South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-02
Other Editors Than Ours
TILE COLLEGE VOTE.
indianapolis NcwS.)

In a very able discussion of the revealed
by the recent poll the colleges, Mr.. Taft shows
In the Philadelphia Public Ledger that they have
a significance that republicans can not afford TO
overlook. Sen Brandegee and Mccormick spoke Of
it in sheering terms, but not the former presi-
dent. tie says:
Nobody claims that this vote is of a cross-sec-
ton tho country, but II may be fairly said be
an indication Of the attitude of the educated in
tegent and deaiistic element in people, and 1t
ought 10 be warning 10 republican politicians of
the danger they running if they propose TO fol-
low Mr. Johnson. Mr.. Borah Mr.. Knox, Mr. Bran
degee and the other bitter-enders in the next
paign on this issue The taken after the
fullest discussion everywhere, because the league
CT nations has attracted great controversy in the
colleges and made the subject of debate. dis
cussion in the classrooms and of comment In the
college newspapers. These results fairly repre-
sentative of far larger constituency than that OF
the college faculties and the college students II
represents element less vOCiferOus. but far
larger than the extremist Irish vote. which the bit
ter-enders fondy uron leaving the demo-
cratic party in Tire next campaign. and far larger
than the so-ca'led prO-German vote. II represents
the views Of an element that needed To give the
republican party full control OF the government in
the next administration.
Indeed the alignment is not very different from
that the senate itself In the senate the treaty
Is opposed by only 20 percent OF the membership.
and in the college poll by only Is Iercent. But the
former president asks n question that is today
many lips Can Il be- he inquiries, that In a cOun
try with Anglo Saxon traditions OF the need OF
promise in making popular government successful,
the purpose of 20 percent Of representative body
10 defeat measure which in some form so percent
demand. can prevail ?" The purpose of such
Borah and Johnson is openly avOwed. Yet they
are consulted the form OF compromise
though they would vote for comIromise-and
have said that tho agreements reached in the
recent conference shall be repudiated. Last week
Sen. Lodge had agreed, ready to
a slight change in article 10. and the democratic
members Of the committee had decided accept
the change Then came the protest OF the irrecon-
ciableS which against any change OF any sort
in the Lodge reservations. They demanded that
the preamble and every other part OF the Lodge
reservations should stand.
Taft's question suggests another which is
whether men who submitted TO such dictatorship
on the part OF the enemies OF the treaty them
selves sincerely friendly 10 H. But there be
doubt that there Is a twO-thrds majority tn
senate for the treaty in form. That being
the case the people finding It increasingly diff
hcult 10 understand why those who profess 10 de-
sire ratification should be extraordinary deferen-
tal TO those whose only purpose Is kill H. II II
is necessary adopt Sen. UnderwOOds plan for a
non partisan Cancellation committee OF official
character, there should be no place II for the
republican members of the foreign relations