Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-08
Bursum s Keynote Speech

mere chattel of the empire, have
six votes and we have one in the
assembly. l shall never admit for
myself personally that the United
States, in the great council of ma
lions, shall occupy place of in
feriority in power and in repre-
sentation."
This is a splendid statement of
the republican position. A state
ment that every voter must accept
or reject at the election in Novem-
Der. No man or woman who votes
can avoid making this decision.
The election has been made, in the
words of President Wilson, "a
great and solemn referendum" on
the issue thus presented.
The assertion of American In
feriority and British superiority IS
one of the outstanding provisions
of the covenant which Mr.. Wilson,
Mr.. Cox and the democratic party
insist upon without essential reser-
vations. So these questions are
forced for answer upon every Am
erican voter today. DO you wish
to acknowledge your country be-
fore the world as an equal of IN.
dia, and no more? AS an equal
of New Zealand, and no more? AS
an equal of South Africa, and no
more? We were all that in l7Tb.
DO YOU wish to acknowledge your
country before the world as a
feeble inferior of the British EN-,
pire, and no more? We were an
that before the revolution. And do
YOU wish to acknowledge THESE
things as facts, record, sfgn ana
seal the acknowledgements, and to
publish that acknowledgement in a
solemn treaty to the world? Dp
YOU wish to send your boys to Eu-
rome to carry out the provisions OF
Article X of the Wilson league OF
nations? Do you wish to send your
boys to Europe to carry out tne
mandate of Armenia, which Presl-
dent Wilson a short time ago pro
posed to accept on behalf of TINS
country? DO you wish to set ASIDE
the traditional policy of this coun-
try during the last hundred years
and more under which this nation
has grown to be the MOST prosper
Gus and enlightened nation on the
face of the earth? DO you wish to
set aside and disregard the advice
of Washington-''No entangiing
alliance with foreign nations, or
participation in the political strifes
OF Europe? The voter who an
swers yves" to these questions has
but one place. with Cox and Roose-
welt and the democratic party
The voter who answers mo mas
but one place: with Harding ana
coolidge and the republican party
Which shall it be?
Extravagant Administration.
After the war between Russia
and Japan a great deal of publicity
was given to the extravaganza, loot
graft and incompetency of the
Russian management of the war
but the extravaganza of the Rus
slams pales into significance as
compared wit hthe record of greed
graft, waste and plumber under the
mismanagement of the WOODROW
Wilson administration. The ord
! nance department alone spent So
| 99i,449,570.0 from the beginning
of the war until June /, 1918, more
than it cost to finance the whole
civil war. Yet less than one hun
dred American cannon got into
action on the other side. This ad.
mntstration bought 41,1OO,l5!
pairs of shoes for 3,51S,S37 men
They bought 5O0,326 double sets OF
harness and 110,S2S single sets
| Only 67,94S head of horses anc
mules were shipped overseas. we
bought 945,0OO saddles, and had II
all S6,41S cavalry horses. We
bought 2,S50,S53 halters, or more
| than seven for each animal. We