Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1920-07-15
mot FOR THE
BIG CLUB PLAN
PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND FOR
THE PLAN UNCLE TED TELLS
THE CHILDREN

well, the democratic convention
after more than week of fighting
and wrangling finally nominated a
man whom very few democrats seem
| to want" said Uncle Ted, as the
| children gathered around for their
evening story.
"Who is he?" asked Ruth.
james NJ. Cox, governor of Ohio,,
Ruth. The funny part about it all
| is that they couldn't agree on man
until they had cast "A ballots, with
three recesses to try and settle their
differences. Two of these recesses
were for three hours each and one
| for twenty-four hours Warren G.
| Harding was nominated on the tenth
/ ballot after one recess and every
! body left the republican convention
| satisfied that the best possible man
( had BEEN nominated But not so
with the democrats. From the very
start it was seen that they could not
! agree upon Mr.. McAdoo, although he
held out in the lead for quite awhile.
Mr.. Cox must now make his fight for
the presidency upon the democratic
platform alone and must stand up at
all times for the world club plan.
And yet the convention was divid-
ed upon the world club question, for
many of them did not want to go on
record in favor of it as Woodrow
Wilson still says ii must be accepted.
Mr.. Cox will have to stand up for the
world club and if it falls, that is if
the majority of the people of the
country care more for America than
they do for sending American boys to
| hn in Of nf tom
countries, then Mr.. Cox will fall
with it. Aside from the many quail
ties of Mr.. Harding which make him
the one man fon the presidency at
this time, he will be elected because
he and his party are opposed to the
world club while Mr.. Cox and the
democrats are for it. 1t is all just
as l have told you time and time
again, many weeks ago, that the
world club plan would be the real
issue in the campaing no matter
what anyone may say. 1t has not
been buried as an issue. The peo-
pie have learned in the past months
what terrible thing it would be and
they will neve; vote for party that
has at it's head man who cares
more for the welfare of Europe than
he does for the welfare of our own
country.
What has happened to our for
cign relations We are without
any means OF acting with other
countries simply because our presi-
dent would not listen to. the judg-
ment of the majority of the United
States senate who said that the tried
and old time system handed down
from the day. Of George Washington
cou not be beaten. WHY are We
still technically at war with Ger
many? because Woodrow Wilson
would not sign the paper passed by
congress declaring peace"
why wouldn't he sign u" asked
Jack.
HE said, because 1t was a dis
grace to make peace that way, but
probably his real and only reason
was that il he couldn't have peace
the way he wanted it we wouldn't
have any at all The people of the
United States will never agree that a
system for the handling of our for
eign relations framed in a few hours
In Paris surrounded by foreign infiu-
ences is better than a system planned
for days by the fathers of this coun-
try and tried for and approved thru
a hundred years use. You see,
kiddies, while the Republicans had
their difficulties too, yet they got to-
gether early in the game even before
the convention-as far back as the
senate debate over the world club,
The split in the democratic party ov-
err the world club question is so wide
that everyone knows about it and
they will have a mighty hard time
getting together, while the republi'
cans are united solidly on every one
of the great issues