The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-07-30

ed by any side issues upon which in
dividual voters may, hold divergent
views, with a broad and eompreherl-
sive statement in favor of law en-
foreement and the devoting of his en-
ergies to constructive efforts to build
up the country and the party's inter
ests. The honesty and the & ability
with WIZ Sss'Sas made known his Mt
titude and the courtesy toward other
candidates with which he has conduct
ed his campaign have easily marked
him as favorite.
This fact has not escaped Senator
Reeds attention, and in his frantic ef-
forts to poison the minds of the peo-
pie against the League Of Nations
and the Democratic platform, and to
advance if possible the interests Of
Judge Priest, his subservient "Me too"
candidate for Senator, he has turned
his battery of abuse and sarcasm up
on Mr.. Long. He says that Long, in
answer to his presumptuous and mis-
leading catechism on the League Of
Nations, told him that he (Long)
stood upon the platform of the State
Convention, the platform of the San
Francisco Convention, upon the posi-
tion occupied by President Wilson,
and added Reed in one Of his charac-
teristic assumptions, "I presume up
on any position which may be taken
by Gov. Cox" Declaring in his Off
hand way that no two of these posi-
tions are identical, Reed ironically OBJ
serves that standing on all of them
is an interesting experiment in men
tai acrobatics, and that the only
thing clear about Longs League Of
Nations position is that he wants to
be United States Senator and is will
ing to take it upon any terms.
That is Reeds style Of throwing
dust and trying to becloud the minds
of the people. In contrast we give
below Mr.. Longs courteous but clear
and concisive answer to the discred-
tied Missouri Senator's railery against
the party's constituted authority and
expression of principles:
Senator Reed in his Nevada
speech says that my position on the
League of Nations is not clear, and
charges, as though it might be an Of
tense, that | adhere closely to the
principles announced in the Demo
cratic State and National platforms,
and that / have followed without hes
itation the leadership of Woodrow
Wilson.
"My position is known to the pub
lie and is clearsand so is the Demo-
cratic National platform. | will vote
to ratify the treaty as written. !
will not oppose reservations making
clearer or more specific our obliga-
tions to the league associates, but will
oppose the Lodge reservations or any
others which impair the essential in
| tegrity of the covenant
"If it be wrong to accept the doc
trine declared by the sovereign body
of my party in national convention as
sembled; if it be wrong to accept the
decision Of my state convention; II
1t be wrong to abide by the over
Iwhelming majority of the members Of
my party--then ! am woefully in the
wrong.
again, il it be treachery to follow
my President in time Of war; to be-
| lieve implicitly in his leadership; to
support him, my superior officer in
the United States Government, with
every energy and every act; to be-
| lieve In the ideals toward which he
has worked with such ennfaltering
courage but over such abusive oppo-
sition; TO have done everything in
my power, in office and out Of office,