Milford chronicle., 1920-07-16
THE DEMOCRATS ARE INA
MESS THE WORLD CLUB
TO THE FRONT AGAIN


{ to want. said Uncie Ted as the chill
e dren gathered around for their even
] ing story.
Who is he?" asked Ruth.
James NJ. Cox, governor of Ohio.
Ruth. The funny part about it all is
. all is that hey couldn't agree on a
, man until they had cast forty-four
ballots, with three recesses to try and
settle their differences. Two of these
recesses were for three hours each
and one for twenty-four hours War
rem G.. Harding was nominated on
the tenth ballot after one recess and
everybody left the Republican con-
vention satisfied that the best pOssi-
Bile man had been nominated. But not
so with the Democrats. From the
very start it was seen that they
could not agree upon Mr.. McAdoo, al
though he held out in the lead for
quite a while. Mr.. Cox must now
make his fight for the presidency up
on the Democratic platform alone.
and must stand up at all times for
the world club plan. And yet the
convention was divided upon the
world club question, for many OF
them did not want to go on record in
favor of it as Woodrow Wilson still
says it must be accepted Mr.. Cox
will have to stand up for the world
club and if il fails, that is If the
majority OF the people of the country
care more for America than they do
for sending American boys to be kill
ed in the defense of foreign countries.
then Mr.. Cox will fail with it. Aside
from the many qualities of Mr. Hard
ing which make him the one man for
the presidency at this time, he will be
elected because he and his party are
opposed to the world club while Mr..
{ Cox and the Democrats are for it. It
is all Just as ! have told you time and
/ time again. many weeks ago, that the
world club plan would be the real
issue of the campaign. The people
have learned in the past months
what terrible thing it would be and
they will never vote for party that
has at its head a man who care more
for the welfare of Europe than he
does for the welfare of his own
country.
What has happened to our foreign
relations? We are without any means
of acting with other countries simply
because our president would not lis /
ten to the Judgment of the majority .
of the United States Senate who said |
that the tried and old-time system
handed down from the days of George ;
Washington could not be beaten.
Why are we still technically at war
with Germany? Because Woodrow
Wilson would not sign the paper
passed by Congress declaring peace"
why wouldn't he sign it," asked
Jack.
He said. because it was a disgrace
to make peace that way. but probably
his real and only reason was that if
we couldn't have peace the way HE
wanted it we wouldn't have any at
all. The people of the United States
will never agree that system for
the handling of our foreign relations
framed in a few hours in Paris sur
rounded by foreign influences is bet
ter than a system planned for DAYS
by the fathers of this country and
tried for and proved through a hun
dred years use You see, kiddies.
while the Republicans had their diff
hculties, too, yet they got together
early in the game, even before the
convention-as far back as the SEN
ate debate over the world club. The
split in the Democratic party over
the world club question IS SO wide
that everyone knows about it and
they viii have a mighty hard time get
ting together. while the Republicans
are united solidly on every one of the
great issues.
The Democratic party has shown
that they only want TO hear one side
Of the world question. because they
refused TO allow Senator James A.
Reed, of Missouri, to take his seat in
he convention as a delegate from
hat state"
Why did they do that?" asked
Ruth.
Il can answer that by reminding
-ou Ruth that Senator Reed, althO
le is a Democrat, was one of the
hardest fighters against the world
.lub in the Senate debate. On Mon
lay, July 5th. he made a speech in
Kansas City, Missouri. in which he
aid that he made speech in Kan
as City, Missouri. in which he said
hat he had learned that he would
iayc been given his seat had he
greed to keep still about the world
lub % mine convention floor He re-
used 10 make such a promise Lis
en- TO some If the things Senator
iced said in this speech. If there is
ne lesson this country needs to
earn be said. 4 is that tbs is nj a
nc-n'ap coua'Iy. 1t is a 10000. so
zen country. Ii you would Keep this
epubhc safe, you must 90 yoI.
You. the people. are the
oulrc OF all pJv er. The soonel yOl
'eiclse il che hotter it will La for
on ami IOr IHV 'UuHt'y.
Further or he said that The Dem
cratic convention. on Independence
~, 1920, was Sitting, not to deter
ine it viii ney'r surrender any Am
rican FeTts. but that il will sr:-
'ndcr all the american rights it can
oing back to the things that led I'D
the framing Of the world club
an, Senator Reed said, the Presi-
INT came over to this country more
ian year ago, bringing with him
e covenant of the league of nations
he world club PLAN. He said he
dn't want it even made public or
because. presumably, the
upid fools of Americans couldn't IN
'rstand it. That tells the whole
OTy. Mr. Wilson didn't want the peO-
e to know the real danger back of
e world club in the hope that il
uld be rut across before they
und out. But the majority Of the
natOrs saved American rights by
ing slowly. In the nealtime the
ople of the country have read it
d they have heard it discussed
d they don't want it, and further
lrC. they will hear a lot more circuit
Jp1Ore the campaign this su'psncr