Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-08-25

| is the proudest of any party in the
| history of the government.
Democrats Calm.
When the war clouds began to
gather and certain of the hot heads
of the land clamored for strife, the
democratic party maintained a
calm and unterrified attitude, de-
handing of the contending nations
that our rights on land and sea be
| respected, and seeking in every
honorable way to avoid bloodshed.
II is said now that we welt into
the war too late, by those who find
fault with all we do. Our leaders
knew the price of war; they real
lied the burdens, the sufferings, the
| toll in life. limb and treasure. We
have cause to thank the Almighty
that our entry into the war was not
impulisve, but feeling that our
rights and liberties were at stake,
/ under the leadership of democracy,
! our country drew the sword, and
! in the shortest and most brilliant
military and naval operations that
| the most optimistic could nope,
we, with our allies, stamped out
forever the hateful militarism CT
| Potsdam and brought peace 10
| distraught world. And not only q q
we prevail over our enemies out'
| sDeaking through our leader, we
| offered to the world a solution or
its age-long problems, and gave
hope to mankind everywhere. CRIT.
icise as they will, the enemies OF
| President Wilson must admit that
| since the Nazarene taught in CALI
| lee. there has been no such Tam
| ing words of truth, no such sospel
| OF universal liberty, as the pres'-
dent of the United states, q denro-
| crat, proclaimed to all men. ihe
| Declaration of independence Is NOV
the heritage of mankind; the sIlaIi,
the weak, the oppressed OF eyers
country and cline, can now tahe :
their stand upon the solid rock Oh
| eternal truth and brotherhooo'
| enemies may malign him, poiitl-
clans may seek to baulk him, envy
and malice may attack him as tney
will but the verdict of mankind
will place woodrow wilson's naine
mon the tablet of history as the
emancipator of the race.
Sought to Prevent War.
And when the battle had ceased
| and the exhausted peoples OF tie
world assembled around the couhcii
! table TO make peace, the Brea'
| democrat rendered to his country
and the world, his superlative serV-
| ice He hated war, and ne sought
| nv honorable means to so draw tne
covenants of peace that 1t shoulo
not occur again. He met the uip-
! Iomats of Europe in the peace con
ference. and despite their ettorls
and intrigue, he held the scales OF
Justice level and wrote INTO the
Versailles treaty the fundameiitai
nr;ncinles of Justice and equal'ty
10 All mankind. The document may
not he perfect; nothing that mortar
man can do is; but we have hearu
no other solution offered by oul
enemies, and no program siNen
which will serve US or the othe,
nations of the earth better. Charged
with being an idealist. wilson as,
tounds the world by his practical
statesmanship. called a novice III
the diplomatic game he plants nun
cole on the fundamental rock OF
iustice TO all and revenge for hone,
and from that stand he was NOV
Moved. The world applauded MIN !,
America took rank as the leauans
nation Of the earth, the great eloel
brother of the weaker peoples; ~
he court of public opinion our pro
nouncements were looked upon a.
law Fatigued with labors whlch
s,rna ssed those of Hercules, ne re.
turns to his native land and iaSs
pafnre the senate of the United
Statas the treaty which the world
onnroves The people Of America
daenanded ratification, prompt ana
without substantial chanse. 49,
are for the league Of natiohs' ny
cannot bear to think that tne ploot
of their sons, the lives Oh lheli tio o,,
nrecious soldiers shall nave "a"
shed and given in VAIN. Ihey W.
mand the abolition or war, anu ~
reduction of ornaments with LII
sta ggering burden of expense ~
have realized the stupenoous pow
nf our people in battle; they kno"
That we can prevent war In con
junction with other great natiohs'
10 we hut undertake to do IL.
- jealousy and Envy.
Rrt now come upon the scehs
jealousy. envy, malice and oreat
vat the democratic party VIII W
hanef;ted by the ratification or tht
Zoo treaty: fear that the lapor,
~ q great man may be appreciate
", the people, and so the repupu'
senators begin the most shame,
10 attack upon their own cnlei
nooe,strate; they becloud the Issue
l NEE ali Kinds Of sophistry; they
,Hbh,e and argue and evade un'li
tsaoor,inp holder in their crime
o,nst their own country, they
onenIv proclaim the death sentence
,pon the treaty and the league y
uat,nns The world stands aghas''
~ asks what other remedy the re,
nrhIican marty has to offer III piaee
~ the treaty. The answer Is al'
ecbo And now that escape - no
ionoer possible, their cano'oa'e
states that he would approach the
nations of the earth in a hopeiu'
attitude. seeking some other soiu
tion of the difficulty. But "na'
other solution? We must have a
treaty of peace to adjust our mat
ters with Germany; our merchants
must know on what basis they can
deal with the former enemy; our
commercial and shipping interests
must have some chart to go by;
the rest of the world is leaving us
in the Adjustment of com
mercial and domestic affairs. Ye,
here we stand, technically at war
in fact at peace, but vexed with
| wartime restrictions and legisla-
! ton. And rather than give to the
democratic party credit for max
ing war VIGOROUSLY and peace sue
cessfully, the republican senators
prefer to let the matter stand as
People viii Cut the Knot.
The American people can and
will cut the knot in November ana
| 49, IL 80 ..rhn unuld frifle