The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-05-06
PIONEER ENIAN
PERSUASION

Senator Pomerene. of Ohio, DEM
ocrate member of the foreign relat-
ions committee, has returned to Wa
shington from q speaking tour of his |
State. The character of the argum-
ents hehas used to his people In
favor of the league Of nations is in |
dictated by statement issued from |
his desk at the Capital, They (the
people, will be satififed," declared
the Senator, with the lague COW
enant that the President will bring
back with him and will demand that
the Senate accept IT," Although
with no Information as to what the
revised covenant will contain, either
in its provisions or the language in
which il is fritte, Mr.. Pomerene as
sures his people that It is all right.
That is the sort of persuasion that
has been followed by the proponents
of the league from the first. Even
before the league of nations took
form in the draft first presented to
the world by President Wilson we
were assured by such men as Senator
Pomerene that the League was neces-
airy to cure the ills of the world.
When the first constitution was read
by Mr.. Wilson il was hailed by Pom
creme, Taft, and others as the concre-
to embodiediment of what they shad
in mind. Now with scarce Il suggest
ion of what the new version is to con-
tain. 1t is accepted in advance by the
League advocates as Just the thing.
Evidently any sort OF a document
that purports to constitute league
of nations would have the sanction
of such gentlemen. II their argu-
ments have proved one thing above
another il is that they have been will
ing from the beginning to attach the
signatures to a blank sheet OF paper
land hand il over to Mr.. Wilson to
fill in. as he saw fit. Their brains
have ceased to function for the time
being. They would have no hesita-
ton in abdicating entirely the treaty
making power of the. Senate and
clothing the President with supreme
and conclusive authority in such mat
r tiers.
| But this is a government by the
= people and not by individuals. How
= ever subservient some Senator'S ma,
be to the Executive mind, however
lmuch they may wish to delegate
their constitutional powers to tn,
egotistism the White House. howeve
great may be their desires to echo
placid Yes" to every proposition GU
committing President may place be
fore them the public will insist tina
they perform their functions as dc
Lucrative body of men. Senator
are not individuals while occupyin
their seats in the senate chambe
and more than the President is a
individual while sitting at his ofiicii
desk at the white house. They lik
= him, are representatives of the peopI
and ii is their duty to interpret tn
n. will of their constituents, rather tina
to substitute herefor complacent G
dosement of whatever emanat'
!, from the White Houses at Washing
s. ton and Paris 1t is theirs to acqui
d see in the will of the people. rath'
th than in the will of transient Exc
Sc utive.
3; Mr.. Pomerene places a poor est
hu mate upon the intelligence of the p'
nd pie of Ohio when he brings the
e down to a plane with own subserN
or ent state of mind. For hundr'
years the elections in tn
. country have demonstrated that o
y people are not dumb mass to
led, but are a group of thinking
II dividuals. One year there may be
II overwhelming preponderance of vi,
E for certain policies, only to be succ