New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-08
on which he said his whole Campaign
"Was based" ha 1arlared.

on which he said his whole campaign
was based" he declared:
"LonEingly our eyes were turned to
Paris during the secret deliberations
there. With the presentation of the
covenant came our establishment.
We found not union of the free peo-
Piles of the world, but we found the
perrgetuation Of the old Imperialism.
NAMED supreme. Progress was pre-
cluded. Every existing injustice per
petuated.
Instead of pact to prevent war we
were given league to maintain pres
ent existing power. Instead OF that
which would enable humanity to ex-
pand and grow, to progress and to
prosper, we found humanity shackled,
and the world put in straitjacket.
imposed for all the years to come. IN
stead OF disarmament. everywhere were
increased ornaments. The hopes of
those who had earnestly wished and
fervently prayed were blighted and
betrayed. The document represented
the triumph of cynical Old World
diplomacy, the defeat of New World
liberalism"
Liberty of Action Demanded
Declaring he had fought "for the
absolute right of the American people
to meet this ISSUE" Senator johnson
added:
1--WE would never be selfish or un-
generous with the rest of the world.
IN the future, as in the past, we would
ever respond to humanity's call and
civlllzation's cry. All that we insist
upon is that when crises occur, when
the time arrives, the American people
shall determine whether they act, and
now they act, and no European nation
shall determine it for them. We want
our independence of action unfettered,
our freedom untouched. our sover-
eighty unimpeached. We want to lead
our own lives in our own way. We
want, in short, to be just Americans
again"
Senator johnson began his address
last few years, the war ana the situa-
tlon precipitated upon the nation.
The great question now for the Re-
publican party to decide is whether IL
shall, as in the early days of its
existence, boldly and courageously, in
spired by Heaven born hopes and as
pirations,. with head nigh, eyes clear,
and hands clean. meet the test, or
whether it shall hesitate and falter
and timidly hide within the shadows o.
privilege" he said.
f1tfalis Peculiar to Times
every thoughtful member of the
Republican party, all VIII earnestly
desire it's success, would have it avoid
the pitfalls which the peculiar times
present. There are some, now as ever,
VINO would make it the party Of the
few, some who would make it wholly
subservient to power. Learning noch-
ing from the lessons of the past, there
are those who would disregard the
voices of the great majority Of the
rank and file of the party, and i'm
press upon it their own arbitrary will.
These individuals, abetted by kept
press, affect to view with contempt
the expressed preference of tkes men
ber' of the party, ana in disdain Of
the mass Of the party. would substi-
tute their desires and decisions for
those Of the great majority. These
individuals are fortunately few, but
sometimes they are in positions Of
power.
"1n their swollen arrogance, depend
ing upon the kept press for their JUS
tification, they would read out of the
Republican party those who have writ
ten its glorious history, the plain peo-
pie Of Lincoln. They fondly hug the
delusion that they and their puppets
may act in defiance Of the rank and
HE. AuSSc Lew anu VIC nculHcIS Va
the, press acting with them are our
real enemies. deny their right to
draw the line in the Republican party
against just common folks. deny
the right Of any men to set at naught
their expressed will. All cry out
against the attempt made by few to-
day to de-humanize the Republican
party.
Avoiding the pitfalls, victory is
within our grasp. After eight years
Of high sounding phrases and actions
wholly at variance, the American peo-
pie recognize the rescue and regenera-
ton OF their government. Under Demo
cratic leadership they have blindly
CROPPED in a mental mystic maze.
"This is no year for the anaemic pol
iticians. The first great problem, the
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