The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-15

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SHALL THE MINORITY RULE?
The vote taken in 700 universities
and colleges throughout the United
States on Tuesday, in a referendum on
the treaty of peace and league of ma
tions, is an important one, for it
shows how the American people feel
toward the league of nations and the
-ator Lodge and his coterie of repub-
1icans on the foreign relations com
mittee are leading hopeless minority
in the nation as they are in the SEN
ate. True they have enough votes in
the senate to block progressive legis-
lation; to block the will of the major
1ty, but they cannot win their point.
The people do not want congress
that will block their will They want
congressional representatives who will
do the will of the people.
The vote is interesting. In the first
reports from SO widely scattered col
1eges and universities shows 57,889
votes cast and all but 1923 of these
want the treaty ratified This Is GER
tainly large enough majority to show
that the "kill the whole id thing"
spirit manifested by certain western
senator has very little support.
The vote shows that 1919 of these
voters want the treaty ratified with
out reservations or amendments"
and that 22,643 are willing to submit
to reasonable reservations in order to
facilitate ratification, while but 1914
Favor the Lodge reservations.
This is interesting and will be in
structive to all but those who are
blinded by their own egotism or warp
ed by political bias. 1t shows that of
1889 votes in al sections of the Uni
ted States, 54,966 want the treaty and
the league of nations, as against 1928
who do not want either The majority
in this case is almost 20 to /. That
ought to remove all doubt as to
whether the people want the treaty
and league of nations or whether they
want 1.-THE whole ID thing killed.
There is no room for argument on
that point
Mr.. Lodges much touted reserva-
tons are next lowest in the list. The
vote cast for them is more than 1000
less than the vote cast for the Wilson
plan of ratification without reserva-
tions or amendments But the Wilson
plan has the support of but small |
percentage of the voters and must be |
shelved. The compromise plan, which |
provides for reasonable reservations |
"a compromise between the Lodge and
democratic plans has more votes than
all other plans combined and is, I'M
idoubtedly the wish of the majority.
Will the senate heed this "handwrit-
ing on the wall" of their political
homes or will they go on in their bull
headed way, defying the wishes of the
people until an outraged populace rel +
egates the bull -headed outfit to priv
ate life? There can be no mistaking
the will of the people. They want the
treaty and league of nations covenant
ratified Immediately and neither the ,
bull -headedness of President Wilson ]
on one side or of Lodge and his coterie :
on the other, should stand in the way !
of the people getting what they de- !
mand. If they insist tpon blocking s
instead of doing the will of the people, 7
they will hear from the people at the
next election in tones so lood that ev-
en- their self-righteousness and egot- r
Ism will be pierced by the sound. y
IMPROVING OUR LIVESTOCK. !
The livestock of this section is being c
improved rapidly and farmers are TAX r
ng deeper in terest in livestock than : :
,Ver before. There are more pure 1
,red animals in Latah county now a
han ever before, the number show
ng marked increase over last year.
7. Williamson and j. F. Papineau of
doscow; L. L. Young of Princeton, C.
nd 3. M. Downen & Son, across the =
tate line at Pullman, are doing fine i
york with Shorthorn cattle and their al
ff0rts are bringing results Downen II
Son have sold some splendid animals 4