El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-12
indiana STR 0NG
AGAINST WILSON
Sentiment Is More Intense
Than In Ohio; Politics
In Full Blast.

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dUIge In extravagance. and on the
other hand. nobody wants the gov
eminent TO forget that business men
took some risk in building enterprises
for war work when their contracts
were of nature as TO permit OF can
collation. at any time
There isn't any Bolshevism
hereabouts and yet this T. the
home state Of Eugene V. Debs-
while nobody except the intimntes
OF Dehs f. advocating elemeney nt
this time because OF a BELIEF thnt
m example should be made OF
those who preach revolution
nevertheless, confidence in the
sincerity Of Dehs a. well ns
longtime knowledge OF his phllos-
ophy tends to make many
thoughtful men IN this vicinity
wonder whether cIemency should
not be given after n year or two,
after Debs has been Imprisoned
rufffrleufly to demonstrate 70
others that respect for law u
Fundamental IN America. however
faErantIy II may be disregarded
fnci5entaIlv. soci Iism has lost
many Of its followers in this section
largely because Of the depressing eN-
annie Of Russian communism Efeh
parlor Socialists are diminishing IN
number. and as for a demonsrrat ton
when Debs goes TO jail, a parade OF
something OF the sort is expected IN
Terre Haute but no general disturb
ance OF strike
What seems TO differentiate Indiana
from Ohio and Pennsylvania is the eN-
tent OF the Anti-Wilson feeling. IL Is
so intense that one editor with Demo-
cratic leaninEs told ne he thought
that II the president OF some one N
his behalf were to go before the people
Of Indiana with league OF nations as
the issue. and with his opponents
against II. the I5lt WouIl. De 80
close indeed. Most people have wanted
a league OF some kind TO end war but
their opposition to Mr.. Wilson on Co
nestle policies had reached such
point that a proposal Tor leas -e
enauatinE from him was instantly
dfscredited and doubted on the same
grounds that many or ais uolnesliO
I policies were isapproved.
Dislike Government Control.
An administration that viii impose
the kind Of telephone and postal serv-
I ice which the people here are getting
and a president who VIII insist on
l civing the people the impression that
they dare not criticise him but must
Z accent his proposals without chang
I ing a letter or phrase therein Ell.
/ people hereahoutE, Democrats ana re
] DubIicans resent It. There is Ieelln 2
| peace first and let the league OF ma
I lions go till Afterwards. Now. II tns
| Impressions which people here have
are erroneous, or II the president oiu
I NOT. in fact. adopt the arbitrary at
| ritude OF which he IS accRFed- u ne
/ found II inpossibIs FOR good and SUI
7 ncient reasons to make peace tirsl
/ and a league thereafter; II he do the
z hest that he could in Paris and Is not
l responsible for the delays. wen, US
I people out here don't know ABOUT u
/ one Democrat attributed this stare
OF affairs to the lack OF a Democralll
Z press to offset what he termed tn'
/ INTERPRETATION OF the Republicans
| Rut 70 this the answer Is made ina
a little more publicity from Paris OF
I what Mr. Wilson was trying 70 40 anl
the eelectfon OF Republicans Tor ln'
neace mission would have commanded
the confidence OF the Republican
nartv and a little more amlable attn
fuds on the part Of the president
toward the senate All this ana
would not have been necessary y
make APOLOGIES through a Democrati
mess Tor The facts would have beer
printed by Republican spapers
100 and with those facts. II they Wer'
ueager and Inadequate or Yagu'
would have come statements OF reas
surance from kepublica comm ISL vLl
ers in whom Republicans generalt.
I vrould have had confidence and thu
1 there would have been united coun
One Democrat OF the liberal type
who has accepted a high position
in the party told me that ne 80
much resented shat letter last
fan that he voted a straight Re
publican ticket a..
ne called il unwise IN several off
ferent ways quite epigramatic, ou
the worst OF IL all he said. was ina
1 the Democratic administration haan
seemed TO be awakened BY the calaa
troDhe last fail TO the true state O
affairs in the middle west and ina
4 hardly a dav passed that some mem
: ] Der OF the Democratic CABINET aldn
3 Z drive a few more nails in the Demo
z cratic coffin
Ell The Democrats may be aroused
2 Homer Cummings. national Chairman
z who il a visitor in these parts Dl
3 Mr.. Cummings has a difncult las
9 ahead. and the germs Of the sleepln
z sickness so far as the rank anu ~
OF the Democratic party Is concerned
are back in Washington with n
3 president and the cabinet As Tor n
e Republicans, they are almost stron
enough to get away with e condel
nation Of a league OF nauonss tncus
not quite strong enough 70 oe ~.
E / that they would win In the END, an
8 therefore the leaders are trlmmln
sails already. and the round rob-
signers from this state viii be foun
Z answering anew" TO the roll call vii
the rest OF the party.
This IS not 60 much because the PEI
g Die know wherein q league Is goin
q TO benefit the world, but they thin
8 Il may delay the peace treaty itse
= now. and they might even forgive 81
e Wilson many OF his errors II tbs
= thought It would bring the trool
3 back home sooner and business baC
to normal Speaking OF Republican
3 however. prospects are 50 good mi
3 they believe Indiana will contrlbu
Ell the next president or vice presiden
8 though they incline TO an emphasis {
the latter JOB.
E Speaking OF Democrats, one nee
E only remark in closing. that its
long, long way TO another victory
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