The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-10-07
He Kept Us Out of
War Nemesis
of Democrats

WASHlNGTON. oct. 4.0"Ho kept
a. out of war;" that celebrated shib
boleth. said to have been invented by
Gus out of war;" that celebrated shib-
was mainly responsible for the defeat
Of Charles Evans Hughes in the cam
paign OF 1916, is returning to plague
the Democrats and, under the surface,
is one Of the great moving causes Of
the umistakable trend toward the
election Of Harding and Coolidge. and
a Republican Senate and House.
This is accentuated by the fact that
Governor Cox has assumed the entire
Wilson burden by declaring that what
ever the President has promised he
will fulfill. Whether his declaration
includes his promise to keep US out
of war may be gathered only from his
statement that the league will help
to prevent future wars.
Members of Congress are recalling
to their constituents the utterance of
President Wilson in 1914:
america should lead her own life
We cannot form alliances with those
who are not going our way. We need
not. and we should not, form alliances
with any nation in the world. Those
who are right, those who hold their
honor higher than their advantage, do
not need alliance"
And they recall that at Shadow Lawn
in 1916 he stated that "these gentlmen
(meaning the Republicans), will never
never have the opportunity"
There is no longer any doubt that
great numbers Of voters were swayed
from Hughes to Wilson by such state
ments. any more than there is doubt
that 1t was best that the war be fought
| The point in the minds OF the voters
who have memories Is that the Pres
dent and the Democratic leaders de-
ceived them, for there is plenty Of
evidence that the President and his
advisors realized that the war was in
evitable.
At the time the Lusitania was sunk
the President made no move. And
Immediately after that event Govern
|or Cox said in his newspaper:
I'VE have not heard of any Ameri
cans biting their finger nails at the
thought OF submarine activities. AL
Of us feel sorry for merchant vessel
that is sent to the bottom Of the sea
whether armed or unarmed. We feel
sorry also for the man Of war that is
sunk Immediately after an encounter.
We sympathize with the soldiers who
are losing their lives in the trenches
with miserable humanity in general
But our skirts are clear as regads
the activities of the German u boats.
They have committed no crime against
us. They have played the part OF con-
batants and respected our borders.
We feel sorry for the men that have
lost their lives in the war and for the
Women and children who have been
made to suffer through no fault of
their own But 1t is not our war, it
is the war of Great Britain and Ger
many, and we are not going to inter-
fere with either side so long as our
rights are respected"
The President repudiated his first
utterance and is today proposing that
alliance with European powers which
Governor Cox has accepted without
the slightest change. Almost as soon
as the inauguration was over war was
declared. And then the Democratic
leaders for the first time denounced
Germany for sinking the Lusitania.
Now another election is at hand and
the same promises ar being made
with The result that Republicans run
ming for Congress are from the stump
asking: "Will you be buncoed again