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COTTON
NEW YORK, June 26. —There iyere
rallies in the cotton market today
which brokers attributed largely to
covering for over the week-end after
recent more or general selling.
* October contracts sold up to 33.31, or
15 points above the closing price of
yesterday and 43 points above the
low level of yesterday afternoon.
/ That delivery closed at 33.03 with
thte general list ofj closing net un
cluißged to 17 points higher. July
was relatively firm on covering and
buving by trade interests.
The market opened steady at a de
cline of 6 to 17 points owing to favor
■ able weather reports and continued
unfavorable trade advices. The lat
ter included Manchester cables re
porting that stagnation of t'.ade was
even more pronounced during the
past week, with more buyers wanting
lb cancel orders and with manufac
turers’ engagements running down
rather rapidly. The small business
renort in domestic goods markets
also was a factor, but the firmer
- technical position of the market as
serted itself, and after showing de
clines of about 10 to 20 points the
market turned steadier.
July was relatively firm. a. face
which had a sympathetic influence on
the later months, but there was still
A good deal of bearish talk around
the ring and the rally to 32.0-. for
December, or about 20 points above
last night's closing quotation, met
scattered offerings. The advance m
July was well maintained, but latei
months showed closing reactions of
some 10 to 17 points. A Or
leans authority places the condition
of the crop at 70, compared with
66.5 last year, the figure being nearly
enough in line with reports published
earlier in the week to create no
fresh sentiment. The amount of cot
ton on shipboard awaiting clearance
was 112,676 bales against 194,10-
last year.
NEW YORK COTTON
The following were the ruling prices ts
Ihf exchn<z? today* .
Tone, steady; middling. 38.25 c, quiet.
Last Pre’
Open. High. low Sale Close Ci.-s*
Jan. .. 31 12 31.42 31.12 31.28 31.25 31.22
Meh . 30.62 30.05 30.62 30.80 30.80 30.75
May .. 30 =5
July .. 35.88 36.21 35.85 36.21 36.20 36.Q3
Oct. .. 32.90 33.13 32.85 33.05 33.03 32.98
Dec. .. 31.70 32.02 31-68 31.90 31.85 31.82
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, June 26.—The cotton
market today was during the greater part
of the session a regulation week-end af
fair with traders more inclined to even
np than to take on new business. There
was much covering of the short interest,
especially in July and at one time this
demand was good enough to put prices 11
.to 45 points over the close of yesterday.
July was sustained at al Itimes hy the
outcome of the first notices of yesterday
and at no stage of the trading was lower
than the close of yesterday.
At its lowest it was still fifteen points
ever yesterday’s final price. Around the
opening* and around the close the new crop
months were moderately depressed by good
weather and at their lowest they were 9
to 15 points down net. The market closed
•1 points higher to 15 points lower than
the cfcse of yesterday, July showing the
gain and January the widest loss.
The weather map was considered very
favorable, being warm and dry in all sec
tions of the belt, while the forecast called
for little change. The forecast caused
more selling than did the weather map
and the heaviest selling forced January
down to 31.04. *
The receipt here of the first bale of the
new crop, a week earlier than last year s
first bale, attracted some little comment.
It came from Edinburg, Texas, and was sold
at auction at the cotton exchange, bringing
a thousand dollars.
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
The following were the ruling pri e» In th»
ixcliange today:
Tone, steady; middling, 39.75 c, steady.
' Last tie*
Open. High. Low Sale. Close Close.
N Jan. .. 31.18 31.30 31.04 31.04 31.04 31.19
Meh. . 30.64 30.78 30.50 30.50 30.50 30.64
May 29.90 .....
July .. 36.00 36.30 36.00 36.06 36.06 35.85
Oct. .. 32.70 32.91 32.66 32.73 32.71 32.72
Dec. .. 31.68 31.87 31.57 31.65 31.63 31.67
NEW ORLEANS SPOT COTTON
NEW ORLEANS, June 26.—Spot cotton,
quiet; sales on the spot, 175; to arrive, 331.
Low middling. 30.25 c; middling, 39.75 c; good
middling, 43.75 c.
ATLANTA SPOT COTTON
Atlanta spot cotton 42.20 c
Receipts
Shipments ‘*9-;
Stocks ~.16,382
COTTONSEED OIL
NEW YORK, June 26.—1 n sympathy
with a sharp advance in lard products, the
cottonseed oil market was firmer today on
covering and closed 11 to 23 points net
higher. Sales. 4,000 barrels. Prime crude,
$13.50 bid; prime summer yellow, sjot,
*15.00; July. 815.30; September, $16.43;
December, $16.35, all bid. Prime winter
yellow, summer white, nominal.
Open. Close.
Spots 15.00 bid
January 16.21@16.50 16.40@16.60
June 14.75@15.30 15.00 bid
July 15.10@15.35 15.30@15.45
•August 15.70@16.00 15.85@16.00
September .. .. 16.35@16.38 16.43@16.49
October . • •• .. 16.30@16.35 16.40@16.u0
November .. .. 16.00@16.30 16.35@16.50
December 16.20@16.50 16.85@16.50
Tone, strong; sales 4,000.
AMERICAN! COTTON
AND GRAIN EXCHANGE
COTTON QUOTATIONS
\ . The following were the opening, highest.
lowest, close and previous close quota
tlons on the American Cotton and Graia
txebange of New York:
Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
Jan 31.30 31.42 31.12 31.25
Mar 30.60 30.85 30.60 30.8 K
July .... 35.80 36.25 35.80 36.19
Oct 32.90 33.10 32.90 33.02
Dec 31.73 31.93 31.90 31.86
ATLANTA COTTONSEED PRODUCTS
MARKETS
(Corrected by Atlanta Commercial
Exchange.)
Crude oil, basis prime, tank lots $13.25
C. S. meal, 7 per cent ammonia, 100-
ton lets 64.50
O. S. meal, Ga. common rate point,
100-ton lots 62.50
Cottonseed hulls, sacked, carlots
Cottonseed hulls, loose, carlots 17.50
No. 1 linters, 9; No 2 linters, 4; No. 3
Mnters, 2.
Money and Exchange
NEW YORK, June 26.—Mercantile paper.
7%c; exchange, easy; sterling 60-day bills.
392: commercial 60-day bills on banks, 392;
commercial 60-day bills, 391%; -demand.
396%; cables, 397%. Francs, demand, 8.24;
cables, 8.26. Belgian francs, demand. 8.67:
cables, 8.69. Guilders, demand. 35.65; ca
bles, 35.67. Lire, demand. 6.17; cables,
6.17. Marks, demand, 269; cables. 270.
New York exchange on Montreal, 12% per
cent discount.
Government bonds, easy; railroad bonds,
irregular.
Bar silver, domestic, 99%; foreign, 90.
Mexican dollars, 68%.
THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
GRAIN
CHICAGO, June
better transportation easbd the corn
market today but the effect was more
than counter-balanced later by weak
ness evening up and by fear of hot
wave damage to oats. Corn cl,osed
firm, 1 to 2 3-4 not higher.
In provisions the outcome ranged
from 7 cents decline to 20 cents ad
vance.
At first the bulls in corn were at
an evident disadvantage owing to an
nouncement by the railway labor
board that a retroactive wage award
would be given out on or before July
20. Thi > announcement was general
ly taken to mean improved efficiency
in traffic operations. The declines
■ which resulted, however, opened the
way for shorts to eliminate risk on
contracts open over Sunday. Mean
while, forecast of a hot wave led to
increased anxiety regarding the oats
crop, which is now at a critical
stage.
Bulges in the oats market ensued,
and a good deal of the late strength
of corn was plainly due to the action
of oats.
Provisions averaged higher with
grain and hogs. ,
CHICAGO QUOTATIONS
The following were the ruling prices is
the exchange today:
Prev.
Open. High. Low. Close. Close.
CORN—
July .... 1.74% 1.76% 1.74 1.76% 1.74%
Sept 1.67% 1.70 1.66% 1.69% 1.67%
OATS—
July .... 1.93% 1.94% 1.03% 1.04% 1.03
Sept 84% 87 84% 86% 84%
PORK—
July .... 33.50 33.82 33.50 33.77 33.55
Sept 35.60 35.77 35.20 35.77 35.85
LARD—
July .... 20.25 20.42 20.25 20.42 20.25
Sept 21.30 21.50 21.30 21.47 21.27.
-RIBS—
July .... 17.90 18.00 17.90 18.00 17.90
Sept 19.10 19.12 19.02 19.12 19.00
CHICAGO CASIf~QUOTATIONS
CHICAGO, June 26.—Cash: Wheat, No.
1 red, $2.82; No. 3 hard. $2.73.
Corn, No. 2 mixed, $1.78@%; No. 2 yel
low, $1.79@%.
Oats, No. 2 white, $1.15%@17; No. 3
white, $1.12%@13%.
Rye, No. 2, $2.20.
Barley. $1.41@1.48.
Timothy seed. slo.oo@ 12.00.
Clover seed, $25.00@ 35.00.
Pork, nominal; lard, $20.22.
Ribs, $17.00@18.12.
__ ST. LOUIS QUOTATIONS
ST. LOUIS, June 26.—Poultry: Spring
ducks. 33c; others unchanged.
Butter and eggs, unchanged.
Cash: Wheat—No. 3 red winter. $2.76.
Corn—No. 2 white, $1.89; July, $1.76%;
September, $1.71%@1.71%.
Oats—No. 3 white, $1.20; July, $1.04%;
September, 87%c.
RECEIPTS IN CHICAGO
Today.
Wheat _ 75 cars
Corn ." 176 cars
Oats • 73 cars
Hogs 6,000 head
GRAIN MARKET "OPINIONS
Bartlett, Frazier & Co.: Continued good
receipts might keep the market easy for a
time.
Clement Curtis: Go slow on selling and
take advantage of a rally.
Wagner & Co.: We expect some sharp
swings in the grains.
Harris, Winthrop & Co.: Advise sales on
all bulges brought about by short covering.
Press & Co.: The key to the market will
continue to be the receipts.
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK, June 26.—Flour unsettled
and weak.
Pork—Dull; mess, $39.50@40.50.
Lard —Quiet; middle west spot, s2(h3s@
20.45.
Sugar—Raw, quiet; centrifugal, 96-test,
18.56; refined quiet; granulated,. 22.00@
24.00.
Coffee—Rio No. 7, on spot, 14c; No. 4
Santos, 22%@23%c.
Tallow —Steady; specials, 10%c; city.
9%c.
Hay—Steady; No. 1, $2.65; No. 3, $2.25@
2.40; clover, $2.00@2.55.
Dressed Poultry—Quiet; turkeys, 50@56c;
chickens, 38@43c; fowls, 23@44c; ducks.
28@35c.
Live Poultry—Quiet; geese, 18@20c;
ducks, 25c; fowls. 35@37c; turkeys, 35c;
roosters, 25c; broilers, 50@68c.
Cheese—Firm; state milk, common to spe
cials. 19@28c; skims, common to specials,
s@l9c. '
Butter—Firm; creamery, extra, 58%c; 1
do. special market, 59@59%c; state dairy,
tubs; imitation creamery, firsts, 42@58c,
nominal.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, June 26.—Butter: Creamery
extras, 56c; creamery standards, 55%c;
firsts, 49@54%c; seconds, 43@48c.
Eggs—Ordinaries, 34@3Ge; firsts, 38%@
39%c.
Cheese—Twins, 24 %c; Young Americas,
25 %c.
Live Poultry—Fowls, 31c; ducks, 30c;
geese, 20c; springs, 40c; turkeys, 35c.
Potatoes—Sixty cars; Wisconsin and Min
nesota (per 100 lbs.), $G.00@7.00.
Liberty Bond Market
NEW YORK, June 26.—Final prices on
Liberty bonds today were:
3%’s $ 91.50
First 4’s 85.50
Second 4’s 85.10
First 4%’s '. 86.10
Second 4%’s 85.26
Third 4%’s 88.80
Fourth 4%’s 85.52
Victory 3%’s 95.58
Victory 4%’s 95.64
DRY GOODS - MARKET
NEW YORK. June 26.—Cotton goods
were very quiet, with prices on gray cloth
softening. Yarns were easier. Burlaps
were inactive and a little lower. Raw silk
declined at Yotoliama twenty cents a
pound. Wood goods market was dull.
g eobgiTregulars -
TO OFFER DIVISION
OF VOTES OF STATE
(Continued from Page 1)
lutions, W. T. Anderson; rules, Og
den Persons; notification of the presi
dential nominee, Colonel H. H. Dean:
notification of the vice presidential
nominee, Jake R. Tweedy; honorary
vice chairman of the convention, Hol
lins N. Randolph; honorary secretary
of the convention, Lee Langley.
Both sets of delegates from Geor
gia spent a very busy and pleasant
Sunday. Messrs. Arthur Lucas ahd
Albert Foster were the guests of a
prominent moving picture magnate,
who motored them out to his coun
try home. They returned quite late.
Thomas W. Hardwick and a party
went to the Cliff House for dinner.
Pleasant A. Stovall, chairman of the
Palmer delegation, was in and
around the St. Frances lobby most
of the day. Clark Howell was re
ceiving with appropriate modesty the
congratulations of his friends upon
l the action of the national committee
! in precipitating his adversaries into
I the street.
| Numerous sightseeing trips were
I taken through the city and into the
» wonderful country across the bay.
M’ADOO BOOM GETS
FRESH IMPETUS AS
CONVENTION MEETS
(Continued from Page One.)
when the differences of the wets and
drys could be threshed out.
Westerners Show Flglit
It seemed a foregone conclusion
that the question would be settled
only after a stubborn fight on the
floor, bringing into play the best
oratorical and strategical fireworks
of a typical Democratic convehtion.
The League of Nations and the Irish
question also threatened to get out
of control of the resolutions com
mittee and shower the convention
flooi- with pyrotechnics. There were
many of hope, however,
that both might be threshed out to
a satisfactory conclusion behind the
committee doors.
In the organization of the resolu
tions committee itself a fight was
brewing, though it was not apparent
ho\v serious it had become. Sena
tor’ Glass, of Virginia, chosen by
the administration as its candidate
for committee chairman, was de
clared by his friends to be certain
of election, though a movement
against him had been started by
western delegates.
The candidate of the anti-Glass
element was Senator Walsh, of Mon
tana, who supported the peace treaty
with the Republican reservations.
Those favoring him declared their
fight was not an anti-administration
movement, and was based primarily
on the belief that the northwest had
not been accorded proper recognition
in the convention. No one from that
section, they declared, was on the
slate of convention officials or was
prominently mentioned for either the
presidency or the vice presidency.
Election of the resolutions commit
tee chairman was expected late in
the day, and at the same time the
newly-formed credentials committee
was to take up the Georgia and Mis
souri contests while the rules com
mittee was determining on a list of
permanent officers for the conven
tion. Senator Robinson, of Arkan
sas, had been selected by the admin
istration group for the permanent I
chairmanship, and his indorsement by
the committee seemed assured.
Bryan Saying Bittle
- Contrary to the expectations of
many delegates, Wjlliam Jenpings
Bryan was having little to say about
the permanent organization of the
convention and its committees. Busy
with his fight to put a dry plank into
the platform, he apparently was in
terposing no active opposition to the
administration organization program, i
though he was credited with lending
encouragement to the candidacy of
■Senator Walsh for (he resolutions
chairmanship. 'k
As in more than one previous na
tional convention, Mr. Bryan was
looked upon as an unknown quantity
which might turn out to be the de
ciding factor in almost' any of the
political equations now confronting
the party leaders. No one professed
to know what new and unexpected
element he might bring into play at
the critical time.
J. Bruce Kremer, of Montansf, vice
chairman of the national committee,
had- been selected to call today’s ses
sion to order and to present Chair
man Cummings. At the conclusion
of the keynote address of Mr. Cum
mings, all that remained to complete
the day’s program was to approve
the elections for the various com
mittee members already made by the
state delegations.
ISSUES AND PLANKS
WORRY LEADERS AT
FRISCO CONVENTION
(Continued from Page 1)
else. The McAdoo and. Palmei - men
are very friendly, so far as their
feeling for President Wilson is con
cerned. It is about the only point
in common which they have, but
enough to keep Brother Bryan and
others from throwing the convention
into the hands of anti-administration
elements.
The Wilson forces solidified their
ranks when they’ agreed to eliminate
Bainbridge Colby as permanent chair
man and accepted Senator Joseph
Robinson, of Arkansas. The latter,
by the way, did not vote for the
Lodge reservations but stood by the
president throughout the treaty fight.
Colby was too new a Democrat to
get the important job of permanent
chairman, though the Wilson leaders ,
who suggested it thought it was a
good way to catch the eye of such
Progressives as may have been dis
appointed at the Republican national
convention at Chicago.
There is, however, a noticeable un
dercurrent here to go back to the
‘good, old-fashionea Democracy,”
which is analogous to the conspicu
ous tendency in Chicago tp return to
“good old Republicanism.” This prob
ably will yield a liberal platform, but
only after a hard fight, because the
conservatives are significantly nu
merous.
Chances for Cox Good
Whether it was the war, or reac
tion against experiments in
ment measures and proposals, there
are reactioniaries here as there were
in Chicago, and they will make their
fight against anything approaching
government ownership or similar
doctrine of the so called redicals.”
The candidates of the “old-fash
joned democrats,” are Vice Presi
dent Marshall or Champ Clark, with
,a distinct leaning toward Cox, be
cause while he has a progressive
record in Ohio he might be able to
acknowledge mistakes of the- Wilson
administration since he was not a
part of it.
On the other.hand there are plen
of Wilson men in the camp of
Gov. Cox. He is being urged as a
compromise between the old and the
new democracy. Behind him are
many organization Democrats from
Indiana, Illinois, New York and
. Palmer delegates are
friendly to him as a second choice,
if their own man appears to have no
chance.
In a nut shell, unless the fight on
the platform draws the Palmer and
McAdoo forces together in a coali
tion, the chances of the Ohio gover
nor would seem to to be excellent
to win the nomination. It is between
McAdoo and Cox. The big question
is whether the Palmer men will go
to the former secretary of the treas
ury or the Ohio governor after the
first few ballots. 'lf the Palmer men,
are embittered in the platform fight,
they will throw their strengtii to
McAdoo and insure nomination the
moment it is apparent that the at
torney general cannot win.
CUMMINGS ASSAILS
REPUBLICAN RECORD
IN KEY NOTE ADDRESS
(Continued from Page 3)
peace made secure by the organized
major force of mankind.’
“Acting upon these proposals, both
the French and the British govern
ments appointed committees to study
the problem while the war was still
in progress.
“On April 2, 1917, the president de
livered his famous war message to
congress, and thrilled the heart of
the country anew by his announced
purpose to make the contest ‘a war
against war.’ Hieffi above all of our
other aims, he placed
“ ‘a universal dominion of right by
such a concert of free peoples as
shall bring peace and safety to all
nations and make the world itself
at last free.’
“Following this message, the con
gress by resolution, passed April 6,
1917, recognized the state of war.
"On January 8, 1918, the president
went before congress and set forth
his famous fourteen points. The four
teenth point, iphich is practically
identical in language with the pro
visions of Article X of the covenant,
provided that
“ ’a general association of nations
must be formed under specific cove
nants for the purpose of affording
mutual guarantees of political inde
pendence anti territorial integrity to
great and small states alike.’
“Senator Lodge himself, before
the exigencies of politics fotced him
to take the other side, said that an
attempt to make a separate peace
would ‘brand us with everlasting dis
honor’ and that ‘the intent of the
congress and the intent of the presi
dent, was that there could be no
peace until we could create a situa
tion where no such war as this could
recur.’
“Former President Roosevelt, on
July 18. 1918. said:
“ ‘Unless we stand by all our al
lies who have stood by us, we shall
have failed in making the liberty of
well-behaved civilized peoples secure
and we shall have shown that our
announcement about making the
world safe for democracy was an
empty boast.’
“On November 4, 1918, the armis
tice was agreed to and it, was con
cluded upon the basis of the four
teen points sbt forth in the address
of President Wilson delivered to con
gress on January 8. 1918, and the
principles subsequently enunciated
by him. At no point, at no time,
during no period while ths history
was lb the making, was one respon
sible American voice raised in pro
test. , x ,
“Thus, before we entered the war.
we made the pledge; during the war
we restated the pledge; and when the
armistice was signed, all of the na
tions, ourselves included, renewed
the pledge, and it was upon the faith
of the promises that Germany
laid down her arms. Practically all
of thft civilized nations of the earth
have now united in a covenant which
constitutes the redemption of that
pledge. We alone have thus far
failed to keep our word. Others may
break faith; the senate of the United
States may break faith; the Repub
lican party may break faith; but
neither President Wilson nor the
Democratic party will break faitn.
The Fundamental Purpose
“In this hemisphere, the mere dec
laration of our young republic that
the attempt of any foreign power to
set fcot on American soil would be
considered an unfriendly act, has
served to preserve the territorial in
tegrity and the political independ
ence of the nations of Central.and
South America. The treaty pledges
all of the signatories to make this
doctrine effective ecery where. It
is the Monroe doctrine of the world.
“The purpose of the league is to
give notice that if any nation raises
its bloody hand and seeks to cross
the line into any other country, the
forces of civilization will be aroused
to suppress the common enemy of
peace. Therein lies the security of
small nations and the safety of the
world. x . x
“Every war between nations that
has ever been fought began in an at
tempt to seize foreign territory or to
invade political independen/ce. If,
in 1914, Germany Sad known that in
the event of hostliities, Great Britain
would have entered the war; that
France v/ould go in; that Italy would
go in; that Japan would go in; and
that the United States would go- in—-
there would have been no war. /
Objections to the Treaty
“The opponents of the treaty cry
out ‘Shall we send our boys abroad
to settle a political quarrel in the
Balkans?’ Immediately, the un
thinking applaud and the orator re
cords a momentary triumph. Have
we forgotten that that is precisely
what America has done? Have we
forgotten that we sent more than
two million men to France, spent
more than twenty billions of dollars
and sacrificed nearly a hundred thou
sand lives to settle a Balkan dispute?
"There was a controversy between
Serbia and Austria. Territorial
questions, political rights and boun
dary lines were involved. The crown
prince of the House of Austria was
assassinated. A little flame of war
licked up into the powder house of
Europe, and in a moment, the conti
nent was in flames. It took all the
power of civilization to put out the
conflagration. How idle to inquire
whether we wish to send our boys
to ■’fettle political disputes in the
Balkans!
“It is extraordinary that men
should waste our time and vex our
patience by suggesting the fear that
we may be forced into future-wars
while forgetting entirely that Amer
ica was forced into this greatest of
all wars. No League of Nations ex
isted when we entered the war; and
it was only when we formed in haste,
in the midst of battle, a league of
friendship, under unified command,
that we were able Sfo win this war.
This association of nations, held to
gether by a common purpose, fought
the war to a victorious conclusion,
dictated the terms of the armistice
and formulated the terms of peace.
If such a result could be achieved by
an informal and temporary agree
ment, why should not the association
i be continued in a more definite and
binding form? What plausible rea
son can be suggested for wasting
the one great asset which has come
out of the war? How else shall we
provide for international arbitration?
How else shall we provide safety
from external aggression? How else
shall we provide for progressive dis
armament? How else shall we check
the spread of Bolshevism? How else
shall industry be made safe and the
basis of reconstruction established?
’ How else shall society be steadied
so that the processes of healing may
serve their beneficent purpose? Un
til the critics of the league offer a
better ipethod of preserving the
peace of the world, they are not en
titled to one moment’s consideration
in the forum of the conscience of
mankind.
* “Not only does the covenant guar
antee justice for the future but it
holds the one remedy for the evils
of the past. As it stands today, war
is the one way in which America can
express its sympathy for the op
pressed world. The League of Na
tions removes the conventional
shackles of diplomacy. Under the
covenant, it is our friendly right to
protest against tyranny and to act
as counsel for the weak nations now
without an effective champion.
The Existing League
“The Republican platform contains
a vague promise to -establish another
or a different form of association
amongst nations of a tenuous and
shadowy character. Our proposed co
partners in such a project are un
named and unnamable. It is not
stated whether it is proposed to in
vite the natiqns that have establish
ed the present league to dissolve it
and to begin anew, or whether the
purpose is to establish a new asso
ciation of a competitive character,
composed <ff the nations that repudi
ated the existing league. The de
vitalizing character of such an ex
pedient requires no comment. Fatu
ous futility could be carried no far
ther. There is no mental dishonesty
more transparent than that which ex
presses fealty to a League of Na
tions while opposing the only League
of Nations that exist or is ever apt
to exist Why close our eyes to
actual world conditions? A League
of Nations already exists. It is not
a project, it is a fact. We must eith
er enter it or remain out of it.
“What nations have actually signed
and ratified the treaty?
“Brazil, Bolivia, Great Britain,
Canada, Australia, South Africa, New
Zealand, India, Czecho-Slovakia, Gua
temala, Liberia, Panama, Peru, Uru
guay, Siam, Greece, Poland, Japan,
Italy, France and Belgium.
“What neutral states, invited to
join the league, have actually done
so?
“Norway, Venezuela, the Nether
lands, Denmark, Colombia, Chile, Ar
gentina, Paraguary, Persia, Salvador,
Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
“Even China will become a member
when she ratifies the Austrian
treaty.
“Germany has signed and is pre
paring to take the place which awaits
her in the League of Nations.
“What nations stand outside? Rev
olutionary Mexico, Bolshevist Russia,
Unspeakable Turkey and—the Unit
ed States of America.
“It is not yet too late. Let us
stand the forces of civilization.
The choice is plain. It is between
the Democratic party’s support of
the League of Nations, with., its pro
gram of peace, disarmament and
world fraternity, and the Republican
party s platform of repudiation, pro
vincialism, militarism and world
chaos.
m Equality of Voting
"There is great pretense of alarm
because the United States has but
one vote m the. international assem
bly against the six votes of Great
Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zea
land, South Africa and India. This
Popular argument against the League
ot Nations is as insincere as it is
superficial. It ignores the fact that
the executive council, and not the
assembly, is the governing body of
the league, and that our country is
one of the five countries having pen
manent membership in the council.
assembly ol3l V ° teS eX ’ St Only in the
ha« N hMf S^° Uld Y e f ° rget that France
vote; Italy has but one
vote, and Japan has but one vote. If
there were any injustice in the ar
rangement,. surely these nations
wou!d have sensed it and objected to
it. No affirmative action can be
taken in any essential matter with
out a unanimous vote of all members
of the council of the league. No
decision of the league, if America
joined it, could be made effective or
even promulgated without our con
sent. Hike every other nation, we
nave a veto power upon every resolu
tion or act of the league. We can
be involved in no enterprise except
of our own choosing; and if we are
not satisfied with the league, we can
sever our connection with it upon
two years’ notice. The risk exists
only in the imagination, the service
is incalculable.
“Moreover, the United States in
sisted that Cuba, Haiti, Liberia, Pan
ama, Nicaragua, Honduras' and
Guatemala should each be given a
vote, as well as the nations of South
America, great and small. Including
the nations which are bound by vital
interests to the United States, or in
deed, directly under our tutelage,
we have more votes in the League of
Nations than any other nation. How
could we, in good faith, urge that
these nations be given a voice and
deny a voice to such self-governing
nations as Canada, New Zealand and
the rest, which relatively speaking,
made far more sacrifices in the war
than our own country? It is desir
able that all countries should have
an opportunity to be heard in the
league; and the safety of each na
tion resides in the fact that no ac
tion can be taken without the con
sent of all.
Defeat of the Treaty
“It was the design of Senator
Lodge, from the outset, to mutilate
the treaty and to frustrate the pur
poses of the administration. And yet
Senator Lodge, with the help of ,the
irreconcilables, having torn the
treaty to tatters and thrown its
fragments In the face of the world,
has the effrontery to suggest, in his
address at Chicago, that the presi
dent blocked ratification and post
poned peace.
“The trouble with the treaty of
peace is that it was negotiated by a
Democratic president. It is difficult
to assess the responsibility for its
defeat. The responsibility rests, not
upon its friends, but upon its ene
mies.
“The foreign relations committee,
immediately following the last elec
tion, was recognized with a personnel
consisting of the open foes of the
treaty. Amongst the number was
Senator Borah, who declared that he
would not be for a League of Na
tions were the Savior of mankind
to advocate it. Senator Johnson, Sen
ator Knox and Senator Moses, whose
hatred of the president amounts to
an obsession, were also members;
and Senator Lodge was chairman.
“The treaty was referred to the
committee thus studiously prepared
for its hostile reception. The mem
bers of this committee adopted every
subterfuge to misrepresent the docu
ment which they were supposed to be
considering as statesmen. Deputa-r
tions of foreign-born citizens were
brought to Washington in an effort
to color and exaggerate the impres
sion of popular opposition.
“The senate had eveji begun the
discussion of the treaty months be-
fore its negotiation was concluded,
and did not terminate its debate un
til nine months after the submission
of the treaty. It took the senate
nearly .three times as long to kill the
treaty by protracted debate and by
confusing and nullifying amendments
and reservations as it took the rep
resentatives of the allied govern
ments to droft it.
“It was not the business of the,
president, when he brought this
treaty back from France, to join with
Mr. Lodge and other Republican
leaders in their deliberate purpose
to destroy it. Had he initiated, sug
gested or assented to changes which
would have substantially altered it.s
nature, it would have been a dis
tinct breach of faith with his asso
ciates of the peace council and a vio
lation of American pledges. Every
one acquainted with diplomatic
usages, or with the »plain require
ments of honesty, understands this.
The foolish invention that the presi
dent refused to permit the dotting of
an ‘i’ or the crossing of a ‘t’ has
be#n so often repeated that many
honest .people believe in its truth. ,
“In every speech made during his
tour, the president stated entire will
ingness to accept any and all reser
vations not incompatible with Ameri
ca’s honor and true interests-. It is
.the plain intent of the covenant that
the Monroe doctrine is excluded, that
domestic questions are exempted,
that not one American can be sent
out of the country without formal
action by congress and that the right
of withdrawal is absolute. If there
are words which can make these
meanings clearer, they wil be wel
comed. It is not reservations that
the president stands against, but nul
lifiaction.
First Draft
“When the president came back
from Paris in February, 1919, he
brought the first tentative draft of
the covenant of fliie League of Na
tions. He gave publicity to it. It
was published throughout the land.
He invited the friends of such a
league to submit, criticisms. For
mer President Taft offered four
amendments; former Senator Root of
fered six amendments; and Mr.
Hughes suggested seven. At a meet
ing of the committee on foreign re
lations at the White House in March,
1919, other changes were suggested.
These amendments were taken back
by the president to Paris and their
substance was actually incorporated
in the revised draft of the league.
Dr. Lowell, president of Harvard uni
versity, in his joint debate with Sen
ator Lodge, invited the latter to
suggest constructive amendments
which the president might incorpor
ate in the draft; but he refused so to
do. At, no time has he offered con
structive amendments. At no time
has he failed to offer destructive
criticism. So intolerant was his at
titude and he would not even con
sider a compromise proposed by for
mer President Taft of his own party
and which was assured of the sup
port of forty Democratic senators.
Senator Lodge knew that he control
led the senate and that in his own
time and way, he could destroy the
treaty.
“This is the sordid story of its de
feat. No blacker crime against civ*-
ilization has ever soiled the pages of
our history. The last chapter was
written at Chicago.
•'The Republican platform not only
repudiates the League of Nations,
but praises, without discrimination,
all of the Republican senators Who
participated in its defeat. Its words
of benediction fall alike upon the
irreconcilables, the Lodge reserva
tionists. the mild reservationists and
those who proposed a separate peace
with Germany. It is consistent in
one thing only the recognition of the
fact that the open foes of the treaty,
the secret foes of the treaty, and the
apparent friends of the treaty who
conspired with its enemies, are equal
ly responsible for the destruction of
the instrument itself. It would be
idle to inquire by what political leg
erdemain this meaningless and yet
ominous declaration was prepared.
It is enough to know that the ‘old
guard’ sold the honor of America
for the privilege of nominating a
reactionary for president.
The Cause of Peace
“The war had set a great task for
statesmanship. The best thought of
the world demanded that a serious
attempt be made by the leaders of
the allied governments to formulate
a treaty of peace which should pre
vent the recurrence of war. Every
rightful impulse of the human heart
was in accord with that purpose.
From time immemorial, men have
dreamed of peace; poets have sung
of it; philosophers have written
about it; statesmen have discussed
it; men everywhere have hoped and
prayed that the day might come when
wars would no longer be-necessary
in the settlement of international
differences.
“For the first time in the turbu
lent annals of the human race, such
a project had become feasible. The
destruction of militarism, the crum
bling of thrones, the .dissolution of
dynasties, the world-wide apprecia
tion of the inner meaning
of war and the final triumph of
democracy had at last made it pos
sible to realize the dearest dream
that ever crossed The night of man’s
dark mind. The opportunity for
service was as great as the need of
the world and the failure to render
it must stand as a reproach for all
time.
“It is said that if the dead who
died in the great war were placed
head to feet, they would stretch from
New York to San Francisco, and from
San Francisco back again to New
York; and if those who perished from
starvation and from other causes
collatereal v to the'“ war were placed
head to feet, they would reach around
the great globe itself. At this very
hour, millions of men and women
and little children are the victims
of our hesitancy. How can the heart
of America be closed to these things?
“I have been many miles in this
country and it has been my fortune
to visit most of the states of the
Union. It has so happened that I
have been in many of these states
when the boys were coming from the
front. I have seen the great avenues
of our splendid American cities lined
with the populace, cheering and
cheering again as these brave lads
marched by, happy that they had
come triumphantly home. But I
have never witnessed these inspiring
sights without thinking of the boys
who did not come home. They do not
rest as strangers in a strange land—-
these soldiers of liberty. The gen
erous heart of Francp enfolds them.
The women and we children of
France cover their graves with flow
ers and water them with tears. Des
tiny seized these lads and led them
far from home to die for an ideal.
And yet they live and speak to us
here in the homeland /not of trivial
things hut of immortal things. Rev
erence and pity and high resolve —
surely these re'main to us. In that
TUESDAY, JUNE 2», 1920
heart of hearts where the great
works of man are wrought, there can
be no forgetting. Oh, God, release
the imprisoned soul of America,
touch once more the hidden springs
of the spiirt and reveal us to our
selves!
“Let the true purpose of our party
be clearly understood. We stand
squarely for the same ideals of peace
as those for which the war was
fought. We support without flinch
ing the only feasible plan for peace
and justice. We will not submit to
the repudiation of the peace treaty
or to any process by which Jit is
whitted down to vanishing point.
We decline to compromise our prin
ciples or pawn our immortal souls
for selfish purposes. We do not turn
our backs upon the history of the
last three years. We seek no ave
nue of retreat. We insist that the for
ward course is the only righteous
course.
“We seek to re-establish the fruits
of victory, to reinstate the good
faith of our country, and to restore
it to its rightful place among the na
tions of the earth. Our cause con
stitutes a summons to duty. The
heart of America stirs again. . The
ancient faith revives. The immortal
part of man speaks for us. The serv
ices of the past, the sacrifices of the
war, the hopes of the future, con
stitute a spiritual force gathering
aboiit our banners. We shall release
again the checked forces of civiliza
tion and America shall take up once
more the leadership of the world.
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