Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1919-07-10
BISHOP QUAYLE HITS
FROM THE SHOULDER.

Plain talk denouncing the manner in
which democracy in America has been
suppressed during the war and multi
tude of oligarchies set up in its stead,
and unstinted condemnation of the con-
duet of President Wilson in the war
and in peace treaty parleys, marked
the address of DR.. William A. Quayle,
the noted Methodist Bishop, before the
Commercial Club of Tacoma, Wash, on
June 18th. The following is sample
of the true American ring of what he
qad to say
"The curious thing about this ,torld
democracy business is that America is
harnessed up funnily. The rest of the
team is funny. Great Britain is con-
stitutional kingdom Belgium is half
democracy and half-kingdom, but still
kingdom; Italy talks democracy and is
a monarchy and we were in with Rus
STA, which was ruled by absolutism.
I Here we had a combination of two de-
mocracies and three aristocracies fight
ing together When | saw the English
ministers coming over to America and
weeping on the tomb of George Wash
ington | almost smiled.
"But what of us in America Presi-
dent Wilson is giving us absent treat
ment il is what he has said himself in
his message to Congress, that he is so
far away we know better what we need
than he and riding around with kings
and attending festivals and dinners.
1t would be better had he refused all
these aristocratic movements, and that
the starving peoples of Europe keep
their food to save themselves, than fur
nish the elaborate spread of kings.
Under the cry of patriotism and of
avoiding criticism we have gone too far
We gave the President of the United
States more power than the kaiser ever
had. We honestly did what we honestly
thought best. But the danger was
there just the same. We have had lit
tie groups of men doing this and little
men doing that until actually America
is ruled by oligarehies
II call your attention that we are
operating with l00-fold less of de-
mocracy than before the war. Our lips
were sealed during the war. We didn't
want to do wrong. say republic
with sealed lips is damned republic.
A republic can never afford the abol-
ishment of free speech.
81 believe there ought to be league
of nations to enforce peace. More than
that | believe it ought TO be peace
worthy of league of nations to en-
force. III the peace representatives do
not come out Of the conference with a
peace that makes it clear that murder
does not pay, that rape does not pay |
then il is a peace that should not be
enforced. Germany ought to pay, and
what it ought to pay is what it can
afford TO pay. The Germany ENJOYS
who are saying that they cannot meet
the terms should be told to shut up or
go home. The costs of the war ought |
to be burdened on the German people.
IL favor a democratic peace. That
is a peace that democracy has consid-
cred. One hundred and ten million of
American people have no place at the
peace conference. The most important
peace treaty of the world has been
tried to be put over on the American
people without discussion. Countrymen.
you must be allowed to speak.
1--WE are not the philanthropists Mr..
Wilson would have us believed For
four sharpnel-torn years England, Italy
and France fought without us. We
went into the war out of jeopardy.
We stayed out so long it was almost
90 late when we came in TO be in