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ought TO do; the sense OF right and
wrong has been given with Divine
equality. The mistakes OF history are
the result Of weakness in the :aco OF
tempting interests. thank God,
therefore, that take up the stand
ard OF Democracy a free man. un-
fettered by promises and happy IN the
consciousness OF untrammeled oppor-
tuntty 70 render a service in the name
OF Government that will hold for II
the confidence which II deserves.
NO TIME FoR woBaLINe, SAYS
GOV. COX.
We are In a time which calls for
straight thinking. straight talldng
and straight acting. This is no time
for wabbling. Never in all our history
has more been done for Government.
Never was sacrifice more sublime The
'most precious things Of heart and
home were given up in a spirit which
guarantees the perpetuity Of our in
stitutions-if the faith IL kept with
those who served and suffered. The
altar OF our Republic IL drenched in
blood and tears, and he who turns
away from the tragedies and ohliga-
lions OF the war not consecrated to a
sense OF honor and of duty which re-
lists every base suggestion OF personal
or political expediency, Is unworthy
81 the esteem OF his countrymen.
The men and women who by ex-
pressed policy at the San Francisco
Convention charted our course In the
open seas OF the future sensed the
spirit OF the hour and phrased II with
b clarity and courage. II is not neces-
sary TO read and reread the Demo-
cratic platform to know It's meaning.
II Is a document clear in its analysis
OF conditions and plain in the pledge
OF service made to the public. IT
carries honesty OF word and intent.
Proud of the leadership and achieve
rment of the party in war, Democracy
faces unafraid the problems OF peace.
Indeed, its pronouncemen. has but to
be read along with the platform framed
iby Republican leaders in order that
iboth spirit and purpose as they domi- I
mate the opposing organizations may
ibe contrasted. on the ne hand we |
isee pride expressed in the Nations |
glory and a promise OF service easily |
Understood; on the other, captious,
unhappy spirit and the treatment of |
subjects vital 20 the present and the |
future, In terms that have completely 1
confused the public mind. II was clear |
Chat the Senatorial oligarchy had been |
Given its own way in the selection OF |
the Presidential candidate, but It was |
Surprising that II was able to fasten |
into the party platform the creed OF
hate and bitterness and the vacillating |
policy that possesses IT,
SENAToRlAL cABAl FORMED IN !
z MIDST OF WAR.
In the midst Of war the present
Senatorial cabal, led by Senators
Lodge, Penrose and Smoot, was
formed. Superficial evidence Of
loyalty to the President was de-
liEsrats in order that the great
rank and file Of their party, faith
fVi and patriotic to the very core,
fright not be offended. But under
nSath this misleading exterior
eenspirators planned and plotted
with biaoted zeal. With victory to
u our arms, they delayed and OBJ
stf-.eted the works Of peace. II
y deemed useful to the work in
han6. no artifioe for interfering
will. our constitutional peace
making authority was rejected.
Before the country know, yea, be-
fora these men themselves knew
the details Of the composite plan
formed at the peace table, they
declared their opposition to IL.
Before the treaty was submitted
to the Senate in the manner the
Constitution provides, they Vio-
iFlated every custom and every con-
Sideraton Of deosney by present
ing a copy Of the document, pro-
cured unblushingly from enemy
hands, and passed IT, into the
printed record Of Senatorial pro-
seedlings. From that hour dated
the enterprise Of throwing the
whole subject into a technical die
eussion in order that the public
might be confused.
The plan has never changed In It's
objective, but the method has. At
the outset there was the careful in
slstence that there was no desire TO
Interfere with the principle evolved
and formalized at Versailles. Later,
II was the form and not the substance
that professedly inspired attack. But
pretense was futile when proposals
later came forth that clearly emascu-
lated the basic principle OF the whole
peace plan. II 10 not necessary to
recall the details OF the controversy
IN the Senate. Senator Lodge finally
crystallized his Ideas into what were
known as the Lodge reservations, and
when Congress adjourned these reser-
tations held the support OF the So
called regular Republican leaders,
From that time the Processes have
been interesting. Political expediency
N its truest sense dwarfed every con-
alteration either OF the public Interest
or OF the maintenance OF the honor OF
a great political party. The exclusive
question was how To avoid a rupture
n the Republican organization. The
country received with interest, 10 say
the least, the announcement from
Chicago, where the national oonven-
ton was assembled. that a platform
plank, dealing with the subject of
world peace, had been drawn, leaving
'out the Lodge reservations, and vet
remaining agreeable 70 all interests.
meaning thereby, the Lodge reserVa-
tionists, the mild reservationIsts and
the group OF Republican Senators that
openly opposed the League OF Nations
IA any form.
CALLS HARDINo's STATEMENT
VICTORY FOR IOHNanN