The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-07
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name of government that will hold for it the confidence which it de- serves. We are in a time which calls for straight thinking, straight talking and straight acting, This is no time for wobbIing. Never in all our history has more been done for government. Never was sacrifice more sublime. The most precious things of heart and home were given up in spirit which guarantees the perpetufty of our institutions-if the faith is kept with those who served and suffered The altar of our republic is drenched In blood and tears, and he who turns away from the tragedies and obliga- uons of the war, not consecrated to a sense of honor and of duty which resists every base suggestion of per sonal or political expediency, is un- worthy of the esteem of his country men.
 The men and women who by ex- pressed policy at the San Francisco convention charted our course in the open seas of the future senSed the spirit of the hour and phrased it with clarity and courage. It is not neces- ssary to read and reread the Demo cratic platform to know its meaning. It is a document clear Tn its analysis of conditions and plain in the pledge of service made to the public It carries honesty of word and intent Proud of the leadership and achieve ment of the party in war, Democracy faces unafraid the problems of peace Indeed, it's pron ouncement has but to be read along with the platform framed by Republican leaders in or der that both spirit and purpose as they dominate the opposing organfHa- tons may be entrusted On the one hand we see pride expressed in the nations glory and a promise of ser vice easily understood On the other captous, unhappy spirit and the treatment of subjects vital to the present and the future, in terms that have completely confused the public mind It was clear that the senatorial oligarchy had been given it's own way in the selection of the presidential candidate, but it was surprising that 1t was able to fasten into the party platform the creed of hate and bit terness and the vaci11ating policy that possesses it
 In the midst of war the present senatorial caba1, led by Senators Lodge, Penrose and Shoot was form ed Superficial evidence of loyalty to the president was deliberate in order that the great rank and file of their party, faithful and patriotic to the very core, might not be offended. But underneath this misleading exterior, conspirators planned and plotted, with bigoted zeal With victory to our arms they delayed and obstructed the works of peace. If deemed use full to the work in hand no artifice for interfering with our constitution al peace-making authority was re- jected- Before the country knew, yea, before these men themselves knew the details of the composite plan, formed at the peace table, they de- cI. f1,a;r f0 pafo the treaty was submitted to the Sen ate in the manner the Constitution provides, they violated every custom and every consideration of decency by presenting a copy of the docu- ment- procured unblushingly from enemy hands, and passed it into the printed record of senatorial proceed ings. From that hour dated the en- terprise of throwing the whole sub ject into technical discussion, in or der that the public might be con- fused. The plan has never changed in its objective, but the method has. At the outset there was the careful insistence that there was no desire to interfere with the principle evolved and formalized at Versailles. Later it was the form and not the substance that professedly inspired attack. But pretense was futile when proposals later came forth that clearly emaScu- lated the basic principle of the whole peace plan. It is not necessary tC recall the details of the controversy in the Senate. Senator Lodge finally crysta1lized his ideas into what were known as the Lodge reservations. and when Congress adjourned these re- servations held the support of the so. called regular Republican leaders.
 From that time the processes have been interesting. Political expedi rfo consideration either of the public in terest or of the maintenace of thu honor of a great political party. Tn, exclusive question was how to avoit a rupture in the Republican organ ization- The country received witt interest, to say the least, the an nouncement from Chicago, where tn national convention was assembled that q platform plank. dealing witt the subject of world peace, had beel drawn, leaving out the Lodge reServa tions, and yet remaining agreeable t all interests, meaning thereby, tn Lodge reservationists, the mild reser vationists and the group of Repub1i can senators that openly opposed tn League of Nations in any form.
 AS the platform made no definit committal of policy and was, in fac so artfully phrased as to make almos any deduction possible, it passe through the convention with practl cal unanimity. Senator Johnson how ever, whose position has been con sistent and whose opposition to tn league in any shape is well knowI withheld his support of the conven tion's choice until the candidate ha stated the meaning of the platform and announced definitely the polio that would be his. if elected.
 The Republican candidate ha spoken and his utterance calls fort the following approval from Senate Johnson:
 Yesterday in his speech of accep ance Senator Harding unequivocal took his stand upon the paramouI , issue in this campaisn-the Leag, of Nations. The Republican part stands committed by it's platform. l standard-bearer has now accentuate that platform. There can be no mi understanding his words"