The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-31
FIGHTING ONE
MAN CONTROL
Continued from rage l.,

from March 4, 1919. 10 March 4,
1871. In that period
1.-THE war must be fought
to unconditional surrender I'M
less it Is achieved before.
"2-The terms OF world peace
must be settled.
"3-The democratic admins
tration, after erpending billions
of treasure and exercising more
absolute power than any admin
istration In our history. must
give an account of its steward
ship.
1.-THE change from war con-
ditions TO peace must be brought
about With the least disturbance
and the work of reconstruction
must be broadly begun
"A republican congress- would
be much better qualified than
one controlled by democrats to
aid the country in adopting the
measures needed for these four
great tasks.
First, even as minority par
ty, the republicans made the
winning OF the war possible by
passing the original draft bill.
without this we could not have
trained and landed the two mil
lion of men now in France. AS
a minority party the republicans
have forced upon a reluctant
president and secretary OF war,
after an injurious delay Of four
months, the amended draft act,
without which we could not put
two more millions at the front
next July. The speaker, the
leader and the chairman OF the
military committee of the demo
cratic house opposed the origi-
nal draft with all the vigor pos
sible. 1t was saved, and so our
country's cause was saved by
the republican minority.
Second, the new senate must
approve, by two-thirds vote,
the terms OF peace. These terms
must be settled not By one man
only. II is one-man control we
are fighting in this war 10 sup
press.
"Tf the peace treaty is to be
useful in the future, it must be
approved by the great body OF
the American people.
The president has indicated
a Willingness to make a peace
by negotiation. He has not de-
manded, as he might have done
in three lines, that which the
American people demand, an IN
conditional surrender. His ex-
change OF notes with Germany
has caused deep concern
among our people lest, he may,
by his parleying with her, con-
cede her piece around council
table instead of q sentence from
a court. The fourteen points
which the president and Ger
many assume that they have al
ready agreed upon are so gen.
eral and vague that such peace
would be no treaty at all, but
only d protocol, to an interim
nabie discussion. The president
is without final power to bind
the United States 20 these four
teen points, although his Ian
guage does not suggest IL. Still
less has he power TO bind our
noble allies. We do not know
that these points include all that
our allies may justly demand,
or do not concede something
which they may justly withhold.
For what they have done for US,
we owe our allies the highest
good faith. 1t IS of capital i'm
portance, therefore, that we
should now elect senate which
shall be Independent enough TO
interpret and enforce the will Of
the American people in the mat
ter of this world peace, and not
merely submit to the uncon-
trolled will Of Mr.. Wilson.
Nor can the attitude of the
house OF representatives be ig-
nored in this peace. Every af-
firmative obligation binding the
United States in that treaty
must be performed by the house
as part OF the congress. The