Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1920-07-08
T 4feated Candidate Puts at
Rest Fear He Would Bolt and
Join Third Party-Endcrses
Republican Nominees.
SAYS LEAGUE OF NATIONS
IS PARAMOUNT ISSUE
Declares Only One Choice Is
Left to Those Who Believe in
protecting and Preserving
Our AmeriCanism."

San Francisco, July 7-Support
of the republican party, with a
candidate standing four square upon
the platform" is the only choice left
chose who believe in safeguarding,
protecting and preserving our
Americanism" Senator Hiram w.
Johnson of California declared in 4
statement at his home here today.
For more than a year, the cor
test over the presidents league OF
nations has been waged in con-
grcss," Senator Johnson's statement
said. 1T has been the all-engrossing
and paramount issue. lOf necessity.
this issue came to the conventions
Gf the two great political parties.
Both republicans and democrats in
their platforms have INDUCED in TIL.
usual political vcrbosity, but never
theless these platforms in direct op-
position to each other. sharply de-
fine and clearly present the question
for decision in the November cleo
ton.
G. O. P. Against League.
THE republican party declared
that the presidents covenant failed
signally to ACCOMPLISH its asserted
purpose and contained stpulations
not only intolerable for an inde-
pendent people, but certain to pro-
duce the injustice, hostility and con-
troversy among nations which it
proposed to prevent and 'repudiated
to degree wholly unnecessary and
unjustihable the time-honored poll
cies in favor of peace declared by
Washington, Jefferson and Monroe
The republican party stands,
therefore, firmly against the presi-
dents covenant as presented, de-
nounces it as breeding war rather
than promoting peace, and reafirms
the time-honored. nation-old poll
cies of Washington. Jefferson ard
Monroe.
Demos Are Obdurate.
"The democratic party, on the
other hand, rejected every effort to
modify or qualify the presidents
proposed league of nations, en-
dorsed the presidents attitude and
took its position in favor of the
league as presented. 1t is true that
the democrats in an effort to
placate say something about res
crvations might make clearer or
more specific the obligations of the
United States, but the language is
meaningless and does not at ali al
ter the essential position of the
democratic party fn the league as
presented.
THE two parties acted in similar
fashion in one respect, but from diff
\ ferent motives and for different
reasons. Both rejected, pleas for
adoption of the league with reserva-
tons, the democrats because they
were for the league as presented and
the republicans because no reserva.
ticns devised by the human mind
could anticipate the contingencies
which might arise in the future from
an instrument of SUCH poential pos
sibilities for harm.
Will Support Ticket.
"Thus the issue finally comes from
the forum of congress to the final
arbitrament of the American people
The overshadowing question in tn.
campaign. therefore, is whether we
senfer the maelstrom of European
land !Asiatic politics and diplomacy
and become>a part of the cynicakim,
perialism Of the old world OF
whether America as hall live her HE
il her own way. with independence
unfettered, mindful always OF her o5.
legations to humanity and civilization
but free TO act as each crisis shall
arise, and maintaining always the
policy of Washington and Jefferson
and Monroe of friendship with al
nations, entangling alliance with
none. =.
With a candidate standing four.
square upon the platform the issue
leaves those who believe in safe
guarding, protecting and preserving
our Americanism but one choice anc
that is to support the republican