The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-17
NAT|ONSLEACUE
OBJECTED TON
WEST VIRGINIA

| WASHINGTON, d. c.. March To-
Tho letters arc coming to Senator Suth-
| erland and Elkins from their constitu-
ents in West Virginia every day. more
| and more Of them discussing the league
! Of nations, TO which those two senators
! and thirty-scvcn others demurrcd IN a
! signed statement read TO tho senate by
I.ot}xc. Of Massachusetts. BY a large
majority the writer's OF the letters en-
/ dorse the stand taken by the two soma
tors addressed.
In the first batch Of letters received
by Senator Sutherland there was one
that got moro than one reading. IL
was from the wife of coal miner, thr
mother Of five boys, ono Of them with
the army in France. Her home is in q
little mining town in Logan counS.
She had written once before asking II
there was anything she could do 10 get
her boy out Of the army and back home.
In reply. Senator Sutherland told her
that if she could furnish afiidavits that
Illness IN the family necessitated III"
soldier boys prcscnrn ut home to hein
in their support, it would probably
have an influence.
~ thank you very much for your
advice" she wrote. hut regret n say
that cannot truthfuly furnish the CYL
dcnce that sickness in our family is or
such critical nature that it demands
his immediate presence. ] just wrote
General Pcrshing independently asking
that he discharge my own son and other
mothers son. also. l guess it is wholly
useless"
ThHn this coal miners wife sets down
upon paper in Il very natural and
graphic manner her grievances, She
finds fault with the sloWness OF demo-
biliZation. the appropriation OF Slhn.-
nnn.A00 for foreigners when our own
soldiers had not been paid nor their
dependents the aIlotmcntS made. bitter
~ criticizeS the mShandlinR Of the
soldiers mail and tho conditions or
camps and hillets abroad. us il not
enough to turn mothers hair grry'
she asks.
Then she turns her attention TO the
league Of nations and writes:
May | dare 10 hope that he league |
Of nations plan of President Wilson |
may not be adopted" This question Is !
mentally worrying ING all through the |
day. tho last thing a, night. the nrst |
in tho morning. VIII there be- u nation |
wild" vote on tho league Of nations: l |
have four sons at homo and IL the ad |
minSlrtlion goes on and binds Am:rica
to thu side of those hlnodthirsty na- !
tons. my sons predicamnnt. lct II he
suffering. starving or death In its most
cruel form. will be nothing compared |
with what my other sons and grandsuns
viii hav" To- go through with. Does II
mean destruction To our nation" |
think SO.
Tho papers say lha, President VIII
son. in nf his latest speeches.
speaks ~ having seen a visionary rIr-
iurc. will not Try 10 d"scrIh- MS
l;r'ur" for doubtless YOU will rad i,
ycursrl'.
Il. too. have s""n u picture: but. be-
ing from 4 GIffcrrn' point If view. MAJ
HTa!ly enough our pictures ~. not !
alike. | hrlirv" | S.r N my picture
thousands If Amcricnn mothers grIcr :,
ing over the loss "f their sons. ana
over the fact that high officials of our
nation arc using such little energy in
getting their sons back home. And
soc war brides. whom positively On
know hay" htcn true "a th-i- husbands
over the SEA. carrying III? coal they use
from a hat i" one mite, pirkh>[ un !,
small Jumps At :, iimr. in order Ia
I'll their powder keS coal h"ds. ihrIr
allotment not being tsufflc!"rl In hu%
food and coal, hnus,' rtn; end rl"thlnL
TIL" coal MINES hay. nearly all shut
j, VII hare aud Perhaps on" or Two
Shutters y week ir all pass.
"prrhaps the president will put ms
picture in frame Of mind. instead OF
bronze or ivory or something else As
axes ar. already past MI comprrh- M
sion. had better not frame mine al
all. Ynu must nov give picture frames
in at $40 each.
Il am q very sad n worry worried end
n yer. iai :mcSl Disguised mother Of Il
soldier hoy IN Franz" and four other
h'yS who will go oTrr seas Ia soldier
no doubt. If THIS dear country OF ours
nllit: itself 10 foreign governments and
foreign politics. hate ;hc thought or
il. ! far it day end night.
II glory in the stand you hay" taken
Cor tn" mothers. for ;hr boys for tho
Freedom and independents" Of "ur be-
loved country from foreign changing
alliances.
r" TIM: strongly dramatic. pathetic
and patriotic appeal Scuatnr Sutherland
returned lengthy. apprrcintirc ANA u
synpat hetic letter llr. 100. has q son
IN FLINDERS.
To Care A Cold IN One Day