Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-22
Lire Issues Of the DAY.
The Right of n inrty.

n
The last two months have wit.
ncHsti the most extraordinary pO.
huctl upset In tho hOstury ~ tho
country An administration CtWhod
with authority never before equaiNi.
led by tunn OF fascinating address,
NJ tho clnao of "A victorious war ana
ulmu~t AT the very momont OF vic
tory, turns To the people for their
approval. 10 emphnnEc and maze
more binding tho Npectod mandate
for "A continuation OF fun authority, =,
the prcMdoni addresses TO voters "A
moving appeal In his be-at ana most
cuhN uSIng manner. calling on them
To return to congress men of his own
political party IN order that no may
he uuhinderci In the pursuit Of hS
poi!ICs during ono uf the most com
plicatod and difficult periods In tho
history of civilization, what IN tho
response? Instead Ot granting tho
mandate as "a matter of course. the
intnll,gont and independent voters of
tho Unhsd Stat,a sharply deny tha
appeal In Ia. prvseHt congress The
democrats have "A large majority In
the tsuhto and "a shio but small one
ln tho house. In tho next cungrc,s
tho republicans viii have a. ma
Jurity ~ two IA tho senate and a
mabotity of about furtS eight IN tho
house And II via not bc mere
party majority II viii constitute an
incNuu,nlo oppoHitlon to the plans
and policies of the administration.
" hat IN more. the 'N,ellng OF hos
ulny tu the administration. which
Was manifcSted at 1ho polls IN No
,eubcr, has grown ~ Intensity The
nowspnpors. at last ungtgged ana
unfcttorcd, are speaking their mlnds.
Nc .ldum see "A paper " any con
sequence that does not contain sharp
criticism of tho president and ms
advisers. and this statement applies
To democratic as well us IcpuhllCSln
urgitus The people ono nccta, ~
all political affiliations, are ~ one
voice In cund"unins such acts us the
appeal to VOTERS. the proposod jour
ucl ~ tho president to Europe In tho
company uf George 'rcel and the
r-tEurr ~ the unul,~, al ~ time when
the trerst communication A "A pun-
liu necessity, II It In over possible 10
Judge pulitiN,l proba bilitics from the
expressed opinion ~ many men, an
olcction held to-day would give the
rcpub leans sulh "A majority IN both
hoDa,s ~ congress ns uncy htvo nos
had for many y,S,rs
What has brought ahota this
amazing trNulson ~ fccling' No
better summing up OF th" causes
could br made thin the article writ
ton hy tho Washington correspond
ou of The New work Evening l'usL
ThA writer h1 been IN the prcHi
dents counsel has pleaded for him
in .vHon and out. ana has been
generally accepted hS the spokesman
~ the tdmiulFtration kAnc validity ot
hu cilii,.sm N ouhitu'Td lv the tact
t'lt hr B.. unr uf ,ho toud"st vat.
smpctr ~ ga" president and haA
,tttu written about Inn with iutpl-
rtablr fulspmou'xS llia REASONS for
the diminished popularity - Mr..
Wilson ana 10" crfc"hIcd condition
uf his party have been well cN-
pre'ss,d in the following paragraphs
MIR Wilson. In ha altsntpiion IN
international uuc,Iura has rot him.
sulf ont ut touch WIN tho true Hririt
- America an domestic questions
The eart ~ dcmuCWcy which uh"
president prurhrd tvr years - no
luurer brhrld lu tho Huto,rtur and
hur,0ucutt,r Ghara'trr ~ tho hdNi--
era mo ruW Influence me actions or
~ tho high Wall he has bull, around
h.ua,lf
Ito has made uH'1l" in de-
rid. io take along with hlu 90 Ia.
rope Mr. G,-ntgc ,trcl Nhu has lust
the confidence uf the American
pr,-. and thereby ~ tho people
'-rhn taking over control OF tho
Atlantic cables by rosiuiaH'cr Cen
onl lurlcson at the time of the an
noun ewer' ~ tho transfer ~ cree =
t,uVtlo, ~ Europe iH denounced hN
the prrsiru'.s m,sit lo,G friends as
a colossal h.Hrlrr.
Tho cahiuot is slperunu du'od and
IN a ru'. prd VI" VI \ioo should u''
hn,c been prruIf'"d to uuIt ne Of
fircs uuW after Mr. Wilson's return
'-rhe president has been shutting
hia doors tu qualified advisers nd
depending too much on lns own