Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-08-07
Peace For America and the
World Thru League of Nations
Cox Brands as DishonorabIe Rarding's Proposal
for Separate Peace With Germany, in
Accepting Democratic Nomination

duty which ressts every base sugges-
tion ofspersonal or political eXpediency
is unworthy of the esteem of his coun-
trymen.
The men and women who by express
policy at the San Francisco convention
charted our course in the open seas of
the future sensed the spirit of the hour
and phrased it with clarity and cour-
age 1t is not necessary to read anG
reread the democratic platform to know
it's meaning. 1t is document clear in
it's analysis of conditions and plain in
/ the pledge of service made to the pub
! lie. 1t carries honesty of word and
intent. Proud of the leadership and
achievement of the party in war. DEM
ocracy faces unafraid the problems Of
peace. Indeed. its pronouncements has
+ but To be read along with the platform
! framed by the republican leaders in or
der that both spirit and purpose as
! they dominate the opposing organiza-
tionS may be COntraSted on the one
hand we see pride expressed in the ma
! tion's glory and Il promise of service
casiIy understood. on the other
icaptious, unhappy spirit and the treat
mcnt of subjects vital to tire present
and to the future in terms that have
completely confused the public mind
1t was clear that the Senatorial dig
archy had been given its OVID way in
the selection Of the presidential candi-
date but it was surprising that it was
able to fasten into the party platform
the creed of hate and bitterness and
The vacilating policy that possesses
, it.
In the midst of war the present sem
, h.,J In1 or
! Penrose. and Smcot. was formed. Sup
CRITICAL evidence of. loyalty to the pres
ident was deliberate in order that the
great rank and file of their party.
I faithful and patriotic to the very core.
might not be offended. But under
meath this misleading exterior, con
| spirators planned and plotted, with
| bGoted zeal. With victory to our arms
they delayed and obstructed TIE works
of peace. If deemed useful to the work
/ i'm hand no artifce for Interfering with
our constitutional peace making au-
thority was rejected. Before the coun-
try knew. yea, before these men tenn
selves know the details of the compos-
te plan. formed at the peace table. they
declared their opposition to it. Before
the treaty was submitted to the Senate
i'm the manner the Constitution pro-
every consideration of decency by pre-
senting a copy of the document. pro-
cured unblushingly from enemy hands
and passed it into the printed record
of senatorial proceedings. From that
hour dated the enterprise of throwing
the whole subject into Il technical dis
cussion. in order that the public might
be confused. The plan has never chang
ed in its objective, but the method has.
At the outset there was the careful
insistcucc that there vas no desire to
Interfere with the principle involved
and formalizcd at Versailles. Later
It was the form and not the substance
that professedly- inspired attack But
prctensc was futile when proposals la
ter came forth that clearly ema sculated
the basic principle of the whole peace
plan. II is not necessary to recall the
details of the controversy in the SEN
ate. Senator Lodge finally cryStallized
his ideas into what were known as the
Lodge reservations, and when Congress
adjourned these reservations held the
support Of the sovcalled regular repub-
iican leaders.
From that time the processes have
heen interesting. Political eXpediency
in its truest sense dwarfed every con-
sideratiOn either of public interest or
of the maintenance of the honor of a
great political Tarty. The exclusive
question was how to avoid rupture in
the republican organization. The coun
try received with interest to say the
least, the announcement from Chicago.
where the national convention was as
sembled. that "a platform plank. deal
ing with the subject of world peace
had been drawn. leaving out the Lodge
reservations, and yet remaining agree
able to all interests meaning thereby
the Lodge reservationiSts, the mild res
erVationists and the group of republi-
can Senators that openly opposed the
League of Nations in any form.
AS the platform made definite
committal of policy and was, in fact so
artfully phrased as to make almost any
deduction possible. it passed through
the convention with practically unani-
nifty. Senator johnson. however, whose
position has been consistent and whose
opposition to the League in any shape
is wen known. withheld his support of
the conventions choice until the cam
lidate had stated the meaning of the
platform, and announced definitely the
policy that would be his. if elected. s
The republican candidate has spoken
and his utterance calls forth the fol-
lowing approval from Senator Johnson:
Yesterday in his speech of accept
ance. Senator Harding unequivocally
took his stand upon the paramount is
sue in this campaign-the League of
Nations. The republican party stands
committed by its platform. Its stand
ard bearer has now accentua,ted that
platform. There can be no misunder-
| standing his words"
Senator Harding, as the candidate Of
=
one on this question, and. the latter
expresses it. the republican party is
committed both, by platform in the alb
stract and by it's candidate in specifi-
cation. The threatened revolt among