The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1919-03-20


nation carefully hedged the presiden
with restrictions and specifically pro
vided what he could and could not DE-
In spite Of this cur president TO-DAY
possesses far more power than any rul
er in the world. He has treated the
me mbers Of his own party in congress
Tho were in the majority much as ht
might have treated school boys, while
he has completely ignored the oppos-
ing party. Ia spite Ct the fact that he
went before the nation last fall and
asked endorsement Of his league o
nations and was defeated, he refuses
TO consider the elected servants Of the
people as entitled to speak a word
though our constitution specifically pro.
yides that no treaty can be made with
out the advice and consent Of the SEN
ate. The time will no doubt come
when our children will thank God for
this wise precaution OF our fathers.
The president demands that this CO.
ordinate treaty making body shall swal'
low his league, hook, bait and sinker,
whether it meets with their sober
Judgment or not.
II under Our government with care
fully specified powers we can have
such a situation as that wherein one
man demands that other men equally
responsible TO the nation shall forget
their conscientious duty at his bidding
what can We expect in the league Of
nations which provides no safeguard
whatever. The secretary general
would easily become a world dictator
who would make the kaiser green with
envy.
Let US not be fooled by a name.
Rome smashed her kings after the out
rage Of Lucretia and never more did
one OF her rulers dare to take that
name. But when the power Of the
senate waned and the Caesars took
control they were more arbitrary and
more powerful than any king Rome
ever had though they called themselves
emperorS, not kings. Emperor in
those lar of days was respectable
term, it had never been associated
with the destruction CT liberty, so Rome
gave to one man the substance
Of kingly pwper while denying him the
name. Caesar did not grieve over this
he enjoyed the substance none the
less. France alter hundreds Of years
Of bitter oppression destroyed her
kings and then plunged into an orgy
Of blood under the silk stockinged
reign Of the william Robespiere who
spoke fair words and acted foul deeds.
From this she passed TO the directory,
which was to safeguard the liberty Of
the nation, Let US see. A young
man appears upon the scene, man OF
wonderful iorce and power, a man
whose organizing ability and personality
was 10 dominate the world for nearly
two decades and the impress OF whose
influence adde's with US still. Napole.
Dn Bonaparte, like all other budding
waa fair spoken and wonder
Iully interested in the welfare Of hu-
manly. The Directory trusted him
he became their master. When it
served his purpose he destroyed their
power and became First Consul, Mark
the namtl France hated kings, he dare
not Gail himself that. First Consul,
that was new, it was associated with
no past oppression. But see what this
Consul did, He passed On to be en-
peror and under his personal reign
France lost more men fallen in war in
a decade and a half than she had in a
century and a half under the kings she
had destroyed. From the wild peaks
Of the Alps to the plains Of Russia and
the sands Of Egypt lay the scattered
bones Of three million Frenchmen who
had died for bis glory. He took the
substance. France denied him the
name Of king. Poor deluded France.
So it is today. No one seeking to