The Washington times., 1920-01-06

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/ Voters Should Do Is to Unite
The White House says that President Wilson will send
important message the jackson Day dinner January
The Post says that Mr. Wilson will make formal
that he viii retire from public life on March
a 1921
The announcement viii be wholly supsrnuous.
Everybody knows that Mr.. Wilson will retire from
public life on that date.
A very large majority of the American people are
mpatisnty waiting for the opportunity to retire Mr. vii
upon that date also to retire any other Democratic
candidate who may be selected by Mr. Wilson to succeed
himself.
The country has had enough and too much of Mr..
Wilson
The people have lost all faith words because his
words and his performances have never agreed
And since words have been Mr.. Wilson's principal
political stock in trade is evident that the universal loss
Of confidence IN anything he says promises would make
his candidacy for third term simply joke
And furthermore the candidacy of any other Democrat
TO SUCCEED Mr. Wilson will be only joke
Mr. Wilson has killed the Democratic party with the
able assistance Of numerous fool followers
Nor do think that the universal revolt against the
Democratic organization that the people have turned
to the Republican organization with fresh hope.
we do not misnterpret the signs Of the times the
the old parties and willing and anxious follow pro-
gressive leadership into new party camp
All over the country this sentiment is manifestinq
itself in efforts to form q new party.
The Labor party has held conference in Chcago
attended by delegates from thirty five States has foru
lated tentative platform and will again in few
weeks in regular national convention select
The conference Of the Committee of Forty eight at st.
Louis attended by delegates from every section Of the
country, and platform Of singular brevity was unani
mously adopted
The NonPatisan League has not vet held its couven
ton but is in constant conference and is steadily extending
its organization over more than dozen States When the
organization far enough along the sul and ageres
ive leaders OF this farmers political league will call al
regular convention
The IrishAmercan organisations are almost unit in
opposition to both old parties, and will find way to ex
press this opposition at the polls by ndorsng some new
movement or putting up platform and candidates of their
own.
Summing up all the elements that are ready and anx
ious to throw of old party Affiliations we are sure that
they ounumber either the Republican the Democratic
voting strength
The first dictate of practical good sense is therefore
mon camp, to hold common convention, adopt common
platform and nominate common candidates.
It strikes that the feasible way accomplish these
ends is to have each Independent organization now formed
elect delegates to convention of all independents and
ogesves and let those delegates then and there con-
sodate the different organisations into effective pro
2ressive, reform party
Divided the progressive and independent voters win
b easy prey for the old reactionary organizations
But, united they can whip the reactionaries to
frszsle.
What's the answer then?
Why there's only one answer.
Get busy!
Unite ~9
Once-Overs