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Show 7 THE CITIZEN I. 3; PERFIDIOUS POLITICS-- S3 '"vNE of the maxims of L that prince of politicians, Machiavelli, was li you are guilty of anything, accuse 5 your enemy of it" y Mr. Cox whether know not 3 'e do i$I is a disciple of Machiavelli. It may j lie h I ' v s , $ l A; ' ' .v ' ' hat he is quit a ciever as Mach iavelli without ever having read The It may be that the MachiaPrince. vellian principles come to him as an inspiration of his own genius for per fidious politics To the observer with the least experience in politics it is evident that Mr. Cox is striving to shake off the defensive and assume the aggressive. He sees that the Democratic administration is on the defensive and his political experience teaches him that a successful politician must be on the aggressive. He knows a deal about German strategy. Perhaps he never read Clausewitz or Von Bernhardt. Perhaps his own geuius for political strategy suggests to him the peril of always permitting the enemy to attack. Mr. Cox has invented i j ' the campaign senatorial oligarchy because the present occupant of the White House is, so to speak, a convicted autocrat. The Democratic candidate must have something in his artillery to equal the range of the Republican guns. And so he adopts the charge 'A phrase that Mr. Harding is to be ruled by a senatorial oligarchy. Mh Coxs methods remind us of German diplomacy during the war. Somehow all of his strategy suggests the Hun method that is to say, the method of those who ruled and destroyed the German people. At times, he says, the upper branch of congress has exceeded its constitutional authority and it is dominated now with an arrogance without precedent. When the Germans invaded Belgium they said that it was necessary because the allies had intended to invade Belgium. When they burned towns they said that the allies had intended to invade Germany and burn towns. When they took hostages and slaughtered them they said that the allies had planned to do the same thing. When they used poison gas they said that the allies had prepared to use poison gas. In a word, the Germans committed many kinds of - atrocities. . TJiey were gullty and they could not escape the condemnation the world; therefore they said that their enemies were going to do the same things. It was always a case of the Germans doing and of the allies going to do. That is the Cox strategy. The crimes he knows his own party and administration to be guilty of he tries to fasten on the Republican By F. P. Gallagher Senatorial oligarchy is going to do this and it is going to do that. The weakness of Mr. Coxs position is that the Democratic administration has already been guilty of the offences. Reflect on the certain consequences of a senatorial oligarchy taking over the presidency and depriving it of the characteristic of leadership which the constitution intended. Reflect on the defiance of the constitution by the autocrat of the White House. Reflect that he has governed this country by war measures because he has not know how to govern by constitutional methods The president has been guilty of doing these things, sas the wily Mr. Cox to himself; therefore I must make it apear as if he Republicans woud be guilty of the same things or worse. , party. The 4 The truth is that the senate of the United States has been loyal to America and that the president has, wit-tingly or unwittingly, sought - to -tray the country into the hands of a foreign oligarchy. Mr. Cox should name the senators senatorial olibelonging to. the garchy who have been guilty of a creed of hate and intrigue." Does Senator Reed of Missouri, who is supporting the Democratic nominee, belong? Does Senator Walsh of Massa- -be- is opposed to the League of Nations because he believes it the greatest military alliance ever planned by man, belong to that oligarchy? Do the twenty other Democratic senators who voted for the Lodge reservations belong to that oligarchy? chusetts, who As a Democratic spouter for the League of Nations the Democratic nominee is a year behind the times. Long ago we heard the twaddle about the mothers of the country being for the league because it would make war practically impossible. And while the presidential nominee goes about the country using this exploded argument his running mate tells the people that the League is simply the League to Enforce Peace, which was devised before we entered the war. And Mr. Roosevelt is right It is just that it is a colossal military machine. The League to Enforce Peace was a plan built up by those who favored an alliance of Great Britain and the United will States to impose the Anglo-Saxo- n on theTworld by military-mig- ht. Mr.. Carnegie and others financed the idea for years. The other day the council of the League of Nations was about to name a military staff, but in great haste the plan was dropped. President Wilson and others, who are the chief camou (Continued on Page 10.) i The supporters of Sylvester Q. Cannon believe that he is eminently qualified to cope successfully with the problems con- fronting the state of Utah i; FINANCIAL INDUSTRIAL LABOR CAPITAL I i i i i SYLVESTER Q. CANNON i i I 1 j ! Utah needs roads. Mr. Cannon is a ROAD BUILDER. His years of experience will save the state vast sums of money. 3 4 1 li 'li: I I I j Candidate for Governor before the Republican State Convention Mr. Cannon was born in Salt Lake County 43 years ago. His nomination will help insure the election of the entire State Republican ticket. . (Paid Advertisement) j |