The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-01

people lest he may by his parleying
with her, concede her a peace around
a council table instead of a sentence
from a court. The fourteen points
which the president and Germany as
sumo that they have already agreed
upon are so general and vague that
such a peace would be no treaty ct
all, but only a protocol to an intermin-
able discussion. The president is
without final power to bind the United
States to those four points, although
his language does not suggest 1t. 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 they may justly withhold.
For what they have done for us, we
owe our allies the highest faith. 1t is
OF capital importance, therefore that
we should now elect senate which
shall be independent enough to in
terpret 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.
CRITICIZE su6sERviENcY.
"Nor can this attitude of the house
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
house has been subservient to the will
of the President in every respect ex-
cept when critical interests in the con-
duct of the war had been involved.
The President has not hesitated pub
licly to discipline those OF his party,
who have disagreed with him and the
lesson has had its effect. A new Dem
ocratic Congress, with its old leaders
thus chastened, will offer no opposi-
ton to his will. They will not be
consulted in the future more than in
the past. In a Democratic congress,
the American people will not have the
service of an independent. courageous,
coordinate 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 &C
cord with the traditions of the Repub-
licans
Third. the Republicans voted with
out objections billions to be expended
by this administration. Six hundred
and forty millions for aviation were
given to the executive to build air
planes, without single Limitation as
to the manner or method of it's 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 right
to know how these enormous sums
have ben expended. Only Republi-
can congress will have the courage to
exact a detailed and accurate story of
that stewardship.
New Issues to be Solved.
Fourth, the work of reconstruction
must not be done by one man, or f.
nally formulated according to his aca-
demic theories and ideals. The Pres
ident was not elected when such Is
sues were before the people. His
mandate of power was not given in
the light of the momentous questions
which will soon force themselves for
solution. He was elected as a peace
President, and because he had kept
out of war The American people
should therefore place in the branch
Of the government charged constitu-
tionally with adopting policies Of re-
construction a congress which will not
register the will of one man, but fresh
from the people, will lenact the will of
the people. .....
1--WE earnestly reprecate extending
the unified uncontrolled leadership of
commander in chief to the making
Of a permanent treaty of peace or to
the framing of those measures of re-
construction which must seriously af-
feet the happiness and prosperity of
the American people for century.
We urge all American, who are Ameri-
cans first, to vote for Republican
congress-