The sun., 1919-02-26
WILSON FORCES
SOCIALIST ISSUE
Z HARVEY SAYS
"a
Editor Predicts That Amer
i icanism Will Meet Com
ing Menace.
SEES HAYS AS LEADER
Presidents Espousal of Inter
nationalism Makes New
Line Between Parties.

"Gradually but irresistibly the over
towering issue of the coming campaign
10 forming itself in perfect conformity
with the Presidents activities abroad
and his partially formulated programme
at home. The issue will be socialism
against Americanism."
This is the conclusion reached by
George Harvey, editor Of the North
American Revieto, in the leading Issue
Of the March number of that magazine
published to-day. Mr.. Harvey assumes
that President Wilson will not seek a
denomination. Whether he does or not
the editor believes, the President,
who has forsaken nationalism and
espoused internationalism," will reach
out for an overpowering Issue that will
give full play to his persuasive powers
The Socialists of Europe have pro-
Claimed him as their leader. II 10 stated,
and Mr.. Harvey points out that the
President has sent George d. Heron
frhe most notable Bolshevist leader In
America" as his personal representative
NJ the Marmora conference.
cratic party will bow to its ruler" but
that the Republican party will step
Forward to save the Union. He well
comes the test and says that It may as
well come now as later.
"Great Political Mistake"
= The frontispiece is OF Chairman VIII
H. Hays, OF the Republican Nationa
Committee, whose leadership Is highly
commended and for whom. 1t Ia revealed
for the first time. Theodore Roosevelt
last written memorandum was intended
A facsimile of this is published. Aftei
referring TO the fact that the Republi
cans will assume control of Congress FOL
the flrst time in eight years on Marcf
4 and saying that any attempt Il
snalyze the causes of the turn ovei
would be Improbable Mr.. Harvey says
at suffices the present purpose Il
recall that the chief impelling impulse
which actuated the people was dissatis
faction with the Administrators conduc
Of the war. So strong had this feel
ing become that appeals to consider tn
probable Ill effect upon our Allies wer'
futile, and even the obvious immi
hence of triumph over the common
enemy stirred no sense Of appreciation
OF the Governments endeavors. Amer
men in control were incompetent ant
untrustworthy that was the long ant
short of It: excuses were of no avail
and the inevitable happened.
president Wilson. we are credibly IN
formed, subsequently lamented the issu
ance OF his extraordinary pronounce
ment practically defying the country u
rspudiate his Administration as "the on
great political mistake" of his career ant
took his two foremost advisers sharpl,
to task for having persuaded him Il
Commit a fatal error. II So he did then
Rrievous injustice. The voices which
conformably to his custom, the Presiden
caught from the air may have beel
those OF Burleson and Tumulty. but tn
hand that tapped the typewriter wa
the hand OF Wilson. and the documen
that after much travail finally emerge'
was no whit less Wilsonvelian than tn
daringly artful mind from which
sprang.
Credit to VIII j. Hays.
"The famous letter did not lose tn
election indeed, in States like Ken
lucky it helped TO stem the tide; tn
election itself was already lost. MI
Wilson's impolitic peremptoriness serve
only TO augment the immediate disaste
and, with far more serious subsequen
consequences, to unite the opposition
Not only had the campaign OF 19l
failed to weld together the Republican
and the Progressives. but the mutual re
examinations which ensued we're tendin
10 widen the breach in spirit betwee
the two factions when Mr.. Wilson leape
,into the gap, which Mr.. Hays, actin
with rare alertness. was thereupon er
abled 10 close effectually.
tod ha
leader OF the great party into which h
was born. His last written words. per
cilled by his own hand a few hours be
fore his death and addressed in the forI
of memorandum for the brilliant youn
man for whose selection as chairman c
tho national organization he was largel
responsible, were these, as reproduce
elsewhere in fac-simile:
Hays-See him; he must go
Washington for ten days; see Senat
and House; prevent split on domest
policies"
Here IS evidence. as clearly as II ii
few words filled n volume OF Mr.. Roos,
velts realization of both his respons
hility and his obligation. The simp
memorandum marked the inauguratio
of n definite party policy, to be carrie
through to a no less definite conclusio
4. Difficult as 1t is TO reconcile one
self to the DEGREES Of divine Providenc
that the removal OF that great patriC
at this crucial moment was not untimel
VIC cannot but realize. as he would hay
been the first to acknowledge. that II
last vestige % animosites which migi
have cdrc,~S,.I 10 Impair his M hest a
piratlons was buried with him. ar
thereby the perfect union which he
ardently desired against all things III
American was attained
Republicans United and Conhden
Mr.. Harvey finds the Republican par
thoroughly united and confident
leadership In the Senate the best "Tl
role is new TO Mr.. Lodge, but his lor
experience, his high intelligence and h
amazing industry. backed by the sple
did traditions OF his State. and the ur
,versal respect of both his colleagues al
the country. render his task compar
lively easy"
Since rendered a certainty, Mr.. Ha
yey assumes at the time OF his writiI