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Show MINES SAYS REPUBLICANS HAM LED Party Spends Year Debating Without Recording Single ! Constructive Measure NEW HAVEN. Conn., May 5. Homer Ho-mer S. Cummlngs, chairman of the Democratic national committee, aa temporary chairman of th Democratic Demo-cratic convention, told the delegates that dtiring- tho war America acted like "a veritable crusader in ther cause oC truth and justice and civilization' adding that "we won tho moral leadership lead-ership of the world and, had. the president presi-dent been properly supported, Amerl- ca wouia nave been the first, and not I the last, to ratify the treaty of peace." j I He said that the Republican party had had its opportunity and it had failed; that not only had i,t thus far throttled the treaty of peace, "but ar-ter ar-ter a year of sterile debate it could not record the passage of one aingle constructive measure." Tho convention tomorrow will elect a delegation of fourteen from Connecticut Con-necticut to the San Francisco convention. conven-tion. The proceedings aro expected to bo brief, as primary contests are believed be-lieved to havo settled the make-up pf the delegation. Chairman Cummings in his address enumerated many legislative measures meas-ures enacted by tho Democratic congresses, con-gresses, and coming to the war period, said that party leadership rose "to still greater heights." He challenged critics of the administration to suggest how, within tho limits of human possibilities, possibili-ties, the war could have been won more promptly and with less loss of American life. oo |