The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-12
barometer ~ PBhjiC Opfn,on
An Election pos, ,,or,cn

ana tn" results labulatcd, it may he in order to
hold pos, fuurtcm inycs ipation as to some
Of the Ia ngs which ontfibuted to the result
From suurCcH which were identified with what
Mr. Ferris calls '9ho lost cause" we are confront l.
II with int"rrOrationB. Now that Il is over
what are you going to get7" And one of the
most irrccou Fable Of the mourners puts Il this
way Now present your check and gee n f. Will
DC n"norrd. II was easy TO rpply hat az far
ne those Americans OF Tr sh birth or descent are
concerned their PRINCIPAL object was achieved
when The pcoplc decided TO put an American in
the White House. That was worth all the effort
put forth. that aaeures us that there VIII be no
NOR" consideration of the riohts Of any fore 'gn
nation In Washington when these considerations
conflict vi the host intcrosts Of The United
states aud he principles OF liberty The doclara-
ton or independence ard tho United states con-
stitu'ion W II do us as the guides OF the policy
'f America. Pa'rio Ism can eay more. IL can
not we'll say any less
Uut enough of mat rhis article is Intended
NJ post mortem con"lusio1 and the first qucs-
tion to he answered is 70 what cXtcut Americans
OF lr an birth and descent contributed 10 the
defeat of he national candidates favoring the
I"nRue OF nations II is ho'dl necessary 10 offer
any proof that IN" contr button OF 'hnsc men
toned to the election OF scr1 or Harding was
considerable one has but 90 analvzc the results
In those states VIII ch are close and in which tho
so-"alled Irish vote has In the past been cast
for the democratic party And the anne Is true
IN otlah'mn as to the part played in the election
thoa" who arc least dsro"'d to agree.
And now why this change?
Let us take the last inc dent first because II
may best serve to. bring out the point WISH TO
Wnk' 'he MacSwircy protest and the memorial
meetings were held In every city In The TN ted
states ~ nny rons'qucnce and the orN place
know OF that any democratic leader or can inte
took part in any Of these meetings was IN Sew
YORK nnd only one man who asspciltrl Ia ynse,f
with the meeting there, who Nad any ctrrtctidn
with the democratic. or rather the Wilson Cox
party. was Governor smith. II is worth noting
mere that Governor Smith ran nearly m lltpn
cnt"s nhead OF tn" nasional Cox ticket In Chi
cago the principle speakers ware Senator Me-
Cprmtck. CONGRESSMAN Mason and Mayor Thomp-
aor, all republicans The me was true OF every
other city. Just III NIX OF IT, suppose that these
meetings were held twelve years ago eight
years ago. The platforms would not have been
large enough 10 hold the democratic leaders and
candidates why were thcy absent this year
Eicht or twelve years ago II such meetings were
held they would probably have been In charge OF
the same kind ~ people who arranged those
demonstra Ions and the proceedings would very
lkoly I've similar TO those OF this year The irish
question has not changed, nor the tone Of tho
Irish meetings The democratic politicians who
would have been present n the other years. hut
ahs"nted themselves In 1890 must have changed
Because they were Invited to those meetings lust
ns All other American citizens were invited and
here In Tulsa some OF them were asked to deliver
addresses. But they had business elsewhere or
as one OF them told me, "It was too close to
election" Can YOU imagine I'm other Years an
lr 'sh meeting which would be too close to cleo
ton for democratic politicians to attend 80
or course am speaking now of the so-callcd
Wocrat'c leaders, not the rank and file OF the
party because they made up a large percentage
~ N" people who attended They were not lat
after false gods as the result of the election
PROV hero II only one way to account fur
IN" change In those eight years and that Ia that
ho d,no. rate party under Pres dent Wilson
"a hcCorc the pro- British party. the tiry party
nE American citizen OF irish birth descent
"' no associate wth or become part ot such o
party, the efforts Of the professional Irish Amer.
lean political patriots TO the contrary uOtw.th
standing
Thc Americans Of Irish descent or b r'h have
always been among the most devoted admirers
Of The glorious stars and Sthpos and whore thy
flar is not given frst place, where any docu.
mont is offered to the p"ople as greater than
the American constitution you viii find no such
Americans save those whose partisanship warps
their judgement and whose ambitions dun theh
mlrh, be interesting to go back further than
the Mo Swiucy meetings. but IL Ia hardly neg
"ssrry they ten thc story pretty well Tn,
nF nn"' oI the Panama canal toll matter, tho
Underwood five per cent advantage 20 American
shipping, ihe Jones shlpning bill. p1Ss by the
last cong css ana gned by the president only to
be- sct aside Ike tho others after Britain hao
made protest. these might be- cited The four
'... rniu'g ul-N. D. Quoted and an /. rrcIt
srccches about the rights of nations great aud
small which Sc ou flro the hearts OF the op-
pressed everywhere and in Ireland were the
tcyta upou VIII me pclitcal .umphrn was
Nnrcd which resulted in the forma, ion Of tho
irish R'publc. And heso might be eontras'yd
~ ~ h. actions of the rPase conference, thus IL
umu atiug the matter further.
Tho ta"' that the logic ut events placed the
Wil'on-CoX party IN oppost on 10 wha; was con-
sid red by most A"'eri'nns of Irish rth and
descent M the tntercss Of the irish Republic
VAS an effect aud not cause No true Amer.
can ought to be guided by he n,crosts pf4ny
foreign country. Rut It SO hnppcned that tho
In crcs,s Of the American Republic ana sh Ru-
public went hand u hand and the other is now
finding it's d. ptism of bl Iod protesting ag1 inst
/ the samc al en- rule. The atue ot Liberty.
| rcoChi'E across the sea from Now York hIrbur,
finds Cougcrial fellow hip n Ireland, whore as
the result OF t,s ben IN mfluon"c another gov
crumCut has been set IN "wth he consent OF
the govcJ cd" and agaiu0i whiah The forces 70
tyranny cannot md shal, rot prevail
/ A,,,Fi,,rs4,T IrIgh As o.. l.,
party when II became tho Ri lsh party and
cepSpd to bc Anne rigan ana they were not n r
on'y orC--'he mover mont was general among
Amer cans everywhere v no were not blinded hy
marty proludiCO. Furthermore tho Americans Of
( Irish birth ana descent are not going back TO
! the domocra G. party until Il becomes American
/ again, Nationally IL VIII have To- purge itse' II
OF Lloyd GcOrg sn; locally IL Will have to purge
J Itself OF Lloyd lpuea.s'H, both mean The same
7 thing; nnd - are equally dangerous To Amer
4 lean irstitut ons.
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