The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-11

hp'H NlNkH uI AlF parry Huppl N''
Judge Hughes. But Hughes was
beaten
Procrrssiycs SIN Numerous.
Republican leaders are taking no
chances on defeat in 1920. They
are recognizing the fact that the
Old progressive sentiment Ia the
United states Is still strong The
party split has been healed. Bu;
the elements which produced tina
split stui remain However condt-
tUns have altered The principle
upon which Roosevelt made his
great losing fight are still the same,
for they were by their very nature
indes ruotiblo but the APPLICATION Of
them has become obsolete.
New conditions now confront the
party Tho campaign OF 1912, one
4 the most remarkable In the po
ltICal history ot the country, was
fought on issues wholly domestic.
rho smpalgn OF 1920 may be
fought on issues largely involving
questions Of foreign policy he
league Of nations. our relations with
Japan and Great Britain, the Mexi.
AN situation. our naval policy-the
whole fabric OF the nations foreign
relations
Foreign Questions at Front
The issues which caused the party
suut la 1912 no longer exist as
.uuscs Of party disagreements ana
strife. Foreign quos ionE OF transcen-
dent impo taucu to America OFFER 70
regulars and progrcsslves comm On
aud harmonious place OF meeun 3.
This fact has been recognized by
william j. Bryan.
Mr. Hryau's whole movement to
assert as OF yore his control over
the democratic party is IN conse-
quenCe OF his recognition OF the TACT
that the issue OF the league or ma
ions promised to soildify the epuo-
LEANS and disrupt the democrats be
yond the hope OF repair. He mas
sought with his usual political sa-
gaoity--oall It arth0r instinct 20
urn the channel OF political tho ght
and feeling back to domestic affai $,
differences upon which in the pas.
have split the opposition, and en-
aulcd the democratic party twice 10
win "A presidential election.
While The democrats are floun-
dpring in their wavering allegiance
To- Trcs dent Wilson and their ANA g.
mcnt at the reaappea ance or ING
Rryan corpse suddenly galvanized
into a new life, unable as yet 10
make the choice OF leadership whlNh
IL ls Inevitable they must soon make
the republicans are encouraglhS
The movement to emphasize Ainerl-
canism and foreign relations as the
issues. This Is why the whole trea y
controversy has become s.Ckled er
by the pale cast OF politics. untli II
has become an internauon san 'a''
Treaty Killed by People.
1. .
sailles treaty as brought back ny
the president has been killed, not
by the republican senate or the
democratic senate, but by the Ameri-
can people themselves. They are re-
sponsible, when at the last elections
they took the control OF the senate
from the president and gave 1t to
his political opponents. And more
over they knew what they were do
ing. for the president had explained
the situation in advance.
Therefore MIR. Bryan, practical
politician. advises that this fact be
recognized, and that the treaty as
amended with reservations be APP
proved and sent back 10 the white
house. That would transfer the re-
sponsibility to president Wilson, bul
Il would prevent the republicans
from achieving their purpose to gel
together on an unbeatable platform
and split the democrats
Bryan Practical Politician.
The reason why Mr.. Bryan has
been able TO come back as an ag'
gressive and determined leader OF
the party is because he has had
the native instinct OF a practical pol
itician to recognize an inexorablt
fact. Mr.. Bryan knows what the re-
publicans are up to. 1t wasn't neces'
sary for anybody to tell him, for ne
Is n natural-born politician.
Thus the republicans are getting
together famously, and the democrats
are playing directly into their hands
/ is an intensely interesting politica
situation, having many strange anC
new angles.
There was never campaign tc
bring forward as presidential posi-
bilities so many members OF the sen
ate as this campaign has done, anC
that circumstance throws an inter,
cs'ing sidelight upon political de
veiopments in the United States dur,
ing the past 8 years. Among thu
leading republican possibilities ar,
Senators Harding of Ohio, Poindex