Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-09
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WI tChNu low u.s. lIlt HfldAltl th AOt -
the effaced villages, the sinking
ships were not the only victims of
the storm of war. other things,
the impalpable possessions of the
mind and heart, have in like fash
ion been wounded and crippled. In
the shock of war, through long
years OF bitter conflict, moral re-
straints were loosened and all the
habits, all the conventions. all the
customs of life, which more even
than law hold society together,
were swept aside. One passion. one
purpose-to save the country, to
save civilization, to preserve free
dom-rose supreme. 1t could not
b. otherwise. There could be in
that hour but one question asked
of men and women: Are you 10y
al To your country and her cause,
ready to work and to sacrifice and
IL need be to die for them" If
that single demand was rightly an
swered nothing else mattered in
those days of stress and anguish
No one inquired further.
SO the war ended and victory
came: the great adventure was
over and men and women came
back to find the old ways dull, the
old life tame, the old restraints bur
densome and they themselves pos
sessed by a longing for excitement
and a hunger for change unknown
before. One sees the result in the
restlessness which is everywhere;
in the mere trifles of life, in dress
in amusements, in pleasure seek
ing. in the greed for money and the
recklessness of expenditure ana
what is infinitely more serious III
the discomfort with all FORMS OF
Government or control and III the
readiness and eagerness TO destrog
even the fundamental principles u
a free and orderly civilization WITH
ont which law and order. organized
society. the possibilities OF progress
and the chance for happiness can
not exist. This state OF mlhn pot !,
in the war is the graVest opSthelo
in the essential work OF restor-
ing a shattered world and making
the great victory blessihs 70
mankind. In order to succeed at
iii we must understand this mem
TAI and moral condition. We must
allow for it. We must be very
natient. We must STEADY our
nerves, We must be tolerant ana
above all. open minded. we must
call on our common sense and self
restraint, The complex prooiefh
oannot be evaded and it must be
dealt with in such a way as 70 pre-,
serve the foundations Of society ana
enable us, those once secured 10
advance steadily, never hurrieuIy
INT always in order. toward every
reform. every Improvement every
form Of true progress which VIII
bain mankind. It is a gigantic TASK
for any government or any pa ~,
No party and no government on'
succeed unless they race II prase,S o I,
looking facts always IN tne Iaeo
and determined to do tSeir peseL
never promising what they cah ~
nerform and never yielding TO th ''
fscile temptations of momeh'aiS
One of our great political parties
noe failed to meet--nay. 10 IN d
nonsiderable measure responsiplo
for the perilous conditions OF me
hnnr The only other organized po-
Wt;cal force strong enough 10 crap.
nile with the encirclmf oansels 20
the republican party, If that 700
sail. and breaks down, the RUSSIA
descent into barbarism Will pee.n
70 draw near. such an END IS III :.
eonoeivable with the American
neonle hut they must reaiize the
neriI and drive it back into tne
Sarkness whence it comes. W.
hsaners of the republican falth,
must, therefore, succeed aat
not know defeat when lne BIZ
responsibility comes 70 our na, "a
To the service of 1880 we must auu
q ike service in 1921 no l"l 80
victorv at any time could De VIZ.
bv any political party we ni S;S
b6th earn and deserve it. we ulu
not fall in the civil war we sha''
not. must not fail now
In order to render to our country
tho service which we desire 10
render and which we can accom- i,
plish in large measure, at least, VI
we undertake it with 'all our aoltlty
and in a disinterested public spirit
we must have the opportunity LOT
service. That opportunity can oh'E
come through our being entrusted
nv the people with both the iegls-
lative and the executive authority
To this end Mr.. Wilson and his
dynasty, his heirs and assigns, OF
ANYBODY that is his, anybody VINO
with bent knee has served MS pur-
poses, must be driven from all con-
troll. from all influence upon the
government OF the United States
They must be driven from ofhce
and power not because they are
democrats but because Mr.. Wilson
stands for a theory of administra-
ton and government which is not
American. His methods, his con-
slant il indirect assaults upon the
constitution and upon all the tradi-
tions of free government, strike AZ
the very life of the American prln-
ciples upon which our government
has always rested. The return OF
the democrats to power with Mr..
Wilson or one of his disciples still
the leader and master OF great
party. which before his advent pos
sessed both traditions and primer
Piles, would be a long step in th1
direction of the autocracy for which
Mr.. Wilson yearns and a heavy
blow to the continuance Of free rep
resentative government as we have
always conceived and venerated it
The peril inseparable from Mr.
Wilson and his system goes far be-
yond all party divisions, for it in.
wolves the fundamental question o!
whether the government of tn.
United States shall be government
of laws and not of men, whethe,
1t shall be a free representative
government or that of a dictator
ship resting on a plebiscite carried
by repellent methods. Mr.. Wilson
and the autocracy he represents
and all which those who believe ir
his doctrines and share his spirit
represent, must be put aside anC
conclusively excluded from any
future control, Bear this well ir
mind throughout the campaign. for
1t is the first condition of ou'
ahitftx- IN eptar ,Ynnp the y,ath vx,hict