The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-16

allowed 10 review the provisions I'm
inldil All have read them. and all
should read them again and again
The opposition to this constitution
takes form, as | gather from tho
public press and from private CN-
prcssiOns have heard, I'm four parts,
VIZ;
!. That II is contrary to Wash
lngton's advice.
.. That 1t is contrary to the con
stitution.
2. That 1t Is contrary to the Mon
roe Doctrine.
4. That 1t ourttils our own
power
have considered with the utmost
deliheration OF which | am capable
both this proposed constitution for
the league and Washington's fare
well address, but | am unable to
scc In any true sense the slightest con
flict between them. President Wash
ington was not dealing at all with the
questions now presented ! would
like to quote portions OF his farewell
address. but time forbidS The
slightest attentive reading Of that
| inspiring document shows clearly
that the burden upon his mind at
the tlutc was the permanence and
integrity ot the government which
the United states OF America had
hut lately ercCted-then only eight
years old then the only truly dom
ncratlc government existing undur
the sun--thcn tho sole counterGo Goiso
10 the European idea of the divine
right Of kings. as eNcmpllficd. in the
holy alliance. lie had taken a great
part IN tho formation OF the constis
tuition, presiding over the delihrra-
tons Of the convention. In that
convention he had said, Let as raise
u standard to which tm wise and
the huucst can repair, the event is
IN the hands ~ Co: He was urE-
Ing upon his fellow countrymcn to
prevent the uoSious growth that had
been nourishing In European poll
ties from spruutiuE IN American
soil II was 10 prevent It's doing so
that he specifically warned them
against, ON the one hand too great
tricndliuCss with any other power,
and on the other. any unreasonable
or tanatiCal prejudice against any Of
the other nations Of the earth But
the Europe OF that day (cNCcpt Ger
many and AustriD no longer exists.
The very isolation which George
Washington pointed out az making
II possible for us to follow the policy
which he outlined no longer exists
At that time no steamship had ever
crossed the Atlantic ocean There
were no railroads, no telcEraphs. no
telephones. The other day, the sec
rotary Of the navy, from his office
I'm Washington, talked to the presi-
dent In mid ocean by the aid OF tho
wireless telephone. New York and
Liverpool are now In ~ close com
muul,ttiun Hs New York and San
Francisco. America and Europe are
closer together than we're Georgia
and Vermont when Washington re
tired from tho prcsidtncy Today
the civilized world Is but a neigh
horhoOd. In my own mind | am
FUZZY persuaded cas- believe indeed
cach OF you Is also) that II Wash
ingtou were I'm the flesh now pres
cnt, hc would bc found aligned with
Wilson. TAFT Lloyd George and
Clcmcnccau. and n4t with Eorah
and Reed.
Power From Constitution.
Nor can believe that the con
stitutun Is impingcd. That docu-
ment. it IL true. vested In congress
the pOwor To- lay and collect tax,
duties. imposts and cxciscs, To reg
ulate commerce with foreign ma
tons, to declare war. 10 support
armies. To provide and maintain
navy, but the same instrument in