Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-15
The Degradation Of
Popular Sovereignty
New York Word

In an editorial entitled "Mirreprssent
ing Harding our friend and neighbor thr
Tribune gjves voice ~ tins Complain
f'The neyspap4rs which steadily lafQr y
nouddIe the League disc'EsiOn PLAYED ~
the Des MoiDeg speech ~ rcpfdlatinR ~
league principle Nc4sTs BrTah and
Jobns0n we're depicted ~ IN state
ecstatic delight. The nnisrepreFen'a''1f
was po8s
Let ns zee # It WIS Turning from ~
editorial page n the Tribune ~ - nrF
columns, We find On the third page 2 -
patch from Chicago carving y'atfnnen,'
from Senator Hiram Johnson n Ffirh
that eminent leader u the Batahpn "
Death also protests against fnrrep're
sentatiop The Senator said -or0e bavr
ATTEMPTED to rnisrepregent Senator Hard
ing. but without success. tie hAs takrf
the position firmly that oUT peopie. FaS'
and West, nave taken ovgrwhelrninZiy-
Opposition n the Lagie
Continuing. the Senator from Cal1ornis
stIl more clearly defined he attitude p
Senator Harding
II have had no doubt about Senator
Harding's position from the first he y
absolute now His uttersnces ~ the dos
Moines meeting viii satisfy any bitter
ender or irreeoncilable.
The kind % Tosrepres~ntatior s-,r-~r
which Senator Johnson decisfrns = 10
migrepresentation n the Tribune u NJ
Philadelphia Public Ledger y VII. Isft, -
Mr.. Hoover and ~ the other RrDsiN'icer
advocates II the Leag1e - Nations who
pretend that Senator Harding p N fs-pr
0f Il regardless of anything he gsyT - tne
contrary When he Republican czsrdi-
date declares that be does not ssnt tn
clarity the Obligations - the snsnt.
tnat 'ft s not Interpretation bsft reles,-
tion that / am seeking" Senator Johr~nr
knows that those words can have only oT'e
meaning. and therefore ne ddes not h-<l-
tate 20 saw that senator Hsrdrnvs utt~--
ances az Des Moines vii ssssry asT
bitte--ender of ITrecor cilahle
II v-as the bitte--e7ders tns r-~~~~-
ciliables. who prevented ratification ~ d
Treaty OF Peace even with the nisrhi~v'sis
Lodge reservations Having ioa1ed dow
the resolution Of ratification NTH -1~rn
rese-vatio,z mo der % alienate ne Dem
ccratic Senators. thev her y5tan agasns-
the treaty. that they hsd amended -ena-
Tor Harding was not with them tnen. ouf
Senator johnson has aSsIra-iess thaf 1r
Z Il with them now. and Hardings speerhfs
\ support the johnson oontsnts1n.
The people who are most obv,oFrsT
guilty. of MISREPRESENTATION n ths e7n-
naIgn are The Republican advocstss II 70
League who continue 70 support harding
and who saw IN effect that hs sDee-neS
agninst the League are not - De -aSnT
serIolIsly. They arP tr71nr 70 rr1rk n
voters. They are ASKING thefn % slIppor-
Z a candidate for President on the pretensH
that he will do what ne says ne VIII Tot ar
and that be vii not 90 what he saws be vi
do. Political InnoraIry can hardly e.
further than TINS.
II there Is 10 he snv integrity -rsts--r
IA American politics. there must oe snue
senblance at east OF intellectual honesty
vet Alr. Taft ana Mr. Hoover are virtually
insisting nat intellectual honesty = q
no importance whatever. Their wnoie pt>n
Of campaign 10 Denaf Of Harurng r-nuces
itself % TINS formula Let hIm rpvuGlate
the League of Nations a-s Iar A. le .-ke- ~
the effort 70 appeal 20 rhe nypnenAtcn
vote. then L he IS elected he val neIrSs
the people VINO supported nm OecaSz-e me-
thought he was rrevOcaOiy Opposed - M
League.
There can be 70 responsible gove-nr,-nt
IN the mIed States IN nose 1errns
There can be % decent government
There can be no government ths- N AZ
way represents the wll Of ne peOpss
What Mr. Taft and BIS trenos are pr
claiming IS the very degradation % Popu
lar sovereignty.