Unrest in Iowa WE think of Iowa as one of the conservative States of the Union, much more so than Nebraska or Kansas, for example. Just now there is probably more reasonable as well as unreasonable unrest in Iowa than anywhere else in the central part of the country. Iowa farmers complain, of course, at the great deflation of agricultural prices fo... continued
Group Politics in Ontario
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN ONTARIO The people of Ontario, one of the largest and most prosperous provinces of the Canadian Dominion, are confronted with a problem that vexes practically all democratic countries-whether public affairs shall be managed by legislators nominated and elected by organized parties or by groups representing agricultural, labo... continued
Mudania Peace Conference
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
THE ALLIES ACT TOGETHER ONE hopeful and satisfactory result of the conference of the Powers at Mudania is that the representatives of Great Britain and France agreed harmoniously upon the demands to be made from the Turkish Nationalist army as precedent to the proposed peace conference. If only France and Great Britain and Italy had come together... continued
Political Skirmishes of the Middle West
December 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment
MISSOURI is politically still a raw State. Rural Missouri is honest and narrow, and I am told that Governor Hyde, who is a progressive Republican and ran on the Bull Moose ticket for Attorney-General in 1912, has had Satan’s own time with the farmers in seeking to provide even a reasonably adequate system of education for their own children. ... continued
Two Significant Political Conventions
December 22, 2010 By Leave a Comment
THE Republicans and the Democrats have held their conventions in the State of New York, the one at Albany, the other at Syracuse. Each gathering marked the return of the convention system for the nomination of State officers. A friend of The Outlook who was an eye-witness of the Republican Convention at Albany writes to us of it as follows: It seem... continued
The Passing of Tom Watson
December 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
BETWEEN democracy and demagogism the dividing line is not always easy to trace; and yet there are no two qualities of government which are more contradictory. Originally the name demagogue was applied to a man who successfully led the people in the art of self-government, which is the art of political and social self-restraint. Nothing could be fur... continued
Greece and Thrace
December 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
THE abdication of Constantine was the natural and inevitable consequence of the collapse of his weak and incompetent administration, which brought about the defeat of the Greek armies in Asia Minor. His son has been accepted, at least temporarily, as ruler by the revolutionary committees and is to be known as King George II. His accession has been ... continued
WARREN G. HARDING: Apostle of Peace – Part 3
October 20, 2010 By
Of the Administration’s outstanding historical monumental achievement in foreign relations, the Washington Conference on Limitation of Armament, he said: “Quite apart from specific engagements, it was a distinct achievement to produce a new state of mind, a reign of good-will, and with it new assurances with respect to our relations in... continued
WARREN G. HARDING: Apostle of Peace – Part 2
October 19, 2010 By
Thus, as we read in the New York Journal of Commerce, “Warren G. Harding brought to the Presidency an infinite patience and kindness in dealing with public questions and men, which enabled him to handle the problems of government without the stress and worry which had handicapped many of his predecessors.” In his dealings with Congress,... continued
WARREN G. HARDING: Apostle of Peace – Part 1
October 18, 2010 By
[caption id="attachment_296" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="President Warren G. Harding"][/caption] A FRIEND OF PEACE AND A LOVER OF CONCORD – the words seem to sum up all that the newspaper editors, government officials and men of high standing in the nation were saying of President Warren G. Harding, after the sudden news of his pa... continued