The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-07
20. Boyd Holds That It Binds
Ideals for Which We Fought
in War But Senator Brook
hart Says Not.
AUDIENCE IS INSTRUCTED
Fair Sized Crowd Among
Which We're Many Women
Brave Heat and Storm
to Learn Of Pact.

We fought to abolish war. Now
we must carry out the objective for
which we fought. The league Of ma
lions has In 1t the inherent Ideas for
The Iessenlng Of possibility of war.
We will act dishonorably as nation,
and will forget our pledge to the
dead in Flanders fields IT we fail to
carry out our part Of the covenant
for which we fought-Boyd.
we fought TO lick Germany, and
we have done II. We want to see
every American boy brought back to
United States soil and kept there I'M
III America alone shall decide that
there is some good reason for send
ina them back again. We do not
want 70 wipe out the blood and sac
rifices Of years ago by which we OBJ
tanned our observation-disclosures
An audience which comfortably
filled the court room In the Lee coun-
ty court house last night heard the
league Of nations defended as en-
bodying American ideals and Ameri-
can principles; as the pact which
will make 1t possible for America to
live up to her ideals for which she
entered the war; as the only sure
way to lessen the possibilities OF
such terrible war as has just been
ended again shaking the earth This
same audience heard the proposed
league held up to ridicule as undemo-
cratic, as practically depriving Amer
lea Of many Of her independent prin-
ciples, as being the ideal of one man,
and not of nation.
The debate which was held last
evening, under the direction of the
local League to Enforce Peace, OF
which John P. Hornish is president.
was conducted by ]. o. Boyd, of Keo-
kuk, who spoke in favor of the
league, and Senator j. l.. Brookhart.
Of Washington, who opposed the
proposed pact The audience, a third
of which was women, showed consid-
cradle interest in the topic, as ey!-
denced by the frequent applause
which interrupted both speakers.
Neither the intense heat nor the ap-
preaching storm seemed to melt
away the enthusiasm. To Judge from
the applause, the house was about
evenly divided on the question.
To Abolish War.
Mr.. Boyd, who spoke first, out
lined the efforts of the United States
to win the war, and said that now
that we had won the victory, the big
question remained as to what to do
with that victory. That we fought
to abolish war, was Mr.. Boyd's dec
laration; now we must carry out the
principles for which we fought. 1t
would be dishonorable, Mr.. Boyd de-
iclared, for America if she did not do
everything possible to perpetuate
those principles. He held that these
could be made permanent through
the league plan. III
( I'VE fought that never again would
the horlNr and bloodshed we have
Just Witnessed in Europe be possi-
ble," he said. "The league Of nations
plan has in it the inherent ideas for
the lessening Of the possibility OF
war. 1t is dominated with American
principles"
Mr.. Boyd then compared the thir-
teen colonies, with their separate
grievances. to the allied nations, and
drew the analogy between the ar
tcles of federation. and the final
adoption OF the constitution. He
dwelt on Americas responsibility in
the birth Of new nations which are
Ipatterning their governments after
ours.
In 1875 we won our political free
dom; In 1861 we went to war to Sc
cure personal freedom; in 1898 we
went to war for the freedom Of an
other nation" he said.
In Our Treaties Now.
That principles in the league OF
nations are embodied in treaties now
ratified by the United States was an
other daclaration Thesa. nriDCipl eS