New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-28

abroad diplomatic representatives. of
our country who either did not know
the condition of Europe, or were afraid
to inform him, lest he would consider
that their minds were no longer going
along with his. 1t is no exaggeraton
to say that, after all the vast sacri-
fees Of the war, the mind of the coun-
try was disturbed with the thought
that the President personally intended
to control the negotiations for peace
81 repel the accusation that the
honor of the country is involved in
this business in any manner that re-
fleets upon the majority of the Senate
OF the United States. or upon any who,
in temperate spirit and in the light
of knowledge, have resisted the rati-
fication of this treaty with the obi
cations which the President has per-
sonally endeavored to impose upon the
country If honor anywhere has been
compromised, the American people will
judge by whom and Wherein"
Stand of Republicanism
The covenant Of the League of
Nations, said the speaker, regarded
merely as a document, foreshadows
regenerated world, but it's real sig
nlficance is not to be found in the
language of it's text but in the reali-
ties behind them. "The large question
is. shall we subordinate the Constitu-
ton to the covenant, or shall we
state frankly to all the world that we
wilt never, in the least degree, COM
pr omise the Constitution Of the United
States?
THE Senate has tried to save the
Constitution and still accept the
Treaty of Versailles by means of GER
tain reservations. The President
would have none of them.
What, then, in this contest, does
the Republican party stand for? II
stands for the policy of Washington
in avoiding the vicissitudes of Euro
pean politics; for the Doctrine of
Monroe, the meaning of which, it has
been said, the league is there te
settle; for the contention of McKin
ley and Roosevelt that true interna-
tionalism is based on law and justice
and not on force; all of which the
Democratic party now has thrown te
the winds.
"The artifciality of President VIII
sons political league is revealed by
the fact that although it is in the
eighth month of its actual existence
as a league, it has done absolutel,
nothing. The real control of Europe
| is vested, not in the league, but in tn,
Supreme Council of Allied powers.
"The only hope of the league:
utility for peace is in a change of it:
center of gravity from military te
judicial organization.
Substitute for DR.. Butler
After State Chairman Glynn called
the convention to order he introduced
the Rev DR.. Robert Carter, of Brook
Ign, who said prayer. Colonel La
fayette B. Gleason, secretary of The
state committee, read the call issue(
by Chairman Glynn six weeks ago, set
ting forth the purposes Of the conven
tion-the adoption of a platform ant
the designation Of a ticket.
He then read the list of delegates
and when it came to Kings Count,
Chairman Jacob A. Livingston rose an(
exclaimed:
"For Mr.. Campbell, in the Sd Dis
trict, please substitute Martini"
Odd you say Manhattan or Bronx .
inquired Colonel Gleason.
Martini, of Kings" Livingston said
And the delegates set up a cheer TO,
Martini.
The feeling against DR. Nicholas
Murray Butler, of New York, a dele
gate from the 18th New York, for hi
attack Or the supporters of Genera
Leonard Wood, was shown when Chair
| man Samuel S. Koenip annOnnced +ha