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WILLIAM J. BRYAN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
VOL 20, NO. 2
Lincoln, Nebraska, February, 1920
Whole Number 730
The Nation's '
Humiliation
Tho Republican leaders of the Senate can not
escape responsibility for one of tho greatest
humiliations ever brought upon our nation. The
Republicans have control of the Senate; they
have spent more time on reservations than the
Peaco conference spent on tho treaty; they havo
denied the nation the privilege of concluding
peace vhen the other nations exchanged ratifica
tions; they have 'shamed us before tho world;
they have disappointed the republics called into
existonce by our example and have put this, the
greatest of republics, in the position of being
unable to make a treaty. They have carried
their hostility to the President1 so far as to deny
to our executive the honor, fairly won, of being
the first president of the League of Nations. Up
to this time the Republicans must hear the
blame let not the Democrats .share it'tjy tbjlay- ,
ing ratification. ,- ". . WJ. BRYAN.
SUGGESTION FOR CARTOON,
Edwards and Smith carrying a beer barrel
between thorn, marked 'the ark of the Coven
ant," with motley crowd following, each one
ith a bottle, ' marching under a banner- "San
Francisco or Bust." Under picture, write" "As
the Wets Would Have It."
BRAVE DEMOCRATS
Tho Democrats of the Housetook a long step
in advance when by a vote of 106 to 17 they
declared against universal compulsory military
training, it was a brave and' timely act. They
have written one plank in the next Democratic
Platform. Next!
The candidates, both Republican and Demo
cratic, seem a little timid about expressing them,
seves on prohibition. If they are so badly
nghtened by the vanquished wets they had bet
ler cultlvato the victorious drys. -
MET THE MAJORITY RULE
Sta th undersiSned members of the United
.es Senate, believing . in the right ot the
mor i t0 rUlQ and bolng ".nwillijig to make it
WaJ. ult to conclude peace than to declare
them by aBreo to use our votes (by casting
lt 0l 'withholding them) as to enable a major-
record elected members .(49 of the 96) to
tion V two"tllirds vote in favor of the raffica.
ttvatto the treaty Wlth 6ermany wIth such res"
on a"8 aS SUCh ma;Jority' voting for ratifica
dersj gree Upon. Provided that each of the un-
each r BhaU be free t0 vote convictions on
deal 8ervatiPn and at liberty to urge 'any
oUr nati ngQ In Ul LeaSue of Nations after
as i8 vn !8 a member thereof. Such a course
ini J 0Ve outlined would hasten ratification
cato the responsibility for delay.
t W. J. BRYAN.
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1904
Over Again?
The Wprld's bold effort to nominate Mr.
Hoover in any old party recalls its activity in
1904. It picked out Mr. Parker as the candidate
who could lead the party to victory Of course,
it knew that his 'financial backers were in real
ity J. Pierpoint Morgan, August Belmont and
Thomas F. Ryan the men who In 1912 wore
mentioned by name and specifically excluded
from the control of the convention by a resolu
tion adopted by a vote of more than four to one.
The representatives of the Parker organization
made prodigal promises of campaign funds and
by means, of these promises secured enough dele
gates to give their cand'date a majority of the
convention, and this majority was soon swelled
to the necessary twc-third.s. It is not the pur
pose of this editorial to discuss the World's in
timate connection with the Parker boom and its
backers but rather to draw a warn'ng from his
tory. As soon as the convention was over, tho
National Committee was organized on a pure
ly money basis. One of 'the most influential
leaders in tho party, after speiiding tho day with
the committee, wrote me expressing his disgust
that money was the only thing talked about;
no thought of principles or of the benefits which
the people should receive from a Democratic
victory just money, money, money.
When the time came for the campaign con
tributions to roll in they did not roll, and the
financial burden of the campaign fell upon Au
gust Belmont and Thomas F. Ryan, who, it must
be admitted, did their best to make good the
promises made in securing the delegates. They
informed tho committee that tho men from
whom they expected to get contributions had
refused to give and an Investigation made some
years afterwards showed that Belmont and Ryan
had to bear almost the entire expense of the
campaign. The World may be able to Inform
its readers about how much these two men con
tributed. A few days before the election, Judge Parker
learned from a friend that the financiers of
Wall Street had met and agreed to throw their
support to President Roosevelt, then a candidate
CONTENTS
' IS IT 1904 OVER AGAIN?
THE NATION'S HUMILIATION
LET THE MAJORITY RULE
SECRETARY HOUSTON PRWIOTBD
THE WORLD AS A "WARWICK .
A BIT OF HISTORY
RAISING THE BLACK FLAG
MR HOOVER'S STATEMENT
SECRETARY MEREDITH
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THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAN
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a PEOPLE'S CONSTITUTION
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for ro-eloction. to gay ihaffrudgo Parker waa
astonished is stating tho caso vory mildly. Ho
was "astounded to find that moni who claimed
to bo Democrats and who had no personal, po
litical or pecuniary reason for opposing Mr.
Parker were going to join in making Mr. Roose
velt's majority as largo as possible Tho rea
son, of course, was that Wall Stroet financiers
havo no politics; thoir vote is ontiroly a matter
of money atMnuch so as tho vote of the man
who sells His vte for a few dollars, only thoir
price runs up into big figuros and is measured
by the advantage their bus' n ess is to derive from
tho control of the government.
Judge Parkor. unable to suppross h's indignn
tion, made a speech in New York, calling at
tontion to the support that Wall Strcot was giv
ing Mr. Roosevelt. I well remember tho sor
sation Mr. Parker's speech caused. I was cam
paigning In Indiana at the time and mot one of
our speakers just after reading the mQrninju
paper. "Have you road Judge Parker's spooch,"
said he. "Yes," I replied. "Ho brings a very
strong indictment against Mr. Roosevelt." "It
looks like we are not going to get any Wall
Street funds," said the Democratic speaker. Not
very long afterward, I mat another prominent
Democrat and practically tho samo dialogue en
sued. Judge Parker's speech was pathetic but
Democrats accented it as notico that there had
been some unexpected interruption in tho flow
of money from Wall Street to the Democratic
Committee Mr. Roosevelt at once replied to
Judge Parker in vory abrupt and offensive
language. If Mr. Parker had been In pos'Uon
to challenge Mr. Roosevelt to havo h's com
mittee join the Democratic Committee immedi
ately in publishing the contributions rece'ved
he could have silenced the Republican candi
date, but tho Democratic Commi J ?e was in no
better position than the Republican Comra'ttoe
to show its books. That was before "publicity
before the election" law went Into effect. Elec
tion day came; all the so called Democratic
papers were supporting tho ticket; there was no
division in tho party; outwaTc'ly everything
seemed harmon'ous. All tho leaders were sup
porting the ticket, but among tho voters there
was the greatest unorganized protest ever
known in American politics. Judge Parker's
vote fell one million and a quarter below the'
Democratic vote of 1900 and it was also one
million and a quarter below the Demooratlc vote
of 1908, and the fall was nation wide- no sec
tion escaped tho disastrous blight of that year.
A little while after the election I met Sena
tor Daniels at tho home of Congressman Jones.
Senator Daniels, It will bo .-emembered, va one
of the leaders of the Parker movement. Sena
tor Daniels was idolized by the South and ad
mired by the party of the nation. He exerted
more Influence in behalf of Judge Parker than
any other delegate in the convention. During the
conversation at tho table Senator, Daniels said
to me. "MR. BRYAN, MANY OF THOSE WHO
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