Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1920 — EX-GOV. BRUMBAUGH SPEAKS [ARTICLE]

EX-GOV. BRUMBAUGH SPEAKS

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people. He bewailed the fact that America spent so much money in preparation which was not needed. He said $106,000,000 was spent in building cantonments which are not any more needed. To quote him exactly, he said: “The money was wasted, wasted, wasted.” One could not but wonder if the boy who ate and slept in those barracks on the cold nights thought they were wasted, wasted, wasted? He told of Nitro, W. V., which cost $61,000,000 and then did not make any powder! The ex-governor would have been considered a great patriot had he spent the time in praising the effi clency of the American army In helping bring to a close the war 18 months sooner than anyone expected. There were many mothers in the audience who said In Itheir hearts, “I am glad Nitro did not get to make any powder.” These same mothers are glad that so far as its use now is concerned they are glad all of the money spent for camps, armaments and munitions is wasted. Military men have said over and over again that the preparation which America made for the war was one of the great factors in winning the war. It seems the ex-governor would have had us save a few dollars and given several thousand mdre boys. It was heart-rending to the patriots present to hear the speaker make light of American ingenuity and mechanical skill when he referred to the airplanes produces by America that could do nothing but go up and come down to get more gas to go up again. Mr. Braumbaugh may have such an opinion of American mechanical skill but the voters of the land do not.

The speaker spent very little time with the greatest issue of the campaign and no doubt for good political reasons, especially if the people present should be Inclined to check up on his statements. He represented that the league provides that America might, have another $30,000,000 debt placed upon her. The matter he referred, to was article 16, which any Democrat is glad to have read. . „ One of the great sxfrprises was his attack on the war tax, especially on medicine. The mind of many in -the audience at once remembered the Republican origin of the war tax, especially on medicine. He did not say, either, that a Republican congress refused to lower any war tax or make any changes when requested to by President Wilson. In discussing the matter of taxing the sick man, he showed that he was (speaking for the Republican party) in frivor of universal military training. He called it universal physical training. Realizing that many Republicans are |n favor of the league of nations, hS'said we will have a league of nations. (He perhaps had not read Senator Harding’s Des Moines speech.) The whole speech will, no doubt as a boomerang on the Republican campaign wherever it is made. It is unfortunate for the

Democratic cause that Mr. Brum 1 baugh did not speak at greater length. Come again, professor.