Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-29

we are proud OF tine work that
( America has done in the world; we
are proud of the heroism of Amer
| lean men and women and we are
! proud OF the inspired and incom-
parable leadership of Woodrow
| Wilson.
Has not the time come when all
| Americans, irrespective of parry,
should begin to praise the achieve
ments OF our country rather than
to criticise them? Surely just
and righteous sense of national
pride should protect us from the
! nsenSate assaults of mere parti-
sans. We fought a great war, for
a great cause, and we had a leader
| ship that carried America TO great
er heights of honor and power and
glory than she has ever known be-
fore in her entire history. If the
American flag must be lowered,
it will be hauled down in re-
publican convention and not in
democratic convention.
Partisan Investigations.
1t is this shining record of ire
mendouS achievement that repub4
licap managers and the Chicago
platform seek to shame and be-
smirch. Various congressional
committees, which for want of
more appropriate term. are called
smelling committees" We're APP
pointed for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning whether or not there WAS
any graft in the conduct of the
great war. over eighty investiga-
tons have been made, over two
million dollars have been wasted, |
and the one result has been TO
prove that it was the cleanest war
ever fought in the history of civil |
liZation.
Through the hands of a demo-
cratic administration, there have |
passed more than forty billions OF
dollars, and the finger of scorn |
does not point to one single demo-
cratic official in all America. 1t |
Is a record never before made by |
any political party in any country |
that ever conducted war.
II republican leaders are not |
able to rejoice with us in this |
American triumph, they should |
have the grace to remain silent, |
for ii does not lie in the mouths |
ish- American war to indulge in the |
luxury If criticism What was |
there in this war to compare with
typhoid infested camps and the
paper sole hsoes controversy OF
1898? What was there In TINS
war to compare to the embalmed
beef scandal of of the Spanish
American war? Despite all their
Investigations, not one single DEM
ocratic official has either been
indicted or accused or even sus-
pected; and the only dignitary
in America, of any outstanding
political significance who Is NOV
ing in the direction of the penn.
Tertiary, is Truman Newberry OF
Michigan,
The very power of the repubh-
can party to conduct a partisan
investigation of the war, to criti-
else the president, to control the
organization of the senate ana TO
wreck the prospect of world peace
rests upon a bare majority OF one,
secured through the tainted seha-
torial vote from Michigan.
The republican party became SO
fixed in its incorrigible habit OF
conducting Investigations that II
finally turned to the fruitful task
of investigating itself. FOR the
first time since they entered upon
this program. they dlscoVeIeo
fraud and graft and gross and In
excusable expenditures. The reVe-
lations disclose the fact. long I'M
derstood by the initiated, that the
meeting at Chicago was not a con-
vention but an auction. The nigh
est bidder, however, did not get
the prize. The publicity which
overlook the proceedings 1rustrat-
ed the initial purpose. IN more
senses than one the recent chicago
has left the democratic
marty as the sole custodian OF the
honor of the country.
The Cost of the War. ,.
There are men so small in spirit,
so pitifully cramped In soul, that :
they suggest that the war cost too ,
The republican platform &,
echoes this complaint. 1t was IN ,
deed, an expensive war. war Is |
the most wasteful thing in the {
world. But is money to be meas ,
ured against the blood of American
soldiers? Would 1t not be better {
to spend a billion dollars fol. shelis {
hat were never exploded than TO |
have one American boy on the {
iiring line minus an essential cart
ridgep Was 1t not better to pre- !
mare for a long war and make II {
short than to prepare for snort G
war and make it long? When crit.
cism Is made of the expense OF (
war let us not forget that we q
bought with it the freedom and a
,afety of the civilization OF the r
world.
Preparedness. t
Again, they say that we Were c
not prepared for war. In s'riet
military sense, democracy Is =,
never prepared for war; but Amer {
ca made ready in a way that was 8
ar more effective than by MAIN I
aiming. at enormous cost. great I
,rmaments, which neither party .
aver advocated and which our pep {
)le would never approve. a
Wars are not fought by armies '
,lone. They are fought by ma Il
ions. 1t is a measuring OF the q
strength of nations. The Il
ront line trench Is no stronger n
han the forces which lie behihd i
he trench. The line of commum- .
alton reaches back to every VII Il
age, farm, counting house, factory n
md home. America prepared by 4
making the economic life OF the c
sound. 10, v
What would have been our stu.
.tion, If, prior to the outbreak OF r
he war, we had not prepared so D
hat our farmers were able to feed a
he armies of the world? What q
would have been our situation II n
abor had not been willing to fol d
ow the leadership of the pre ISL a
Ient? What would have been the ii
II we had not established :,
|. currency system which made II o
,ossible for us to finance the war! t.
What would have been the situa a