Gunnison news-champion., 1920-12-03
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III hauss-E City Post

times suffer wounds too.
one ot them ia occupying the White
House nuu, rut he IL under marching
order. -Gharg do ws 20 from here"
is being drUmmed into his ears The
name Of The soldier is Woodrow VII
son. and his rank is
Command.r-ia-chief Of the United
States Army.
And hc's wounded. tOo-~ounded in
hrs heart
Shaft Of petty. partisan, treacher-
ous hatrrd-fancied hatred at that
have imbeddcd themselves in the
ncart Of this commander Of our army
as, his heart Is laoeTa,ed, bleed ng
and -Orr, bat his indomitable. ever
patriotic spirit remains unscathed, un-
dauutod. gnafraid-
And the great brain OF our noble
and gallant commander. despite the
-landerous caHards placed in circula-
ion b. brutal and unjust critics, j. a.
efficient a ever.
Woodrow Wilson has fought great
fight.
And he Won he fight, even though
he lost IN winning.
Yes, paraioNical as il may seem in
the face Of election returns, Woodrow
Wilson IL winner.
How do you arrive at such a con
clGsIon7 some critic queries. And
I the answer 10 simply this
FlTst OF all. our American boys, und-
. cr the guiding hand Of Woodrow VII
son, a hand unseen. but nevertheless a
hand IN evidence, whipped the ego out
. "l the Prussian dynasty and tossed il
over into Holland.
In palmer words, the American boys
delivered the pivotal blows in III.
hipping of Germany. And that OF
course, was victory for Woodrow vii
son as well as for all other American
Then following the signing of the
armistice, Woodrow Wilson gave his
strength, his wonderful mind, his
/ health and almost his very life to tho
completion of the peace treaty. and
having put the finishing touches on
/ this work, IN conjunction with other
/ great minds, he presented it to Amer
ca for ratification thru the United
I States Senate
/ That wa another phase Of vic
( tory-the victory that comes of know
ing that a difficult and important
task has been efficiently discharged.
Then came dark days-days a.
dark rs those through which our bow
fought in France, altho less sanguin-
AIRY. They were dark days bacau Sc
the virus Of partisan poison was in cir
Culatlon for the sordid and narrowly
. selfish purpose of scrapping the
league for peace because-well lust
because Woodrow Wilson favored IL,
and the men who led the ro-scrappers,
i wholly unm.ndful of humanity CRY,
for peace, were against anything that
. " oOdrow Wilson favored and for any
thing which he opposed
so The Senate rejected the League.
. Then, there being no other altcrna-
tive. the league was thrown into the
campaign as AN issue, despite the fact
that the brightest OF minds OF Ameri-
ca, regardless of political afilation,
declared II human issue, religious
issue and not political football
The election was held. The Demo-
cratic nominee who openly proclaimed
advocacy Of the earliest possible en-
trance Of this country into the league
was defeated.
i Crying for peace. world peace. on a
permanent basis. the people voted
I against it.
The people didn't understand.
ose woman IN city, the daughter
OF lifelong Democrat, Democrat
;! who had been honored BY his party
throughout his whole life. went 10 the
polls with bitter hatred in her heart
against Wilson, declaring: 81 will vote
against him and his party because he
took my boy and drafted him into the
4 army
She is only one of the several mil
non parents who voted in the same un-
reasonable and angry fashion.
! They viii probably never compre-
bend the distortion of their own vision,
but history will.
The results Of the recent presiden-
tiai election do not mean death to the
league The league is merely stun
1 ned, not killed.
Truth never dies.
i Remember that also
| Mark the prediction that within 4
very short time, under the settling in
iiuence of mellow afterdgiow,
/ the people of the country will begin
to realize that Woodrow Wilson, this
nations wounded soldier, belongs with
Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln in
the hearts of our countrymen and he
will be taken into our hearts too, and
we, as q nation, shall revere his name.
and we will regret many times the
torture heaped upon our wounded sol
dier. And We shall impress upon our
children of future generations the
story of his greatness and the sacrifice
he has made for his country.
Som etime, possibly very soon, the
United States, coming to its senses,
will clamor at the door of the league
gates for entrance, and entrance will
be granted and Wilson's utterance will
be fulfilled.
II would rather be defeated in 4
a cause that will sometime
triumph than to win victory in a
cause that is wrong and therefore
sure sometime to perish"
So. altho the routa il deyiouS naN