East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-09-05
ThrongS Cheer, Wave Flags and
Struggle to Break Police
Lines to Swarm About Pres
ldent'S Machine in Streets.
ClTYS WELCOME MOST
TREMENDOUS so FAR
Automobile Bearing Huge Anti
DRY" Placard Conspicuous;
Women Dodge Officers to
Snap Pictures of Wilson.

ST. LOUIS. Sept 5.-Crowds which
/ cheered. waved flags and struggled
to break through police lines to
swarm about his automobile. greeted
| President Wilson here TODAY. IRE
mendous shouts of welcome were con-
tinuous all the way from the outskirts
OF the city where the presidential spe
cial stopped to the hotel where WI
son went for a short rest before ma k
ing speech at the chamber of com
merce luncheon.
The president smiled continually as
he flourished his hat in response
sometimes standing up in the auto
mobile to bow appreciation. In ad-
dition to the people on the sidewalks
long the route, every window was fill
ed and many were on roofs.
An automobile bearing huge pla-
card demanding lifting of the wartime
prohibition ban lodged down the side
streets and confronted the president
at a number of points. The car was
filled with women. shrilly cheering !
and waving banners.
Women lodged the police and ran i
alongside the presidents machine TO !
get snapshots of Mrs. Wilson. begging |
her to look this way please"
The reception at st. Louis was the \
most enthusiastic received since the
president left Washington
president Wilson was greeted with /
shouts and ear piercing
rebel wells which lasted for several
,,,icrtrsr when ne entered the dining /
room of the Hotel Statler which was
TANNED to the windows. Rising 10
sneak he was greeted with cheers
..for the benefactor of the world.
rhe president declared party polllcs
has no place in treaty discussions ana
that he was glad to hear the chair
man say politics is adjourned"
Criticise Details.
He said criticism of the teraty is
1irected at mere details and incidents
If the great human document"
almost contemplate cutters is
he epithet Wilson applied to those
to go through with Americas
program to end all wars. which the
PRESIDENT. believes can be accom-
,lished by means of the league of ma
ions. He bitterly denounced those
who seek to prevent the United
states from joining the leagne.
SHNS hNh9oh-
Discussing the men who declare the
United States should not go to war to
protect every little nation in the
world" the president said: let ;
hem show me how they will keep out Il
+ war by not protecting them. Let
hem show me how they will prove
hat, having gone into an enterprise.
hey are almost contemplate cutters
: they do not see the game through.
hey Joined with the rest of us in the
of a fine purpose when we
vent into the war. They professed to
70 in to see that nobody after Ger
nanv's defeat should repeat the ex-
,eriment Germany tried"
outburst after outburst of cheering
unctuated Wilson's attacks of the
reatv foes He spoke with vgor. ,
ticking out his jaw and pounding on I;
he rail for emphasis. IN
To Prevent War. Z
"The central object of the treaty Is
o establish independence and protect
h integrity of the weak peoples OF
he world. I hear some gentlemen
-ho are themselves incapable of al {
Rustic purposes say 'Ah, but that is Il
ltruistic. 1t isn't our business 70 G
axe care of the weak nations of the G
-orld' No, but it is our business to c
revent war and if we do not take care a
the weak nations of the world a
lcre will he war" d