The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-11
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NNNIlNG OBTt -iNI9S
I..H,rf ul fIo national l.Iuu.r1tI. ur.f. lu
aTd...1.s before 'ur national democratic club
.a SOW Yor. Saturday o,,u.ua Joined Iu snIppl-
Ina u. I,'.au ot uH..... a. l1r paramount H.
sup .u the tIl conversational olmp1Isu. James
Middleton Cox tho uto democratic candidate
Tor ho presidency. asserted that tho "prua,ut
business odyor.iy Iu uha country a duo 60 tine
refusal of the United states ro become mcm-
ber Of tho lc1ruc of nations"
one ~ Two things is indubipbly true. Either
the democratic leaders are fatally gifted with
obtuscncss or sngulnrly Fftcd with prophetic
wisdom. Thgro Ia not oNtant single biz of
evidence indicating regret either nt tho ncuon
of tho scuntc ln rejecting the Vcrmlllos pact,
OF the decision OF The country In approving that
rejection.
OF course horo ana hcrc one hears regret
expressed, but % comes from some one or tho
various sources which wore always luastcut that
We rcllnquish control OF our destiny and mako
common cause with other pcopca We say
il may he true that tho American electorate is
ready to reverse itsclf and plunge tho country
into the maclstrom which ls now playing lt-
oral he'll with every other country save tho
uatcd states. an exception which is alto
gothcr due TO the fact that tho United states
remained out while the others went In.
So Tar as human Intelligence is capable ot dis
corning tho republicans could wish moro
advantageous issue than those wiso mon Of tho
national democracy have selected for tho cam
paign. Unqucstonably tho reaction against rec
publIcanIam has been noticeable; more due, we
think to the fact that the present admlnistra-
ton has followed too closely to the policies Of
the preceding administration than because It
has removed itself too far from those policies.
But whatever may he tho dissatisfaction with
the republican administration 90 far as It's do
nestle policies are concerned, tho selection OF
the league as tho paramount Issue In tho cam
palgn calls attention to some achievements Of
very satisfying nature. For instance, tho rat
ifcation OF the treaties growing out OF mo
Washington conference at last marked the
passing Of foreign relations domestic Issue
IN tho United states. Those treaties constitute
tho republican partys foreign policy following
the war
United states troops abroad are now hcIng
returned az fast as ships can bring them, while
congress, freed from the duty OF constantly COM
sdcrlng foreign affairs. Is turning It's attention
60 domestic questions
pcmocracy's determination To prcclpitato tho
league controversy az q campaign issue, means
that FOR the second time a national campaign Ia
10 be fought, not ON domestic issues but on for
cigu questions and the consequences OF our ad-
hcsion to the league covenant aud its Involve
mcnts once moro become vital issues Tor the
American people to pass ON,
Thus II the democratic party goes into the
campaign pledged TO ratification OF the Yer
sa!llcs pact and to put this republic into the
league of nations, NOT only viii an tho work
OF the pact few months have TO be abolished,
but the country must hc prepared to see troops
going abroad instead OF coming homo, national
expenditures increasing enormously Instead OF
being decreased substantially and the political
questions OF other nations cNcrtiuE am uuu-
ence upon our own political system and re-
duirlug moro umo OF our national legislators
than those questions OF vital Importance con-
ccrnlng our own internal affairs and relations.
Another clearly defined and outstanding tca-
,urc OF tho league proponents policy be- free
trade with Europe, Tho purpose OF this Us
avowcdly To permit European nations TO pay
thcir Indebtedness to- comparative few Amer
lean bankers ut tho expense OF tho great Amer
Irun public. because u this nation is made the
dumping ground for cheap European products
and labor lt viii certainly follow that the
American wage standard must bo materially
lowered or thousands ot American factories
must ,,o,c and probably both.
Tho World radIy accepts tho challenge is-
sued boy ,lc democratic leaders, n they are,
a. ex-senator Core 300 sJr0bluEly stated, deter
mined 20 hold ghost dance. however much We
may regret Us effect 900 .ly country and busi-
ness i'm general from a political standpoint
every Nationalist i0 America ~hould htl the
frav with ioy