Show I I PARTY KEYNOTE f SOUNDED AT ATC AT- AT C CONVENTION National Chairman Compares Programs ams and Performances rf 9 of O Organizations Continued from 1 preceding r pas 3 It would be idle Idle to inquire by what po political 10 I legerdemain this meaningless meaningless meaningless' and yet ominous o s decla declaration atlon wa wu was prepared It Its It's i is enough h to to know that the old gua guard d sold the honor of America for tor the privilege lege teg of or nominating a reactionary tor- tor for foi president THE C USE OF PEACE PE CE The war had set let a a. treat great task for tor statesmanship The The best thought of the world demanded that a a. serious attempt be made by the leaders leaders' leaders of of the allied governments governments gov gov- to formulate at a. a. a treaty of ot peace which should prevent the recurrence of war Every rightful Impulse of ot the huh human human hu hu- hu- hu man h heart was in accord with that t pur purpose purpose pur- pur l r he het pose From mw time immemorial o men ft have dreamed of peace poets have sung of ot it philosophers have written about It statesmen statesmen statesmen states states- men have discussed it men everywhere have hoped and prayed that the day might come when wars would no longer be necessary in the settlement of International international international inter Inter- national differences For Tor the first time in the turbulent annals annals annals an an- nals of the human race lace such a a. project I had become fe feasible The destruction of oC I I militarism the crumbling of ot thrones the dissolution of dynasties the worldwide I appreciation war and tI the he fi final of al the triumph IU inner of meaning democracy ag of I had at last made It possible to realize the dearest dream that ever crossed the night of ot man mans man's a dark mind The opportunIty opportunity for tor service was as great as the need of ot the world and the failure to renden render render ren ren- der den it must stand as a a- reproach for tor all time It is said saM that if the dead who died In the great war were placed head to feet teet they the would stretch from om t om Ne New York YorkI to San Francisco and from San an Francisco I back to New York and If those who I perished from st starvation and from other I causes head to collateral feet they et to the would Ulda war reach e were e around ligi placed i the great globe itself At this I very hour esat 7 millions 1 U of men and women and little children are the victims of our hesitancy How can the heart of ot America be closed to these things 7 I have been many miles In this country and It has been my fortune to visit most of the states of Mie he e Union it ii- t nas ass eu su happened that I have been In many of these states when the boys were coming from Crom the front I J have s i u n nt t te tre e great avenues of our splendid American cities lined with the populace cheering and cheering as these brave lads marched by bv happy that they had come triumphantly home But I have never e witnessed these inspiring sights without thinking of the boys bols who did not come home They do not rest as stran strangers ers Ina in ina ina a strange land these land these soldiers of ot liberty The generous heart of ot France enfolds them Tile women and the children of ot France cover their graves ve ea with 8 flowers anc and water a t them with tears Destiny seized these lads and led them fat fai from home to die for an Ideal And yet they and speak to us here In the homeland home home- land not of trivial things s but of immortal im mortal things Reverence and pity ana high resolve resolve surely sui ely these those remain to us I In that heart of hearts where the great works of m man n are wrought there can be beno beno no forgetting Oh God release the Im- Im so soil ii of or America touch once once- more the hidden loeu springs of the spirit and us- us lo to ou s Let the true purpose of our OUt party part be clearly understood We Ve stand squarely for the same Ideals of ot peace as those lor tor which the war was fought We support without flinching the only feasible plan for peace and justice We will not submit submit submit sub sub- mit to the repudiation of the peace treaty or to any process by b which It Is whittled down downto to the vanishing point We decline to compromise our principles or pawn our Immortal souls for tor selfish purposes Vedo We Ve Wedo Wedo do not turn our backs upon the history atthe ot at the last three years We Ve seek seel no avenue of retreat We Insist that the forward fori I course is the only righteous course We Ve seek to lIsh the fruits 0 ot Of victory to reinstate the good faith of ot our country and to restore it to its rightful place ilace among the n. n of the earth Our cause causo const constitutes a summons to duty The Tho heart of ot America stirs again The rile ancient faith revives The Immortal part of man speaks for tor us The services of or orthe the past the sacrifices of the war the hopes of the future constitute a spiritual force gathering about our banners We Ve shall release again the checked forces of civilization and America shall shaH take up the leadership of t the world orld once more orl- orl |