Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-08
rarmvig,e, va, October ,. 1927.
Time far u Democratic Rc|i'n''
NIndirutc the Party.

Editor OF The Times Dlsputch:
Sill have becrEs,n undun'.i'ra az ,.!.,
vocatc OF the IeaRW covenant drawn
under the leadership "f woodrow
Wilson at Paris. Since the 'lHi.
War Republicans have ouinumhcre'
Democrats In this country. f""Se-
Welt divided their forces. fittertS'
partisan opposition TO the Democrats
reunited them. Profound s0cial ana
industrial discomfort and h!Bh taxes
afforded n strong prctcNt for change
The Republican party thhs tp' u'CN
Into the saddle Eut they are hHN-
ing their case shown UP In "A most
ludicrous fashion. First. The ~H"!r
delegation Of the present league 81
nations rcatiirns in positive fashion
Woodrow Wilson's Artici. - 'ho
bette noir ot the rccaicitrant acHA-
tors. owing to the unnaturW Tor
oign relations American produ' 'a
have ceased 10 be sold abroad y"
need Of production has meant ~"
need o: labor Thus the WORKING
man has los; his jolt. millions "'
Disconnected idle Industrial w"rt'r4
clamor for rCl''' 'H'''' ~ ''''''''".
condition.
Harding talks about monompioy-
ment being international yet there
is no unemployment in franc.
was there this summer. But her"
durin;, the end Of the Democratic .ti-
ministraiion 100000 soldiers were
absorbed back into industrial III"
and no serious lack Of labor chsne".
Today adversely sits Sowing over
the unitcd states like the Nemesis
of the rejected treaty OF Versailles.
Mr.. iIarding's revamped treaty cor
responding in character 1" me state
mcnt OF Harvcy's asininc speech Dc
ciaring we fought because We could
not helm Il, and had no ideals except
Ia get the most We could out OF IT, Is
now challenged by the sane logic OF
Carter Glass as immoral ana un-
worthy of a great nation. Meantime
Henry Cabot Lodge, whose lifelong
companion said OF him, u never knew
him to have one unscifSh emotion
one altruistic sentiment, nor one H'h-
crous thought" is appointed to De
Visc just and generous conditions oi
disarmament In the coming confer
cncc, The good man living his quiet
life in Washington, broken down -
his loving labors for his country,
bows his head in snrrowtul rcsigna-
tion ard prays that his idcalism may
again arouse this mighty nation to
II sense OF shame for it's degenerate
backs!iding One thing Virginia can
do IT this moment: support Trink'n
for Governor. ienUthcn her cords ana
rtrcn"thon her stakes ~ local n"ii;i-
cal affairs and exhort her Congress-
men to show in plain and incontro-
vcrtible way how the rabid venom
Of party spleen wrecked tho hi"h
hopes and virtuous plans for TN"
greatest and trucst statesman We
""rr had TO lead Ms. whose fault was,
.,s Niscount Bryce said 10 me: ''lIc
forgot that as Napoleon said. n
siatcsman'.S heart should never inter
fer. with his head
So sure OF just and generous mo-
tivcs in himself, Wilson failed to
play 10 the gallery. and not casting
himself down from the pinnacle. lost
IN" p'nudits OF the masses. who can
only appreciate the spcciacuiar. Bro
alas. The nnthinkin" masses d"scrvu
the comment sometimes Of the cynic:
The people. sir, IL "A great beast" Lot
| ~ be shown. however. speedily and
( Individually. that you cannot fool nil
the people al! the time" The best
time I" tcSin Is right now. Vote for
/ Trinklc,
wYTIE LEIGH KINSOLVING.
1 Ntchmond. Va, Sept. 80, 1921.