Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1920 — COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE MARK THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK FOR 1920 [ARTICLE]

COURAGE AND CONFIDENCE MARK THE DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK FOR 1920

(By Homer S. Cummings,

Chairman Democratic National Committee) The Democratic party looks forward to the campaign of 1920 witih courage and confidence. Under its guidance, and within the limit of its six years of control, it has established an unparalleled record of achievement. The legislation which it has placed upon the statute books is not only sound in principle but, in actual practice, it has rendered immeasurable service in promoting tihe extraordinary national prosperity which we now enjoy. During the period of the war industry was successfully mobilized. American arms won new triumphs and American honor was everywhere maintained and advanced. It is a plain statement of fact to assert that Democratic leadership has been unfailingly successful in peace and in war. Minor mistakes, inevitable in any great enterprise, may serve for a time the purposes of a partisan opposition and may even temporarily divert attention from the outstanding accomplishments of the administration; but it is inevitable that in the end a just balance will be struck 'and the great part which the Democratic party has played in the drama of the world will clearly appear. The brief interlude of Republican control in congress, marked as it has beep by an extraordinary ineptitude for public affairs, lias served to accentuate the efficiency of Democratic leadership. We hiafe a right, therefore, to claim the support of the American people, for we speak for no group; we speak for no special interest; we are an unentangled party serving the interests of the (people as a whole and seeking only a greater and a happier America. . '