The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-06-29


measures TO simplify ana reduce tax
alton, appropriate action relative 10
the returning soldiers. the passa 20
~ n resolution concerning the con
Htructive plans worked out In detail
by former Secretary Lane. and the
measures advocated by the secretary
~ agriculture. He suggested that
the congress take counsel together
and provide legislation with refer
cnce TO industrial unrest. and the
mutual relations OF capital and la
hor After more than a year OF ster-
lie debate, our country has neither
peace nor recommendation. Barren
or achievement shameless In waste
Of time and money, the record Of the
present congress ls without parallel
for it's incompetoncies, failures and
regulations, Are the American poo-
pie so unjust or so lacking In dis
elimination that they viii reject the
service Of a party which has kept its
word, and place trust In party
which merely rcnews tho broken
promises Of a previous campaign?
Attacks Upon the President.
Republican leaders have been
moved by a strange and inexplic-
able jealousy Of the president. Their
feverish animosity expressed In
gross abuse and through secret in
trigue. has been productive of one
OF the most unhappy chapters In
history. recalling the similar OK
periencos OF Lincoln and Washing
ton. Political malice followed the
president to the peace table. A
senatorial round robin" was widely
circulated. Every device which
partisanship could develop. was cm-
ployod for the purpose Of weaken
ing the influence OF our commission
at Paris. and making the task there
still moro difficult At time when
every instinct Of fairness pleaded for
n whole-hearted support OF the
president. political antagonism and
personal envy controlled the anti
administration forces.
The president made every slcri-
flee for the cause of peace The long
continued strain while composing
differences abroad: the expenditure
or nervous vitality and intellectual
force in building new order Of
human relationships upon tho ruins
Of the old, laid heavy toll upon his
reserve powers. Then rpme the
return in triumph. only TO find here
a widespread propaganda Of opposi-
tion. making II imperative that he
take up in his own country, n
struggle for the preservation of that
which had been won at such incal-
culable cost. Following the super
human labors OF seven years of un-
exampled service, this meant tho
wreck OF his health. sickness for
months upon n bed Of pain, and
worse than the physical sickness, the
sickness Of heart which comes from
the knowledge that political adver-
saries, lost to tho larger sense OF
things. are savagely destroying not
merely the work Of mems hands, but
the worlds hope OF settled peace.
This was the afflicuon-this the
crucifixion.
AS he lay stricken In the white
house. the relentless hand of malice
beat upon the door OF the sick cham
Der. The enemies OF the president
upon the floor Of the senate re-
peated every slander that envy could
Invent, and they could scarcely con-
troll the open manifestation OF their
glee when the great man was strick-
en- at last. Tho congress was in ses-
sion for months while the president
'av I'm the white house, struggling
with a terrifying illness and. at times
close to the point OF death. He had
been physically wounded Just as
surely as were Garfield and McKin-
ley and Lincoln, for, It is but a dit-
ference OF degree between fanatics
and partisans The congress. dur
Ing all this period, when the whole
heart Of America ought to have
been flowing out. I'm love and sSm-
pathy did not find time, amid their
pickering, to pass one resolution Of
generous Import or extend one kind
~ inquiry as to the fate of the pres
ident OF their own country.
And what was his otfen.se? Merely
this-that he strove to redeem the
word that America had given to the
world; that he sought to save a fu-
turc generation from the agony
through which this generation had
passed. that he had taken seriously
he promises that all nations had
made that they would unite at the
end of the war in a compact to pre-
serve the peace OF the world; and
that he relied upon tho good faith
OF his own people. II there was any
mistake, 1t was that he made too
generous estimate OF mankind, that
he believed that the idealism which
had made the war a great spiritual
victory, could be relied upon to se-
cure tho legitimate fruit, OF the war
the reign OF univeral peace.
In one sense, It is quite inmate
rial what people say about the
president. Nothing we can say can
add or detract from the fame that
will flow down the unending chan
nols OF history. Generations yet uu-
born will look back 10 this era and
pay their tribute Of honor to the
man who led a people through
troublous ways out OF the valleys
Of selfishness MP 10 the mountain
tops OF achievement ana honor, and
there showed them the promised
land Of freedom and safety and fra
ternity. Whether history records
that they entered in or turned their
backs upon the vision, It is all one
with him-.he is immortal,
The Requirements Of Honor.
There are men who seem 10 be an
noycd when we suggest that Ameri-
can honor is bound up IN this con-
tost. and that good faith requires
that We should enter tho league OF
nations The whole republican case
= based upon the theory that we
w~,, with honor, do as we please
about this matter and that we have
made no promises which It Is our
duty TO redeem. Let us turn again