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THE MORXiyG OREGQyiAN, TTJESIATt DECEMBER 2, 1919. LEAGUE FOR LOSSES Gore of Oklahoma Points to Party's Decline at Polls. OWN STAND EXPLAINED Senator Puts Anti-Covenant Atti tude Up to Constitaents Purely as Political Issue. 2 OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Washington, Dec. 1. There is one spot in the United States where the league of nations is sure to be a political issue, and that is Oklahoma. The situation is unusual in the respect that a 'democrat is making- the Issue and taking the position of opposition to the Wilson treaty. All through the long months that the fight has been waging in the senate over the peace treaty and the league of nations. Senator Gore, demo crat, who stood out for reservations along the line of those contained in the Lodge resolution has been at tacked on every hand at home for not standing with his party. He has never wavered, although Representative Scott Ferris was put into the contest by the national demo cratic organization to beat him for rcnomination. Now that the treaty ficrht is over for the time being, Sena tor Gore has returned home to give an account of his official conduct and ho is making it warm for his op ponents. He has announced that he is willing; and anxious to go before his constituents on the issue of the Wilson league. And-liraffue Stand Explained. He declares that the league covenant as brought home from Europe by Mr. Wilson is destroying the demo cratic party and was responsible for mo.st of the recent defeats, including the loss of the rock-ribbed fifth con gressional district of Oklahoma. In a letter to the vtoers of his state Senator Gore says: "What the democratic party needs is to open a number of recruiting sta tions. We need to get and keep peo ple in the party, not to drive them out. Procrustes was an ancient high wayman. He had an iron bed on which he laid his victims. If they were too short he stretched them and if they were too long he trimmed them to fit the bed. "1 doubt if we can avert disaster by stretching the candidates of the democratic party upon such a Pro crustean bed. I doubt the wisdom of adopting a rubber stamp as the lone emblem of democratic fidelity or the sole insignia of democratic states manship. Danger Ahead la Foreseen. "The recent election in the fifth dis trict (of Oklahoma) should arouse denio."":i ts from any dream of fancied secu: iiy anil should bring us face to t:u-e wish the facts as they are and ' h the dangers that confront us. . wise take counsel of adversity, o: :y liie stupid re-enact a tragedy. i f year ago the fifth district went democratic by something like 61IUH majority. On the eighth day of this month the district gave a re publican majority of 1000. The same percentage of loss had it been a state election would have carried the state against us by 25.OU0. Democratic leaders with the best possible inten tions and the worst possible general ship instead that the league of na tions without reservations) was the issue. Loss of Prestige Di.cns.ed. "If democratic leaders can succeed in making the league without reser vations the dominant party issue we will not carry a single doubtful state; we will not carry a doubtful district In the contest of 1920. "The same causes wheh lost us the fifth district reduced the norma democratic majority in Maryland of 15.000 down to 160. These causes lost us the Bourbon state of Kentucky oy 40,oo. They helped to increase the republican majority in Massachu setts of only 17,000 in November last up to 125,000. "These causes carried New York City republican, notwithstanding that the city gave a democratic majority oi zai.uuu last year. The Irish en masse are opposed to article X. The democratic party cannot lose the Irish and cling to doubtful states. East of the Mississippi New Jersey is the only oasis and it went wet rather than democratic. MANDAMUS IS DUE SOON Filing of Action Over Olcott's Of fice Kxpected This Week. SALEM. Or., Dec. 1. (Special.) 1 he papers necessary in the man damns proceedings to be brought in the Oregon supreme court by District Attorney Roberts of Jackson county to determine the legal status of Gov ernor Olcett's tenure of office are in making, according to word received at the capitol today. The madamus prob ably will be filed not later than Thursday or Friday of this week. The action is being take at the re quest of Attorney-General Brown, who, in two legal opinions previously given, neid that Mr. Olcott was gov ernor in fact and was entitled to serve out the unexpired term of the late Governor vv ithycombe. Many promi nent lawyers of the state who have given the matter consideration say it will be necessary for the supreme court to uphold the attorney-general's opinion or reverse itself in the some what celebrated Chadwick-Earhart case. It was upon the supreme court ruling in the latter case that the at torney-general based his opinion re garaing -Mr. uicott s status. EXTRADITION IS ALLOWED Alleged Forger In Jail Here to Be Taken to North Dakota. SALEM. Or.. Dec. 1. (Special.) Oscar Olson, deputy sheriff from Mor ton county. N. JL., today obtained ex tradition papers from Governor Ol cott authorizing the return to that state of Millard Leighton, who is un der Indictment there charged with torgery. ieignton is in jail in ort land and will leave for the east tO' morrow in custody of the officer. Mr. Olson says the people of North Dakota are fast tiring of non-par tisan rule and that the next election will see a complete change in- the po litical complexion of that state. 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