The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-08-22

his -countrymen under his regime to
be merely psychological True to the
book, he and his supporters now in
woke psychology to substitute for n
real condition of misfortune the hyp-
motto and compelling suggestion Of a
beatitic national blessing that never
was and no man ever saw.
The Phantom War Suggestion
But this phantom war suggestion Is
clever device of our Democratic
friends in more ways than one. In the
language Of the sports, it permits of
playing both ends against the middle.
Not only has President Wilson. as
they say, kept us out of war which
might have been, and so we should be
grateful to him, but If war should
happen to come, 1t would be mani
testify unwise to swap horses while
crossing stream" So President
Wilson should be reelected, also, on
the hypothesis that we may have war
some day and, If we do while he is
in office, we shall be glad we did not
turn him out before It came
This proposition might fit the cam
paign for reelection OF any man that
ever lived in the White House at any
time. II is based upon that supreme
and sublime argumentative premise
"If," and is, therefore, wholly unan.
swerable. As our old friend Touch.
stone says, Much virtue in ifs" Just
where the logic OF this swapping
horses crossing stream" proposition
lies I leave to the celebrated jury in
Alice In Wonderland to decide. This
Jury, we recall were endowed with
the remarkable ability OF hearing the
evidence in the case. writing it down
on their states. and reducing it to
pounds, shillings and pence. As this
IS the way all Democratic financing
Is done, and in just such dream,
too, as came to Alice, our friends can
not consistently plead to the charac.
ter and capacity of such a jury.
So, after all Is said about 1t, the
fact is that this Wilson has kept us
out OF war" appeal rests wholly upon
the incontrovertible argument which
Is eternally presented by might have
been" on the one hand, and may be-
On the other.
Could anything be more practical
or convincing?
Has Wilson Kept Us Out Of War
Now let us see whether or not
President Wilson has kept us out Of
war" And at the outset let us endes
vor to be fair and give him full cred
It where we may for the performance
Of his strict and unequivocal day un
der the Constitution and his oath O
office, remembering, at the same time
that 1t is the obligation of every Pres
ident to keep Us out of war when 1
can be done honorably and that thu
most of them did it. Indeed, TIT
. only instance in our history where
President failed to keep us out o
war and the honor and justice of tina
war are still reasonably disputed, 1
afforded by the administration of Pres
Ident Polk, Democrat of Democrats
\ Oddly enough Polk, like Wilson wa
nominated by a Democratic nationO
convention in pursuance OF q plan t
prevent the nomination OF n popu'a
Il candidate that had already on seve,
I al ballots polled a majority OF the de
d egates and would have been the viii
/. ncr but for the absurd two third
n rule"
r In so far as President Wilson ha
. manfully met the many unusual an
l. pcrpleXing diplomatic crises that hav
5 arisen in his time as results of til
r great war now raging in Europe an
y has so ably presented and firmly II
'. sisted upon the rights Of this countr
o az q neutral under international la
n that those rights have been formal
O acknowledged and respected he is e'
y titled to credit. His burden of r
It sponsibility certainly has been gren
hut let Us ask ourselves in all fai
!, ness right here Just what particu''
n. and essential rights of this charact'
9 that we assert as against the wor
v have thus far been formally recogni
3. cd by any Of the belligerents on cit
f., cr side OF the struggle as the resu
, NJ his protests and representation
, And Just what once Of those RICH
- have not only been acknowledged b,
: respected so that the wrong that WI
u done TO us Is not only apologized Il
>, INT has been compensated for agre
10 ably to the practice Of nations NJ
tho violation we complained OF hi