The Washington times., 1922-01-11
Republican Party On
Wilson's Road To Ruin

WILSON, 5 NOdu lO NULL
By PHILIP FRANCIS.
had written into the political platform of its recent
Presidential campaign that the Republican Administra
tion when elected would negotiate treaty Of alliance
with England, France and japan before It had been
year in power the Republican party never would have won
the election.
paigned under false preenses just the Democratic
party did when it elected Wilson to second term by
using the false pretense He kept us out Of the war
Wilson meant to put the country into the war II he
could sneak power again under the declaration that
he had kept out of and under the implication that
he would keep doing
The Republican party quoted the words and warnings
Of Washington Jefferson and Lincoln and opposed the
League of Nations because 1t was FOREIGN ALI
ANCE the obvious and unavoidable implication that
the Republican administration, when elected would keep
opposing foreign alliances.
Yet the Republican administration negotates and signs
and endeavors commit free and Independent Amer
lea to hard fast alliance with three foreign nations
and that within ten months after its election to office!
The Republican party has not kept faith with the peo-
pie who voted for it. And that Is neither square dealing
nor good politics.
The Democratic party would be in power yet II Mr..
Wilson had not been incuraby dishonest In politics
Had Wilson been frank and Trustworthy and democratic
Democratic President would today sit where Harding
sits.
The Republican party win not remain in power through
another election If it follows the discarded Democratic
party policy Of political dishonesty Mr. Harding fol-
lows Mr.: Wilson's wobbly tracks the Republican party
will be thrown out Of power precisely as the Democratic
party was thrown out
Honesty not only the best political policy It Is tho
ONLY political policy.
This proposed alliance is deliberate betrayal Of tho
men and women who voted the Republican ticket and
elected Republican ticket the public pledges Of tho
party platform and the party's candidates.
It is treacherous Reputation and deliberate viola
ton of the declarations of the platform and tho personal
rffor ~ idafoa Main
repeated. 1as". ~ L ~.. $3.50. ~.
It dishonest reversal Of promises and pledges st
home Just is stupid and dangerous reversal OF our
time-tried policy Of non ENHANCEMENT abroad
the Republican Senators ratify this foreign alliance
they will sign the death warrant of the Republican party
THAT DAY.
They may not believe what we say. But they WIN not
have to live long to for themselves that we speak tho
truth
It will not be the first time either that some Of them
have laughed at forecasts and warnings and lived to
regret their laughter and to acknowledge that We were
right
That was not because claim any mental superiority
or any extraordinary political clairvoyance
It was simply because the Hearst papers in close
touch with the people and deal honestly with them and
because know that the immutable law OF politics Is
that honesty and square dealing win repeated elections
while dishonesty and pledge breaking never win more
than once.
The American people will forgive any mistakes public
official makes if he is honest and keeps his campaign
promises But they have further for any official
who wins an election with pledges he does not afterwards
keep.
They know square dealing and they know false pre-
lenses in politics.
Mr. Hughes is another Wilson-vain obstinate opinion
ated insncere and he is leading the Republican party
along the same identical path that Mr. Wilson led the
Democratic party.
The same pit of political destruction is still at the end
of the path and when Mr. Hughes and Mr. Root and
Mr. Lodge have got the Republican party to the end Of
the path it will fall into that pit exactly the Democratic
party did.
Soxiet Farley ondon