Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-31
OF FOREIGN
POLICY OF WILSON
WILL FURNISH FUNDS


pledge to support the Wilson policy
toward the treaty and the league.
1T is perfectly understandable
that the democratic campaign
manager should desire to have the
whole sorry business of democratic
foreign policies forgotten. But the
country will not forget. The more
democrats attempt to get away
from this question the more insist
ent the country viii be to know
what they intend to do if they are
entrusted with the administration.
1t is plain that accord" could not
have been established by the pres
ident and the democratic candidate
except on condition that the latter
assume all liabilities Of the presi-
dents program.
Would Compel Ratification.
mo matter how it may camou-
flaged, it is more obvious every
day that if the democrats should
win, their efforts would be to COM
pei ratification of the league cove
nant without essential modifica-
tons. Senator Walsh's statement
makes this perfectly plain. He ad-
United himself in disagreement
with Governor Cox Immediately
after long talk with the governor.
[, Senator Walsh has heretofore been
just as ardently opposed to article
| ten as any of US. But for the sake of
democratic harmony he is now APP
parently willing to forget about it,
s.v, tt.,r -. tYAI In ,trX -
forget about it by pushing other is
! sues to the front.
I'm connection with Chairman
Whites statement that progress
ism is to be the paramount issue
of the campaign / note that Mr..
White announced that the demo-
cratic committee will not restict
itself to $1,000 contributions, as
announced by the republicans, and
that he said any such restriction
was buncombe. / have misgivings
as to whether our country Will
agree with Mr.. White. AT any rate.
it will be regarded as a queer sort
Of progressiveism, this thing of
poking fun at a sincere effort to
limit the amount of campaign con-
lTlDullOIlS.
Big Campaign Fund Needed.
The republican management has
undertaken in all good faith to
raise truly popular campaign
fund. 1t is believed this will be
accomplished and, if SO, it will be
a most notable advance in political
management. 1t is true that with
the number of votes substantially
doubled by reason of woman suf-
frage, and with the great increase
in expense of campaigning, a good
deal Of money will be required to
carry an effective appeal to the
people Nevertheless, the republic
cans have undertaken to raise the
money in small amounts by popu-
lar subscription. They hope to
succeed.
THE democrats flout any such
suggestion and at the very outset
of the campaign proclaim that they
have no intention of attempting
such a reform. They will discover
before election day that the coun-
try is not prepared to approve their
program of unlimited campaign
funds. Undoubtedly it is quite true
that certain powerful international
interests deeply concerned in carry
ing out the administrations foreign
policy, are prepared to contribute
most literally to the democratic
funds. Undoubtedly it is true, too,
that without such contributions the
democrats would find 1t difficult
to raise the funds they need. Pop
ular campaign funds are not easily
raised for unpopular causes, and
the effort to hitch America to the
present administrations program
constitutes anything but popular
cause"