South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-04
AUGUST 4. 1922
REED REDWfVUS.

The denomination or Senator James A Reed by
the democratic voters OF Missouri will be hailed
by the haters OF Wilson rebuke to his policies.
especially the League Of Nations and a refusal
accept his advice and In political affairs.
They will interpret Il the passing OF the IN
huence OF wilson from the counsels OF that party.
The friends OF Wilson will attribute It TO
publican Interference 70 light wines and beer, TO
organized machine politics OF the type.
Both Will be wrong for his nomination is but
the triumphant recognition OF honesty. courage.
and sincerity as the basis Of a great personality.
Men and OF Missouri differ with Reed
his judgments. None there are who SUSPECT his
high honesty OF purpose. his intense patriotism.
HE bold and courageous Americanism.
The triumph Of Reed is the greatest personal
victory achieved by any man OF national promi-
hence in decade.
Two years ago he literally read OF the
democratic party. not only by the convention OF his
own state but by the democratic national conven-
ton at sanFranc.sco.
Reed had led the Tight against the League of
Nations in the senate. The members of the senate
made mistake about the center Of that fight.
The republicans put forward partisanly jealous
Lodge their spokesman, but the real assault
upon the League IN the senate came from the lips
and brain OF Reed who dealt it the most effective
OF blows.
For that fight, and let It be remembered that
dared hint that IN making Reed acted from
other than the highest OF principles sug
gested that he inspired by personal malice
PARTISAN hatred Reed kicked from his party.
When Missouri moved from the democratic to
,he republican ranks, literally thousands of demo-
cratic candidates for local office lost their Jobs.
They resented their defeat and blamed Reed, long
the leader. for their misfortune.
But not one Of these. even in his deepest OF
anger. ever charged that Reed did fight because
he believed that the League Nations would be
d.sasterous to American sovereignty
He knew. and better, that when he made
that fight ne was counting political death but that
did not cause him to hesitate.
Reed has never swerved when he believed that
he right He not not believe in suffrage and
voted against II He knew that this was to invite
the opposition OF women when he should again be
candidate
But the people OF Missouri also remembered that
while Reed had fought against many measures
which were popular had dared TO often differ from
his party organization. that he had always fought
Cor the old and tried principles OF Jeffersonian
democracy and that he most feared by the
publican side OF the senate when it came to ques-
tons OF domestic principle upon which parties
differ.
They knew that his fights not venal
they cav him enter the senate poor man and re-
main a poor
They knew most OF all that conscience and
courage in day when party lashes
laid upon weak backs OF those who merely vote and
that honesty. too, is and precious.
II Is open secret that the republican national
committee hoped and tried to assist in the defeat
or Reed. They believed that such defeat would
mean the easy election or a republican candidate.
end IN the selection Of that candidate they gave
support TO who is not dissimiar Reed
talent IN power or oratory, in his own lndepend-
ence OF political action.
Reed to the voters OF his Farty with only
his personality and his record
+ The democrats OF Missouri have voted for that
personality. They have not voted against the
League OF Nations. against suffrage. against pro-
hibition. They voted for Reed, the master orator,
the man whose conscience has ruled his political
nre The whose Judgment they might not
accept on all issues but whose heart they knew.
sound and clean.
Those who try to read Reputation OF Wilson and
League into this vote a badly mistaken
those who believe the people OF this country do
not place conscience above the question OF the
and courage above all party labels