The Washington herald., 1920-07-07


them dumb to the woes of the dark
est hour man had ever known.
And why? In order that the
SORROWS OF mankind could multiply
and then in their aggravated form
be charged to the man whose chief
offense in the reckoning of his par
tisan critics. consists of the service
he has rendered and the gratitude
he has won from mankind.
They may forget. but the ages
Will not, that. America won a war
which experts declared was lost:
that the genius and strength OF our
people were assembled in the man
ner Of q modern miracle; that lust
and loot were not a recurrent verify
at the peace table when the great
est spoils that ever tempted ma
tionaI cupidity were in sight: that
q war fought for worlds democ-
racy was not ended with a perfidy
common to autocracy; that our SOL
'diers died that .wars should no
longer be, and that our public
conscience remained true to the
pledge of our honored dead: that
America not only manned but
financed the world in the moment
Of extreme stress. and now with
credits sinking to the lowest ebb,
the American dollar under fiscal
policy born OF honored parentage is
the only national symbol of value.
selling at premium.
Immortality of Wilson.
Yes. history will tell it all. and
the name of the man who sensed
the ills of the afflicted peoples of
the earth. who sympathized with
their honorable aspirations for free
dom. and then wove the elements of
simple justice into the fabric of in
ternational policy-his name will be
chanted by the children of men yet
unborn, while the names of those
who made from their malignant
spite. a senatorial cabal against
Woodrow Wilson will have been
consigned to a part and place in the
records of time too unimportant for
voice TO recall or memory to retain.
with hands devoted to the mis-
chievous task at hand, they now ap-
proach the campaign of 1920 with
staggering bravado, believing that
racial discomfort in individual
groups. which they unblushingly
keep alive, makes victory certain.
regardless OF other things, which
bear vitality on the common welfare.
They have already prejudiced the
public verdict, and await but the
formal call 10 the seats OF power.
Using the words of Cardinal Mer-
cier when the kaiser's 'missary told
him that Germany's triumph was
certain. and that America could not
save the day. because it required
will wait and see.'
Enemies of Future Generations.
AT the beginning of the present
Congress the majority leaders met
and resolved. In skillful phrase they
sought to make the great war, and
particularly our governments con-
duct of our part in IL, an unworthy
affair. What will pass as price
! less legacy to the generations to
come. they would have discredited
by irresponsible charge.
THE nation. they avowed, was i'll
from maltreatmenc and had only to
be taken into their fostering arms
for remedies that would surely cure.
1t is unnecessary to run over the
long list of things that were prom
ised. but il is fitting that the coun-
try be reminded of the fact that not
a single constructive thing has been
done. and that the extravaganza
and corruption so fiippantly alleged,
have not been found.
Things are all right in this coun-
try fundamentally. Our Constitu-
tion places the power within the
people and the statute bought by
dollars or the policy Influenced by
greed cannot live in conflict with
our charter of rights.