Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-29
Circulation Every 1CQ0Q
Evening Yesterday ! OOVC
FRIDAY. OCTOBER %, 1920.
Campaign of Misrepresentation.

Campaign of Misrepresentation.
Vevcr before in all the history OF the
onntrv has there been a national pollticai
campaign marked by such a mass oi ms
rcnresentation. deliberate, apparently pre-
meditated. and frequently descending INTO
downright falschood, rs that conducted ny
the Republican party this year ! ne argu-
ments nut forth in behalf Of the party ;
,,,anncal,nr cause and its unappealing'
disappointing and wobbling candidate
f,r President have sought IN every manner
IN hecloud the real issue Of the campaign
and 70 bring 20 the support ot the parry
the votes of tho ignorant, the unthinklng
snd hostile alien elements OF the coui-
trv. The party platform luggled with the
Tearue ~ Nations. and Republican orators
mcglcd with il also. until Harding, cutting
Loo fror, restraint. in his pes MONIES
.pcech "scrapped the League, since
which time they have been ass2lilnR 'he
League and misrcTircsenting ITS purposes
most shamefully. The League Covenant
was purposely omitted from the Kepuoli-
can Campaign Text Book and Rcpuhli-
81, nspcrs generally have refralned from
nr,ntinc ii and thus their speakers were
able :, he about II with impun'ty- ana
with an absolute disregard Of far dealing
with the people.
Thi. has been the policy Of the RepuhL-
can campaign throughout the country.
especially here in Delaware. Republican
organs and speakers in tins state nave
loined their fellows everywhere ID mis-
ren,,senting the League Of Nations and
falsifving the splendid record Of the VII
son Administration A striking instance q
his was afforded in the Morning News 81
Yesterday when, in referring to the CON
t,nuance of many emergency war mea-
-,rc. Il declared "Mr Wilson has made
no effort 70 have such laws repealed.
This IA SIMPLY not true. Mr.. Wilson made
recommendations 70 this effect 70 the
pres-nt Republican Congress, and 50 dld
Secretary OF the Treasury Houston, but
they were ignored. That Republican
Congress had full authority 10 repeal the
now unnecessary war measures, ana 70
reneaI or generously modify the special
wa- taxation. but il did neither. In fact. II
did nothing. Upon that body rests al the
blame for this costly inaction.
In local affairs. als1, MISREPRESENTATION
has been the rule Before the campaign
opened local Republican papers admitted
The cstlv and unsatisfactory results O
Popublcan maladmInlstratlon y state,
county and city and condemned them.
But as s,on az the campaign warmed up
they ignored these condemnauons and
have been making appeals to the people ior
IN iniorsernent Of these inefficient ana eX-
travaglnt agencies at the election.
PerbaDs the worst, the most glarIng
md AT the same time the most igsorant
Instance ~ this deliberate misrepresenta-
,ion appeared in the current issue oi the
Dover State sentinel Warning us read
,rs against the evident determination o.
the people 70 overthrow the present ex-
travagant and incompetent RePubhcan
administrations in Delaware, II SAID Can
ro afford To revert 70 Democratic elec-
ti3n methods in Delaware Can We afford
T. take a chance on the administration Of
our new county system Of government by
. party which vehemently opposed It's
adoption and predicted its failure? Can
We afford to take a chance on them
arain passing their old DELINQUENT laws
and running away Of tax collectors and
placing smallpox" signs on the homes OF
Democratic tax collectors 90 that Re
publicans could not pay their tax and
would therefore be deprived OF their
votes
The ignorance II tins appeal would be
-cireshing were it not for the mean par
,,sanship that backs i, TaXpaying IS 10
longer prerequisite TO voting in Della
ware The New Constitution adopted by
Democratic Constitutional Convention,
dad away with that and made voting IL
Delaware free. As 10 tax collecting, the
present Democratic administration in
Kent county established q. remarkable and
most commeudable record in collecting
each years tax levy, several years II sue
cession 10 the last dollar on the dupli-
cate something never dreamed Of under
any Republican administration in this
State
Thus, Republican partisan papers, at
home and abroad, nisrepresent the issues
Of the campaign and even cast truth to the
winds. How can the people place any
confidence in them or indoTse the cause
they support?