The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-22
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

This national election of 1920 not for the Republican
party during the campaign already won defntey>and MI
ally before the national conventions the two great parties met
June and ubeore anybody dreamed who would be the can
dida party when everybody of sound American heart
and American sennse knew what the issue was.
This national campaign of 1920 truth two years ago
when Mr. Wilson called the country him another Demo-
cratic Congress his ends while he worked his own Will
upon the national American but the
of the United States responded with complete overurn OF
the Democratic House of Representatives and close capture the
Senate
If Mr. Wilson himself had been candidate reelection
years ago when he lost Congress and when his party lost further
the United States Government he too doubt not would
have gone down to defeat at the same time.
In American politics there had been anything deb
crate betrayal of part of the American
people belief which he necessarily sed into them that he
would There had been anything more cruel
and dangerous than his refusal from the of 1914 to the spring
Of 1916 to let the Government Of the American people build Navy
defend their shores when the world ahame with to let
recruit Army when threatened and to let
and rifles gather ammunition and supplies
whn indeed he would permit this Government to make scarcely
pound of powder
But after his reelection in 1916 had been ISSUE
and through his Indifference neglect and pervey the country had
been left naked of military mighty little time elapsed before
he plunged the Right then and there the American
pie with Mr. Wilson for good and all and with his party for
many day His administration his Congress- his
his party already put the full test their business
pac their practical training and their American umpton
found hopeesy wanting
Nobody has put it concise comprhen
sive than Mr. Otto H. Kahn did few days before election when
he said:
The people appear determined administer crushing rebuke
administration and party which, having into power by
fuke 1912 and by decu election cry 1916 have establish
ed unparalleled record for ecency wastefune and general
mgovenment at home and for mhevous meddng and fragrant
bungling Abroad
Aaer that November 1918 when the American nation the
Congress Mr. Wilson,
his administration and of his party nothing needed to
them rredeemaby the public eye the public heart and the
public brain 1t that many things nexpressby astounding
and nationally humang had happened since them There had
been the squande with the Unreasonable army
es navy moneysa public moneys There had been the
parable mudng of economic situations like the the coal
ply the transportation machinery of the nation There the
wreck Of Liberty bond values There the ndeensbe strang
ling of industry and business by dprvng them of and
credit through the draining oanabe funds by Treasury
which simply wadded every bank with Government US
with all that background of incompetence and
failure the Democrats had control
part of the national Government minute longer than the
lean people could put all of them That is they had
chance unless they could up another false
which slip again into Executive Government perhaps
islative Government wel.-New York Sun. ~