Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1920 — Page 2

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FALSE LEADERSHIP

Under its present leadership the Republican party has been subjected to great humiliation. It is now, as is becoming clearer every day, ruled by a small minority of ita membership, which has succeeded in reversing or repudiating its policy on the great issue of the day—the league of nations. Johnson, Borah and the few other irreconcilablos oi biter-enders, have had their way, and the candidate is apparently more fearful of offending these than, anxious to please the great majority of the party. Rarely in our politics has there been such a sudden anti complete abandonment of position, such a startling shifting of ground. The results that have followedwere inevitable and might easily have been foreseen. Through the rejection of old, and the adoption of new principles, men have .been attracted to the party who never were Republicans, and would not be Republicans today had not the policy of the party been modified by the leaders to meet their views. Them are many Republicans, friends of the league of nations, who are today asking whether the support of William Randolph Hearst was not too dearly bought. It is not many years ago that Hearstism was denounced by Theodore Roosevelt,

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speaking through the lips of EUhu Root, as having been largely responsible for the murder of William McKinley. Yet Hearst Is, through his newspapers, advocating the election of Senator Harding. Only a few days ago the GermanAmerlcan Citizens’ League, the successor* of the old German-Amerioan Alliance, whose activities have hardly been forgotten, declared for the Republican candidate. Thus it is giving voice to its opposition to the war, and to the league of nations. To this array must now be added George Sylvester Vierick, editor of the Fatherland, and later of the American Monthly. Vierick championed Germany against this country up to the very moment of our entering the war, and is again talking and writing in the old strain. To him the league of nations Is the “league of damnations.” There Is nothing in common between these men and organizations and genuine Republicanism. But there is much in common between them and the Johnson wing and the present influence now unhappily in control of the party. We have even been told that we did not “declare war” on Germany, this being the idea of our own Senator Watson. And in his remarks in the senate on what all supposed was a declaration of war, which Senator Harding quoted in his speech last Saturday, the senator said:

I vote for this joint resolution to make war; not a war thrust upon us, if I could choose the language of the resolution, but a war declared in response to affronts, etc. Thus Senator Harding did not believe at the time, though the resolution said so, nor did he believe last Saturday, that it was “a war thrust upon us.” If we did not declare war, and if war was not thrust on us, the only conclusion seems to be that we thrust it on Germany. any rate Vierick, the German-Ameni-can Citizens’ League, and William Randolph Hearst, who were all strongly pro-German, are for Hard.Ing. We do not believe that these are in any degree representative of genuine Republicanism.—lndianapolis News.

“HUMBUG” IN HARDING’S PLAN

FOR SUBSTITUTE FOR LEAGUE In that body (the Hague tribunal) we have the framework of a really effective instrumentality of pearce, Harding. I!he reason Mr. Taft, A» LSwrence Lowell and other eminent Republicans helped to form “the league to enforce peace,” In 1915, as a propaganda society, was because The Hague treaties and Hague tribunal had signally**failed in their purpose. The first Hague treaties came in 1899, the second treaties in 1907.1 Between 1899 and 1915, inclusive, there were no less than slx*ma’or wars in the world, not counting the Philippine war or the Boxer uprising in China, all culminating finally In the most stupendous war In history. Yet Mr. Harding sees In the i framework of The Hague tribunal "a really effective instrumentality; of enduring peace.” J * * * in this scheme as a substitute for th 9 ■ league of nations there is an im- 1 menee amount of humoug. First, ' 1

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the international conferences could have no more effect than the European concert had before the v/orld war, when the powers in the concert “exchanged views” whenever a crisis threatening peace arose. Second, the jurisdiction of the international court, which au’ealv is a subordinate feature oi the league s constitution, would be llaiit>i sharply and narrowly to "‘justiciable” questions, that is to say questions of the Interpretation of treaties, or of International law, or of breach of contract, which are capable of submission by their very nature to u court. President Taft’s abortive arbitration treaties of went no further than “justiciable” questions. Great powers nowadays seldom go to war over such maters. The issues which bring on wars are of an entirely different character and the world court would not touch them. The first thing this country u opposition party would demand would be that nothing concerning the Monroe doctrine, or questions concerning “any governmental policy of the United States, should be placed within the jurisdiction of such a court. Virtually., the same killing amendments would be demanded in the senate that were annexed to the Taft treaties of 1911-1912. Mr. Harding evades a frank: and direct consideration of the vital question as to how far the decisions of the court should be enforced. The truth Is that neither this country nor any other country could be coerced to accept unfavorable judgments, as an unsuccessful litigaut is coerced Into bowing to the judgment of our state or federal courts, without a sacrifice of that very sovereignty and nationality which Mr. Harding’s party now pretends to have saved by killing “Wiiscn s league.” The moment the international court’s - decrees become enforceable by an international sheriff, you have a “super-supreme court of the world,” and “internationalism” in the form most awful for our iohnsons, Borahs and Lodges to contemplate. That as President, after being chosen with the aid of the Johnsonites, the Hearsts and the George Sylvester Viericks, Mr. Harding would ever get anything “with teeth in it,” or would seek to get anything “with teeth in it ” is quite unthinkable. —Springfield Republican, • •• -i" V ' ■— ■ ;»■

THE JOKE CANDIDATE

On his return from Edropfe Mr. , Root will make an announcement, so Myron T. Herrick says, that “will go far toward clarifying the entire international situation.” This is a considerable task for any man, sin-gle-handed, to perform, even for the i extraordinary Mr. Root. It is a task, however, which most appropriately falls to the lot of the reputed author of the Chicago platform’s Delphic utterance on the league of nations. The oracular masterpiece met the requirements of a critical situation. It satisfied the antipodal demands of the vitriolic but honest enemies of the league, the equally hostile but less candid adversaries under the Lodge banner and gave hope to the Mends of the covenant. But ita ‘

magic was not permanent. Moreover, it plilhged Candidate Harding up to the ears in confusion and verbosity—from which predicament he needs to be rescued quickly. Mr. Root and his reprieve can not come too soon for the harried philosopher of the front porch. But if "clarifying the international situation" means extricating Candidate Harding from his bewildering entanglements —and that we believe, is what Mr. Herrick really meanswhy should we have to wait for Mr. Root’s return from Europe? As a matter of simple honesty, has not Mr. Root’s presence in Europe, where he assisted in the work of organizing an international court, made rea* sonably clear the intentions of Mr. Harding and his party toward the league?' Would any one so malign Mr. Root as to believe that he would go to Europe to assist in assembling an important piece of the league’s machinery while at the same time opposing our entrance into the league? Does any one believe that Mr. Root could counsel with the representatives of the allied nations that are trying to make operative the treaty of Versailies and return straight from such discussions to support Mr. Harding’s proposal of a separate peace with Germany? Mr. Harding seemingly needs help. His campaign drags. It is without color or quality. The man is talking a dead language. But the thing Mr. Harding’s candidacy needs must be supplied by himself. The truth is the thing that will set Mr. Harding’s candidacy free. — St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

THE PRO-GERMAN VOTE

Reports that the political support of the dissatisfied German element in the United States is being sought by means which reflect discredit upon the seekers continue to annoy American citizens. Congressman Britten of Chicago, whose war record is among ,£he most unsavory in either branch of congress, made a bid for the vote of his friends in the Germania Club at Chicago by charging the British government with having contributed funds to an American political party. This is the customary indirect method of appealing to the vote, its advantage being that it also appeals to other hyphenates in this country. Now there comes from the Democratic camp a charge that the disloyal German vote is being showered with German-language pamphlets charging President Wilson with unfairness to Germany during the war. The President’s atitude toward Germany during the war was certainly not friendly, but only a Hun can be persuaded that his attitude was unfair. What he did to Germany was about what the country wished him to do, and exactly what congress ordered him to do. Thus an appeal based upon a war grievance against this country can be regarded as nothing short of agitation for a display of disloyalty at the polls. In the election returns, disloyal votes count as heavily as loyal votes, and at this point in the campaign the party managers are concerned principally with election returns. In their enthusiasm for cold totals; they may easily overstep the bounds of patriotic propriety, and if they do, the people should know about it. There is still enough of the war ideal left in this country to warrant the feeling that an election is better honorably lost than dishonorably won. —Indianapolis News,(Rep.)

TAFT STILL FOR LEAGUE WITHOUT RESERVATIONS

“When Mr. Wilson brought to this country the league covenant as reported to the Paris conference, 1 urged on the same platform with him, that we join the league. I thereafter recommended amendments, some of which were adopted into its final form. “Had I been in the Senate I would have voted for the league and treaty as submited: and I advocated its ratification accordingly. I did not think and do dot now think that anything Ip the league covenant as serA to the Senate would violate the Constitution of the United States or would involve us in wars

which it weuid flbt toe t,9 bl * b ' est interest of the world and this country to suppress by universal boycott and, if peed be, by military force. ••*».! 1 ''jEJIXw ii&f' “I consider that the moral effect of Article X on predatory nations would restrain them from war as the declaration of the Monroe Doctrine has done, and that the requirement of the /vnanimous consent by the repftesemativeg of the great powers in council before league action would safeguard the United States from any perversion of the high purpose of the league. Moreover, I believe that* the issue of the league trans; cends in its importance any domestic issues and would justify and require one who believes so to ignore party ties and secure this great boon for the world and this country."

THE “OLD GUARD” DAYS

Senator Harding has been saying in his front porch speeches that he "wants to get back to normalcy,' and Governor Coolidge professes to wish for a restoration of “old times.” These gentlemen are the candidates of the “Old Guard,” and must, therefore, voice the wishes of the "Old Guard.” . The “normalcy” of “old times” Senator Harding wishes to get back to must be that of the good old, golden Mark Hanna days, when an “Old Guard’s” campaign fund was enormous; when employees at great industrial plants were told by their superintendents, the agents of special Interests, that unless they voted as they (the representatives of special interests) wished them to vote, their jobs would be closed to them on the day following the election; they were the days when corporation taskmasters wrung Immense dividends from the very blood of women and children employed in unregulated “sweatshops.” On the other hand, in the days of "normalcy,” in the “old times,” there was no Federal Reserve system; panics were as frequent as the seasons, and national bank failures occurred on an average of one every three weeks; there was no Farm Loan system; small farmers were the victims of mortgage bank pirates and tenancy was_ the curse of the land; there was no Federal aid in road building, and every farmer paid a “mud tax”; there was no merchant marine; there was none of the many beneficdent legislative enactments of the last two Democratic administions, which wrested the power ot government out of the hands of a few and lodged it in the hands of the people. In those days of “normalcy” an insidious lobby, guided the hand that wrote the laws placed upon the Nation’s statute books, until driven from the corridors of the Capitol as the money-changers of' old were lashed from the Temple. Such was “normalcy” in the “old times" for which the “Old Guard,” the agents of. the special interests, speaking through its candidates, so fervently sighs. —Lafayette Times.

THE MARION-ETTE

In Marion Town there’s a wonderful show, Backed by Penrose and Smoot and Co., the marvelous puppet clown —• The Marion-ette of Marion Town. The great manikin of the age That ever was seen on porch or stage; Worked by wires and wheels, et cet — A most* remarkable Maion-ette. It dances to any old tune you please And straddles the League with the greatest ease, It’s Pro and it’s Anti Suffragette, A most remarkable Marion-ette. Though a puppet, it really seems to speak, But behind the scenes stands a powerful “clique” To furnish big woyds and phrases set For this awfully ingenious Marionette. Its sonorous gabble brings equal cheer To the son of toil and the profiteer, For the drys it’s dry, and the wets it’s wet, This very ambiguous Marion ette. Its favorite word is “normalcy,” Which means “get back to what used to be.” Good old Reaction’s one best bet Is this truly reliable Marion-ette; This hoary back-number-ful, phony stage-thunder-ful, Perfectly wonderful Marionette! —Oliver Herford in New York World.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1920

M’CRAY DODGES TAX LAW ISSUE

Failure to Mention Goodrich Measure In Keynote Address Convinces People He is Satisfied with Present Law. STARTS “PUSSY-FOOT” CAMPAIGN _____ < Indianapolis, Ind.—Political observers who have studied the lengthy keynote address delivered by Warren T. McCray, the Republican gubernatorial nominee at Crawfordsville, last Thursday, feel that he dodged the supreme issue in Indiana —the Goodrich tax law —and occupied his time instead with platitudes relative to Republican national administrations of a quarter and half century ago. The fact that McCray did not mention taxation came as a distinct surprise to many of his friends, who had expected him to accept the challenge made by Carlton B. McCulloch, the Democratic candidate for governor, that the present law be repealed.

Satisfied with Tax Law. It is now taken for granted, according to opinions expressed here, that McCray is satisfied with the law as patched up by the recent special session of the legislature and will continue to avoid, if possible, any discussion of this issue throughout the campaign. The fact that the nominee overlooked an opportunity to explain or elaborate on the reasons that prompted t£e Republican legislature to fail to redeem their platform pledge to promptly restore the control of bond issues and tax levies to local units, is taken to mean here that he is working in perfect harmony with the state administration crowd that has been accused of seeking to perpetuate arbitrary powers in the hands of the state board of tax commissioners. Aside from his dodge on the tax question McCray’s address was remarkable for other notable omissions, among them being: 1. Failure to mention the a£jf,')lstration of Governor Goodrich. 2. Failure to mention any of the measures, except the teachers’ salary bill, passed by the recent special session of the legislature.

McCray made another startling statement, however, that Jarred some of his- well-wishing friends, when he pledged himself tq carry out the policy of the state highway commission. In view of the fact that this Goodrich board has been in power for several years and has not yet succeeded In doing any noticeable constructive work aside from the expenditure of huge sums of money, his fiat declaration on good roads failed to cause any enthusiasm. It was gathered from the tenure of his remarks that he proposed to retain the board as now constituted, although It has been one of the chief avenues used by the Goodrich admin? istration to work politics. Starts Pussy-Foot Campaign. It Is believed here that McCray really has Inaugurated a “pussyfoot” campaign in the hope that helmay publicly dodge the onus to Goodrich, although It Is a well-known fact that he has been working in close connection with the governor and Senator Watson ever since the Republican state convention. Persons who have watched the trend of G. O. P. affairs declare that it will be Impossible for McCray to repudiate Goodrich, for every voter In the state is cognizant of the fact that he allowed the governor to name his hand-picked state chairman, E. M. Wasmuth, as manager of the present state campaign, and that the Republican platform Indorses Goodrich’s administration. <

It is pointed out that Wasmuth, now dictating the Republican campaign policies, Is the same man who issued statements last winter praising the tax law and who worked with the legislature to prevent emasculation of the measure to such an extent that the power of the state board would be Jeopardized. McCulloch Takes the Lead. Republicans who are not warming up to their party leadership advanced the* opinion following McCray's ‘‘key-’ goto” address that Dr. McCulloch, by launching Mi campaign earlier, has placed the G. O. P. state ticket on th£ defensive. McCulloch already has taken a_stand for a broadened depart* ment of agriculture showing an intimate knowledge of farmers’ prob* 1 lems; he advocates the retention of automobile license fees In in which they originate and urging the total divorce of politics from the state highway commission together with an advanced system of good roads. McCulloch’s stand sos the advancement of educational institutions has also struck a responsive chord, a question on which McCray failed to offer any constructive arguments.

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