| Show LODGE OUTLINES CAMPAIGN ISSUES CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL LICAN convention DELIVERS KEYNOTE ADDRESS declare arelt that president wilson and hit his party must be driven from power and league of nations nation plan be defeated alilea chicago g 0 the country must drive president preside nt wilson and his bla dynasty f from r 0 1 1 p power and defeat the league of nations n a tl 0 bs as he desires it declared senator henry cabot lodge temporary chairman of the republican national convention in ills his keynote address here at the opening session on june 8 defending the senates opposition to the treaty of peace is as a high and patriotic duty the senator flung down this gauntlet we make the issue we ask approbation for what we have done the people will now tell us what they think of mr wilsons Wll Wil sons league and the sacrifice of america while emphasizing the point that around the league roust must be waged the 1020 presidential campaign and devoting 0 much of his speech to arraignment of the wilson administration the senator found time to lay before tile the delegates the stand of the republican party on other salient problems facing the nation chief among these was mexico declaring it was time for the united states to take a firm hand in things mexican and end the disgraceful eaul record of the last seven years senator lodge urged that this country let the mexicans choose as their president some strong and upright man who Is friendly to the united states and determined ter mined to establish order and then lend him a real and cordial support mexico lies at our doors he declared it is a primary duty for us to deal with it under the Monroe doc trine but nothing has been done and yet we are asked to take a mandate for armenia salient points made by senator lodge were mr wilson allson and ills hla dX dynasty nasty his heirs and assigns or anybody that Is his anybody i who ibo bo with bent knee lias has served ills his purpose must be driven from all control front from all influence upon the government of the united states they must be driven from office and power lower not because they are democrats but because mr wilson stands for a theory of administration and government which Is not american mr wilson and the autocracy he represents and all which those who bellevo in ills his doctrines and share its ills spirit represents must be put aside and conclusively excluded from any future control many vital economic measures and especially protective tariff legislation to guard our industries are with a democratic free trader of socialistic cia listic proclivities in the white house to accomplish such measures as these we must have hare as we intend to have a republican president in sympathy with a republican house and senate the phrase government ownership means not only that the government I 1 shall own the railroads but also it Is to be feared that those who run the railroads shall oi onn oin n the government when the armistice with germany was signed the course to be pursued was clear 0 that course was to make the peace with germany at once and then take up tor for reasonable consideration the question of establishing such future relations with our associates in the war as would make for the future pence peace of the world this mr wilson prevented senator lodge charged the democratic party with responsibility for the perilous conditions of the hour and said if the republican party falls to grapple it the russian descent into barbarism will will be begin in to draw near A be beginning inning had been made he said by a republican congress in restoring economic conditions working under nil all the difficulties and opposition imposed by a hostile lios executive lie he enumerated various beneficial measures adding that mat the estimates had been reduced over a billion dollars T ile he advocated a enforcement of the laws against profiteering and said it was possible to check the advance of prices by law by providing for the control ot of credits in such manner as to give preference to tile the most essential products ile he described the railroad net act as a single great law which in any period would be sufficient to distinguish ting a congress as one of high accomplishment |
