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Show POMERENIAN PERSUASION Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, Dom-ocrnto Dom-ocrnto member of tho foreign relations relat-ions committee, has returned to Wa shlngton from a speaking tour of his State. Tho character of the arguments argum-ents hohas used to his pcoplo in favor of tho league of nations Is Indicated In-dicated by a statement Issued from his desk at tho Capital. They (tho people) will bo satltlfed," declared tho Senator, "with the laguo covenant cov-enant that tho President will bring back ith him and will demand that the Senate accept It." Although with no lnformaton ns to what tho rovlsed covenant will contain, cither in Its provisions or the lauguago In which It Is frltte, Mr. Pomeieno assures as-sures his pcoplo that It la all right. That Is tho sort of persuasion that has been followed by tho proponents of tho league from tho first. Even before the league of nations took form In tho draft first presented to the world by President Wilson we weio assurod by such mon ns Senator Pomerene that Uio League was nocos- nry to cure tho Ills of tho world. When tho first constitution was road by Mr. Vllson It was hailed by Pomerene, Pom-erene, Taft, and others as the concro-to concro-to embodieilimcnt of what they liad In mind. Now with senrcca suggest-Ion suggest-Ion of what tho now, version Js to contained con-tained is accepted in advanco by tho league advocates as "Just tho thing. Evidently any sort of,n documont that purports to constitute a lengup of nations would have the sanction of such gontlomen. If their arguments argu-ments have proved ono thing abovo another It Is that they have been willing will-ing from the beginning to attach tho signatures to a blank sheet of paper and hand It over to Mr. Wilson to fill In as he saw fit. Their brains have ceased to function for the time being. They would have ho hesitation hesita-tion In abdicating entirely the treaty making power of the Senato and clothing the President with Bupremo and conclusive authority in such matters. mat-ters. Dut this is a government by the people and not by Individuals. How ever subservient somo Senators may be to the Executive mind, how-cver much they may wish to delegate their constitutional powers to the egotlstism tho White House, however great may be their desires to echo a placid "Yes" to every proposition our commuting President may placo before be-fore them the public will Insist that thoy perfoim their functions as u deliberative de-liberative body of men. Senators are not individuals -while occupying tholr sents In tho senate chamber and more than tho President is nn individual while Bitting at his official desk at the white house. They llko him, nro icpiesentatlv.ca of the pcoplo and It Is tholr duty to Interpert th(e will of tii eh- constituents, inthor than to substitute) boicfor a complacent en doseiuent of whatever emanates f lout tho Whlto Housei nt Washington Washing-ton and Pails. It i thelis to acqulo-rco acqulo-rco In tho will of tho people, rather than in tho will of a transient Executive. Exec-utive. Mr. Pomereiio places a poor ostl-niato ostl-niato upon tho Intelligence of tho pen pie of Ohio when ho brings them down to a plane with own subservient subservi-ent stato of mind. For a hunched years tho elections In this countiy havo demonstrated that our peopfo are not a dumb mass to bo led. but nro a gioup of thinking Individuals. In-dividuals. Ono yenr thoro mny bo nn overwhelming preponderance of view for certain policies, only to bo sitccoe ded a few years aftor by a tidal wave I of opinion in fvor of candidates who cany n grentoi appeal for popular support. So It will bo with the. league of nat Ions. Tho people every wheio aro dla cussing It, and whon tho now draft Is presented to thorn they will bo prepared to pubs Judgment upon it promptly, and let their reprjjfientat-ives reprjjfientat-ives In the Senate know tholr vordlct, One thing la cortaln, Mr. Pamor-no and Mr. Taft to tho contary notwlth " 'iiai in m mmmmmm standing, tho league has not been and will not bo accepted before It Is read, dissected, and analyzed- by a critical public, forowarned and foro armed by van Intimate acquaintance with Mr. Wilson's un-Amerlcanlsm in tho past. |