The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-26

the strong nations 10 SuDdue, dominate
and dictate to the weaker.
A former Republican President of
the United States and an admitted
candidate for the Presidency has not
only ridiculed the Presidents program
for a lasting world peace and. his
League of Nations as an instrument
tality in aid of that great undertaking,
but he has insinuated that the Presi-
dent of the United States, who is not
only loved, admired and respected by
all of the people of the United States.
but is accepted as the preeminent
champion of liberty throughout the
world. has been guilty of diplomatic
treachery.
Whether these great issues are de-
cided in favor of the President or
against him and in favor of the lead
ers of the Republican party depends
upon the result of the coming election.
Unless the people of the country at the
coming election give the President a
Senate that will follow his leadership
it will be impossible for him to force
the adoption of his program for a
lasting worlds peace. Senator Lodge
the leader of the Republicans in the
Senate, stated the necessity of the case
very plainly in his speech in the Sen
ate on October 10th when he said
The power of initiating and negoti-
ating peace is wholly his (referring
to the PresidenD, but a treaty can
never become law, il can never find
ratification, without the advice and the
consent of the Senate"
If the people return a Republican.
majority TO the United States Senate
Senator Lodge will be Chairman OF
the Foreign Relations Committee OF
the Senate. Any treaty or settlement
dealing with foreign countries nego-
tiated or made by the President would
have to be referred to his committee.
With his pronounced opposition to the
Presidents program ne would not re-
port out the Presidents treaty or set
tlement. but wou.l substitute one of
his own. 1t brin Is US back TO the
same issue, do the people of the coun-
try trust Woodrow Wilson or do they
trust Senator Henry Cabot Lodge? If
they trust Woodrow Wilson, as l know
they do, they will give to him the
power in the United States Senate in
stead of to Senator Lodge, Senator
Penrose and other reactionary and au-
tocratic Republican leaders.
And If the people of the United
States trust Woodrow Wilson more
than they do the Republican leaders,
they must see that the President is
supported in both branches of con-
gress. or in the period of reeonstruc-
tion after the war the great progress
sive legislation that has been written
upon our statute books under Wood
row Wilson's leadership will be re-
pealed or amended TO the satisfaction
of the reactionary leaders of the Re
publican party who now dominate the
Republican minority in the Senate and
in the House of Representatives.
The glory of our arms, the valor of
our soldiers, the justice of our cause,
and the noble sacrifices that we have
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tianity and humanity if this peace
means but a cessation from war that
will return again and again to deluge
the world with blood and destruction.
And war will come again unless the
settlement of the peace terms and the
readJustment that must accompany
them are based upon those sound prin-
ciples OF righ, justice and humanity
laid down and prescribed in the Presi-
dents program, which has been ac-
cepted by our allies and heartily en-
dorsed by all of the neutral countries
of the world
For four long years the President
has given every minute of his time not
only TO the protection of our own peo-
pie but to the protection of the weak,
the oppressed and the downtrodden
| throughout the world. He has lit the
flame of democracy everywhere. even
TO the remotest points of the earth.
lie has aroused hope in the breasts
Of the enslaved peoples no matter
where they may be found or under
what master they may be made to
serve. He was great in peace: he has
been magnificent in war. Abhoring
war, he abhors slavery more. With
the fall of every soldier his heart has
bled. With each report of disaster
his soul has trembled for the fate of
humanity Met by the cunning of dip
lomats> trained in treachery. criticised
harrassed and interfered with by petty
politicians and jealous statesmen al
home, he has borne the great burden
almost alone. and now he calls out tc
the American people in the crucial
hour of his need, with that confidenc,
he has always had in the people. tc
help him. hold up his hands. and give
him the support that it is necessar.
for him to have so that he may con