It had, from time to time, to use the weapons of tts oppo- nents. So from the very beginning, from tho day when Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase In flat Violation of his political principles and urged that tho Constitution be omenaea so as spe cifically to authorize his act,- the party that he founded became a party ot op portunism. If to-d- Thomas Jefferson could rise from his grave ana witness some ot.the deeds done at wasnington and hear some of the words spoken at Washington and elsewhere by those who bear his party name, ho would be amazed and bewildered beyond all ex- pression. On tho other hand, the reason why tho Republican party has been, first under ono name and then under another, a logical and constructive party, the reason why It has to Us credit the ex- traordinary list of achievements that make so largo a part of the history of our nation, Is that Its fundamental prin- ciple Is faith In the republic and belief In the republic's power\ as a nation to progress and to solve the problems, of In the light ot tho experience of yesterday. Four Seta of Influence. Into tho making of the Republican patty thoro have gone four 'sets of In- fluences ; , First, the, strong and constructive nationalism wf Washington, , Hamil- ton, Jay, Marshall and Webster the men who laid tho foundations of this , Government. Second, the passionate Amerlcah-Um-o- f Henry Clay of Kentucky, with his zeal for tho upbuilding of Ameri- can Industry, for the development of American roads and canals, for the settlement of the then unbroken West, 111U his sincere sympathy with the downtrodden and oppressed all over the world. Third, the moral idealism of Abra- ham Lincoln, the man who from the high seat of his lofty spirit presided with unruffled calm over the most disturbed and troubled years In the history of tho republic. Then, last, there was the broad human sympathy, the keen Insight ........,. ' . .v. ,,,. .Amrieal.lsm of Theodore RoOse- - \ . t th f elements of faith nntl of action the constructive, advanc Ing Itepubllcan party of y has been built If that great party shall bo true itself, to its principles, to its Ideals, and shall exert itself to meot face to face the people of the United States who may be troubled or ln doubt the future this country will be secure and the great problems that aro awaiting oftr solution wilt be solved in the general Interest and in a 'way to promote the progress of our nation and of the race. The English historian Trevelyan was true to fact when ho wrote of the Re- publican party as \a famous and high principled party.\ This it has been from the very beginnings of this nation, under whatever name its adherents have as- sembled. The Republican party has mado its full share of mistakes, and Ms fame, Its authority, and its opportunity have attracted to Its ranks some who wero unworthy to bear its name. But, on the whole, tho history of free gov- ernment records no equally Important, continuing and constructive political group, with tho possible exception ot the Liberal party in Great Britain dur- ing tho reigns ot Queen Victoria and Edward VII. We aro already preparing for a great political contest and tho signs are all favorablo to the return of the Repub- lican party to full power In the govern- ment ot the nation unless It shall flinch from Us clear duty and fall in Its high opportunity. Reputation is an excellent thing, but It Is not enough. Record for groat public service Is a splendid thing, but It la not enough. The first voter of and the newly enfranchised women voters ln many States must be given something moro than n share In tha pride which tho older Republican feels ln the history of his party. These new voters are ready to respond to an appeal to their patriotism and' to their Intelligence. They wish to have reasons given for the faith that should 8a tn them and for the course which they should tako tn choosing a political party with which and through- which effectively to exert the influence of their citizenship. The Present Crisis. In the approaching contest the nation faces a crisis becauso the contest will waged ovor fundamental prlnclplos. This Is not the first crisis In the history tho republic, nor la It tho first time that the principles for which the Re- publican party stands hnve been called upon to save the country from Its con- scious or unconscious enemies. There was a crisis under the old Articles of Confederation, and It was met under the .leadership of George Washington, Alex ander Hamilton ana James .Maaison. the latter being at that time an adher- ent to the principles of the Republican party. There was a crisis during the second Administration of Washington, when disorder and anarchy were abroad the land and the newly made Gov- ernment was threatened with ruin. Again George Washington was the pilot who guided the ship of state through that tempestuous eea. There was a crisis when tho Judicial Interpretation the Constitution was at stake, and when both publla. opinion and the Su- preme Court of the United States had be convinced that the United States was a nation, with- all the powers ind attributes of a sovereign people. That crisis was met by the clear Judicial reasoning of Chief Justice Marshall and the eloquent and convincing advo- cacy Of Daniel Webster. There was a crisis when the unity and Integrity of the nation were challenged and when Fort Sumter was fired upon by those who conscientiously blle\d lt they wera At-uMr- ty. to. mett . Duty and Opportunity of Republican Party as Seen by Dr. Butler 7 HAT will be the duty and the opportunity of the yy Republican party in 1920 ? To what great works must it pledge itself for the salvation of the re- public and in the maintenance of its distinguished career of constructive achievement? These questions are ly answered by Nicholas Murray Butler in his addresa be- fore the Union League of Philadelphia. And the work ahead is this:. The Republican party, always the party of belief and construction, as the Democratic party has always been the party of doubt and opportunism, must save Government and country for the people against the attacks of class minorities encouraged and flattered by tho present Admin- istration. 'It must win the battle for democracy against anarchy. It must rescue the people from an industrial situation which, because of the weakness and incompetency of the . present Administration, has been permitted, since the first false step of the Adamson bill, to take such a form as directly menaces' our political institutions. It must create for the United States a firm, just foreign policy, which has been lacking from tho first dealings of the present Admin- istration with Mexico down to the partisan and secretive conduct of the peace treaty, onti grave blunder piled upon another. It must press for the establishment of an interna- tional coutt of justice to hear and decide controversies be-- , That crisis wasWet under tho leader- ship of Abraham Lincoln, of whom Secretary Stanton so beautifully and so truly said\. \Now ho belongs to the ages.\ \In 1920 the American people aro to face still another crisis In their his- tory, and they wilt meet and Burmount it as they have thoso that have gone before. This time the crisis Is precipi- tated by the activity of elements! in our population which hold and teach doctrines that sound strange to the American ear. This crisis la brought about by those who have lost faith In America, who no longer believe In or who do not understand the principles of the Declaration of independence ahd of the Constitution ot the United States ; who would turn thctf backs upon a republican form of government in order to set up In Its place a system of con- trol by a privileged class, with a vleW to the exploitation of all other groups or classes In the community. Such men frankly proclaim their preference for the political philosophy of a Lenlne and a Trolzky to that of a Washington, n Hamilton, a Webster or a Lincoln. Once let the American peoplo understand this Issue and they Will rise In their might to overwhelm tho enemies of America, as tho citizens of Massachusetts, regard- less of party preference, sprang to the defence of law and order on November 4 last. The Issue Is the preservation of the American form of government, with Its Incomparable blessing of liberty under law, and Its fundamental prin ciples of equality of citizenship, equality of opportunity and the right to hold and dispose of one s. own Just gains. Tho attack purports to be directed against property, but It Is really directed against liberty, for property Is but ono of the expressions of liberty. No man could be free who had not the right. protected by law, to dispose of his own goods and services as ho may choose subject only to the limitation of every other mail's right to do the samo thing, We aro called upon both to explain democracy and to fight for democracy. We are called upon tp mako It clear that class divisions, class struggles, class control are not only undemocratic but and that the only end Which they Can possibly achieve is anarcny and economic stagnation, I Duty and Opportnnty. ' How does-I- t happen that It becomes , the . duty and the opportunity of the Re- - publican party to defend and to explain \\i tv ssi sviins i a iiv ntianci 10 because the present Democratic Admin- istration has trifled with this great Issue, has given posts of honor and authority to those who hold and teach \doctrines In flat antagonism to the principles on which our Government rests, and has J even commissioned men ot this typei to carry on moro or less authoritative ne- gotiations with revolutionaries In other lands. It the present Administration had, since March 4, 1913, stood tor American principles of government and for the American social order with ss and emphasis against all at- tacks, wo might not now be faced by the serious situation which confronts us. Tho Administration's incessant harping upon a distinction between a people and their government and the Insidious suggestion that the govern- ments do not represent their several peoples and should be either corrected or overthrown, has helped to spread tho seeds of disorder throughout the world. In' western Europe substantially every Government rests upon a democratic bast3. The responsible spokesmen and rulers can at any moment be changed by the people In accordance with their eoverkl constitutional forms. It Is a travesty on the facts of history and of politics to spread abroad the notion that some unusual and perhaps revolutionary act on the part ot a people Is neces- sary ln order to bring their Government Into harmony With them. Thcro was of course ground for thlB suggestion so long ns the Romanoffs, the Hapsburgs and the Ilohenzollerns were ablo to withhold from hun- dreds of millions ot human beings. Hut there is no ground for It in respect of Great Britain, France. Italy, Switzer- land, Belgium. Holland or the Scandi- navian countries. Each one of those Governments rests upon a democratic basis and Is immediately responslvo to changing public opinion. (Moreover, the Administration has per- mitted the Industrial problem to tak such a form as directly menaces our political institutions. When ln Septem- ber, 1018, the Adamson law was placed upon the statute book, tn response to what the Democrat .managers believed to be a political necessity, a false step was taken that has never been wholly retraced and whose 111 effects are seen In what is taking place In a dosen States y. The far wiser policies that have Just now been followed came too late to repair all the damage that had been done. 80 complex Is our present day eco- nomic organization, and so interdepen- dent are the lnterosts of our entire citizenship, that unless we hold fast to our fundamental principles we may easily do Irreparable damage to Amer- ica through trying to solve the Indus trial problem by false methods. When any particular group of citizens propose unitedly to withhold their cooperation lr Industry In order to gain or to force sums political end or some change ln puollc policy, they aro pointing a pistol at the read of the frepublic. A man or a group ot men may of course withhold cooperation ln industry If they will, and frequently they are Justified In so doing In order to bring about better, more healthful and more American conditions of employment Sut to strike agalast their Bocial order, against the proper ptoteotlon of their lives and their prop- erty, Is revolution This fact must be driven homo and made so familiar to tha men and women of the United States thAt they Will. In overwhelming ma jorities, Insist that our Industrial prob lem be met and solved on American lines and in accordance with American principles Of government and of social organization, and not by the overthrow or violent modification of our Govern- ment and our social order. Independence of Principle. From the time when Alexandor Hamil- ton pointed out that the political Inde- pendence ot the United States would be meaningless without economic the party which is now the Republican party has held and ha taught that the productive forces of the nation should be the object of Govern- ment concern and encouragement. This was not in order that special privilege might be bestowed upon any Individual or group of Individuals, or that the power of taxation should be used for the direct or Indirect benefit of a fa- vored few j but on the contrary, In oder that thi nation as a whole might bo able to sustain Itself, to Improve itself, to defend Itsel. The events of the last five years have brought homo to the consciousness ot every one tho fact that any nation, however rich or however populous, is In constant danger if it can- not command and control tho essentials to rt and e. Such nations as are not ablo for reasons of climate, of product or of natural re- sources to become economically Inde- pendent must find their protection, u. last resort, through a society of nations In which, as In a society of men, the strong will protect the weak through the establishment and enforcement ot law. Tills Republican attitude toward national rt nnd productive enterprise m been opposed with more or less con slstency by the Democratic party since the time of Jefferson. The wisdom of Republican policy In this respect has been convincingly dem- onstrated by the rapid development of our Industrial and commercial enter- prise that has been one of the wonderb of the world, and by the steady Improve ment In the economic condition of the vast mass of a rapidly growing popula- tlon, due to the diversification of Indus- - to the constantly wiser and faYr dstr,butlon of Its product. The phenomenal Increase In the .wealth' and pr08perity 0f the United States between 1M0 and 1910 was not due to accident, but to carefully cohsldered and wisely executed policies during the Presidencies of McKlnley. Roosevelt and Taft, There are many difficult problems still ahead of us, but the Republican party has amply demonstrated that It possesses the prin ciples, the aDinty, tne courage ana me constructive statesmanship to deal with them. The International Problem. The Republican party If given control of both the executive and the legislative departments of the Government at the elections sot 1920 will find Itself con- fronted by an International problem of grave difficulty and of highest Impor- tance, tt Is not a pleasant thing to dis- cuss international policies from the standpoint Of party principle and party responsibility, for It Is most desirable that In Its' International relations the na- tion should think and act as a unit Un- fortunately, howaver, this possibility has been destroyed by the conduct of the present Administration. From Its first doallngs with distracted Mexico ln 191 down to the work of the Peace Confer- ence at Versailles tn 1919 one grave blunder has followed another until to- day the United States Is without any- thing that can truly be described ss a foreign policy. Moreovor, the Adminis- tration's partisan and secretive method of conducting the negotiations at Paris destroyed the possibility of united action at home. What Is American policy In respect to Mexico, In respect to Japan, In respect to China, in respect to Russia; In respect to the large problems raised ln Europe and ln Asia by the victorious ending of tho war? What part do we really expect to play tn the League of Nations? What responsibility are we to assume and what principles aro we to endeavor to establish? It does not seem likely that any one of these ques- tions \will be clearly nnd satisfactorily answered beforo the term ot the present Administration comts to an end. If so, the International problem which the next Administration will have to face Is this: So to settle the results of the war as, to Insure, so far as Is humanly possible, that nothing of the kind shall ever take place again, without sacrificing the Inde pendence ot tho United States or putting any of its national policies In commla alon. The consistent Republican policy through the Administrations of McKln ley, Roosevelt and Taft, under the ad- ministration of the State Department by Hay, Root and 'Knox, has been to endeavor to provide against International war by setting up a treat tribunal by whloh law should be substituted for force In the settlement of International disputes. Many ot us had hoped tnat the treaty framed at Versailles would have that provision as the cornerstone of the new structure that It was build ing. We were bitterly disappointed when It did not and when w caw that Instead of establishing the rnls of law the treaty largely relied upon recourse to political and dlplomatlo discussion as a means of preventing International war. Court of Jostles Needed. It will bo the first duty ot a Repub- lican Administration to prets for the ertahTlshmsnt t an lntsraaUoaal court \Wltt- s ex. uaKt Jtttis-sm- ii t Jastta ta Jwar ana-slsela .aire- - \1 ft if t eH' a v tween nations and with power to enforce its decrees. It must press for a continuing international conference! to de- clare and define international law, tribunals far exceeding in practical worth such visionary projects as a League of Nations superstate wholly offensive to American feeling. And it muBt opposo the exploitation of backward States and do all possible to assist, such to the ranks of civilization. In' domestic affairs it must strip the Executive of tho extraordinary powers assumed during the war and restore confidence and cooperation between the legislative and executive branches. It must end the orgy of waste and ex- travagance and administrative incompetence. It must re- store compelling respect for the law,\ severely punishing law resisters whether they bo individuals or groups. It must attack the cost of living problem at its source, ex- panded credit, Inflated currency, decreased production, strikes ancl bad distribution of products. It must create a national budget system. It must stand for the encourage- ment of great business enterprises, but for the strict regu- lation of them by the Government. And it must use its best brains to solve one of the greatest of all domestic problems, the railroad problem. These must be its accomplishments or declared policies if it is to attract permanently and to hold the great body of voters who have not been with it. And all questions it must meet in a spirit of constructive progress, with open-mmdedne- ss, with broad human sympathy and with even handed justice to every individual. versles between nations, and as Theo dora Roosevelt Insisted at Christians more than nine years ago, to give that court Dower to enforcs Its decrees, it must press also for a continuing In ternational conference, meeting at stated intervals, to declare and define the rules of international law and con duct by which civilized nations are to bo bound and in accordance with which the International court of Justice would make Its findings. Gentlemen, there Is no alternative to tha use of force save the rule of law. Dis- cussion and debate may delay the appeal to force, of they may change tha rorm 01 tnat appeal, out mey win never prevent it being ultimately made. Until nations are ruled In their rela- tions to each other by law and until It Is established that a law breaker among nations Is to bo treated like a law breaker amon-- j men we shall only be playing with tho problem of prevent ing the outbreak of international war. The world Is ready, too, for tho working out of constructive policies based upon tho principle that there shall be no more exploitation of back- ward peoples or of tho natural re- sources of tne lands which they in- habit. Tha more advanced and more fortunate peoples must come to regard themselves as elder brothers of those who have still their place to find and to make In the world. The backward peo- ples should, through International co- operation, bo taught the ways nnd means of Improving their own condition. of profiting by their own labor and their own natural resources, and of gradu ally preparing themselves to play a positive pnrt ln the development of civi- lization In time to come. The applica- tion of this principle means that a civ- ilized nation cannot permit anarchy, cruelty, rapine and outrage ln a neigh boring part ot the world to go unnoticed. We are our brother's keepers. For a civilized nation to permit a neighbor, rich ln soil and In opportunity, to be given over to anarchy and turbulence Is as faithless and as wicked as it would be for an individual to fall to spring to the rescue of his fellow whose life was In danger through no fault of his own. It Is absolutely necessary that tho backward peoples should be aided to come forward In tha ranks ot civilisa- tion. Through appropriate International cooperation and by appropriate Interna- tional agencies this can be accomplished without repeating any of tho abuses that havo so frequently attended coloniza tion and the exploitation ot the weak by the strong. Tha policy pursued by Pres- idents McKlnley nnd Roosevelt and by Secretaries Hay and Root toward Cuba and San Domingo Is an admirable Illus- tration of how the Republican party would work out tho solution of problems of this kind. American Foreign roller. Then general principles of a sound American foreign policy have been set forth by successive Presidents and Sec- retaries of State from the foundation of the Government Tho path of safety ln tho Immediate future will lead not to a departure from these traditional poltctes but to new applications of their under- lying principles as new conditions arise and as circumstances may demand. It Is not true that American foreign policy lias been one of Isolation and detach- ment. We havo never been Isolated or detached from tho Interests of mankind or from the struggles for liberty ln other parts of the world. We have been preoccupied with our own domestic prob- lems and with our own Internal develop ment ut never Isolated or Indifferent. The time has now come when these domestlo Interests lead directly to an Increasing amount of International co- operation, for the reason that both po- litical security and economic prosperity depend upon the preservation of Inter- national peaco 'and order. Americans will tolerate no to supplant their own Con- stitution, whether Its seat be ln some foreign city or In tha council chamber of soma highly organized economlo group representative either ot capital or of labor. They will Insist upon going forward In cooperation with other civil- ized and liberty loving people to preserve and protect the peace and good order of the world In full command of their own policies and unhampered by any engagements which public opinion would not permit the Administration of the moment to keep. Americans have lone urged and would beyond question gladly welcome a true society of nations, but It must be a society of nations and not any attempted International substitute for Independent and ing, cooperating people. Given an International court of Jus tice, given a, body to formulate and to keep plastic tha rules of 'International law and conduct and given, ft. society of cooperating nations bent upon pre- serving peace and order throughout the world, on assisting backward nations to advance as quickly as may be In the scala ot civilisation and on doing oven handed rustic- - at home given all these, the prospect for the steadily Increasing happiness and prosperity Of mankind will be bright Indeed. In that case wa shall have reasserted tha controlling proposition that International rotations must b ruled by law. We shall have dona everything possible to restore In- ternational confidence and good will and w shall hare laid the basis for an In- creasingly largo and profitable Interna- tional trad that will greatly add to the prosperity of our peopl as well as pro- mote our International Influence and au- thority while assisting nations wrecked and Impoverished by war to regain their strength. The Domestic Problems. The domestlo problems that confront cwitix ar -- srren -- ore graro-se- d mora pressing than thosa which relate to International policy. Partly as too result of tha Ineptitude of tho present administration, partly as the result of movements and tendencies long at work smong us that havo now culminated, and partly as the result ot tho abnormal and disturbed conditions that accom- panied and followed tho war, there probably never has been a time when the American people were mora ur- gently called upon to sot their own bouse in order. First of all, wo must get back our usual and constitutional form of govern ment by stripping the executive depart ment of tha extraordinary powers as- sumed during tha war, by trying to restore confidence and cooperation 'be- tween the executive and legislative branches ot tho government, and by bringing to an end tho verltablo orgy of waste, extravagance and administra- tive Incompetence that has marked the course of the present administration. We must also leave no stone unturned to restore among our people a compell- ing respect for law, and punish with becoming severity thoo who Insist upon resisting or defying the law, whether as Individuals or as mobs. It Is the spirit of contempt for law that has made possible tho shocking outrages against colored men nnd women that have only lately disgraced Washington, Chicago and Omaha. It Is Idle for the leaders ot American opinion to appeal to other peoples and their governments to give fair and decent treatment to all those who aro subject to their sovereignty whtlo no effective steps are taken to protect here In the United States the 13.000.C00 of out colored citizens whose constitutional rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the same as thoso of every other American. Illffh Cost of Llrlnsr, In tha forefront of domestlo problems affecting and conditioning every other Is that which has to do with the high cost of living. It Is the high cost of living which foments dissatisfaction and unrest and which throws Industry and com- merce into constant confusion. This Is not a new question. In 1912 the Repub- lican national convention pointed out that the steadily Increasing cost ot liv- ing had then become a matter not only of national but ot worldwide concern. The fact that it was not due to the tariff, as the Democratic party charged. was evidenced by the existence of simi lar conditions In countries which had a tariff system different from our own, as well as by (he fact that the cost of liv- ing had Increased even where rates of duty had remained stationary or had been reduced. At that time the Repub- lican party promised Us support to a scientific Inquiry Into the causes which were operative both ln the United States and elsewhere to Increase the cost of living, and It promised that when the exact facts were known it would take tha necessary steps to remove any abuses that might be found to exist ln order that the cost of the food, clothing and shelter of the people should tn no way b unduly or artificially increased. Tha present administration has shown itself wholly Incompetent or unwilling, to grapple with this problem, and It has done nothing save to ask for additional appropriations amounting to millions of dollars with which to meet the cost ot prosecuting an '\decaslonal ' profiteer. Whatever profiteering exists and there Is certainly a good deal of It only touches the. fringe of this question. The high cost of living Is now known to be the effect of greatly expanded credit with resulting currency inflation; of decreased produotlon due to fewer working hours, to constant and continu ing strikes; and to artificial limitations upon output! ot our trulr medliaval-sys- tom of dlstrihuttonL In which field wa have, mad almost no progress, for years past, although w nava apanjc wuoia brains and energr upon mora and' better production j and of colossal governmen- tal and personal axtravagance. Borne ot thaso causes con. ba reached, and remedied by Government action ana some cannot Tha Government' must, do its share, bv ehecklnsr extravagance and stopplnjf wast, fcy bringing tho coat ot tha Government's Dusiness wunin uie Income of tha year, by sttmulattnr pro duction ln all nosslhls ways, ana oy lending its aid ln tho study of Improved methods of distribution, particularly as related to ajt that enters Into tha na' tion'a food supply. Th peoplo tnem- - selvea must cooDarate to Increase pro duction in their several occupations and tn uslst in tha lmnrovement ot dutri- bution. as welt as by tho practice- - ,ot economy and thrift. It will not do to ask tha seoola to wait Indefinitely until natural economlo- - forces at some distant tlmo reduca tha present-high-coa- t of liv- ing; nor will It do to attempt to dispose of tha question by a few rhetorical phrases; Tha Government in Its sphere. and tho individual citizen tn his, must attack th causes of tho high cost of livinr. and by so doing lift with all pos alble speed the almost Intolerable burden under which tha great mass or tne peo plo aro now suffering. National Badsrat 'System. The Introduction of a national budget system, which, thanks to tha initiative of a Republican House of Representa tives, is now well under way, win neatly assist In cutting tho Govern ment upon a business basis, and In enabling tho people to fix responsibility both for extravagance and for excessive and unfair taxation. It Is greatly to be hoDed that both tho House ot Repre sentatives rnd the Senate will so amend their present rules as to put tho con- sideration of the budget in the hands ot a single committee la each house, large enough to be representative or tne entire membership and yet compact enough to make It a business body upon which resDonsibillty for a report upon the budget can ba specifically fixed. Wa cannot indefinitely contlnueK-wHh-ou- t disaster, the present state of In- dustrial turmoil, which is due to at- tempts to lmprova Industrial and eco- nomlo conditions by tha use of force. Industrial war must, in the pulillo Interest, go th way of inter- national war, and by similar processes. It is f utile to attempt to set up .any agency for the promotion of industrial peaco In which what is called capital, what la called labor and what is called tha publlo are equally represented and meet upon equal terms. Such a course simply gives new strength to the move- ment for a class struggle and the pro- motion ot class consciousness. What we call capital Is nothing mora or less than a group of men and women who hold savings, all of whom are a part of the public. What we call labor is nothing more or less than a group of men and women who work for wages, all of whom ara also a part of tha public. Capital and labor may face each other on equal terms, but they cannct be per- mitted to face the publlo on equal termB. Tho public Is always and everywhere their superior and Includes them both. Perhaps a practicable mothod ot ad- vancing industrial peace would be to establish, by authority ot Congress, an Industrial Relations Commission before which any Industrial difference or dis- pute might be brought at the Instance of any party thereto or at that of the Attorney-Gener- al of the United States. This commission, to be made u of Ju- dicially minded persons sworn to serve only the publlo Interest, would then ex- amine Into trie merits of such differ- ences or disputes as might be brought before It, .take testimony, hear argu- ments and reach a finding with recom mendations for action. Public opinion may be trusted to bring about compli- ance with the findings and recommen- dations of such a commission If prop- erly constituted. This Is a reasonable and an American method of dealing with a question which Is at tho moment most acute. Tho pub- lic cannot tolerate a constant succession of strikes with their Interruption of pro- duction, their effect to Increase the cost ot living, and their widespread suffering and distress. On the other hand, the public cannot compel any man to work against his will. Therefore dispassion- ate, Impartial Inquiry Into the facts ot any given Industrial difference or dis pute and a reliance upon public opinion to deal fairly with tha disputants when all the facts are known appear to offer the only practicable way out of what at the moment seems to be an Insoluble difficulty. Tho strike Is an Instrument of force and will ono day be looked upon ns a relic of medievalism In thought and In action. Yet It cannot be escaped until the publlo Is put ln possession ot the preclso facts that precede and accom- pany a given strike, and is thus enabled to bring Its all powerful pressure to bear lri order to secure a Just settlement. Supervision of Dip Business, In the next place, a way must quickly be found to apply the lessons that have been learned during the past 30 years. nnd especially thoso taught by tho ex- periences of tha war, as to what Is wise and what la unwise in tho relationship between government and tho business activities ot the people. The attempt to force competition by law and to pre- vent cooperation, when undertaken with a view to Increasing production, reduc ing costs and developing foreign trade. has failed. As wo now look back we can eee that this attempt was. bound to tall, for It ran counter to natural and You Can Charge This Suite It ia actually just as easy as it sounds. And, best of all, Ccperthwait & Son3 do not expect you to pay in full on tho first of the month. With our kind of credit you don't need the cash to buy what you want. People work wonders in home furnishing on incomes yours. all matter of getting your charge at the place. . , If vou know that inir months, your is remarkable value. healthy economlo tendencies. This mot-i- j ment was supported by the peosU good faith as a means of bringing to u end Intolerable abuses that only th business- - but tha politics of tt! nation. In striking at the abuses, how evor, we also struck at th foundtUooi of our industrial prosperity and of J national economlo development Initeii of longer preventing the organlzaUonTl largo business units wo should now m! vide a way by which they may b 1mbJ organized and kept under natlenal.iM vision and control In order that tbi good effects of cooperation may ! bring; la theij;vtratn any of the 111 aJ, of monopoly oji'd- privilege. Publlo oris, ion la now ready for this forward tin. When taken It will render Immenjs eer. vice to the peopl of tha United Statu and. to their abundant and contlaajj prosperity. Tha Rallrrar Problem. Tha experiences of ths three years have practically extlErnlihS tha clamor for tha Government ews. ship and operation of tha .rallwiytV Republican Congress is at this tnoant studying; with patient cars the terai of a proposed act by which the ru. ways, when returned to tha control of their several owners, will be related to each other and to Government ssw. vision and control ln wiser and bjn satisfactory ways than thosa hitherto prevailing. These great artirln f travel and of traffic aro In the Wjteit sensa public utilities. A forward look-In- p publlo, policy will Include ln ui scope the study and development of a possible means of Internal tramporta. tlon. not only tha railways and cutis but the elcctrio railway systems, tin highways, and also traflla bv ii. Thoroughgoing study of this entirs prob iu iuui me. p.uva uuti 11 nas altect bearing upon tho question of better anil cheaper distribution and so upon the coat ot living Itself. In this way we might well be able to aid the farmer fa reaching- - his market and In selllnxJil) product and w might also be able to aid tha dwellers In the great cities ky reducing tho cost of their food Bupply. It is Important for members of a great political party to remember that It la on trial, whatever tnay bo said of the unsatisfactory hlitorr and policies of the Democratic parly, It Is a watchful and doughty optioned and it can quickly bring to tts aide Urn bodies of unattached voters If the Rt. publican party wavers ln patriotism or Is associated with unworthy acts. In tin several State Legislatures as well aa la county and In municipal government It is Imperative, In the national Interest that those who bear the 11 am a at tK. Republican party should remember the muaaure or responsibility which reals upon them. An unfortunate attitude or. tho part ot a Republican majority In a State Legislature or the support by m4 a majority of a policy ot obscuran- tism and blind opposition to some local measure that Is clearly ln the public I- nterest, may easily alienate enough tun- - port to affect the Presidential, Sen- atorial and Congressional elections Nor will It do to allow overcunfldena to weaken our efforts or to lower our high principles. It Is true that the Congressional elections of 1018 and eerr election held slnco mark a stronr tea- - dency to turn toward the Itepublleia party ,fcr relief. It nust not bo for gotten, however, that It Is a fixed dibit ln American to vote arthit some party or some candidate rathe: than to vote for their opponents. The people Just now are everywhere voting tho Democratlo party and the representatives of the policies of the present Administration. The Republican party and Its candidates are the ntcti-sar- y beneficiaries. Mast Bhow Advance. If, however, wa are permanently t attract and hold 'the great body ot votere who have not hitherto been with us, er whoso support has been Intermittent or reluctant, we must make clear to them not only that our principles are sound and our patriotism unwavering, but that we propose to go forward to meet every new publlo .question as It arise) In a spirit of constructive progress with open mlndedneso, with broad human sym pathy, and with a determination to do exact and even handed Justice to every Individual ntnong our hundred million) and more. Take the names that have Interwoven their teachings and their lives with th name nnd the fame of our republls through the medium of the principle) of the Republican party : strike them oat and what becomes of American history! Toke away Washington and your whe! fabric falls. Take away Hamilton M your whole philosophy of govsrnment disappears. Take away Jay nnd the foundations of your foreign policy an swept away. Take away Marshall M the epoch making Judicial Interpretation of the Constitution has gone. Take aW Webster and you have stilled the greas organ voice that moved this nation te understand Itself as. one. Take away Henrv Clav and there coes the rreil spirit of tho West, young and eaierty facing Take away Abraha Lincoln and the most pathetic and ap- pealing figure In all modern history r from Us pages. Take away Theodore Roosevelt and you destroy a name and life that signify nnd represent the youth nnd vltnlltv. the oDenmlndedness and the vigor of America, young and old. 03, my friends, you cannot take out of e story of America these nimes. tm cannot tako out of the story- - of America thpsn achievements. You cannoi w out of the story ot America this recora All that wo can lo Is, so far as m within the capacity of each one 01 s ..-1- ... .- - I.. n,.,ihv nf their eiampl) of their counsel and of our opportunity- - vnn nrc pninir to have it in the com- credit is good. 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