Show tREATY ISI IS DEFENDED FENDED IN KEYNOTE SPEECH I f airman irman Cummings Ids Administration Democrat crat President i It j FRANCISCO GISCO Jane 28 Following is the thc text of the kc keynote address I before the Democratic national convention here this afternoon Homer flomer S. S Cummings of the national committee S 'S Ii gentlemen o 01 OL the conven- conven j high when hen the tho destines ot political parties bu but of or orare LI 11 are 2 at take stake when social nodal un- un ere apparent when whon ox- ox x being government are arc fyS rai or ot foun foundations ed rf and their very well wen for forIn forin swept away It Is lA I or g for a a. aff America to pause Jr in ff of deliberation who 1 bO 0 assemble In this his great con- con together not merely b bin ber ri of a party but as 15 chit chit- the republic Love of ot country countr to human service should hearts of ot all aU unworthy or orr motives S. S Let us fervently r divine divIno blessing upon all alle for mi e C do or undertake Let us pledge 5 anew new to equality of the unity unitT of ot our country above I of ot groups or classes and of ot the high honor ofIn of or ofIn orIn In her dealings with other people ople will inn shortly determine In Instrumentality is 18 best political to 10 their purposes most r spon- spon K their n needs They will have hao rth them m many platforms and man many manyIn In what direction will they la IS no better bettor way of or the ho he future than by bp the past We that the tho people turn turne Se I e passions and the prejudices consideration of or a a. i da day to tho the u U clear clear clur as It Is 15 enduring lican L Leadership republican l party was bl I 1 In the elections of or 1912 beIt beit be- be it 11 had bad persistently served and had lost touch with Writ ut of the time Those who conila con- con ila iii destiny derived their poi po- po i inspiration from tho the good old f Mark Hanna Uanna and neither det de- de denew Q t new day nor were willing to lit a new flEW day when It had To each pressing pre problem merely to reapply the theof theof of antiquity e C were elements in th the I ty y which were Intolerant of ot mi tal sloth and moral r. r Influences sought to gain in 1912 and again in inThey ThO They renewed the hopeless tie le Ie at the convention recently it t Chicago U. U t these efforts the leaders bave ate ace manipulated ed the party me- me 51 for more than a generation un till In undisputed control J Republican platform reaction reaction- nfl is provincial Is the tho very bf t f political expediency l' l Killed Filled slanders and vague k 8 It will Ill bo be searched In vain vaine ce e constructive suggestion for formation of or the conditions rt criticizes and deplores The iii ed peoples of ot the tho earth will wm willit it t In vain aln It contains no mc me- me pf f hope for Ireland no word of or for Armenia Armenta and It conceals a for Mexico It Is the tho work of morn more with material than with Ith human rights It no thought no which Ti I- I Impulse or thrill to those OT liberty and hope to make the thea I a safer and happier place for trago ragO man cratic crabe Achievements party is in nn party Darty-a Darty I ty-a. ty a free freo party party owing owing no noU ac U eb to any class or group croup or I 1 Interest We Ve were able ahlo to top liP SD p and crr carry through h to success rut trtat progressive program ou out out- tIn t- t In our platform of ot 1912 During which Intervened between 4 In 1313 and the outbreak of arId war we 0 placed upon the te books of our country more ef- ef ft e. e constructive remedial legis- legis than the party part had i there in a generation tax was made a perma- perma part rt of the o revenue pro producing in eI oi Ot tOC country thereby re rc- rc L- L our law Jaw of tho reproach of or be- be burdensome to the tho poor s and inequities of itt system were removed and tariff commission was tied lad n d BO so that future revisions be made in the JI light ht of ot formation scientifically and Im- Im I. I obtained u. u Pan-Americanism Pan and tho the bread thus o on n the ine international waters ark to us man many fold The great Ireat reaches of Alaska were opened I up to commerce and development Dollar Dol- Dol DolI I lar mr diplomacy was destroyed A corrupt corrupt corrupt cor- cor rupt lobby was driven from the tho na national na- na Capitol An effective seamans seaman's act was adopted The federal trade commission was created Child labor legislation was enacted The parcel post and the rural free delivery were developed A good roads road bill and a a. rural credits act were passed A A. see sec of ot labor was given a a. seat In tho to cabinet of or the President Eight Bight hour nour la laws s 's w were re adopted The Clayton amendment to the Sherman antitrust I act was passed freeing American labor la la- la bor bce and taking laking tt it It from the category of commo commodities The Smith Lever bill for the Improvement of a agricultural con conditions was enacted A corrupt practice act was adopted d. d A well considered con con- warehouse act was passed Federal employment bureaus were cre cro- Farm loan hanks banks postal savings banks and tho the federal reserve system j W Wore were e established These enactments and man many other I provisions of ot a n. remedial character had a a. cleansing and quickening effect upon tho the economic life of our countr country Tho The farmer was freed from the dea deadening deadening dead dead- 1 ening effects of usurious financial control I Labor abor was given Its magna charta of ot liberty Business and finance wore vere released from the of uncertainty and hazard The economic life of ot America wa was refreshed by the tho vitalizing breath of ot economic freedom This extraordinary narration sounds like a platform of ot promises promise E The sober fact tact Is Js that it is an inadequate recital of or actual performance It constitutes constitutes constitutes con con- Democracy's response to the demands of social justice It is our answer an answer an- an to the antiquated slander that the Democratic party I Is unable to Understand un un- un tho the great affairs of ot t the e country coun coun- try Federal Reserve System If It the Democratic party had accomplished accomplished nothing more moro than the passage passage pas pas- paI I sage of tho the federal reserve a act l It would be bo entitled to the enduring I gratitude of ot tho the nation This act supplied supplied sup sup- I plied the country with a currency currency cur cur- cur I rency controlled b by tho the American people Panics Panics the tho recurring phenomena phenomena phe phe- of disaster which the party part could neither control nor explain are explain are no now but a memory Under Under Un Un- der the tho Republican system there was an average 11 of or one ono ban bank c failure fanOre cr c every L wu vue J. IU a 01 7 fort forty years After tho the passage of or the federal reserve C system th there ro were In 1015 1115 four bank failures In 1916 and nd 1017 three bank failures In InS 1018 one bank failure and In 1 1919 19 no bank failures at a all 11 The federal reserve reser system pass passed 41 over the tho opposition of ot the leaders of the tho Republican part party enabled America to withstand the strain of war without shock or panic and ultimately made our country the greatest creditor nation of or the world orld Achievements in War And then the great war came on Ultimately b by the logical steps of ot necessity our peace loving nation was drawn into tho the conflict The necessary necessary sar sary war legislation was quickly quick sup sup- plied A war corporation was created War risk insurance was provided pro Ship building la laws re established Americas America's supremacy upon the seas The Tho office of alien property custodian was as created created cre cre- A war industries board was es s es- A war trade board was created Food and fuel regulations were were formulated Vast loans were successfully floated Vocational training training train train- ing was as provided A national council of defense was created Industry was successfully mobilized mobilize Almost over night the tho factories of or orthe the tho nation were made mado a part of ot tho the war machine and the miraculous re revival revival revl re- re vl vival l of the shipping Industry filled tho the ocean lanes with our transports Our fleet laid the North sea Bea mine harri barrac Wr We sent craft to every sea and brought t new new and nd Inventive genius to the thc crud cruel fight against the thc U boat In transporting our troops France wo we never lost a a. man In a a. sh convoyed by the American navy One Ono of ot the first decisions was b tween the volunteer system and ind t selective draft Many patriotic zens Zeus strongly deprecated and dreaded its possibilities The The a ministration however placed its i fluence behind tho the measure Its passage and made possible the I winning of or the war It proved a democratic system assuring as as- as- as suring curing equal service equal danger danser and equal opportunity At one stroke of or the tho p pen n bounty jumping and the hired d substitutes that had disgraced te be management of the civil chU war were made possible I The selection of or men to go o to the front was placed not merely mere mere- I I ly in the hands of the civil authorities but actually in the hands of or the I friends and n neighbors of at the men eligible eli eli- gible Ible for service No fundamental I CU-I law was ever administered with such Ruch scrupulous honor Not on one breath of ot scandal touched this le legislation and I so 80 cheerfully was It Jt accepted that today toda to to- to da day the term draft dodger Is Js an ep epithet epithet ep- ep of oC reproach In any community Partisanship was as put aside In tho the selection of or General Pershing as leader lead lead- er cr of ot our forces and no military commander com com- mander In history was ever given n Iv a a. freer hand or more unflagging sup sup- port The policy of oC selecting officers through training camps avoided a the use of or political favorites and guaranteed guaran guaran- teed competent lea leadership within three months from the tho declaration of or war and two thirty camp cites com coin In every municipal detail were built In ninety days das In France we had to construct our own docks railroad lines storage e depots de de- depots de- de pots hospitals and ordnance lla bases es We Ye had to cut down the tho forests for our barracks bArrack In June two to months aCl after r the declaration of ot war our fighting men were In France Prance in October AmerIcans Amer Amer- leans wore In the firing tIring line in scarce scarce- ly II more moro than a year we had two million mil mit- lion men in France Franca had whipped d the he enemy at wood beaten them back at Chateau Thierry p. p wiped out the St. St Mihiel salient and delivered the terrific hammer blow at Sedan that vI virtually ended tho the war o- o Lv tia j man two years Tears ago ao General Halg Haig with the bluntness of A Li soldier said ald The British arm army is fighting with Its back to the wall all Lloyd Llod George was crying It Is a rr race c be between between be- be tween Wilson and and France Franco clung like a L drowning man to the Roc Rock of ot Verdun turning agonized eyes toward America And America came We challenge tho the critics of the tho I administration to point out how withIn with with- in tho the limits of human possibility the war could have beon won more moro promptly or with less loss Joss of or American Amen Ameri can life It was not by bv mere merc chance chanco that these theRo things were were accomplished To readjust tho processes of peace so as to serve sene the tho activities of ot war wal required re reQuIred required re- re leadership of unexampled skill Pett Petty p criticism of ot minor defects and Individual officials may for a time at attract at- at tract a superficial attention but the significant things the great outstandIng outstanding ing facts acts plead eloquently for tor t the e Democratic cause caupe r Let t no one misunderstand us These great reat affairs were carried forward un under under un- un der the stimulus of American patriotIsm patriot patriot- ism supported by the coura courage o and the spirit of or our people All AU this is treely treel tree tree- l ly and gladly acknowledged but surely sureh the time h has hs s come when because of or the calculated d criticism and the premeditated pre pee meditated calumnies of oC the opposition we are entitled to call caU attention to the I fact that th a all 11 of these thes 0 things were accomplished accomplished ac ac- ac- ac under he leadership of ot a area great rea Democrat t and a n great Democrat Democrat- ic Ie administration we Vc have hl no apologies apolo apolo- gies gics to make not make not one We are proud of our great r at naY navy we are aro proud of or our ur splendid arm army we are art proud of the power po of our country and the manner manner man man- ner ncr in which that power has beon used we e our proud of the work that America Amer Amer- ica has done in the world we are proud of or the heroism of Am American men mn and women and we are proud of or the In Inspired In- In and incomparable leadership of Woodrow Wilson Wilo Has not the time come when all Americans Irrespective of ot party should begin to praise the tho achievements achievements achieve ehle ments ment of ot our country countr rather than to criticise them Surel Surely a l Just and righteous sense of ot national pride should protect us from the Insensate I assaults of mere partisans ans We fought a a. great war for a. a great cause and we had a leadership that carried America to greater heights of honor and power and glory lory than she has ever er known before In her entire InUre history his his- tor tory It If the American na flag must he lowered it will be he hauled down In Republican convention eOn and not in a Democratic convention Partisan Investigations It is this shining record of or tremendous tremendous dous dotis achievement that Republican m managers and the Chicago platform seek to shame and besmirch be Various i congressional committees which for want of oC a more appropriate term are called smelling committees were appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed for the purpose of ot ascertaining whether hether or not there was an any graft In IT In th the tho f conduct nf or the tho treat rit war wr Ovi O r KC e I eighty Investigations loIIS- loIIS have havo o J been e made al at over two million dollars have been wasted and the tho one result has haR been to to prove proc that l i 1 was the thc cleanest war ip ever aver fought In the history of ot civilization tion e- e Through the hands of oC a a. Democratic he administration there thero havo have passed ul- ul more than tort forty billions of ot dollars anti and andon on m the tha finger of or scorn acorn does not point to lo d- d dono done ono one single Democratic officials in all nil alln n- n America It is a n. record never before cd d mado made b by an any political party parl in an any country that ever conducted a war It If Republican n leaders arc are not Able to lo EJ 3 I rejoice with us In this American triumph tri tri- they should havo have thc the grace to remain silent nt for It does not lie Jle in inthe tho the mouths mouth of ot those who conducted the Spanish American war to indulge in tho luxury of ot criticism What was there in this war to compare comparo with the typhoid infested camps and the paper paper- soled shoe controversy In 1808 un What hat was there in this war to compare to the embalmed beef scandal of or tho the Spanish American war Despite all al their Invest Investigations alon not not ono single Democratic of official tc In I has either been Indicted or accused ed or even en e suspected and the only r |