The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-18
DID WE WIN A WAR?

II visitor from some sister nIapo+
arrived on earth today and tried ~
STUDY American conditions nv -
yHihg the Republican platform h.
would be sadly perplexed. He world La
h ao, tnaC an unparalleled war had
T TSe;to IoGght in Europe, and that the
Siited states appeared to have NAV.
fI d small and inglorious part in +
re would not have learned what no,
tIoh the United States fought against
re would not have learned who won
ire victory. He would not have T din
covered why the war was fought N
on the mighty issues of the n.s+
Ok years, the Republican platform ;S
,na e. The wonderful response IF
n0o'ooo,VoO people to the greatest cri-
SIS 81, IN the nations history, and the
marvellous rush to victory' left t the
platform makers cold. The war ran
ora or America is dismissed with az
Iotad tL thrust at the man who ri.
~ Inc outstanding features Of tho
democratic administration have bean
complete appropriateness for war and
complete unpreparedness for neacen
ms same interplanetarv vis;tor
would be equally perplexed wbon oit pl
ti H, neu ~ 70 the subject of reconstruc-
n rnVh ne would discover that the Re-
puoncan party had been in control of
congress long enough to elicit tho
must Iulsome eulogy for certain min
or accomplishments, yet was asking
toi controi OF the government in order
~ solVe the major problems to which
congress might better have been de-
lie would note from the nlatfor,,
Sat the Republicans propose to c,,t
tne nigh cost of living "bv preven+;on
OF unreasonable profits" and than
they condemn the Democratic ma ad
minlstration for failure impartiallv 70
ENFORCE the anti-profiteerine Laws an "
acte si by the Republican Congress-
My goodness" the visitor ' From,
Mars would exciaim. cali tba ,r rIeih
GERS e: will fight the Republican nartv
III TINS campaign, won't thew" ''
ny the time he understood +bo+ ~.
IL I; fon'e s';r We're working for Repub-
n nes; victory, and that the anti-profit-
Ki h prank was given its official O,
ID r.; by the mightiest political be.
r ,,,a1d of profteers in America he
"G TL Ne ready for cold storage.
me Republican platform makes dulv
reaulng, due to its lack of verbal in
SSplratlon, but it will go into political
history as a richly humorous dozen
ment, nevertheless. 1t is most clio.
Iuent where it is silent, as in the
IIeaylng overheard of the friends of
tiish freedom, whose votes are Iook-
Gu upon as sure thing ANYWAY ond
10 the space where the nrob;b;t;ns
plank was meant to be. ''i'ioii
MADE up in large part of att.cLs
upon the Democratic administrat;n,,
II strikes home only once in these on
sauits. The executive departments arc
Justly rebuked for their failure tn a.
mooillze the army of officeboidasa
whose positions were created IN 81
spouse. to the war emercencv " T ne
t tHso n VI t1e budget bill is pinned onto
''r o plesioent, together with his fail
AZ u,e 70 sign the bill repeating such of
tne .yexations war legislation" as the
Nv were willing should vex
The platform makes a travestv 81
b tne peace treaty issue, lodges the la.
b br aho industrial problems, gives the
J omass-seeklng soldiers a sugar-coated
aoughnut hole, INDUCES in mock he
r r. about Mexico, stands Courageous
y ana defiantly for as much free
speech as seems safe, offers Armenia
Il sympathy, and announces
' Inc intention of revising the tax laws
WHICH wien, PRESIDENT Wilson implored Con
gr IS, to reyisega year ago.
ne one square-toed statement of
posItion IN the platform is opposition
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