Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-23

prGUacys
wisconsin was handicapped in it's .ef-
forts to achieve an enduring peace rather
than temporary makesbift by secret
plotting and open rcnctionary defiance ut
home Even while the President was strnp-
Cling To commit European ehancelleries TO
the embodiment Of the League of Nations
IN the peace treaty, the treaty wrcckers IN
the Hcnntc strengthened the hands Of
lustful imperialism abroad by serving form
al notice that the Senate would vote
down ratification. Notwit hstandlng this
backiire, wisconsin emerged triumphant
from the Paris conference. For .he time
being, the power OF enlightened pubic
opinion WAS victorious. The suffering
peoples Of Europe knew what they wanted;
their rulers were afraid To den y IT tn them
Wisconsin, having successfully prose-
c,Ited a war which ended IN a blaze of
glory for American arms, thus successfully
framed a peace which kept It's solgrnn
pledge 70 the people that the blood of
American soldiers shed on the battlcfields
Of France should not be spilled IN vain.
Down with Wilronism and up with Re
publicanisn, which shamelessly proposes
the reputation of the nations contract
with the W dow and the orphan, the halt,
the lame and tie blind
WiIsonun has sought TO lead this coufs-
try along paths Of justice apd equity 10
moral heights which mako dizzy the
greedy, the solfsh and tho unscrtpt-
lotis. who's, material interests and illicit
ambitions have suffered in the progress of
the march. By tireless energy, forosd on
by an indornitahla will, Wilaoniarn achiev-
cd progressive program of dornestic nd-
vancernent in sir years that outstr1ps the
legislative record Of any preceding gen
Grafton. Unable 10 thwart IT at home, the
sinister forces that banker for return ~
tho good old days Of invisible government
found a more promising field for Their sub
terranean operations m the peaoe program
Of Wilsonisrn, and have thus far s'ieoeed-
ed, at the expense Of truth, decency, pc
tTiotism and honor, IN baking IT.
The probability is that the leaders OF
the Old Guard, the Senate oligarchy, do
not care fig for tho League Of Nations
one way or the other. Neither the ratl-
fcation nor the rejection Of tho peace
treaty would put penny IN their pookets
or an additional place on their patronage
roll. Their real interests are sordid. They
have ssn IN the league covenant con-
vcnient means of hurniliatiDg and punish
ing the man 70 whom they owe the Ioss
of their power as brokers and solicitors
for big business IN the legislative mart,
and an easy instrument with which 70
dsh1de and divert the people.
And SO, with the league as their puta-
tive objective, they raise the cry:
Down with Wisconsin
BY all means let us return 10 the good
old days when the reactionarIes rode
rough-shod over the popular will and con-
trollcd the making, the Interpretation and
the execution of one-sided laws We can
not strike down the man who bas served
shaved and sacrificed for us except by
striking at his cherished ideals-so let US
elect an President the safe, plant, re-
dictionary Harding, whose every utterance
proves hls innocence of single eonstruc-
tive idea and his ponderous platItudinos-
lty. Through him we can srnlte the forces
Of progress hip and thigh, crowd our way
back 20 the aeshpots and reap the legltl-
mate fruits of 'nornalcy."
Down with Wisconsin,