The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-03
GREAT CROWD HEARS
SEN. JAMES A. REED
coYriSuED FROM FACE ONE

shout TO he surrendered and the
people OF this country are to he
Induced to abandon those great
policies under which America has
ptoEpered and become rich
MY friends. cities can be de-
Btroyed In a day that II took u cen
mry OF time 10 build Fortunes may
disintegrate In night that It took
n lifetime to accumulate. and nations
may be destroyed by one fatal mis-
take BEFORE We abandon policy
that has made ua great. ought we
not TO examine ~ Away back
yondsr when the foundations OF this
republic were being laid. there were
great men. They had stood close Ia
the fires OF persecution. they had
felt upon their back the lash of
Rutocratio power, they knew tho
means and methods by which kings
and dospnts ruled over peoples and
crushed the liberties of Wen. And
90 these wise men laid down certain
principles. and among them George
Washington said For all time let
tho American people avoid entanE-
ling alliances They tell me that
George Washington IL dead. and II
IL true that his dust lies there In
Mount Vernon. the holieHt spot Of
ground there Ia IN all America, CAP
plauseD II George Washington Is
dead, hls soul stlll lives. ana an
eternal truth never dies upon this
earth. Appiausrl
No EntnnEllng Allisnow.
Jefferson ana jackson ana Mon
zoe and Madison ana Lincoln and
Theodore Roosevelt all live tAp-
plauHe). II they are dead. when did
thsy dic' bid they die with these
mcnf My countrymen, let me read
YOU a statement and lets see what
you have TO Hay about this: IT was
not merely because OF passing and
transient circumstances that Wash
inEton said We must keen free OF
sntangling alliances and that We
should not form alliances with any
nation In tho world Those who are
right those who study their con-
sciences In determining their poll
cics those who hold their honor
higher than their advantages. do not
need alliances You need alliances
when you are not strong aud YOU are
weak only when you are not true
20 yourHrhcs That was said on tho
2sth day OF May. 1914. ana you
will find % in the Congressional Rec
ord az page 92tI. and 10 was the
declaration uf Woodrow Wilson
iApplau-e What was true then is
true now what hspponed to change
tho truth in that period ~ time
And again he said this There are
actually men in America who are
preaching war. who seek eutangle-
wrnls ln the controversies which
have arisen ON the other side ~ the
water They would have us abandon
our constitutional and traditional
policies and deliberately engage In
the conflict which is now yugu.rlnE
the world DO not know what tho
standard ~ citizenship ~ these gem
ilcwcn may be- I only know D frt
one. would uof vunsrr.ne tn heir
standard That w1E nHI ~ Irs
MomsH Iowa. uu May o. 1915 and
ihe words were uttered ny fUs HIa.
unCuishrd president OF The United
states
y could continue 90 quote from
the writings and books Hf President
wilson until fh, cocks crow Iu Hnr
morning au1 I would ruI exhaust
the quotations similar Go these 10
fhI1 was true boo 1915 why Imf 10
true 'ntHN uF nuuufrFwgn And
rrv. the man who uttered hr4.
words tells gH 'n.s UAn1 g quote his
exact language ARTICLE d .f fn.
covenant Is wy tyurfe 8rrr.. Ns
matter. NOW stand We must utr1 .#r
own business NIf when fHr IrsEHr
uf nation. Is adopted. We .Hu mind
other p-ul. e business iAuuHusa |
Ils said That NOT once Nuf Ne saiI'
f. nu f.nF . frrrrt occasion. and
seemed fn .Hr o.
20. a 1,rs frHr n We enter Pho
.eHr#H .f nation" we can mind other