The Washington herald., 1920-02-01
Radicalism, Reaction and Liberalism.

politics surely of vocabulary Doubtless
other orms needed complicated field of human struggle
the mnology for professional language
that shall be clear to the nonprofessiona is apparent
politicians throwing each other and
the candidates whose merits under discussion the
radical and "reactionary"
To read the political discussions interviews and speeches in
newspapers think that
divided clearly bodies.
is not by radicals as one of them he is branded
tonary IT, hand he orward-lookng
qualities and wholly satisfied with things they at
they eight years ago-the brand radical
We word branded" advedly. That a fixed feature
OF political elections Advears merely described
characterized; they be branded which implies certain nfamy
vaguely suggestive of the pilory and the stocks
of fact, neither the American people the
majority OF active political agitation be thus arbitrarily
conveniently mustered the opposing of radcasm and
would probably be high estimate tosay that
the electorate belongs under either classification The
of voting population. be increased this
millions of neither radical in thought
reactonay tendency 1t stands for cool American
for the commonplace virtues for the qualities of individual effort
family solidarity and public spirit which have made our nation what
it is.
Notwithstanding the press plat
form about few thousand Russians Poles Soks and other highly
artuate hysterica preachers anarchy and
shevsm great thought wholly unaffected
preahmen and in the main amused by the antics OF their
eachers.
would perhaps, professional politicians
could readily opposing with
arly defined convictions and issues But today that impossible
the for the weakness of the organizations
aya weakness intelligent that
the has determined just how approach the body
who stand aloo alike from and radcaim and
presentation a program purely patriotic.
In this by the professional pol-
both parties The Republicans manifest appreciation
by fumblng procure platform
public sentiment rather than the interested OF few
u bosses The Democrats with the eight
and responsibility behind them less free
experiments but is evident that they dstrus old
hibboeths and will seek and better
dependent and liberal sentiment of the American
1t unlikely that that be
colorles candidates offering platforms
political iustian The is critical history
finding that winning the the least of tasks
from alliance is always
Questions OF debt
Europe the delaon OF the the peedgup
don the labor OF its rights without corresponding
denial the unorganzed classes reasonable
the questions Of housing, of dear food of
aggression problems be solved by rhetorical
phrases
The who would grappc with them firmly apply
damcnta basic remedies
sbc is be denounced radical
He who would approach the problems
Vcon that all such ills be rghed by turning all
management to the national is therefore,
sneercd a reaconary.
The dominant spirit the American electorate
progressive liberalism. Our people look only. they
learn lessons from the Their steady gaze forward
their on the heights and history progress
always upward The and leader get in
through accord with this dominant spirit of American
will deserve and