Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-22

~ IoTtlkH war utiiNcSs VhN" '"S 1885,
comes, and the circumstances are
known, the war is one In which In
our own interest we ought 10
engage. In discussing this subject In
the senate months ago, l said. and l
now repeat: II would stand, IL
stood alone, for an America with the
right to choose from time to time
the company she keeps: for an
America at liberty to follow her own
conscience as the events OF the iu-
ture transpire.' for an America winch
all the nations of the earth are pow
erless 10 order from right doing or
command TO wrong doing; for an
America concerned for the world out
devoted first and always TO the pro-
lection and welfare of her own peo-
pie"
Reservations Essential.
The senate adopted certain reser-
vations to the covenant for league
OF nations which are intended, first,
TO exclude the foreign council from
all power or jurisdiction over our DO
nestle affairs, second, to relieve TINS
country from the obligation to when
I have just referred. These reserva-
tons were adopopted by a vote OF
substantially all the republican SEN
ators. 1t was the earnest desire OF
a large proportion OF the republican
senators to ratify the German treaty
with these observation-disclosures
imperatively necessary for the pro-
lection of American interests, Amer
lean honor, and American safety.
The treaty failed of ratification Tor
Just one reason. Woodrow Wilson,
In his revengeful pride, IN his re-
sentiment against the senate because
it dared to exercise its constitu-
tional functions, coerced enough
democratic senators who wanted 10
vote for ratification into the course
which he commanded and they fol-
lowed him instead of their own con-
sciences.
This situation presents one OF the
issued of the coming campaign.
The president insists that the treaty
shall be ratified just as he made IL
in the secret conclaves of the most
selfish diplomacy the world has ever
witnessed. The republican party
SAYS that it shall not be ratified un-
less il is so AmericaniZed that our
own institutions will be secured and
the stars and stripes. the emblem OF
our sovereignty. shall neither De
raised nor lowered at the command
of any foreign power. l approach
the issue not only confidentially but
ioyously, and I predict that when
November comes the republican
banner which flies for the Ameri-
can constitution, American institu-
tions. American liberty and Ameri-
can supremacy in all that belongs
10 America. will be floating In the
air of American patriotism, pro-
claiming a complete and final VIC
tory.
The Railroad Law.
One of the notable achievements
Of the republican congress now in
session IS the enactment OF law
for the return OF the railroads to
private operation and the enlarge
ment Of the powers of the inter-
state commerce commission respect
ing their future regulation and con-
troll. While some of the democrats
in both.the senate and house Loyalty
and periodically assisted in this
long and laborious task. IL Ia. never
theless, a measure for which the re-
publican party is responsible. and
We must stand or fall upon the
judgment which the people shall
render with respect to It. The posi-
ton OF the administration upon this
subject was that the government
should remain in possession ana
operation Of the railroads for at least