The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-06-11

shall maintain a rule Of public right
by developments of comment OF law
and the decision of impartial courts
and which shall secure instant and
general International conference when
ever peace shall be threatened by po-
litical action so that the nations pledge
to do and insist upon what is just
and fair may exercise their influence
and power for the prevention OF war.
We believe that all this can be done
without the compromise Of national
independence, without depriving the
people Of the United States in ad
vance Of the rights to determine for
themselves what is just and fair,
when the occasion arises, and without
involving them as participants and
not as peace makers in a multitude
of quarrels the merits OF which they
are unable to judge.
Paris Covenant Failure
The covenant, signed by the presi-
dent at Paris, failed signally to ac-
complish this purpose and contained
stipulations not only intolerable for
an Independent people, but certain to
produce the injustice, hostility and
controversy among nations which it
proposed to prevent.
The covenant repudiated to a degree
wholly unnecessary and unjustifiabe
the time honored policy in favor Of
peace, declared by Washington and
Jefferson and Monroe, and pursued
by all American administrators for
more than century, and it ignored
the universal sentiments of America
for generations past in favor OF in
ternational law and arbitration and
1t rested the hope of the future upon
mere expediency and negotiation.
Wilson'S Insistence Unfortunate
The unfortunate insistence OF the
president upon having his own way
without any change and without any
regard to the opinion OF a majority
OF the senate, which shares with him
in the treaty making power and the
presidents demand that the treaty
should be ratified without any modi.
fication, created a situation in which
senators were required to vote upon
their conscience, and their oaths. ac.
cording to their judgment upon the
treaty as 1t was presented, or sub.
NIT to the commands of a dictator
IN matter where the authority un-
der the constitution we're theirs ana
not his.
Senators Faithful TO Duty
The senators performed their duty
ihthfully We approve their con.
duct and honor their courage and
fidelity and we pledge the coming
republican administration to such
agreement with the other nations of
the world as shall meet the full duty
OF America to civilization and hu-
manly IN accordance with American
Ideals and without surrendering the
right of the American people to ex-
ercise its Judgment and its power
In favor of justice and peace
To End Executive Usmpation
Pointing to its history and relying
upon its fundamental principles. we
declare that the republican party has
the generous courage and construct
i've ability to end executive usurpa-
| ton and restore constitutional govern
ment to fulfill our world obligations
without sacrificing our national in
dependence; to raise the national
standard Of education. health and
| general welfare; TO re-establish a
peacc-time administration and to sub
/
extravaganza and chaos; to restore
and maintain the national credit; to
reform unequal and burdensome tax.
es to free business from arbitrary
and unnecessary official control; to
suppress disloyalty without denial Of
justice, to repeat abe arrogant chal
lenSe Of any class; and to maintain
n government for some of the people,
and finally to allay unrest, suspicion
and strife and to secure cooperation
Of alF citizens in the solution of the
complex problems of the day, to the
end that our country, happy and
prosperous, proud of its past, sure
Of itself and its institutions, may look
forward with confidence to the future.
Mexican Affairs
The ineffective policy of the pres
ent administration in Mexican mat.
ters has been largely responsible for
the continued loss Of American lives
in that country and upon our border;
for the enormous loss OF American
and foreign property; for the lowering
Of American standards of morality
and social relations with Mexicans;
and fer the bringing of American
ideals Of Justice and national honor
and political integrity into contempt
and ridieule in Mexico and through
out the world.
The policy of wordy, futile, written
protests against the acts of American
| officials, explained the following day
by the president himself as being
meaningless and not intended to be
but added in degree to that contempt
and has earned for us sneers and
jeers Of Mexican bandits and added
insult upon insult against our ma.
tional honor and dignity.
We should not recognize any Mexi-
can government unless it be a re-
sponsible government, willing and
able to give sufficient guarantee that
the lives and property of American
citizens are respected and protected;
that wrongs will be promptly cor
rected and just compensation will be
made for injuries sustained. The re-
publican party pledges itself to a con-
sistent firm and effective policy NJ
wards Mexico that shall enforce re.
spect for the American flag and that
shall protect the rights of American
citizens lawfully in Mexico to Sc
curity of life and enjoyment Of prop
erty in connection with an establish
ed International law and our treaty
rights.