The Washington herald., 1918-11-06

+ ala victory Tor democracy Is aD-
parent from the returns in Europe
and those returns mean more.
after all. than any returns here
abouts could mean. So let us look
much TO the front and little to the
back.
/ America splendid and victorious
demands the best there is in US,
and gloom created by disappoint-
ments OF yesterday should rest in
our midst bat a few more hours at
most.
The Washington Sunday star sage
ly observes in q column of political
| observations from the various States
'Neyada--Representative F. f.
Roberts, Republican, is conceded
a reelection"
By whom is this concession made? ?
Certainly not by Nevadans. For
they happen 20 recall that Mr. Rob
erts was running for the United
States Senate against Senator Hem
derson. Certainly Mr. Roberts
wouldn't be so hoggish rs to try
for two seats. 'Simpossible.
We haven't ever paid our column
the compliment of introducing OK
Senator Jonathan Bourne's matter
into it, but we intend to do so this
very moment.
For Mr.. Bourne. we find, has SAID
something very interesting to the
masses and of vast Importance to
the country and the world.
Mr.. Bourne objects TO Col House
That is, he objects TO the Texan be
ing selected as the representative OF
the American government to sit at
the armistice tables. and all that sort
of thing, and not submit his name
first to the American people for rat
ification.
Mr.. Bourne makes these remarks.
which give our readers almost in
stantly an adequate idea of what he )
thinking about-and when:
"A man who has never held public
Office and who has never taken tLa
oath to support and defend the Con-
stitution. as required Of every reEu-
! larIy appointed ambassador has had
committed to his care the interests OF
this great Republic in the final set
tlement of a struggle that will have
cost this country approximately SO
co., 600 and tens of thousands of pre-
Cious lives. Questions of transccndant
Importance are to be decided, so far
as this country is concerned. by this
unofficial representative.
The present war has involved th!s
country to a greater extent than all
those earlier conflicts put together.
The treaty Of peace that will end II
may have n greater bearing on the
United States than the combined effect
Of all the peace treaties heretofore
entered into by US.
Around the table at which the
peace terms are considered and de-
termIned, side by side with the pr
miers of Europe. whom do we md
intTusted with the future destiny OF
the American Republic? Col. House,
OF Texas At his right. as his prin",-
pal assistant. is his son-in-law. NJ.
Gordon Auchi1closs. At his left l. "A
mass of material compiled by hrs
brother-in-law, DIR. Samuel l.. MczcS ~
One would gather from this that the
former solon doesn't like what he
terms the autOcraCy of this step. But
the truth is, Colonel House is sitting
merely as a representative of the
President himself Moreover he -
sitting in n conference in which many
nations are represented on our side
as against our single nation in other
wars. And he is not sitting in the
final peace conference at which the
economical features Cf peace will be
worked out as well >as the confer
ence at which the League OF Nations
will be organized.
Mr. Bourne hastenth along the road
too rapidly. II he would but wait he
would see the wisdom of the Presi-
dents move and would easily catch
the Significance Of tho step and ev..n
view the successful results viii. 4
attend 1t.
Truth is. there isn't anything tho
President can do these days who Il
entirely suits the Republican party
and some of its former valorous CON-
manders. And the amazing thing is
that these vehement outbursts con-
tinUc right along while President WI
son ia safely plotting the ship over is
course.
Tho really refreshing thing. ..',ou' IT.
all is that tho Presidents ability lo
handle the situation satisfactorily
seems not to be disturbed by these
outbursts and the successful results
attained by him seem not to be pre-
vented by their efforts TO hurl par.i-
san criticism at him.
The triumph over Austria IS exact
ing enough to suit the most unrc-
lenting patriots in our country. If 1t
forecasts what Is to be given to the
Germans THE fears Of some of our
people that TIE President would hP
too easy with them are apt to be
dissolved,
The purely economic features OF
peace must be worked out in a sep
arate conference. however. The steps
which have been taken thus far are
only military in nature and have to
60 with meeting the purely military
and naval situations of the hour
When the actual peace conferences
come on there will be many things
OF territorial and economic impOr-
tance to settle-and then some of
The Presidents fourteen DOints will