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Show ASKS G. 6. P. TO .COMBAT LEAGUE WASHINGTON, May 2G. Senatoi tlorah of Idaho In a letter addressed to 4. E. Dunne, presldont of tho Sedgwick Itcpubllcnn club of .Wichita, .Wich-ita, Kan., which waa mado public hero today, denounced tho league of nations as a ' ticacherous schome " Ho nlso demunded that tho Republican Repub-lican party tako a stand in direct opposition op-position to tho leagueplan, nddlng: "If It falls to do so, some other political paily will tako up tho task." Thousands of Democrats, according accord-ing to tho senator uio deserting their party becauso Its chieftain, 1'rosldcnt Wilson made tho league plan tho pai-tjs pai-tjs properly. The senatoi 'a letter follows In full isoitAii'H letter i. full "I mil pleased to iccelve Uio resolutions reso-lutions of tho Sedgwick ilcpublican club denouncing tho ptoposcd leaguo of nations. I congrntulato your club upon Its courage, Its vision uud Its palrltlsm. A political party which would rail to tako a stand upon a question which Involves tho honor nnd ludopondcnco or our republic, would bo lit only for tho dorlslon and contempt or all patriotic men. Tho Sergwlck. Republican iclUb' has earned va plnco of dlstlnctloA and most of all, a plnco of honor In (Ids historic struggle . 'Those Hint uigo tna this is ndt n matter for political action shut' their oyes to tho facts,and close their1 nrluda to tho tilings which afo transpiring trans-piring about Us. It Is 'already a party par-ty matter. Tho second night bofoio tho president left for tho bccoikI tlmo for our forolgn capital ho called his party organlntlon Into consultation. MAUK A, PARTY; ISSUE I "Ono need not speculate on what took place. Tho ablo and faithful chairman of tho party hastened from tho Whlto House to tho first public rostrum nnd announced tho position or tho party and denounced all who opposed tho league as doing so for party reasons. It was then and there made and ever has been a party Issue Is-sue so far as tho Democratic party Is concerned. Do you know or any newspaper recognized as a party organ or-gan that Is not advocating It upon poity lines? They were all rar tho first draft becauso It was perfoct nnd they are all for tho second draft becauso a.i Uiey say, It has been 'rpn, ,-iproved. -. I ruo there nro thousands of lcj-1 I-.ucrats who, placing their country nbovo tholr partyt aro not for It, Theso men will never bo for tho party again whllo It stands for this treacherous BChemo. They nro entitled to tho commendation or their countrymen. Hut having left a pnr-ty pnr-ty becauso It Is for tho league, will thoy tako refuge with a party which , would have no policy In regnrd to It? i:.MAM)S OUTSPOI'K.V POMGV "Hut vastly moro Important Is this: Can a political party survive the mlseinblo lolo of having no word to utter, ns a paity to Its millions of supporters when the most vltnl problem ccr presented to our pedplo Is up for consideration? What Is a political party for? To steal Into ofllco upon passing Incidents and by reason or temporary blundeis and leave tho great questions which In-volo In-volo tho honor of our country and tho tranquility nnd tho happiness of our people as a whole to go unnoticed? unnot-iced? Tho great mass of tho people aro not members of a polltlcnl party for tho loaves and the fishes, haunted haunt-ed with nn eager appetite for tho fleshpots They aro there becauso It furnishes them tho method nnd the only method under ourYoim of government gov-ernment of ofrectuatlng tholr wishes wish-es and their purposes In regard to questions which touch most nearly tho welfaio of thelr'gQvernnient and the prosperity nnd power of tholr nation. Tho greater the ptobloin, therefore, tho moio scarchlngly It reaches) for tho Tundnmentnl principles princi-ples of government, tho moro quickly and boldly should a political organ-Intlon organ-Intlon speak forth. It must take n position In such a contioversy. KATi: Of IVIlia 1'ARTV "The old Whig party died in moral bankruptcy of sliced political fright. When the great question of slavery began to stir the hearts of tho Amur-. "I lean peoplo It would remain silent In oider to prcsorvo unity nnd enjoy harmony. It resulted In the harmony har-mony or the'.grave. Tho great Webster Web-ster In his 7th of March speech, expounded ex-pounded the principles of expediency expedien-cy ns no ninn over has, before or slnco. It was tho funeral oration of his party and a fearful moral satac-tropho satac-tropho In an otherwise noble life. . What tho organlatlon or tho party, did not have the courago to do, Its voters with ninny splemsld acquisitions, acquisi-tions, did do under another name. "Tho old federal party committed political suicide in the cnlth or Its j power by striking at the rights ot a froo press nnd free speoch, things! without which free Institutions nro a mockery. "No political party can live In a povcrnmont controlled by Its moral rorccsand public opinion and dedl-acted dedl-acted to liberty which reruscs to tako a position upon tho great problems ot national oxlstonco or which striko at the fundamental guarantees ot personal liberty. QUESTION FOR AMKKICANS "Wo havo up before ub tho question ques-tion of whother or not wo shall keep ourselves fioo from entangling alllan ces with European powers and whctli or wo shall keep tho western continent contin-ent free rrom tho Intrigues and con-' spiracles ot tho old world, whether wo shall dotormlno for oursolves and upon our own senso ot justice and righteousness when wo shall send our people to war or whether we shall delegate that power to a tribunal composed almost entirely of rorclgn-i ers; whether we shall keep our young men at homo frco from tho sacrifices ot war until our own sonso of duty and our own loyalty .to coun-, try demand otherwise or whother we shall send thorn to tho northern shambles of Asia or to pel form tho menial seivlco of pollco dogs In Eur- opo under tho order or tho council controlled by thoso who aro In no ' wise responsible to tho American' people. "In short tho question Is whethor this country will contlnuo to bo under un-der tho general control and domination domina-tion of thoso vbo live In It, sons and daughters ot those who made It treo, or whether It will bo dominated dominat-ed and 'vexed and qmb'arassed by thoso who owo no allegiance to tho tlag and havo no love ror our Institutions. In-stitutions. ASKS VOU FIKSI STAXI) "If theso questions nro not for party action and party declaration, pray what could be? And tho Republican Repub-lican party', the party which was organized or-ganized to destroy human slavery and preserve the union, Is the party above all which should be vigilant to protect the untramincled independence independ-ence nnd tho unchallenged sovereign-t sovereign-t ot this nation. "I hopo to see, and I expect to see the Republican parly tako n firm, open, compromising position upon nil these questions. I hope to see It en-, tor upon the task without hesitancy hesitan-cy or faltering to restoro tho American Ameri-can republic to tho American people, to re-establish n free press, freo speech and the right of peaceable assemblage as-semblage to reject once and for all tho doctrine that tho American constitution con-stitution can be subordinated to a pact with foreign powers. It cannot bo true to Its traditions and loyal to Its best days and do otherwise. It it rails to do so, some other political parly will tako up tho task." |