The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-09
Bryan Splits Openly With
 Wilson on Making
 League Campaign Issue
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 President for ratification without res ervation. and I stood with them. beiev ing that it was better to secure within the league, after it was established, any recsessary changes, than to attempt to secure them by reserva tions in the rati lying resolutions. But our plan has been rejected and we must face the situation as it is We must either secure such com promises eas may be possible or present
 the issue to the country.
 ] "The latter course would mean a delay of at least IA months, and then success only in case of our securing a two- | thirds majority in the Senate.
 oWe cannot afford, either as citizens or as members of the party, to share with the republican party responsibility for further delay; we cannot go before the country on the issue that such an appeal would present The republicans have majority in the Senate. and, therefore. can by right dictate the Senate's course. Being in the minority we cannot demand the right to decide the terms upon which tbe senate will consent to ratification. Cur nation has spent 100000 precious lives and more than $20 900 ,000,0OO to make the world safe for democracy, and the one fundamental principle of democracy Is the right of the majority to rule. 1t apphes to the Senate and to the House as well as treaty is ratified by two-thirds vote, but the democratic party cannot afford to take advantage of the constitutional right of minority to prevent ratification majority of Congress can declare war Shall we make it more difficult to con- clude a treaty than to enter war LEAVE IT TO CONGRESS Neither can we go before the country on the issue raised by Article x. IT we do not intend to impair the right Of Con eress to decide the question of peace or war when the time for action arises, no" can be insist upon a moral obligation 10 go to war which can have no force or value except as it does impair the inde- pendence of Congress? We owe it to the world to join in an honest effort to put an end to war for ever and that effort should be made al the earliest possible moment
 "A democratic party cannot be a party of negation; it must have construction programme It must not only favor League of Nations, but it must nave plan for the election of delegates and policy to be pursued by, those delegates. What plan can democratic party nave other than one that contemplates the pc/- ular election of those delegates who, m the influence they will exert. will be next | in importance to the President himself | And what policy can the democratic party | have within the League of Nations other than one of absolute lndepenuence anu irnpartiality between the members ol lhe league? Our nations voice should at all | times be raised in behalf of equal ana exact justice between nations as the only hasis of permanent peace; it should De l raised in defense of the right or seiI- I6etermination and in proclaiming spirit of brotherhood as universal as the peace which we advocate.
 {, DOMESTIC PROBLEMS
 "we have domestic problems also which offer an opportunity to renoer l large service. and one objection to thrusting the treaty into the campaign | is that it would divert attention from questions demanding immediate cohsio eration We are confronted with the or ! ganization of new parties on the theory I that the old parties do not meet the | issues that have arisen. Our party IS one party that can qualify for the meeting Y of these issues. It can oppose class l marty because it is not itself the party | of class, but the party Of the Whole 1 neople. regardless of class. The repuo- ! Ilican party has become caPiediseio 1 party and has permitted tariff barons 10 | write the tariff laws, trust magnates 10 direct the policy of the party on the trust 1 question, railroad presidents to dictate | it's policy on the railroad question, while I -<1f | hacking house companies and other proI- iteers have used it as their own. II i would divide the country into class par | ties. and py it's own attitude compei the I formation of a farmers and laporers
 l party.
 l "The democratic party, on the contrafs Y l stands for the protection of the rlghls I of every class dealing with each citizen | as an individual instead of as memper | of a class It has, since it has been Tn power, given the commercial classes
 l splendid currency law; it has gwen the | farmers a farm loan law; 1t has gwen
 labor an eight-hour day and greater se-
 ! curity of it's rights, and mas elsen u su the oeople relief from the tariff bur
 l dens that had been placed on consumers
 Democracy contemplates cooperation pc.
 tween all clements and the promoting oi inc welfare of society in general
 l xHOJTI n MEAN NEGOTIATION