The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-21

Ia the big iafuo.
WHERE DOES HENJAMIN's
CANDIDATE sTA>DY
II you agree. then hereby defy
YOU and challenge you 90 find out
or To point out exactly where your
candidate stands on this ianue,
pause. 10 give time for hen to look
thru the files for air. iiardinE's
speechosl
Now further challenge you ana
def you To prove that Mr. Harding
II not hedFor. n trimmer and
wiggllng political opportunist
And while the referee In counting
or the seconds wish 20 give my
reasons why the league IL tho big
vital issue. and why Mr. Cox. stand.
ing nrtniy ms It's supporter. has
placed himself definitely ON the side
Of world progress.
by world progress 7 mean greater
happiness. contentmcnt. cnlightcn.
ment OF men and women and aiii.
dren everywhere
The league. as an issue. means
more than the signing OF not signing
Of covenant
IL means more than the issue Of
nens. of death and life.
WHAT THE tEEGONATi0Ns
MEANS TO ED
II means more ttan tho question
whether President Wilson. In throw
ing the fun woight OF his clear. think.
ina personality into tho Paris peace
conference. took too much authority
into his own hands
For US II means. above All. shis n.
sue.
shan America place selfish rights.
property rights. rights Of IN. SEA and
the lAnd and tho air. above human
welfare In every land1
shah America. holding itscis aioof.
feed and grow fat ON tho blood Of
other nations. or stand by smuwiy
whii. the rest OF tho world Ia burn.
Ingf
shan Amerfc. had ene world m
accommodating wealth and IN making
Itself secure. or shan n Lad the
world In the s~rvic, II cnn give TO
I'm UP these nations which arr torn
or famiHhed or oppressed. and place
them on their feet'
ANYWAY. THE I.EEG0NATI0Ny
~ a FACT
when all the bad and good things
said about President Wilson have
been forgotten. this ono thing viii
be remembered.
The League OF Nations IL . Fart.
vouehed for by thre~fodrths Of the
nations Of tho world Everything
that the handful Of nations outside
OF lf--AmcricA Germany. Turkey.
Hungary. Russia Austria and Bui.
garta--oan do. can not atop IL from
being q fart
IL Ia a fact because the most en-
iirhtsn~d nations Of the world have
recognized In Il a ruidrpoet In n
new era Of world Relationship. the
substitution of peaceful cooperation
among nations for tho rule Of selfish
rights and ACCOMPLISHMENT by the
sword. They hsvs recognized that II
offers. no matter how fcehly. b~a.
con hight and an IDEAL for . dis
oordant world 10 follow.
When Senator = Harding turns hk
back on a fact OF this magnitude or
hcasef about II. he deserves TO be
deserted by those forward seeing
men who slr,-ady have l~ft his side
10 Join the inevitable march Of prog
r~ra Fur when he turns away from
such = fact. what may the American
p~opie expect Of him at homer
VIII hs not beat about the bush.
/ hedge, or turn his back. likewise. on
TIA call for higher welfare Of men
and women and children at homer
/ MAY we not expect. likewise. that he
viii. II elected. turn a deaf ear to tho
needs Of every day Americans In
their homes. their shops and fseto-
RES. placing property rights Of ind
vsduals and interests above the com
mon Eood'
IL Ia unbelievable 10 me Sfist me
people OF the unit~d states of Amer
lea. after their struggles for real
democracy. after giving their sons In
battle for II. after their rncrificcs to
piac. America In the leadership Of
service. would knowingly renounce
even = part Of what has been gained
In tho year 1921.
Only by the trfckcry ~ isadfng
political pirates can II be dcna And
II IL h done. woe betide tho trick.
sters when their treachcry IN out
The strength Of Gov. Coz and his
party today lies In tho fact that he
IL standing on a gpat Fact. which
HIS bittere-s opponents cannot re.
fut.- That fact IL the league OF ma
tons You mny try 10 get around IL;
you may try 10 Disregard II. you
may try 10 bccioud II: but stili II re-
mains pricking tho conscience OF
America untfl Il II recognized.
You may fire when you are ready.
Ben. Only beware not TO mention
william Howard Taft I'm loaded to
| the uuzxle on that guy