The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-07-23
HARRISON SAYS
CRITICS WOULD
DESTROY PEACE
DEMOCRATIC SENATOR FROM
MISSISSIPPI TELLS REPUBiI-
CANS THEY PRACTICE DECEP-
TON.

| washington, July 21-Partisanship
in their opposition to the League of
Nations and the peace treaty was i'm
puted to Republican leaders in an ar
ator Harrison, Democrat, of Missis-
sippi, speaking in support Of the
league.
Never before in the discussion OF a
great national question" said Senator
Harrison, has deception been so Law
ishly practiced and misrepresentation
so generously employed.
"Just criticism is always acceptable.
But when opposition to international
policies, such as are contained in this
treaty is founded on rank partisanship
and personal dislike of particular in
dividual it is worse than bolshevism
gone Wild
] Naming republican leader Lodge,
Chairman Hayes of the Republican
National committee, Senator Borah of
Idaho, Senator Knox of Pennsylvania,
that the republican leaders had sought
/ to embarrass President Wilson at
Versailles and now were seeking to
| strange" the treaty for partisan pur-
poses.
at appeal to you," said the Missis-
sippi senator, ''to come out from that
spell of partisanship. Help us ratify
peace they desire.
do not think yourselves wiser than
your masters; do not think that the
wisdom of the republican party is
lodged in your membership. The thou
sands of men and women throughout
the country who have never voted
anything but the republican ticket be-
heve that this treaty should be rati-
fled.
"Sirs, if you are to defeat it, let me
appeal to you to meet the issue in the
open. Do not put yourselves in the
attitude of voting reservations that
are meaningless or ratify it with a
string tied to it, such a string that
will strangle it."
The reservations urged by Chair
man Hays and other republican lead
ers, Senator Morrison said, are not
only unnecessary. but would require
reconsideration of the treaty by all
| the signatories and destroy the hope
of mankind for worlds peace"
The republican leaders he charged
with having sought to arouse racial,
labor, religious, Irish and other pre-
JUDGES in their partisan opposition.
Their real opposition, however,, he de-
clared, was because President Wilson
had a hand" in making it. and be-
/ ment and commercial equility clauses.
In this connection, he pointed out that
munitions industries are important in
, the state of prominent senators at
lacking the treaty.
NO argument has been too falla-
cious, no illustration too far fetched"
said Mr.. Harrison, for you to seize
upon in your desperate efforts to be-
cloud the issue. They became jealous
of the growing ascendancy of this
man president wilson.) He was be-
coming too popular, too influential.
Your opposition arose simply and
merely because he happened to be the
spokesman and leader of another po-
litical party. / had never believed
partisanship would become so acute
that jealous leaders would rather see
the star in their country dimmed than
to witness the ascendancy OF one in
dividual simply because he was Of
different political faith.
You tried by every possible means
to embarrass him. No task was ever
accomplished against such unfavora-