The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-04-16
AMERlCANISM 1920
CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Republican Congress Ready
To Stand On Protection
Of Interests Alone

Washington, April-Now that the
treaty has been defeated at the be
hest of President Wilson because the
Senate insisted that 1t protect Ameri
can interests, it is becoming more anC
more apparent that the issue of the
coming campaign is to be American.
ism.
Already the Republican leaders are
preparing to meet that issue. They
recognize that the Republican House
and Senate have taken action since
their election in 1918 which will
make the affirmative on that issue
their only defense. The Democratic
party leaders, on the other hand,
have taken the negative on that is
sue and are ready to make fight on
it, though in this they are divided.
First comes the failure to ratify
the league of nations covenant and
the peace treaty. Every reservation
written into the covenant was meant
merely as a furture protection to the
United States. In no way did they
nullify the instrument. Article Y
was simply a determination of the
strong nations to keep the world in
status quo, which would have accrued
most to the benefit of England. The
reservation to lit merely declared the
light of Congress to determine wheth-
err the United States should war to
uphold foreign bounc All the
good which might have come out of
the league of nations with the United
States in it remained in it, and the
slight reservations proposed by the
Republican Senate took no good away
and yet protected America. For this
the Republican Senators who desired
to make the slightest change were de-
nounced by the President on his
western tour as insects" For this
they were more recently denounced
as opposed to the best interests of
America. And for this he gave the
order to his followers in the Senate
to kill the treaty, and so it was killed
In the coming campaign, then, on
this issue the Republican Senate be-
lieves 1T will be sustained for pre-
serving America from subserviency
to empires and European designs in
the name of world idealism.
Second, Congress has taken the
view that Americanism means the
maintenance of initiative and the free
play of individuality. For this rea-
son it has opposed the Plumb plan
to communize the railroads or to
continue them under government OPP
Grafton. The Esch-Cummins bill is
considered one of the greatest pieces
of constructive legislation in a gen.
Grafton. 1t has returned the roads
to private ownership under strict
regulation of rates and stock issues
by the Interstate Commerce Com
1t restores competition in
service and removes the inertia and
of government operation.
Third Congress has taken the in |
itiative in stamping out a divided
language and allegiance. Senator |
Kenyon early in the present session !
bill providing for the |
of the English language and |
the principles of American institu-
lions to all of the foreign born. The |
Judiciary Committed of the House
has been considering several bills
which have "a common purpose of
punishable the teaching of |
" indictment to attempt to overthrow |
The government of the United States. |
All of this without infringing in the |
slightest way upon the right of the |
people to free speech and press in
advocacy of any reform through the
ballot
Fourth. it is the intent of Congress
% maintain the highest standards of
abor. The dye and other tariff bills
nave been passed to protect this and
)ther industries, and have been pass
I'd in the face of biting criticism from
Democratic leaders. The bill pro-
riding a minimum wage of SO day
was passed. Reputation of red"
leadership and acceptance of the best
deals of organized labor whenever
practicable has been the aim of all
If the Republican leaders in both the
House and Senate.