Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-07-28 | Page 6 | Moe Debate

MORE DEBATE. The hourtc of representatives is to adjourn ad-journ for four or five weeks, and legislation legis-lation will bo halted while the senators are talking for or against tho peace treaty and tho league of rations covenant. cove-nant. It is impoHsiMo to state how long it will bo beforo the matter is allowed to com to a vote, sinco the senators have no cloturo rule which could be invoked even by a tired and disgusted majority of tho members. Perhaps a vote will be taken by September, but there is no certainty about tho matter. We seo no reason why tho agony should be prolonged to tho great detriment of tho business of the country. It is claimed in Homo quarters that a sufficient suffi-cient number of senators to do certain cer-tain things have been lined up. If that bo true they should go ahead and do these things in order that tho people of tho country may find out just where they stand. The fact that action on the covenant is being delayed leads to suspicion sus-picion that the claims of tho frock-coated frock-coated gentlemen whoso voices nro still for war arc pure bunk; that they are skirmishing around trying to make a partisan issuo out of it and that they will not allow the epicstion of ratification ratifica-tion to como to a vote until they are no longer able to resist tho forco of public sentiment. Wo aro confident that a gTeat majority ma-jority of American citizens have made up their minds that the covenant should be ratified. If it is not ratified it will be impossible for those responsible for its defeat to mako explanations. The hyphenates nro not numerous enough in the United States to elect a president on tho leaguo issue, although they are all-powerful in some of tho congressional congres-sional districts. Tho senators should not mako any mistake regarding this mattor. All the leading churchmen of the country favor tho league of nations and quite recently Cardinal Gibbons made a positivo declaration upon tho subject. Bishop "Williams has also ranged himself alongside other eccle-siasts eccle-siasts in tho fight for lasting peace. Church papers all over the land advocate advo-cate ratification and no exception to the rulo as regards press and pulpit is to be found here in Utah. The great spiritual teachers of all creeds and schools of thought arc speaking out in no uncertain tones and tho timo will come when tho senators who just now obstruct tho path to peace will bo compelled com-pelled to listen to reason, even though they decline to follow tho still small voice of conscience.