The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-19

generally united on the point that
tho candidates record Indicated the
forwarding OF Republican policies Of
tho sort favored by the wall Street
majority. and rs the day progressed
there seemed TO be Strengthening
OF confidence that the ticket would
be strong In gathering votes"
l doub, II General Wood or Gov.
ernor i.owden would have been as
satisfactory 10 Wall Street as Mr..
Harding Is.
RADiCALISM IN THE UNITED
STATES has It's cause. like all other
r1dicalism In the world. David's
army that routed the Philistines was
an army OF radicals that proclaimed
faith In the living God. ~ IS claimed
that Daytd'a army was composed OF
the disinher1ted. the criminals. the
oppressed and the exploited. but they
saved the day. However. David had
one advantage over such men as
President Wilson. Bryan. In follctta
johnson and Bonah. There were no
newspapers for hire to Psychologists
the public into accepting a brain
storm for a revolution.
ROBERT MONTGOMERY pub
fishes a real Democratic paper--Thc
puyallup Valley Tribune. Every
Democrat in the State OF Washing.
ton ought 10 subscribe for II and
read IL One rrason why some PEG
pie drift into the reactionary Rspuh-
lican ranks is because they do not
know much about us Democrats. *.
cept what tho Republicans say about
Us. and usually. that Is not so.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. JR-.
told somebody. and somebody told
Jack Sullivan or somebody. that
somebody was going to talk to the
Republican platform committee
about the Soidiers' bonus. ffKurn-
lively speaking. the big bosses gave
Theodore and Jackie 10 understa nd
that little boys should b. seen but
not heard" and we have not heard
about the Soldiers bonus since from
Republican headquarters.
DR. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUT.
LER Wis the srnartesi boy In the
Republican convention: no one told
him 30. he found 3, out himself when
he spilled the beans about tn. stock
gamblers that controlled the conven.
ton. But he did not complain about
the Aggregation from Wall Street
that put Harding over. with the help
from the standputtsrs in the United
States Senate.
IF THEODORE ROOSEVELT can
30 out and support Harding by say.
ing good things about him. knowing
what Harding said about our ex-P.es-
ldent Roosevelt In his paper. Thee
dore. the second. will b. doing good
TO those who despitefully used his
father. But that comes close enough
to fulfilling the Scriptures to satisfy
Wall Street
THE VULGAR USE or MONEY
to secure the nomination for Presi-
dent OF our nation has taught US a
lesson that we will remember. II is
TO be hoped that every attempt to
buy that sacred trust will meet "A
similar fate. regardless OF political
party or who II IL that would so
prostitute that most high OF political
honors.
A HIGH PROTECTIVE TARIFF
for our infant monopolies was over.
looked or omitted from discussion.
but the Republican platform will not
be completed unless Harding Is
elected. and then IL will mean any
thing they dare TO construe II to
mean. and those struggling infants
will be cared for. don't worry.
ONE SPLENDID THING about
the Republican platform Is that
every voter can construe IL as he
likes. but no one will ever know
what IL means except that the peo-
pie are expected to vote for what
they do not want and get II IL Hard.
ing is elected.
WOODROW WILSON said IL was
mon man needed. and see that he
got H. Wall Street said Senator
Harding knows what we want. and
will see that we get 1t. DO you sec
the difference7
THE MORE THE LEAGUE OF
NATIONS and the covenant OF
peace are discussed, the tighter the
moose OF defeat will draw around the
neck OF the elephant thai is carrying
that awful load OF political hypocrisy
toward our national capital.
THE SEATTLE TIMES tells us
that Harding will have to be intro
duced to the people OF the West, but
he Of the loot and whistle forgot to
tell US people In the West that Mr..
Harding needs no introduction to
the profiteers.
THE SOLDIERS BONUS has
been ducked and side-stepped by the
Republican politicians since they be-
came convinced that the people were
dema nding that this bonus be paid
from war profits.
THE AMERICAN LEGION should
begin TO understand that as a patri-
otto organization It will not soar
very high II attached to the tail Of
any political party.
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rs DUE. The Seattle Times has
furnished it's readers with the best
convention reports, and from all