Arizona republican., 1920-01-09
DEMOCRATS CANNOT
GO BEFORE NATION

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the senate. instead of ratifying at once
or promptly proposing changes that Il
deemed necessary, has fiddled While
civilization has been threatened with
conflaSration. 1t could have adopted
its reservations as we'll five months
ago as later
The democratic senators stood with
their president for ratification without
reservation and l stood with them, be-
| lieving that ii was better to secure
within the league, after ii was estao-
lished, any necessary changes than to
attempt to secure them by reservations
in the ratifying resolutions. But our
plan has been rejected and we must
face the situation as it is. We must
either secure such compromises as
may be possible or present the issue
10 the country The latter course
would mean delay of at least IA
months, and then success only in case
OF our securing a two-thirdS majority
in the senate.
Can't Take Issue to Vote
We can not afford, either as citi
zens or members of the party. to share
with the republican party response
bility for further delay; we can not go
before the country on the issue that
such an appeal would present. The
republicans have a majority i'll the
senate, and, therefore. can by right
the minority, we can not demand the
right TO decide the terms upon which
the senate will consent to ratification.
According TO the constitution, Il treaty
Is ratified by a two-thirds vote, but
the democratic party cannot afford to
take advantage of the constitutional
right of minority to prevent ratifica-
ton. majority of congress can de-
clare war Shall we make it more
dlfflcult TO conclude treaty than to
enter a war?
Neither can we go before the coun-
try on the issue raised by article 10. If |
we do not intend to impair the right of
congress to decide the question of
peace or war when the time for action
arises, how can we insist upon a moral I
obligation TO go to war which can have /
no force or value except as it does i'm !
pair the independence of the congress?
We owe it TO the world to join in an 1
honest effort to put an end to war for |
yer, and that effort should be made at
the earliest possible moment.
Party Must Have Program
n democratic party cannot be a /
party of negation; it must have a con-
struction program. 1t must not only
favor a league of nations, but it must
have a plan for the selection of dele
gates and a policy to be pursued by
those delegates. What plan can a dem
ocratic party have other than one that
those delegates who. in the influence
they will exert, will be next in import
ance TO the president himsef? And
what policy can the democratic party
have within the league of nations other
than one of absolute independence and
impartiality between the members of
the league2 Our nations voice should
at all times be raised n behalf of equal
and exact justice between nations as
the only basis of permanent peace.
we have domestic problems also
which offer an opportunity to render
large service, and one objection to
the treaty into the campaign
IS that it would divert attention from
questions demanding Immediate consid-
GRAFTON. We are confronted with the
of new parties, on the
theory that the old parties do not meet
he issues that have arisen. Our party
s the one party that can qualify for
he meeting of these issues. The re-
publican party has become a capitals :
ic party and has permitted tariff
0arons to write the tariff laws, trust
nagnateS 10 direct the policy of the
party on the trust question, railroad /
presidents to dictate it's policy on the !
railroad questions, while packing house
companies and other profiteers have i
Ised ii their own. 1t would divide :
he country into class parties and by
is own attitude compel the formation
IF a farmers party and a laborers
party"