Show II Daily Editorial Digest The Nonpartisan League in Minnesota r HE attempt of ot the NonpartIsanS Nonpartisan NonI Non- Non T THE I partisan partIsanS league to kidnap tho Republican primaries In Minnesota which filled failed by a a. narrow margin to select the leagues league's ues ue's candidate has resulted In an expression of ot mixed emotions emotions emo emo- Lions from the American press While While some Iome papers are exceedIngly exceedingly exceed exceed- ly gratified with the result a great many writers view with alarm what the they consider the spreading of ot the socialistic In Influences Influences Influences In- In for tor which the defeated candidate for the nomination for governor stood The Springfield Union Rep considers that the regular Republicans Heans won won handsomely but points out t that bat at had the they been defeated It woul havo have meant tho the virtual passing of oC the Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican party at least as aa a controlling controlling con con- trolling factor In state politics Tho election was a Jolt for iho ho Butte Dutte Miner Dem declares s e especially considering considering con con- the strength of ot the opposition opposition op op- op- op position to the leader In Inthe Inthe the rural nUal districts where the Nonpartisan league boosters agents and others of ot the Town- Town must have done their utmost Indeed In the opinion n of ot the Kansas CIl City Journal Jour Tour nal Rep The league has not experienced such a decided wetback setback for forthe forthe forthe the pa past l ten years year and it Is cause for jO Joy among the that the tho league ue vote voto was so small that even If It It combines with th the Democratic or Socialist parties OJ It St will vill not provide sufficient sufficient suf suf- strength tren th to endanger cr Republican Republican Re Re- publican success The results show sn-s sn the Duluth Herald Ind md that Mr 11 Is slipping sUppIng and further that that- The common sense of or the people peo- peo Pie lc is to be relied on In nn n emergency em emer r. r gency that on tho the whole the peonIes juc Judgments are sound and right that nobody but the people Is 8 fit to decide who shall be candidates candidates can can- for office and that the tho primary election system despite is Us defects Is still the right system tem for or getting results in a popular popular popular pop pop- ular government It was vas vas' a victory victor for tho Inde- Inde voters oters according to the Fargo Forum Rep not uSo of ot any extraordinary strength In fn their their- ticket hut because of ot the amazing weakness of or the league vote and althou although h hundreds of thousands of t r dollars dollar spent In n what was wa probably the tho most intensive political campaign that Minnesota has hag o ever aver witnessed the league shows a 1 loss of ot more than votes Wo We have havo probably seen Town Town- rise to its highest level In this state says sas the thc Minne- Minne Tribune Rep and we may Imay may anticipate a steady if it not no noI a a rapid decline but the New NewYork NewYork NewYork I York Times Ind md Dem refuses to concede more than that the danger Is to over o for the tho present The Republicans in Minnesota It 11 believes es must look at tho the situation situation situation situa situa- tion with disquietude for the tho I Nonpartisan league ue will renew Its attack with reformed ranks furthermore I Minnesota has cause caule for tor apprehension ap at- at when the Republican party Is so mysteriously infected with that the canI candidate can can- I for fOI the gubernatorial nomination nom noni- has to make a vigorous 1 fight on the platform of or AmericanIsm Americanism Ameri Amen to defeat the Nonpartisan league with tho the Issue in doubt when two-thirds two of ot the votes were In fn Representing I the viewpoint of ot the thc league Itself and echoing the warning expressed b by the Time Times that the thc battle battlo isn't over o the Fargo F N. N D. D News Courier league tikes takes for its its' slogan an the wor word of oC Paul Jones I r hav lav ejust begun besun to fight It goes gacs on Rendered desperate bY bv their narrow escape from loss of ot power and prestige e in Minnesota the thc rc c interests of ot the countr country have Ve launched a powerful attack upon the peoples people's administration and the peoples people's industria program program program pro pro- gram in this state The Tho people In every evory state are uniting wallin anxiously to learn that North Dakota has once again stood for her Ideals firm behind her program program pro pro- gram ram of economic freedom and I true to hersel herself According to the Louisville I I Courier Journal Dem Dens tho the ef effect effect of- of feet of ot the tho close fought foucht campaign is s not to bo be reckoned as a 3 serious defeat lefeat to the followers of or Mr r. r I TownIe Townley The Tho Nonpartisan league has 1 been busily in Minnesota Minne- Minne sota for tor more than a year car I and the result of the recent primary election will encourage It to to even oen I more zealous Invasion I IThe The Sioux City la Ta Journal Rop Rot is mint to grant that the thc situation so 10 far rc reveals als any decisive victory Ictor I The defeat of or the n candidate In the tho Minnesota rJ m marIs otte offers rs little basis from which to determine the political I mind of ot that state except that parties have hac been heen broken brokon up in inthe the 8 sense nse that th alignment of voters I cannot connot be determined except on I immediate questions before ther them S Tho The figures show that the tho I- I rc regular lar Republicans are aro In control con con- trot But In the general election what will be bo the result when there hf arc on the I vote voter concerning tho the party ho mu must t vote vole The rIa only onh wn way wa the Journal be- be I Hewes that the Nonpartisan leaguers rs can be bo defeated under the clr circumstances Is for tor Republicans l- l cans and antI Democrats to combine an cia das this is practically Impossible Impo sible in a n pr presidential year rear it concludes that each will have hac I Its ticket FO so that to the league ue will be divided PointIng Point Point- Point 1 Ing out the danger lAn er of or this pOInt pOInt-I the tho Washington Post Ind md urges that both Democrats and md Republicans 1 b be wary and make mae sure that the preliminary 1 victory c tor of or ortho the tho primaries be hut a prelude to a 1 great contest that it Is ex expected expected ex- ex will n-lU tear out the Nonpartisan Non Non- partisan n league root And nd branch from flom the body politic I The Tho Spokane Spokesman Re view leW Ind md Rep flop considers that the Minnesota Aola results Eho show a tendency of or the tho people opla to cling j I Ito to their party parly lines and eliminate the of or government go by byn bya h n II class from their consideration They y were wert to partisan re responsibilities ro- ro it concludes and I the hopes that a 8 multiplicity of I candidates would pJ play piny into Inlo Townley's Town Town- leys ley's hands were thereby Jp r 4 I Th rhe v Ia aAd the Milwaukee h Journal and j resent opposing views taken by y man many writers the former believes that results result show that sentiment for on the Nonpartisan an len league Is growing In tho West while white the latter ller considers that It Ills is losing strength Democratic tic Treaty Plank The Tho Virginia platform declaring for tor the ratification of ot the treaty and the league guo covenant without reservations which would Impair impal Its Ita essential Int integrity was th the basis of ot the tho administrations administration's resolution resolution reso reso- lution at San n Francisco A majority ma ma- of ot the tho committee at ot th the suggestion of ot Senator Walsh o ot of Massachusetts added od ed an ap amendment amendment amendment amend amend- ment providing that the tho par party y dl did not oppose reservations which make more clear or specific our ou obligations to the associated na na- na- na ions How flow an any member of or the com corn could have havo convinced himself himself him him- self that this amendment was wa lent equivalent to an indorsement o otho ot of otI I tho the Ix Lodge reservations Is ble ble IIo to understand at this dIstance e from tho the convention con The Lodge reservations did not make more mor clear or more specific our obligations obliga- obliga lions Ions under the covenant On the contrary they repudiated an any obligation ob oh- except as ns congress might choose to assume one and th thy 7 left our responsibilities under th the league beCoS befogged ed beyond tion Taking the tho text of ot the tho Walsh amendment as us transmitted from fron S San n Francisco tho the World can find no fault with Ith it at all On the contrary we heartily approve of it as a a. wise and farsighted provision provision pro pro- vision for an honest compromise that will leave leavo the covenant paired No o advocate of the league unless ho puts pride of ot opinion above the tho realities of ot the situation situa- situa lion tion could object to it The plank as amended makes a clear cut issue between the Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic and Republican parties The Republican convention on refu refused cd to toj Indorse the league Teague of or nations 1 It j commended all aJl the Republican senators who had murdered the j treaty ty those who belonged to tho the battalion of ot death as well as those who ho voted for the treaty with the thc I Lodge reservations It offered no hope of or a a. war ar wrecked civilization except a a. mythical association o or of nations an association that exists exist only In the tho minds of a group ot 01 old guard Republican politicians To the league of ot nations nation that is al alI already already al- al ready established to the tho league o ot of I which all an the great countries except except ex ex- the United States and German Germany Germany Ger Ger- man many are aro members the Republican can party and tho Republican cand candidates candidates can can- d are completely tic Instead of oC weakening the Democratic Democratic Dem Den attitude toward tho the lea league ue th tho Walsh amendment makes It tho the more distinct It shows a 3 Dem Democratic cr Uc party part unreservedly committed to the covenant yet et a a. party that is ready to 0 accept an any honest reservations that clarify clarity the obligations of 0 the United States and make them sp specific ape ape- chic What more could any friend of lof the league desire New New York Tork World Dem President Wilsons Wilson's W l s In th he San Francisco convention do not I speak with knowledge and they thoy c speak with authority when the they declare th there re is nothing m ui his league of ot nations to menace the powers of ot the United States government government gov gov- or shackle the liberties 0 or o. orthe the American people These Thes s' s spokesmen of or Mr Ir Wilson dont don't I know They cannot settle th this th's s question They cannot forecast its I outcome We Americans are the thc o only nt ones to determine such matters matters mat mat- mat mat-I tel'S 1 pow now ow But Dut after tho the league had taken taleen over our national as assets assets as as- sets and avails it would not bo be for forus forus or us It ft would be for others to de de- de- de cid chIc cide e. e President Wilsons Wilson's platform m makers beat the tho devil around the bush when they the say ho he will consent consort to explanatory or 01 clarifying notes on the text of ot the treaty treat but will permit nothing that will change chonge its substance The clarification must be true or It will be u useless It must bo be final or It will be n a trap Either Mr Wilsons Wilson's covenant intends to scrap the tho Monroe doctrIne doctrine doc doe trine trina or It R does not If Mt does In Intend Intend In- In tend end to scrap the Monroe doctrine It Intends to relegate us out c rf Cf t the determination of our own af affairs affairs a- a af- af fairs in our own part of ot the world If It it does docs not so 50 Intend to scrap th the Monroe doctrine there can c o oTie no Tie sound objection to writing ln Into o oa a covenant nant that such a thing thinS shall shan not be I Either Mr II Wilsons Wilson's covenant Intends in intends intends In- In tends to prevent this nation from I exercising Its free Tree will In behalf of Mt or against any other othet nation or I nations or It does not If It it does doe so intend to limit our Independent action It alms aims to make null and void old the the- fundamental law taw of ot this land If lf It does toes not so Intend no American should over ever hesitate to put it in the tho bond that th such things shall sl not be bc Either r Mr 11 Wilsons Wilson's covenant Inte Intends to amend the constitution of ot tho United d Stated limit the sov soy of ot the nation Internationalize alize alIe our government go an and make mako the American k people subject to a a. or or- eign or it does docs not If It It does intend all or any of those things it never noer can bring the American people knowingly to ac accept accept no- no nn any part of ot Mr Wilson's Wilsons tr treaty aty If It It toes does not intend that these thle things s shall lI bo be done dono or at attempted attempted attempted at- at tempted there Is nothing simpler r. r straighter and cleaner than tl to rooke th the covenant sa say in plain Rp specific language as the thc United States senate Renate has demanded that 11 these things shall not t be Either Mr Wilsons Wilson's ons covenant I Is honest hon st or It Is not honest If It it itIs itIs Is honest there ca cannot not be fair Calr protest protest protest pro pro- test against t making it so 80 express Itself that not even a a. di dishonest reader render can twist Into its something the American people p never could rould consent deliberately to have e there Either the tho defenders of ot Mr Wilson's Wilsons Wilsons Wilson's Wil Wil- sons son's covenant ore are honest or they are arc not honest If It they are honest hones thc they ou ought ht to be bo willing they ought to tobe be glad Iad the they ought to be be determined that the covenant shall I to so clearly and definitely express Itself to us and to the tho whole world that the things which they say fire are not lIn liable l to come to pass pas against American could not bl bly come to pass New New York Toik and Herald Und Ind |