Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-12-05
State Capitol Notes

4, 1919. eX-President Taft said, IF the
that the league be Incorporated in the
peace treaty, and brings it's back, then
the responsibility for .postponing peace
statement BY one Of the leading repub-
licans of the country, there is an evil
of republican politicians and the re-
publican press to place the responsible
ity for the postponemHnt Of peace upon IN
anything but consistent
When he returned from Washington
last week Senator F. B. Kellogg said.
II regret eSceedingly that the treaty
Many of the republicans worked earn
estly from the start to accomplish this
object. These, reservations were fair
rights and American interests. and did
not dfStrey the nor the mat easo of
fact' a the Republicans American h the
to be observed that Senator Kellogg
and ex-President Taft do not agree as
the treaty.
AS to Americanizing the league Of ma
tonf pact and proteeting american
various nterpretati tons of those rights
and interests; Take. for INSTANCE,
Reservation No. 10. under which the
der any limitations whatever by the
league upon the question Of arma-
ments. By this reservation the United
States and any other member of the
league will become the sole judge as to
the extent Of it's ornaments This in.
cludes also the ways and means Of
arming, as we'll as furnishing the mum.
tions Of war. Under Article s of the
peace pact the high contracting par
ties agree that the manufacture by pri-
vate, enterprise Of munitions and implte-
ments of. war lends itself to grave. OBJ
iections:" Reading between the lines,
it would appear, that this reservation
of protecting the New England NUM-
tions manufacturer from interference
by the Government in his business
means by protecting American inter-
ests. but does the country at large. now
that, the war is over, desire to revert
prior to the conflict?
Then there is Reservation No. 5. I'M
der which the United States reserves
what questions, are, within domestic
jurisdiction. The adoption of this res
ervation by the United states. will, of
joy similar privilege. Under it Eng
land can declare that Ireland is do
mestic question; Japan can make like
is no end to which any nation may go
in withdrawing matters from the action
of the league upon this preteXt Here
ostensibly catering to the Irish, the
Italians and the various other nation
alities, in reality have inserted a joker
verse of what these various nationali-
ties have been led to expect.
# this is Ame1canzng the treaty
s such 'H %me s Re you save Us '''
Upon second thought, the, republican
organization has decided that it does
not care to carry 'the league of nations
mediately after the defeat Of the trea-
ty, Senator Lodge dramatically declar-
ed, "The treaty is dead. as I told them
he ana It The ee % Of The
poKieea issue e IN 1885, Ne%
hs friends are claim 4a that when no1 he
teal issue he did not mean it; he meant
the exact reverse: THIS. by the way,
Is a great deal like the American1Iza MA.
one thing is said. another is meant
49,
1t is more and more evident that
some sort of compromise will be
reached by the coming session of Con
sible compromise, Senator Kellogg, in
promise and enthusiastically in favor
Of the treaty and the league. of nations
pact, it was the intent Of the republic
satisfaction Of authorship in any Of the
reservations. A statement of this kind
would do credit to a six-year old boy,
and that is about the size of the aver
age republican leadership.
q q q
When the regular session of Con-
gress adjourned, on March 4th last, a
ers that an extra session be called i'm
mediately for the purpose of taking
care Of pressing domestic questions.
spond to. this plea: and for over two
| months the atmosphere was rent with
cries and denunciations in which the
was was n not on the job. On May IL that
body was called together in extra SEES;
in continuous session until November
this TIL has ) be been the prize doSnothins
THe President e desired to o. relieve the
people from the so-called luxury" tax,
| which is vexatious and which in fact
which it was Intended and he so stat
extra session Congress has not &C
eSrp SESSION. even fou have ali heard
ency and ability Of republican legisla-
tors. IL the country is going 10 eleCI
the next Congress upon the record OF
| the extra session. it should not elect
another republican body within the
next 40 years.
A bunch of republican politicians
| have been named to- consume the ap-
preparation under the soldiers bonus
act. On Friday the Board announced
| the appointment of men who will so to
| WASHINGTON to collect War Department
| information necessary to enable the
Board to pass upon claims under the
| bonus act. 1t will be remembered that
| the bill in question gives service men
the preference in all appointments nee
| essary for it's enforcement. but there
are so many republican POLITICIANS alb
solute]y needing jobs and little vaca-
ton trips that it has been found i'm
| possible as yet to consider this proVl-
| sion of the act. The men named are
Charles R. Parker. at present holding
| down a job as deputy state oil inspec-
! tor in st. Paul; Fred H. Hester. Mime
! apolis; Edward latch, Eveleth: Lewis
| Kent, Alexandria,; Oliver Olson. Manka.
to; and r. NJ. Pope, Mora. Each and
! every one of these men are republicans,
| and not one of them saw service in the
late unpleasantness, except as a men,
| Der of a draft board. There is no ques-
| ton that we republicans must and will
look after our own. DEMOS.