New-York tribune., 1920-10-18
Wilson League Dead
Voters Interested in DVlestic Ques
tions Fua
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Mr.. Herbert Parsons's resignation
from the Republican State Committee
and his statement that he retired be.
cause he is for the league and Harding
is not are remarkable examples of the
poll lcai camouAage w.ich has obscured
this en- ue campaign.
Wilson resurrected his dead league
and Cox accepted !; IN order 70 divert
the attention of the public from The
administration record Of disastrous
incompetence. Mr.. Harding haS been
compelled to deal with this phase Of
Wilson's failure; but if nther Of the
candidates should call this political bluff
ne would gain vast following SIMPLY
by acknowledging tina. We are ignoring
the crying needs OF the day and wasting
time by talking about a matter which it
Is not in the power OF either party TO
conclude, but which must eventually be
settled by bipartisan Senate.
Mr.. Harding has made an effort 70
deal with the greater issues which will
be in the control of the successful party
that is, agricultural, industrial and
credit needs. Is Mr. Parsons wilifully
trying to distract attention from these
lie is no political tyro. He knows that
neither the nominees as President)
nor the parties back of them can Of
their own power force the league in
its present condition upon the couu-
try without the consent of tn minority
party in the Senate. And hope there
VIII always be such minority party 10
protect us in foreign entanglements. II
should be clear to any thinking person
by this time that if anything has boen
determined in the past year or more it
Is that our foreign relations must
finally be determined by the Senate.
believe the league IS nothing but
red herring dragged across the Admin
lstration's record, a record so bad, so
incompetent. so wantonly extravagsnt
that it would be nothing short Of a ma
tlonal calamity should those responsible
for it be permitted to continue in power
am glad to see that The Tribune has
recently begun review of this record
of senseless waste.
Why not publish daily at the head Of
your editorial column. the sixth para
graph of Lincoln's platform (lso0)-h
hts admirably the present situation:
That the people justly view with alarm
the reckless extravaganza that pervsdcs
every department of the Federal govern
mentI that return 10 rigid economy ana
accountability Is indispensable 20 arres'
systematic plunderine of the public Treas
ury by favored partisans. while the recent
ssarling developments OF fraud end cor
ruption at the FederaI metropolis sho"
that an entire change of administration y
imperativey demanded
Never in our nations history hsa the
party in power abused hat power 50
shamefully- and never has sucn abuse
gone so nearly unchallenged. The con-
dltions. which have obtained for me pss'
four years should be fearlessly examined
and frankly stated TO the public.
Also q careful analysis of agricultural
industrial and economic conditions
should be made and some solution oi
the difficulties we face should be offered
Is it true our leaders" dare not 90
this? These are the subjects the peopie
are really interested in. and these ao
the subjects which the Nonpartlsar
League and the other great Independent
bodies of the electorate are taking up
There are but three weeks left; and in
the East we hear nothing of these
great domestic questions which are ag''
tating the entire West
GuTZON BoRCLUM.
New York, Oct. IL, 1920.