The Washington herald., 1920-05-10
President. Asks
Party to Guard
Nation 'sHonor'
Message Sent to Oregon
County Chairman Chal-
lenges Republicans.
No Mention Made in Tele-
gram as to Attitude on
Third Term.

President WisoN's EHcom-
! promising statement that the
Democratic party must make the
. treaty of Versailles q oGmfGigH
issue 0Uds 5Ueleomed BY RebEb-
HcdHS last night.
Commenting briefly on the
Presidents letter TO Oregon Dew
oerGts, Henry CGbof Lodge, Re-
publican leader iH the Senate,
said:
"The Presidents SfdtemeHf has
just been read 10 VIC oUcr the
telephone I cannot undertake TO
discuss It iH detail, bat POLITICALLY
. speaking dm 0evy glad he has
fGkeH the poSifioH he has. II fully
! jEstifcS all the OPPOSITION of the
Republican party and those ar,ho
hO5r Joined 5cTfh the Republicans
iH 6Ie Senate"
By FREDERICK WILLIAM VILE.
President Wilson. speaking as the
cmeftsin of the Democratic party. III
sists that the treaty of Versailles. un-
dehled by the Lodge reservations. is
the issue on which the party should
fight the impending Presidential CAM
| paign.
A clarion call to the above effect
was issued at the White House last
night. II took the form Of telegram
of some COO words, addressed bv Mr.
Wilson to a humble Democratic
county chairman in Oregon.
Urged to Champion Treaty.
The President makes no reference
whatever TO his own attitude toward
reconciliation.
He demands that his party, with
out further delay. should proclaim
itself the uncohpromising champion
of the nations honor" In mr.
suance thereof Mr.. Wilson summons
the political organization. which he
manifestly still assumes to COM
mand. to endorse and support the
Versailles treaty and condemn the
Lodge reservations"
Mr.. Wilson places the ban on SEN
ator Henry Cabot Lodges proposals
because they are utterly incopsis-
tent with the nations honor and
destructive Of the world leadership
winch il had established" He thinks
the time has come for the Democrat
ic party proudly to avow that il
means to try without hinching
TO apply moral and Christian prin-
clpies to wcrld politics.
Opportunity for Democrats.
The Presidents call to arms ends
fup on the note that sounds the real
inwardness of his pronunciamento.
The Democratic party" he declares,
has now a great opportunity 10
which il must measure up, Tho
honor OF the nation is in its hands-
When he says that, Mr.. Wilson
means to indicate that he has
promptly taken Up the gage Of bat
tie thrown down by Republican
leaders and Republican votes dur
ing the past ten days. His mes
sage is an answer to Senator Boies
Pehrose's proposal of Senator Phi
lander c. Knox as the ideal" can
didase. II is an answer to the peo-
pie Who rolled up johnson pIuraIi-
ties. mainly in consequence Of his
rabid campaign against a treaty or
league OF any kind.
Party supports Wilson.
am able to state on high author
ity that the Presidents lead. as ex-
emplihed last night is one that the
party as a whole will readily follow.
1 The action of the New York State
Democratic conference at Albany on
Friday in branding the league as
inadequate" Is said not 80 be a
nationwide Democratic view.
The rank and file Of the party
certainly that dominant wing OF Il
that V under organization influence
will say "Ameni" to the Wilson
! encyclical. The Democratic leaders
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