Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-10-14
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN ISSUES.

In spite of all that is being said M
written on the subject, the League
of Nations is not the chief Issue be-
tween the two great parties this year.
That subject cannot we'll be tn" chlel
issue. because the members or the re-
spective parties are in hopeless dls-
agreement among each other on that
subject. That the disagreement IN
the Democratic party is a little less
conspicuous is due largely to the TACT
that the Democrats labor under the
party necessity of standing by the
record which Il Democratic president
has made in the name of the party. ;
But such Democrats as Reed, Gore, |
Hoke Smith and Underwood have as
little enthusiasm for the present
league covenant IS have Borah and
johnson among the Republicans.
The masses OF the American peo-
pic have a very earnest desire for
world peace. They have IKE foT
granted that the final settlements Of
the late war would not be completed
without some international compact
or association intended to preserve
the peace of the world without i'm
posing on the nations the intolerable
burdens inseparable from competitive
armament. And we take it that
Americans generally assume.that this
instrumentality will be an evolution
from or q development of the present
League of Nations. which now num-
bers most of the nations of the earth
in its membership, with provision
made for American membership on
terms mutually acceptable to the
United States and it's neighbours. That
may be taken as the settled convic-
ton of the American people, and with
that conviction. the great majority
of Americans are only mildly inter-
ested inlthe specific wording of the
compact n the steps by means of
which the association is to be real
lied.
The active interest Of most Amer
icansrlies much nearer home. Amer
leans are interested in the revival OF
Industry. the reimbursement Of prices.
the lowering of taxes and the reform
of systems Of taxation, and in a. num-
Der of other things which Dear d.
rectly on their daily lives. And they
want a government at Washington
which will exemplify in it's " acts
The sanity, the efficiency and the econ
omy which most people recognize as
g, ha:pr ooSor+:o1 IN thu ,,-LoJo 1;Fo 80 49,
people.
We have in power today an admin
tstration upon which was conferred
authority almost autocratic in order
Sto cope with the e~xigenoies of war.
Those large powers were conferred
without a murmur. the people
have looked tolerantly on many mis-
takes and shortcomings attendant on
their exercise. realizing that we could
not adjust ourselves instantly to new
and unforeseen conditions without
waste and friction.
But, the war being over, the people
demand a speedy return to the nor
NAL conditions of peace. And they
see in every direction evidence of a
desire on the part Of the admin;stra-
ton to prolong the tenure of expand
ed power, a disposition to make per-
manent the possession of expanded
powers granted for a specific purpose
In an emergency.
The election of a Democratic presl'
dent at this time will delay !ndefl-
s8 ,,3%aI1, tho concentrating of which we
are sadly in need. There are no"
in existence bureaus and commission
in which thousands of deserving
Democrats are employed, which were
created for the necessary purposes o.
the war, which ought to be abolished
at once, but which are perpetuatet
in order that favorites may continue
on the government payroll. Tha
condition will be prolonged If Cover
Cox is elected. It will be rem
Kedicd quickly if Harding is elected.
The election of Harding means thu
carly restoration OF the government
to its proper functions. the elimina
ton of millions of dollars of needles
expense, and the Inauguration Of al
era OF ecohomy and efficiency which
-a Democratic administration, will
the hest Intentions in the world
would find itself practically power
less. to create. And it is this reform
in the handling of our great domes
ticsquestions which is the real issu'
In the presidential campaign Of III.
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