South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-08

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( tic one band We see pride expressed
: In the nations glory and "a promise
I Cf service easily understood. on
\ the other a captious. unhappy spirit
and the treatment OF 81 bjects vital
I 10 the present and the future. iu
\ terms that have completely confused
I the public mind. II was clear thai
7 the senatorial oligarChy had been
given its own way IN the selection
I Of the presidential candidate. but u
was surprising that II was able to
! fasten into the party platform tho
, creed Of hate and bitterness AMI
] the facilitating policy that possesses
IL
THE SENATORIAL CABAL.
In the midst Of war the present
senatorial "a bal. led 10y Sens Lodge.
PenrOse and SmOot was formed.
Superficial evidence OF loyalty 10
the president was deliberate I'm or
der that the great rank and tile OF
their party. faithful and patriotic 10
, the very core, might not be offended.
But underneath this misleading eX
terror, conspirators planned and
plotted with bigotcd zeal. With
victory 10 our arms they delayed and
Obstructed the works OF peace. If
deemed useful TO the work in hand
no artifice for interfering with our
constitutional peace-making author
ity was rejected Before the Coun-
try knew. yea, before these men
themselves knew the details Of the
composite plan, formed at the peace
table they declared their opposition
TO IT, Before the treaty was sub
mitted 10 the senate in the man
ner the constitution provides, they
#~,rrr fHn
sideration Of decenCy 10y presenting
a COPY OF the document. procured
unblushingly from enemy hands, and
passed il into the printed record OF
senatorial proceed ings. From that
hour dated the enterprise OF throw
ing the whole subject into "A tech
meal discussion, in order that the
public might be confused. The plan
has never changed in its objective.
but the method has. At the outset
there was the careful insi5tence that
there was no desire 10 interfere with
the principle evolved and fOrmaltzed
at Versailles Later. IL was the form
and not the SUBSTANCE that pro-
fessedly inspired attack. But pre-
tense was futile when proposals later
came forth that clearly emasculated
the basic principle OF the whole
peace plan. IL is not necessary 10
recall the details Of the controversy
in the senate. Sen. Lodge finally
crystallized his ideas into what were
known as he Lodge reservations,
and when congress adjourned these
reservations held the support Of the
so-calIed regular republican leaders.
POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY
CHEATS PUBLIC.
From that time the processes
have been interesting. Political eX-
pediency I'm it's truest sense dwarfed
every consideration either OF the
public Interest or of the mainten-
auce of the honor of a great po-
Htical party. The exclusive cues
ton was how TO avoid a rupture in
the republican Organiza ton. The
say the least the announcement
from Chicago. where the national
contention was assembled. that a
platform plank, dealing with the /,
subject Of world peace, had been |
drawn, leaving out the Lodge res !
c9-vatious, and yet remaining agree !
able 10 all interests. meaning there |
bv. the Lodge reservationists, the
mid rescrVItioulsts and the group OF .
republican senator's that openly OPP
posed the League OF Nations IN any
form.
As the platform made no definite
committaI Of policy and was. in
fact. so artfully phrased as TO make
almost any deduction possible. II
passed through the convention with
practical unanimity. Sen. john
son. however. whose position has
been consistent and whose opposi-
ton 10 the league in any shape Is
well known. withheld his support OF
the conventions choice until the
candidate bad stated the meaning
Of the platform. and announced
definitely the policy that would be
his n elected.
The republican candidate has
spoken and his utterance calls forth !
the following approval from Sen
QUOTES REPUBLICAN
LEADER
Yesterday in his speech OF &C I
ceptance Sen. Harding unequivocally !
took his stand upon the paramount /
issue Of this Campaign-the League I
OF Nations The republican party /
stands committed by It's platform. |
Its standard bearer has now accen- [
tuated that platform. There can be /
no Misunderstanding his words.
Son Harding. a. the candidate OF /
the party, and sen. Johnson are As /
one on this question. and. as the /
latter expresses It. the republican |
party is committed both by platform I
in the abstract and by its candidate /
I'm specifcatio The threatened re- I
volt among leaders OF the party is \
averted. but the minority position as ]
expressed in the senate prevails as !.
that OF the party. In short. prin- |
Ciple. "a avowcd in support OF the /
Lodge reservations. or OF the So /
called mild reservations. has been I
surrendered 20 eXpediency.
CITES NEW G.. o. +.
PLEDGE.
Sen. Harding makes this new .
pledge OF policy in behalf OF his /
party
II promise you formal and ef- I
fective peace 30 quickly as repub- !
IiCan congress can pass its declara- I
ton for a republican executive 20 /
sign
This means but one thing-a sep
arate peace with Germany
This would be the most dishearten-
Ing event in civilization since the \
Russians made their separate peace,
with Germany. and infinitely more
on our part than II was
on that OF the Russians. They were 4
threatened with starvation and revo-
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