The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-07-15

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SHALL THE TAIL WAC THE DOG
There is going to be serious objec-
ton by the great majority of republi-
cans over being "read out of the
party" by little clique of disgruntled
republican senators because the latter
want to defeat the league of nations
to "get even" with President Wilson
for alleged Sights to senatorial Dig
nifty.
That President Wilson has acted
very unwisely in many things and
that he was discourteous to the SEN
ate is not denied. But the league of
naions is something of far greater
import to the world and to the Ameri-
can people than the dignity of few
United Safes senators. 1t is notice
able that Will H. Hayes, national
chairman of the republican party and
the man who is supposed to be the
party spokesman and to know the
stand it takes on important matters,
Is not making any open fight on the
league of nations covenant and has
announced repeatedly that it is not a
partizan issue.
Yet newspaper offices are being
flooded with literature from the Ere
publican Publicity Association, Con-
hnental Trust Building, Washington,
ID. Co." which claims to be the republi-
can party, and is reading out of the
party everyone who favors the
league of nations. This publicity as
sociation which poses as the republi-
can party and edits the Grangeville
Globe, is conducted by "The Honorable
Jonathan Bounre, of Oregon" who
announces that he is the republican
publicity committee.
Mr.. Bourne has attempted to read |
out of the republican party William
Howard Taft, ex-president, who was
a republican when Mr.. Bourne was a
populist in Oregon. Bourne repre-
sents the little clique of United States
senators whose dignity" was Of
Tended and who can find no other way
to get revenge than by trying to de-
feat the league of nations. Those
who favor the league of nations are
denounced as not republicans and Mr..
Taft is charged by these senators who
oppose the league of nations, with
having lost his mind.
Yet the league of nations is sup
ported by such radical republican
as the Portland Oregon :
ian, which has been republican
party organ since 1860, and which
republican principals when
,ne of these United States senators
vas democrat and elected to office +
~ that party and when Jonathan +
Bourne was populst and several :
'ther United States senators who =
lain to be the republican party were
lon-partizans or supporting the pro- q
ressives and fought the republican u
arty. Other papers which support ri
he league of nations and are staunch- n
Y republican are The Post Intel 2
gencer, of Seattle; The Ledger, of s5
acoma; The Spokesman Review; The y
Os Angeles Times, and hundreds Of M
theirs. In recent effort to ascer- (J
lin the attitude of the press on the m
ague of naions, the Literary Digest II!
mt out questionnaires which were 81
aswered by more than 1900 news "
.pers, 80 per cent of which we're re- ITE
lblican, that favored the league of 1E
Itions. RI
1t is believed that 80 per cent of N
e republicans favor the league of ~
tions and that they will object very III
riously to being read out of the in
ry by the leaders of the other 20 rs
r cent. If the republicans who favor u
e league of nations are to be driven III
of the party how in the name of ~
: "Great Jehovah and Continental 7Q
as Ethan Allen once said on 51
noted occasion, do the members of 96Sl
, suicide club expect to be reelected gS
the United States senate? IL
Senator McCumber, who has always fYg
N republican and was never ny
,ulist, a non-partizan or demo- 5Q
t, resents the insinuation that OPP SD
rents of the league of nations are 56
: the leadersbin Of eth these ss senators "a