The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-09-27
WHAT ARE THE RESULTS

WHAT AXE THE RESULTS
By this time the benefits of President
Wilson'S journey TO the west should be
apparent He started the journey with
a specific purpose in view and that was
to bring to bear upon the critical sena-
tors the pressure of their constituents
Mr.. Wilson said and believed that the peo-
pie of the United States were unqualified
ly for the document he brought home
from Paris. His more enthusiastic sup
porters went so far as to say that ninety
per cent of the American people would
condemn any change whatsoever in the
league constitution. Bearing these OBJ
jects in mind as well as the elaborate pro-
portions of the claims, what are the tan
gible results before us?
Mr.. Wilson has been warmly received
in most sections where he has appeared,
but this is line with tradition, as the AM
erican people were ever ready to pay re-
spect to the President of the United
States, no matter who he was or what
his mission. We may properly conclude
then that much of the warmth of the re-
ceptions accorded Mr.. Wilson comes from
the respect our people hold for the office
which dignifies the man. But the remarks
of Mr.. Wilson on the subject have re-
ceived the laudits of his auditors.
On the other hand, we find the same
enthusiasm and interest attending the re-
marks of Senators Borah and Johnson
holding opposite views on the subject and
taxing irreconcilable stands in their OPP
position. What are we to Judge from
this? Surely we are not to take the OPP
posing influences as indicative of q unan-
imous demand for the ratification of the
treaty without change of reservation. 1t
is not indicative of ninety per cent on one
side and ten per cent on the other. 1t is
reflective of a division which the Presi-
dent can in no way regard as club to
drive senators away from their honest
convictions. When Mr.. Wilson makes
due allowance for the homage paid the
official cloak he wears, he cannot claim
progress. AS matter Of fact, he has
lost Ground and many assert that sixty
days delay would not only demand the
reservations but the defeat of the treaty.
Consequently he will return to Wash.
ington with the league of nations ques-
tion more unpopular than it was before
he started his trip, so far as public senti-
ment is concerned. Meanwhile changes
have been going on in Washington, where
the official test is to be applied. Senator'S
who were treaty supporters when Mr.:
Wilson left have become reservationists
and those who have always insisted on
safe American projections have received
no clamor from the states visited by the
President to reverse their positions Of
ficially then it would seem that the pro-
gram for American reservations is much
stronger than when the President went
forth to defeat it, which is about the on
ly good result of his journey.
Certain it is all other problems have
gone by the boards during Mr.. Wilson's
absence. The rising cost of living and
labor problems have become more and
more acute while the President has ar
gued that the exercise of the Senate's
prerogatiyes would amount to trespass,
The treaty win soon be disposed Of and
we feel safe in saying the reservations de-
manded by the senate and admitted as
lust and right by all loyal Americans will
be included. With this issue out of the
way we may expect Mr. Wilson to turn
his attention to vital domestic problems,
despite the confinement at Washington.
We have ignored these problems too long
already for the good of the public and
country in general.-Salt Lake Herald:
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