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Samuel Gompers has worked so long and so zealously on behalf of the interests of labor that he wields a great personal influence. In every union there are men who would unhesitatingly accept his decision in whatever direction he might lead. Within his proper sphere of action as president of the American Federation of Labor he usually carries the workers with him. But when he would step out of that sphere and carry them into the political arena, ranging them on the side of one party, they stop to think what would then become of their constitutional liberty to vote...
...annual literary exercises of the society in Sanders Theatre yesterday, outlined the struggle in this country between idealism and commercialism, stressed the revolution through which the world is passing, and placed his confidence for the future in the American Legion. Citing famous examples of the practical lifted into the sphere of idealism. Mr. Page began with the early history of the United States, of Virginia and of the Plymouth colony, showing the importance of religion in the colonial days, and commenting on history...
...less true that in this particular sphere of international irritation we are the representative of the rest of the civilized nations. Because of the Monroe Doctrine no European nation can act in Mexico without our sanction. We are then or at any rate ought to be internationally responsible for conditions in the land of perpetual revolution...
...Lloyd George, however, has some understanding of political conditions in this country, and is not altogether led astray by Senatorial ebullitions. Although his analogy between De Valera and Jefferson Davis seems to give too much credit to the former, it serves to remind the Senate of its proper sphere of operations. By rejecting the League of Nations, the Senate announced its intention to stay at home and mind nobody's business but its own. Surely such an announcement is somewhat inconsistent with the Irish resolution, whereby the same Senate plunges its finger, nay, its whole fist into the international...
...Governor Lowden's experience in the sphere of politics has been marked by his strict adherence to the underlying principles of true Americanism, and his persistent endeavor to co-operate with the people in every conceivable manner. As early as 1887 the fame of his integrity as a lawyer had spread broadcast throughout the Western and Middlewestern States. As a believer in the principles and policies of the Republican Party, Governor Lowden has been exceedingly active and influential in the councils of the State of Illinois and of the nation...