Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-18
HAYS RESTORING
PARTY HARMONY
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control the fortunes of the party in
the next Congress. and the Republi-
can National Chairman has a very
vital interest in whether themen who
are selected have the capacity and
the vision to deal with changing
America.
Parry solidarity is what Mr.. Hays
is trying suavely and quietly to
bring about and there is much sig
nificance in his trip to Washington
for with special session beginning
toward the end of May or there
abouts, there is little time for the
Republicans to get together and
agree upon programmes Of legisla-
ton. In the meantime, Mr.. Hays
himself is losing no time in making
systematic study through body
of experts of the various questions
which the Republicans Will endeavor
to solve in the next Congress, for
every practical politician knows that
the country in 1920 will Judge the
Republican party not by what it did
in the days of Cannon or Aldrich
but what it did in the two trying
years of + construction which are
ahead.
AS for the League of Nations as
an issue, Republicans are not dis
turbed Mr.. Taft's warm espousal
of the League and the stand taken
by men like Wikersham and Root
will, they contend, prevent the Dem
ocrats from making it a party issue.
| Much satisfaction is derived epecial-
ly from the letter sent by Elihu
Root. Press dispatches from Paris
saying the Root amendments are
meeting with favor. there will tend
to strengthen the impression that
the Republicans have, in a measure,
assisted in making the League of
Nations vital international body.
AS for the signers of the round
robin" ratification of the treaty it.
self will be the answer to that, and
no Republican of prominence is to-
day prdicating the failure of the
Senate to ratify the compact that
may be eventually presented to the
upper house. This is largely due to
the cables from abroad saying that
the covenant is being rewritten to
meet Republican objection.
Mr.. Hays reveals on the whole,
therefore, an optimism about the
outlook of the Republican party
His talks with the various leaders
there have been earnest and persua-
sive.. His plans of campaign organ
ization are meeting with favor. His
hand is on the political pulse of the
country constantly, and if the Re-
publican leaders in Congress are in
different to his observations of pub
lie sentiment and the trend of
thought of the nation as it is
brought to him through thousands
of political eyes and ears in various
parts of the country, then they will
court defeat.
The Republican national chair
man doesn't talk candidates. He
talks party solidarity. Unless the
Republican party is a unit it will
not be able to put through con
structive programme in the next
| two years because time will be lost
in chickering's and squabbles. Unless
there is harmony the Democratic
party, which is united, will take ad~
vantage Of the dissentions and divis-
ions. As a party of opposition, the
| Republicans are inclined to be
pleased with themselves. They
claim to have been the real war
party during the war, notwithstand-
ing that the Democratic party con
trolled the Government. they in
sist that by persistently shouting
about more vigorous prosecution of
the war and enlargement OF the
army they blazed the way to victory
am set the pace for the dominanl
party.
Now, as the Peace Treaty is being
wrought, the suggestions of Mr.
knoA ard Mr.. Root for compulsory
arbitration and preservation of
The Monroe Doctrine are looked up
on as strategically sound moves t.
which he Republican party may
hope to point with pride when the
not far distant days of pointing with
pride come to pass.