The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-11
Charees President Wilson With At,
tempting to start Back Fire on
Senators by Western
Trip
PENDING GREAT SUMS
Side Debate on League Of Nations
Shows Firm Stand Of Those
In Favor Of Reserva-
tIons.

side debate on the league OF ma.
lions, Senator Norris, republican, Of
Nebraska, charged that President
Wilson spent money like drunken
sailor" In Europe and "cavorting
around with the representatives Of
foreign monarchies."
Individual economy being an eff.
fective weapon against the high cost
of living, Senator Norris declared
the president might have led the
way.
In reply to a question as to what
replied:
hundred people to advise me unless
expected to take their advice
would not have had ship go in
advance of me to receive me when
l arrived l would not have taken
the chefs and cooks from the Bilt-
more hotel"
Nearly all republicans and some
democrats were united that there
must be reservations to the peace
treaty" said Senator Kenyon, Of
Iowa, but a large proportion of the
republicans are not willing to have
the treaty Slaughtered.
In urging members on the demo-
cratic side to come out OF the val
ley of stubbornness," Senator Ken
yon declared there were votes
enough in the senate to ratify the
treaty with substantial reservations.
They are not here to ratify it
without" he said. 1.-THE voters are
here to defeat the whole treaty, re-
CARELESS of consequences, II sub
stantial reservations are not adopt
ed. Make no mistake about that. Il
cannot be ratified and will not be
unless reservations are adopted sub
stantiaily like those presented by
the foreign relations committee.
Abuse and villification even from
the highest sources of the land will
not change the minds OF men who
have given long. conscientious, deep
thought to this subject and believe
that ratification in the present form
of the league Of nations Is be-
trayal of this country.
I'm standing for reservations they
are not standing against any plan to
carry out the terms OF the Paris con-
ference; they are not contemplate
cutters, nor are they mere time
servers. They are trying to Ameri-
canize this league. They may reply
to presidential billingsgate, to the
charge of contemplate CUTTERS,
that the most contemplate cutters
In the history OF the world were
those who assembled with high
ideals at the Paris conference and
permitted Japan to take over Shan
tung in violation Of some OF the
fourteen points and in violation OF
the doctrine of self-determination
and in violation of Gods eternal
justice"
"The president may ride through
the country in his de luxe train at
the expense of the public and tell
the people that section 10 does not
mean attempting to send the boys
of this country to fight on some
boundary line in the Balkans or to
repel an invasion of the kingdom OF
Heja." said Senator Kenyon, put
the people are perfectly able to read
section 10 and understand what ter
ritorial integrity and existing poiit'
ical independence and external ag'
erosion mean They cannot be per-
decided.
Announcing that he would vote
for an amendment to equalize the
voting power Of the United States
and Great Briatin, Senator Kenyon
said he did not share in attempts to
create feeling against Great Brit
ain.
The English-speaking nations must
stand together for peace or the
world and for the preservation OF
civilization, said he.
Taking up President Wilson's re-
cent western speeches, and denying
that the senate was responsible Tor
DELAY in ratifying the treaty. Sena-
for KENYON continued:
when the president, the sole rep.
resentative, pulling strings that
moved the four automatons at Paris
who were labeled peace commits
sioners.' but were nothing but stool
pigeons. intertwined the league with
the treaty SO it could not be discon-
nected, so that 1t would all be rati-
fled or rejected, he issued threat