The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-10-14

Reproduced from The H0rtd OIL August eh
Republican. Many Democratic state
administrations went down, in defeat
The response from the people was
indeed "unmistakable," as Mr.. Wilson
had asked that it should be; he was
no longer the 'unembarrassed spokes-
man in affairs at home and abroad"
on that naked issue the partisan ma
jority in both houses of Congress that
had meekly followed the executive will
was~retired from control; in its place
there was substituted a majority
pledged to restore the legislative
branch of our government to its proper
functions and sense of responsibility
as set forth in our Federal Constitu-
ton.
But what effect did this verdict,
which he so earnestly sought, have
upon President Wilson's course? In
his appeal he gave the people to I'M
derstand that an adverse Judgment by
them would greatly affect him. He
said:
MY power to administer the
great trust assigned to me by the
Constitution would be seriously
impaired should your judgment
be adverse, and | must frankly tell
you so because so many critical
issues depend upon your verdict.
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majority to either House of Con-
gress would, moreover, be inter-
pretative on the other side of the
water as reputation of my lea
dership. If in these
critical days it is your wish to sus-
tain me with undivided minds, |
beg you will say so in way which
it will not be possible to mfsun-
derstand."
No man in public position ever ask
ed so explicitly for approval of his
course, or had his request so emphati-
cally refused, as in this letter of Octo-
Der "a, 1918 and in the verdict of the
people on November following.
Did Mr.. Wilson give heed to this
refusal?
Not the slightest! Remember his
words: Il am your servant and will
accept your judgment without cavil."
Did he? He did not.
Thirteen days after election he is
sued the amazing statement from the
White House that he was going to
Paris personally in order to interpret
to the world his fourteen points," on
December 2 he told Congress that it
was his paramount duty" to go
abroad, but he added:
81 shall be in close touch with
you and with affairs on this side
of the water, and you will know
all that | do.
Il shall not be inaccessible. The
cables and the wireless will render
me available for any counsel or
service you may direct to me-"
me-"
Did he keep sin touch" with Con-
gress? Was he accessible to Con-
gress-or even his associates on the
Peace Commission in Paris ? Were the
cable and wireless open to render
him available? Before sailing for
Paris he took over all the cables and
wireless by executive order. They
were Burlesonized and not a word
passed over them that revealed Amer
lea, or its Congress, to the nations of
the world, except as Mr.. Wilson inter-
preted them; not word came to Am
erica from the nations abroad EXCEPT
as Mr.. Wilson decreed. Finally, a ma
Jority of Senators, among them War
rem G. Harding, signed an open letter
of protest against the League of Ma
toms programme that Mr.. Wilson, was
forcing through the peace conference,
and put the conferees in Paris on no.
tice that Mr.. Wilson was not an Gun
embarrassed spokesman" for his coun-
try.
| Now Mr.. Wilson issues another
campaign statement to "My Fellow
Countrymen." Again he reviews the
critical situation that will follow a
failure by the people to indorse the
| purposes and course he would pur-
sue.
| "This election is to be genuine