El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-27

III all the pure ~fooiishness were
Eliminated from the discussion OF the
league OF nations 1t would occupy
y0bout half as much time and space.
The New York World is helping
Iclutter up the situation with a sol
emn debate Yer the proposition Of
having senators opposed to the
League resign and go before the elec.
torate again In order to test public
sentiment on the league issue. 1t
recently suggested taat Senator New
Of indiana 60 through this perform
ance. Senator New opined that 1t
was a "damfool proposition"-wnich
Of course it Is, The World then be-
comes impatient with the "flippancy
OF Senators Thomas and Calder who
respectively suggested That the whole
senate might resign to seek a man
date from the people and that 1t was
the presidents plain duty to resign
when tile elections went against min
last fall. fls4@ go
The World in all gravity scorns tbt
latter proposition on the ground that
the condition is not without pre-
cedent' and while ~denouncing flip
Ipancy Continues to urge that all
senators opposed to the league re-
sign and run again. II the whole
ridiculous proposition had q mo.
rnent's claim to serious considers
ion, 1t would be quite as logical and
.i0re SO to make the president and
his supporters, who were turned
down at the last election, do the re-
signing. Yet that idea is "flippant
to THE World. which goes on to muir
ter that the people will find some
way to make their will respected"
Some folks immediately conclude
that representative government DIES
ait represent the minute election re
suits don't suit them.
President Wilson, in the face Of the
lack Of confidence vote he got last
fail, veheniently declares the people
are solidly behind him. He evident
" thinks the Overwhelming vote for
he republicans last fall didn't rep
resent the will Of the people at all.
He finds that America simply de-
spfses the forty senators who have
oined the opposition to a Wilson
nations league. He learned this in
a few days visit in three or four
eastern states. Montana Is b unit
n favor of his plan, because all the
Wilson men who heard his New
York speech applauded it. Northern
Michigan Is solidiy behind him, DO
cause those who favor his ideas in
Boston told him SO. And newspa-
pers like the World assume that all
the constituents Of pro-senators ap-
prove them and all the voters who
elected the antis have changed Their
minds. The silly season is indeed
with us.
The ex~asperating part of it is that
the Heart Of America made it plain
to the president last fall that it
was treason to elect a republican
eongress-and then turned right
around and elected it.
A great part of the discussion Of
the league Of nations has been alb )f-
tive because most people haven't
known what they were discussing.
The presidents attitude toward con-
srese has invited resentment and he
got what he invited. He has doEel
everything possible to make an issue
Of world Importance a personal fus'.
1t takes two to make a quarrel AMI
congress has done its part. Meant
while interminable debates on whet1-
Or the public meant what 1t meant
when it meant it and rival expert at
to read the Heart of America
the way the reader happens to want
to read it are worse than futile.