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Show PS I i l t . THE CITIZEN sen, had no sooner mounted the platform he was so proud to stand on than the third party began to slip from under it. The picturesque Torty-Eighte- rs -- declaredilhat-theY-haiLiailed-to-obtain-that-which they were seeking and they decided to preserve their organization in high and serene isolation. The single taxer, who had been scurrying about from party to paiy for years, and who fancied that ai last he had wooed and won a satisfactory party, found himself deserted at the altar. Of course, we have radical parties, shading from bright carmine to pale pink, but no party that deserves to rank with either of the old parties in importance. The Democratic party tried to be radical at San Francisco and must have surprised itself, after showing such violent symptoms, by lining up with the old Tammany crowd and Wall Street. It chose as its presidential candidate an rich Ohio politician who has always stood for the ascendancy of big business and as its vice presidential candidate a rich New Yorker, who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and who has been the favorite of the political aristocrats ever since he entered public life. By way of contrast the Democrats adopted a platform asserting in general terms the rights of labor and won the adhesion of that restive Democrat, Samuel Gompers. . The Republican party made no attempt to placate radical opinion, but stood its ground firmly for a return to constitutional government as the best means of solving our problems and curing our ills. Its faith in the institutions of the fathers was too strong to permit it to bid for the .votes of faddists, factionists and Reds. It recognized that the voices of discontent were incoherent, a Babel of discordant cries. It. saw .that radicalism had not found itself, that it was not prepared to offer a constructive programme. The third party conventions at Chicago confirmed the wisdom of this view. One of the most active persons at the convention remarked that Chicago had been filled with bugs during the last week. By that he meant, no doubt, that reformers of all varieties had come to Chicago and found themselves hopelessly in conflict. In the rabble rout there were communists, I. W. W.s, Nonpartisan Leaguers, socialists of divers brands, pacifists, radical laborites, single taxers and last, but not least, professional politicians like Parley P. Christensen looking for a new deal. Here were ingredients that would not harmonize. And the result showed that the pudding was nothing but dough. The American people have attained their prosperity through the machinery of a representative republic. Taken by and large that machinery has been a success, for it has produced the United States, first among the modern nations, possessing a standard of life never before equalled and even possessing that which our foreign friends so often deny to us a soul. Most Americans believe that once the government is rid of autocratic and incompetent Wilsonism and a progressive, constructive administration is in power, the problems of the new times will be solved better than they can be solved by permitting a mob of wildd cranks to grapple with the steering-gea- r eyed Reds and long-haire- of. state. ... That is why the third party failed to cohere at Chicago. That is why the campaign must now be fought between the two old parties the one standing historically for success in administration, the other now standing convicted of failure and worst of all its sins of a readiness to surrender the sovereignty of, the nation in exchange for an international experiment. WHITE HOUSE LOVE FEAST The president is for the platform and for Cox. The candidate is for the platform and the president. Each has issued a statement to that effect and if one is content not to be inquisitive one will gather the impression that all is serenity, peace, harmony, confidence, joy, and mutual trust in those altitudes where president and candidate meet in godlike council. But, alas, the contract is on the table where all may read the contract of the League of Nations.' The president says he is for the platform and the plat fa says the covenant should be ratified with such reservations as proteet the sovereignty Df the UnitedStates. Had the president lV willing any time this last year to accept reservations of that chiH acter there would be no league issue today. That was precii, the kind of reservations they offered him. But the president refu? to accept any reservations which modified the compact in the le? and thus he prevented peace and blocked senatorial efforts to agi on a formula that would have permitted the ratification of the trej and its League of Nations. But what of Article V, the heart of the league? That artij surrenders much of the sovereignty of the United States and tferf is the article which the Republican senators had chiefly in view wlfd they framed reservations to protect our sovereignty. The preside;1 in his speeches, declared that the Lodge reservation to Article to would cut out the heart of the league. It is manifest, theJ fore, that the president is not in accord with the Democratic pl$ form. ja Now comes Mr. Cox and says he is wholly in accord with & president on the League of Nations and the treaty. The country will suspect that, in view of the presidents weP known attitude on the league, the statements issued after theiWhiJ1 House meeting are simply the necessary utterances of partisan pS ticians who must convey the appearance of harmony. J ? THE SUREST REMEDY i I i The surest remedy for unrest will be the friendly of labor and capital. Signs are not wanting that labor has definite!1 decided to repudiate the radicalism which seeks the overthrow of ot present form of industry. Nor are signs wanting that the relatior.1 of the toilers and employers are constantly becoming more harmort co-opera- tic ious. ; The other day 200 delegates, representing 10,000 workers, he!, the international convention of Flint Glass Workers at Atlantic City, The reports state that the convention rejected with a roar a pro posal to place a labor embargo on the Chamber of Commerce of th United States by taking all union labor out of the organization an! its affiliates. The resolution containing the proposal was said to have bee; prompted by a fancied insult offered Mathew T. Woll, a vice presides of the American Federation of Labor, who, it will be recalled, pre sented labors case from the same platform with Governor Allen Kansas. H. A; Clark, president of the Flint Glass Workers, took the floo in opposition to the resolution and voiced the view of the sane, pro gressive workmen of our land. This is the very last thing that labor can afford to do, he said Instead of antagonizing business men we should make it our busi ness to court their favor and friendship. Instead of getting out o the business mens organizations, we should get into them and pres ent our cause whenever possible before unprejudiced bodies. That Clarks stand was indorsed by his own men is evidence by the fact that the resolution was overwhelmingly defeated. o: Mr. Cox says that if he is elected he will readjust the affairs civilization. Why not take in the moon and Mars? c How many Shamrocks does it take to bring good luck? Cox and Roosevelt say they are for the League of Nations an have begun to study up on the subject to find out what it is the are for. Perhaps the Bolsheviki refused the armistice for fear that the would never get out of the war. Dieting bn restaurant food causes the pocketbook to lose wcigl rapidly. |