Show The Opening Sp Speech ch I F tho keynote of Senator Lodges Lodge's speech at Chicago of President Wilson and was n a bitter arraignment it be said with truth it was vas no nomore nomore nomore his S dynasty may more bitter than the tho Presidents President's arraignment of Congress Congress Con Con- told the railroad brotherhoods brotherhoods brotherhoods brother brother- gress when at its close he be body of men hoods it was a hopeless S Senator Lodge seems to have bae accepted tho View of or Henry Watterson prophetically expressed some years cars ago that at the end of Mr Wilsons Wilson's second term there v. v would ouId be no Democratic party bu but only a Wilson party His quarrel was not so much with Democrats as with Mr DIr Wilson and his bis dynasty his hc heirs rs and assigns or an anybody body that is his his anybody anybody who with bended knee has served his bis purpose must be driven from rom control of tho the United from itom all influence upon the government go States They mustS be driven fr from m office not because they thoy are Democrats but because Mr l Wilson Vilson stands for fora a fi theory of administration and government which is is not American said Senator Lodge This indictment obviously is based upon the course the President has pursued with reference to th the treaty b hia a assumption of authority to negotiate neg a peace with G Germany without conference or consultation with anybody anybody any any- body without 1 su suggestion es i n even from LL I- L his own party adI ad ad- 1 and then to In interweave eave eI inc ne m U wi il L n negotiated covenant with other nations so 50 that the two could not be separated and finally to bring tho the document document docu docu- ment mont home with a dic dictum um that it must not be altered in m in many any respect whatever cr This is where tho the trouble began which arouses tho the indignation and supplies the charge of Lodge that the President is un-American un and constitution de in that he ignored and sought to override o the tho fundamental fundamental fun fun- law of the land conferring coequal power powers verS in in treaty making upon the tho Senate in order to have his way Senator Lodge believes the President was not only willig willing willing will will- ing ig to fu nullify the powers of the Senate to accomplish his purpose but that he meant to compel the Senate to accept ac ac- ac the league o of nations in order to secure peace with Germany The he unyielding and imperi imperious us attitude he has as assumed assumed as- as sinned e ever cr since his first formal demand furnishes further further fur fur- f r- r ther ground for the senators senator's accusation that the President President dent is obsessed with his o own n importance and dangerous to the administration of free government It remains to be bo seen in the action of the tho Democratic convention to be held in San an Francisco whether the line of demarcation between the the self opinionated and autocratic autocratic autoerotic auto auto- cratic erotic position of the President and the platform of the I Democratic party shall be bo so well defined as to justify I the senators senator's theory that the President alone is responsible responsible sible for the tho ills of which he be complains If the party assumes the responsibility for Mr Wilsons Wilson's acts if it pronounces in favor of his course and defends his plans the issues will be joined and the people will vill willbe be called upon to decide If on the other hand the San Francisco convention shall adopt resolutions more in accordance with the suggestions of Mr Bryan which are in favor of the reservations proposed by the Senate Mr Wilson Vilson will be repudiated and the tho prediction of Henry W may be verified The speech of Senator Lodge was a masterly effort It Tt rings with patriotism and cut clean American doc doe trine It reads almost like a Presidents President's message to Congress It deals w with th public problems in vigorous and fashion and sets forth the accomplishmentS accomplishments accomplishment accomplish accomplish- ments ment of Congress of-Congress against many obstacles with convincing convincing convincing ing clearness Incidentally it is 3 a masterpiece of scholarly scholarly schol schol- arly any diction Possibly not as a reward but at least as asa asa a distinction the convention did well to perpetuate the senator as its permanent chairman The Pick Picketing ting Nuisance IT I T is difficult to understand what the women expect toI to I 1 gain by picketing the Republican convention Indeed Indeed Indeed In In- deed it is difficult to understand what they e expect to gain by picketing anywhere Secretary of State Colb Colby recently has had to send senda a note of apology to England for the action of pickets who destroyed a British flag in front of the British embassy at W Washington Such exhibitions of emotion are peculiarly feminine bu but are arc not dignified and are seldom effect effective e eThe The spectacular display in front of the Coliseum is is supposedly intended to terrify the Republicans into doing doing doing do do- ing something to compel backward Republican states such as Vermont or Connecticut to hold a special session session ses ses- ses- ses sion Sian of the legislature and forthwith ratify the suffrage suf suf- suf- suf fr frage frago ge amendment We will make demonstration our emphatic they are quoted as saying so 60 that the tho assembled Republicans Republicans Heans may know that resolutions and vague promises will not satisfy us any more than the empty empL phrases of Pres President dent Wilson I It is well to be diligent and alert in any cause and the women have reason to feel disappointed that Delaware Delaware Dela Dela- ware upon which which their hopes were were centered failed y yet t it is dif difficult cult to see what results they can expect from the national convention now in session in Chicago U The oThe h best t the tho convention could do o would be to pass resolutions favoring oring immediate action by the tho backward sf states tes and this these militant women decry against What promises promises' can the tho convention make ake about jio ii by a a. thirty-sixth thirty state state that would be binding There is not much question but that the suffrage amendment amend- amend ment will be bo ratified by another state but butr it cannot be bed bedone bedone d done ne in Chicago and all tho the militancy and display of terrible with banners cannot cannot evoke an effective ef- ef guarantee from governors and legislatures IC hun- hun rr ds of miles away awny The Tho sensible women should find vay ray to pu put a quietus on the member of the suffrage who think there is virtue in the nuisance of 21 k 4 L planks in the platforms ought to show who wh has b n wood d' d l t. t p. p 1 f The Oakland Revelation I F the disclosures at tho the It syndicalism trial at Oakland Oakland Oakland Oak- Oak land may be relied upon as true truo they reveal a a. condition condition condition condi condi- tion of ferment just lust underneath the industrial structure there and throughout tho the country that simply awaits an opening to be a gusher of terrorism Tho The trouble tro with the most of such revelations is that h t they are nrc not true or greatly exaggerated and arid usually made mado by some sorno disgruntled disgruntled disgruntled dis dis- dis- dis traitor to a n. cause causo ho he seeks Beeks to expose in order to get even with somebody Such evidence is always of doubtful value alne It is is known that San lt Francisco and Oakland are breeding nests of anarchy and the rendezvous for I. I W. W W. W and radicals of the toughest variety The bomb plots which culminated in an effort to blow up the preparedness parade in San Francisco in 1916 and which were unearthed unearthed un un- by the tho prosecuting officers not only demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- that those cities are honeycombed with radicals but the tho evidence before the court developed that nn an I. I W. W W. W cannot be believed even eyen when he be speaks tho the truth A betrayer is usually a crook a 0 coward who will testify to anything to save savo his own neck and Edward Alverson who yesterday gave such details as to tho the program program program pro pro- gram of murder arson loot and plunder of tho the capItalistic capitalistic capitalistic capital capItal- class that the tho radicals of Oakland were about to fu undertake was formerly an letHe active official of the tho communist communist com corn labor party parl Unless corroborated his evidence eviden e is not worth much It reads more like the tho scenario of a lurid photodrama than the truth The names of victims marked for quick dispatch the newspapers to be blown up the tho hostages to be and held for assassination tion each time a red might be killed killed entitle entitle Mr Alverson erson to credit for a most vivid imagination if he heis heis heis is not telling tho the truth and for a most excellent memory if ho is However each case of syndicalism conspiracy treason trea son against the go government or threat to kill or burn burner or destro destroy should receive the most searching investigation by the officers of the law as an ounce of prevention is is worth a long ton of cure I I A Stern Reminder I II I T N the heat hent of the world war ar the Prussian military machine resorted to diabolical methods calculated to frighten the world into submission to an iron and repulsive repulsive sive sivo program The Prussian officers erred in their estimate es es- es- es i of human nature for it was proven that what I they ho hoped d would strike terror reversed itself and created created creat creat- ed cd greater resistance and determination to stop the Hun These things are brought back to us in reports from Nova Scotia where a small boy w was s badly injured whilo while playing with a German souvenir carried from the field of battle A fishing rod proved to be a destructive infernal in in- ini i fernal machine conceived by German cunning It should be a stern reminder to those who ho go about the country clamoring for forgetfulness of the diabolical outrages committed by the thc Prussian military machine during tho the conflict The German crimes against humanity were too loo great to be so quickly forgotten The Tho utmost secrecy seems to surround departure of the government go transport with its cargo of congressional congressional congressional junketers who are arc to visit Hawaii the Phil Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- p- p pines Japan and China for the purpose of gathering hand first information afraid of Probably taxpayers taxpayers' submarines I Down with the Wilson dynast dynas dynasty and Let us accept accept accept ac ac- ac- ac a mandate for tho the government of the United States are catch phrases that may into slogans for the Republican campaign Bryan is at least sincere Having HaTIng declared d for a adry adry dry cIry plank in the Democratic platform ho he now subtly suggests that the Republicans use the s same me timber To be sup superintendent t of schools of a city of souls going on is pretty good for a a. mere Child Half a loaf is better than no vacation |