The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-06-24
WRE{KING CREW GOVERN
MlINT.

Everything said and done at chi:
cago was based on the theory tha'
republican success this year is as.
sured. That belief accounts TOT tne
platform of blurs and blotcheS II ex,
plains the nomination OF oenai i;d
delegation in his own State at the
primaries. The principal concession
to public sentiment was the re-
lection of Gen. Wood and Gov. Low,
den. not because they had. USED
money nor because they were IN any
way unsatisfactory to the :, cohlIoii !,
ing interests, but because they hdu
been found out. n,,,o
World, might have been Ignored II
the Investigation set on foot 6y: sen IN,
ator Borah had not confirmed II n
every detail. The convention yield
ed to Senator johnson when 1t adopt
ed a platform repudiating. the League
of Nations, and for peace IN the parry
it gave up Wood and L Lows Go,no o4or
highly capitalized, TO keep o snnator
Renvon's Subcommittee, which is
to fix its spotlight upon all campaign
eynendjtures until November, to be
nlaced? With that body OF cross
examiners hanging on the tlank OF
Rig Business, the scandal or the Prl-
maries is likely to be intensllled oe-
fore we get to the ballot-boxes.
escaped an open bolt, there is no
certainty that it can count upon the
favor Of it's threading elements Win a
out making further surrenders;
small minority in the senate
made ratification of the peace I'M
POSSIBLE by the persistent menace OF
third party. Bullylns o OF sne n nnme
kind dictated the Presldentlal non,
, nnlitics as in other walks of life, ex-
tortion is always practiced by those
and upon those who think they are
dealine with a sure thing. What
furtheT capitulations will be demand
ed of the candidate cannot now ue
foreseen. That they will be numer-
Gus is certain. e con,+or
From all that is known OF oena'Gs
Harding it must be SAID tnat a;o nc ond
nu nj i The treatywreckers
Of the senate have had him in the1r
mower for more than year., a.
ffhough at one time he protested 10
favor the peace and the covenant i
with a few reservations, Iney
have now made his nomination poss.
ible and have given him platiohhihl
to their own taste which is .propaply
The tb most perfidious declaration that
ever received the Endorsement OF d
great marty. A man who mas prov
ed so easy in the past is bound TO re-
ceiVe repeated visits from slanu-
and-deliver faction that is always II
reconcilabre and always tWo-1steo III
its diplomacy. 49,, o,,o IN al,
The concern Of the peopie III a.; az
this lies in the fact that they are IN
vited TO turn their Government over
to party VIGOROUSLY contr2lle4o p os
selfish interests always subject 10
nolitical blackmail 4 Although the
Two wings of the organization are
more hostile to-day than ever before,
there is not sincerity enough in
either of them to dissolve an IN
natural partnership and follow us
honest convictions. Hating one an
other with indescribable rancor, they
both are too greedy of power ana
Mace. now thought to be WITHIN
reach. to risk another separation,
and SO they continue to do business
by terror and tricky.
Mr.. Harding's supreme test as a
candidate will come when, with tne
knowledge that the enlightened
rank and file of repub Leans are not
prepared to sacrifice all the moral
friumphs of. costly war, the aVens-
ing angels of Sim Feinism ana pro
Germanism in the senate call upon
him to indorse and elao0rate th .ha
policy Of scuttle. The canDie OF ine
man and the kind OF Admlnis!ratio.ns
that may be expected OF him, II
elected, will be revealed by the man
New York World.