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Show Legion Can Be of Tribe of Nathan Hale or Oliver , Twist, He Says VIEWS' ON PROHIBITION GIVEN TO DEMOCRATS Maryland Convention Is Puzzled Puz-zled as to Attitude to Assume As-sume on Dry Question INLTANAPOLIS, Ind., May 20. "Equal and cJiact justlco to all men," as a remedy for unrest -was prescribed by Vice President Marshall In his koynoto address today before tho state Democratic convention. Ho also urff- Ied Jail sontonccs for profitoor3 and Increased In-creased production to relieve the high; coat of living. Indiana Democrats met Jn stato convention here today to name a state ! ticket, adopt a platform and -select delegates to the nationl convention at San rancisco. Few contests were expected to materialize ma-terialize today. Tho thirty delegates ' to Ihc-national convention 26 district and four at large will go uninstruct-cd,' uninstruct-cd,' It was said.. Thcro were no candidates candi-dates for tho Democratic nomhination for president In Indiana this yqar, Tho vice president expressed tho hopo that President Wilson and tho senato would reconcllo their differences differ-ences over tho. peace treaty and that it would bp ratified, but said no man jE shpuld be read out Of the Democratic ft- party becauso of his opinion on the. I -Tf - league of nations'. I '-. vVThjs was. as I understand it," the VicVprcsiifer.t said, "an Amorican war. -The peaco should brv-an -Amprl-i , can$p,eapcV TftcWafc. could' Vi$r"fiaXo J ' boon 'fought successfully as either a I Doinocratlc or RopubU'cariwaav The fi peace cannot brings that real peace D which the American pooplo want if It I be made either as a Democratic or I Republican peaco. I Vico President -Marshall said his comments on the treaty would be brief foe-lie had no hope, of lighting tlio' ''Cimmerian darkonnoss which now envelops It," but added: i ' "A lifelong advocate of a resotr to courts and not to force. I gave unqualified un-qualified endorsement to tho altruistic views of tho president, In the. deferso of which views ho has broken his fm6 Any let up In the enforcement of Jifflpl ' national prohibition until legal change IB i has boon made in its provisions "was BjL 4 opposed by Mr. Marshall, n "While tho prohibition amendment mmS- 'remains it must bo enforced in ac- Wj cordanco wit hits provisions," he said. AWk "If crystallizing sentiment does not In - as tho days go by get back of it, tho ume -s.- pe0pi0 wm f jnd a way lawfully to les-B les-B sen what some deem to be its rigors." IV Restoration, now that tho war Is gB ended, of freedom of speech and of Kfj the press punishment for those seek- in . ing to create disorder or overthrow eBJ the government by any other than le- fffli gal means was urged by Mr, Marshall g ( who also advocated redjustment of H I taxation after government expendl- n turcs have been reduced to a mlni- ?!) mum, In order to place the burdens I" ' ! upon those most able to bear them- Whilo omitting any direct reference j' to soldier bonus legislation the vice- presldont said ho would say to the i former service men "sound of body and of mind" that they obtain almost ; anything they want from congress, j "It will bo afraid to resist you," he ) "continued. "But looking back upon j your glorious record I beg you to con- elder whether you want to go down in history as of tho trlbo of Nathan Hale of tho trlbo of Oliver Twlot" i BALTIMORE. May 20, Tho atll- si tudo tho Democratic stato convention ( phould assume on the prohibition Is- huos was tho principal problem which IA4. t confronted the party leaders here prl- - or to tho assembling of the conven-. conven-. ; tlon today for tho purpoRo of soloct- .' ing Relegates to tho national conven es tlon and adopting a platform, Gon- j ferences which lasted until a lato hour H lant night, filed to reach an agreoment Hai n ml a "wet" plank may bo offered In tho convention. It was practically agreed that a Hl double delegation of 32 will bo sent to Sn Francisco ,cach with half a B The plan was to Kend an amlnstruct- Hj ed dolcgatlon, there having been no Democratic candldateo at the prcsl-H prcsl-H dentlal preference prlhary. |