The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-03-13

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guns. With her life she delayed the on
ward march of the Huns while France
prepared herself for the horrible days to
come.
Great Britain, too, jumped to the aiG
of civilization, pitting her forces against
the personal ambitions of the kaiser. At
terrible cost she stemmed the tide of evil
and for three long years she was the
backbone of civilization. Italy came into
the fray and some time later the United
States perceived the dangers and went
have been fighting the evils that come of
the ambitions of autocrats, the menacing
dangers of over developed ego and the
lust for power. The allies disputed the
Divine Right" of the kaiser to be the
ruler of all nations, fighting with their
life blood for the principle of popular ru'c.
The war is over and the scheme Of the
kaiser has been defeated. Civilized ma
tons have established their right to live
in peace and to govern themselves a.
cording to the dictates of their people
But while the war is Informally oyer, the
dangers threatening popular government
have not ceased to exist. The ambitions,
the ego and the lust, somewhat modified
owe the form suffered by the kaiser, still
endure We are glad to see the Unit ID
States senate step into the breach at this
time, knowing full well that its action
constitutes the safety valve OH danger
GUS and powerful machine. The salty
of the American people lies not in oric
man rule, not in individual wisdom, btr
in popular government and the counscs
of the many.
The wisdom of the fathers of our cen
stitution is questioned today by men with
international hopes and ambitions. If this
is the general sense of the American peo-
pie, no one will say them nay. Neverthe
less we swear by the constitution and the
wisdom of our forefathers until such a
time as the people themselves have repud-
lated them. We still believe that the fra,n-
ers of the constitution wrote with inf,n-
lite wisdom when they penned these
words: "He 1.-THE Presidency shall have
power, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, to make treaties,
Europe revised one of President Wilson's
pet points, "open covenants, openly ar
rived at" 1t amended the phrase by strik-
out out the last three words.
But neither Europe nor any one man
may assume these privileges in respect to
the constitution of the United States.
Plainly "by and with the advice and con-
sent of the senate" has been ignored, but
that in itself does not constitute an am
endment. The people of the United States
are to be heard and at this critical period
in the nations history they may thank
God for American senators who still re-
we're the constitution. We do not claim
Immortality for the worlds greatest doc
ument, the constitution of the United
Safes, but we do insist that it live until
the people themselves have pronounced
the death sentence. We acknowledge the
right of no man, no official, be he small
or great, no representative. legislative
body and no foreign power to abridge
that document. Friends of the league OF
nations proposed tell us that the league
| constitution is the greaest document in
the worlds history. Even so, we refuse
to accept it as such until our people have
first torn the first guarantee of their
freedom to scraps. Md
President Wilson in negotiating for g
league of nations has not consulted the
people and he has not solicited the advice
of the Senate, much less its consent. The
extent of his discussions with the senate
is confined to private conference with
committee after the plot was laid What
transpired at the conference is not clear
! to the Senate or the American people. fol