New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-10-31

i era1 and vague that such a peace
would be no treaty at all, but only a
! protocol to an interminable discus
| sion. The president is without final
| power to bind the United States to
I those fourteen points, although his
language does not suggest it. Still less
has he power to bind our noble allies.
We do not know that these points in
clude all that our allies may justly de-
mand, Or do not concede something
they may justly withhold For what
they have done for us, we owe our al
lies the highest good faith. 1t is Of
capital importance, therefore, that we
now should elect a senate which shall
be independent enough to interpret
and enforce the will of the American
people in the matter of this world
peace, and not merely submit to the
| uncontrolled will Of Mr.. Wilson.
Call House Democrats Subservient.
Nor can the attitude of the house
of representativ be ignored in this
peace. Every affirmative obligation
binding the United States in that
treaty must be performed by the
house as part of the congress. The
present democratic majority in the
will of the president in every respect
except when critical issues in the
conduct of the war have been in
volved. The president has not hesi-
tated publicly to discipline those Of
his party who have disagreed with
him, and the lesson has had it's eff
feet. A new democratic congresss
with it's old leaders thus chastened,
will offer no opposition to his wilfs
They will not be consulted in the
future more than in the past. In
democratic congress, the American
people will not have the service of
an independent, courageous, co-or-
dinate branch of the government to
moderate his uncontrolled will 1t
is not safe to entrust to one man
such unlimited power. 1t is not in
accord with the traditions of the
republic.
"Third, the republicans voted with
out objection billions to be expended
by this administration. Six hundred
and forty millions for aviation were
given to the executive to build air
planes, without a single limitation as
to the manner Or method of its eX-
penditure. A senate committee has
deplored the waste and failure in the
use of that money. The debts which
have been created by this war, the
people will be paying to the third and
fourth generation. They have a right
to know haw these enormous sums
have been expended. Only a repubi-
can congress will have the courage
to exact a detailed and accurate story
of that stewardship.
Work of Reconstruction.
Fourth, the work of reconstruc-
ton must not be done by one man,
or finally formulated according to
his academic theories and ideals. The
president was not elected when such
issues were before the people. His
mandate of power was not given in
the light of the momentous questions
which soon will force themselves for
solution. He was elected as a peace
president and because he had kept
us out of war. The American people
should therefore place in the branch
of the government charged constitu-
tionally with adopting policies of
reconstruction, a congress which Will
not register the will of one man, but
fresh from the people, will enact the
will of the pople.
eve earnestly deprecate extending
the unified uncontrolled leadership of
a commander-in-ch chief to the making
Of a permanent treaty of peace or
to the framing of those measures of
reconstruction which must seriously
affect the happiness and prosperity
of the American people for a century
We urge all Americans, who are
Americans first. to vote for a repub-
lican congress-