The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-12
"A WILSON VICTORY"

Evidently The Memphis News
sctmitar has been fed up on the claim
OF COX nomination az a Wilson VIC
tory II Is moved TO say;
But when Senator Mcclellan termed
the Walsh amendment TO the platform
q document Of hell, and Carter Glass
threatened to 20 before the conven-
ton to eliminate II, and after the noml-
nation said, Don't ask me to say any
thlng Tor Cox; when Burleson. Colby,
Daniels, Palmer and the rest Of the
cabinet, whose minds run along with
the presidents. fought Cox through a
ballots; when Cox's manager tele-
graphed the collector OF income tax TO
pun OF his horde Of henchmen and
permit the convention to nominate its
choice, II Is difficult to understand how
the result could be described as a Will
son victory, even though the presI-
dent remained discreetly silent"
The best plan Is not to try hard to
understand some things about the late
convention. The mere fact that "the
Walsh amendment" was adopted and
Cox nominated over the opposition Of
Senators Glass and Mcclellan, the "cabi-
enough. The one and only thing now
Is to elect the ticket and II this can
be promoted by the claim of a Wilson
victory why let II go at that. The
claim can do no harm. not even when
It is backed up by stupid and abusive
to Wilson.
The fundamental fact is that the
nomination OF Cox by the Democratic
convention, as The Scimitar states, is
a breakaway from the league of ma
tons obsession that has operated in
strangulation OF Democracy. The party
will now take its head out of the clouds.
and get its feet on the ground. Through
the change Of leaders, however the
election may result, there will be
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that were taken seriously because
spoken by authority of titular leader
Will find their true level. Replying to
an adulatory telegram to the conven
the president thus scared aloft:
While our opponents are endeav-
oring to isolate us among the nations
of the world, We are following the Wis
ion OF the. founders Of the republic
who promised the world the counsel
the United States in all matters that
affected human liberty and the justice
OF law That / should have been
accorded leadership in such great
matters fills my heart with gratitude
has taken fills me with a perfect con-
fidence that 1t will go from victory to
victory until the true traditions of the
republic are indicated and the
world convinced not only of our
tegrity and our devotion to the highest
ideals. This is a conquering purpose
and nothing can defeat it,"
Under any sane thought, this is
midsummer madness, the product Of
a mind diseased Which one Of the
founders" may we ask does the pres
dent refer to? When George Washing
ton laid down the presidency of the
United States, he recommended to his
fellow citizens in his farewell address
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pean affairs. For more than a hundred
years the government has remained
true to his teachings. 1t rejected al
ltances and tried to fortify by every
measure of statecraft the national iso-
ation which the geographical emotions
produced There was departure from
Washingtons injunction, under a crisis
that was compulsory, that was never
dreamed Of. But that crisis has passed
leaving a vast inheritance of destruc-
ton and debt Is it not time to get
back to the ancient mornings?
As to the league of nations, It IL
a universal recognition in Europe
that II Is unavoidable In a recent num-
Der OF Ltttell Living Age a writer says:
For Just single moment the human
sons ambitious scheme-the league of
nations But the present dlsillusion-
ment Of the world with that project ex-
ceeds even the enthusiasm which well
coined its first appearance"
Another writer In the same number
OF the Living Age says:
president Wilson had elaborated an
ambitious scheme. He desired not only
to bring order to the fighting nations,
in accordance with the principles pro-
mulgated in the fourteen points. but
also to perpetuate that order by
| league OF nations. While Europeans
were interested primarily in getting at
| once the right kind of a peace, his
| thought was turned solely to machinery
for making any kind Of a peace per-
manent In his mental retirement and
| ignorance Of actually. he sacrificed all
else to his league idea. He sacrificed
to that the practical things which alone
| could make peace permanent"
In the light of these reflections, is II
not time for the United States to re-
new its allegiance to teachings of the
| founders? Did we not think so We
would not see much to rejoice over in
| Coxs victory over those who opposed
him at San Francisco Vicksburg
| (Miss) Herald.