The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-06-17
COLONEL HARVEY POST.

NOIONELH EOkGE HARVEY. magazine editor, noted journals
and noted demoerat opened the way by which Woodrow Wilson
became president Of the United States. That is history. So
is the established fact Of Wilson's subsequent ingrntitude, which,
coupled with his turning away from principles for which Harvey
stood aud for which Harvey thought that Wilson also stood, trans
formed Wilson s strongest friend into Wilson's stern enemy. 1t was
Harvey who first entered the ranks Of the opposition to Wilson,
iouncyine to Paris and who brought 10 the attention Of the nation
the dangers Of a president assuming to take upon his own shoulders
the whole responsibility for the position Of this nation in the peace
negotiations II was Harvey who led in pointing out the dangers
Of the Wilson league Of nations pact aud TO him. as much as to any
one man may be attributed the awakening of the nahoA TO what
Now q staff correspondent Of the Kansas City Star, a responsible
Journalist comes forward with an intimate inside story Of the
in The rgguhliean platform, which asserts that " was Colonel Harvey
and not Elihu Root. who originally drafted the plank finally adopted
in the platform and that it was his hand which brought together
warning republican factions, laid down the issue which President
Wilson has invited and defeated the efforts Of "a great group Of
New York bankers to force the adoption of the program of the
mild reervsiionists, whose interests were represented in the con
vcntion. the correspondent says, by Murray Crane. The article by
this correspondent $ printed in another column, as It appeared IN
the Kansas City Star. II has more than the ear marks of truth. If
American principles, because the Inference is obvious that what Pres
group Of New York bankers" wanted Of the republican convention,
is one and the same thing The narrative of this convention struggle
As for The republican platform plank ON the league, this writer
holds that johnson and Borah won their point at least in partial
measure. Other eonveniion observers, notably the representative of
Senator Arthur Cappers papers, hold that johnson and b9r9n
that the plank is indeterminate aud that it opens the way for the
democratic convention at San Francisco to take the aggressive position
advantage. Former President Taft holds, and other observers hold
with him that il leaves the doors open for action by a republican
president and a republican congress and MI. Taft adds that the
duty Of defining his own position toward the league viii become the
first necessary task of the republican presidential candidate That
il probably true, and II Senator Harding has not already done so
in-hS stand in the senate there rs no doubt that he VIII 40 20 III
President Wilson has deereed that the issue, from the demo
cratic side Of this campaign, shall be ratification or rejection by the
people Of his league Of nations. The tremendous following acquired
by johnson and Borah, the irreeonciables leads many to believe that
me majority ~ OIL AmelI ss,i 10 n" ~ w ma,ts rG how : Satforn planks NAV
he clouded in diplomatic phrasing there is no doubt that the people
will give a clear decision in November. Multiplying signs indicate
that Senator johnson in his unreserved fight on the Wilson league
covenant has a larger following among republicans than MI W Wilson OF
lowing 10 the republican platform plank