The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-15
THE DEMOCRACY or HARDING.

II In gratifying 10 Tho world To he able to
call attention to the following from the pen
of the able Luther Harrison, of the Ada News.
Nothing affords us more pleasure than finding
an increasing number OF editors not only will
ling but determined to follow their mental in
tegrlty; n disposition to think and stand by thor
conclusions In tho face of any and all criticism
Some months ago while campaigning
down In Texas Senator Harding said that
the rights of the people and the rights or
the states must be preserved, that local
government must be restored. and that tho
extended powers OF federalism must be de-
centralized lie declared that long range
government from Washington must cease
Some Days ago Senator Harding was in
vited to request certain states to ratify the
nineteenth amendment. But Senator Hard
Ing politely declined.
Some days ago the president OF the
United States wired the governor OF
sovereign state insisting that tho governor
should convoke the legislature In extra
ordinary session To ratify the nineteenth
amendment and he insisted that the icgs-
lature ratify.
senator Harding claims to he "A Hamil-
tonian, which Is equivalent to saying that
he believes In strong. centralized govern
ment President Wilson claims to be
Jeffersonian, which IL equivalent TO saying
that he believes In preserving the powers
of tho states
But the pnst fortnight has demonstrated
that Harding OF Ohio, IL "A truer democrat
truer republican than Warren q. Harding.
BY their fruits We shall know them.
Candor compcls the admission that Editor
Harrison has turned a neat and unanswerable
point Measured by the standards he uses and
who viii deny that Hamilton on one hand and
jefferson on the other are acceptable author
tiles, Woodrow Wilson is more Hamiltonian
than Jefforsonan. and warren @. Harding
ICffpTSuuiuu
While at the confessional ic, The world
admit the impea chment that It finds itself, In
present day circumstances, measured by It's own
conscientious uttcrances appearing as some
what OF bref-holdcr for the Jcffcrsonian
idea
The growth OF the federal authority is fast
approaching the point where IL will become
intolerable. All thinking men must agree to
that statement. Whatever may have been the
division between Hamilton and jefferson re
apccting the comparative right of the state and
federal authority the decisions of the supreme
court have established fairly clear law con
cerning the matter
Under the constitution as defined and ap-
piled by the supreme tribunal the academic
teachings Of both Hamilton aud jefferson have
become somewhat obsolete. II is to the supreme
court constitution that we declare unaltcrablc
adhesion, not to the extreme views OF either
Hamilton or jefferson.
And above all we pAssionatcly cling to tho
liberties accorded the Individual citizen IN the
bill OF riehts, point not disputed by either
Hamilton or jefferson. And we are convinc ed
that the breaking up of the rcuphlic II II comes
viii be because the federal authority has made
itself absolutely ntolcrablo through impossible
invasion OF both the rights OF the state and the
liberties OF the individual
II We must accept fuzzy the philosophy OF
the esteemed Ada News--that Woodrow Wilson
Is better republican than Harding, then ",
make pretense of being republican. II ",
must abide by the logic involved, that Hard
ing ia better democrat than Wilson, thcr
we are unquestiohably a democrat. The NOR,
party trademark Is incapable OF challenging
in US either prejudice or attachment such
DEFYING PUBLIC OPINION.