Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-11

Chicago, Sept, 10.--Crowds tonight
in vain besieged the Auditorium
theater where republican senators be-
gan their western speaking tour in
answer to President Wilson's demands
for unconditional acceptance or total
rejection of the peace treaty and
league of nations covenant. Before s
| o'clock, the hour for opening the
| speaking, the theater was filled and
| thousands of persons were left in the
| streets.
The thousands within and without
| had come to hear Senators William
d, Borah, of Idaho; Hiram w. John
son, of California, and Medill Me-
CormacS, of Illinois, the latter presid
| ing at the meeting, eXpound their
views of the peace treaty and league
covenant, and reply to President Will
sons utterance on his swing around
, the country. Senator Johnson had
| spoken earlier in the day at a lunch
| con at the Hamilton club, but Senator
| Borah did not arrive until late in the
| day and both delivered night adj
dresses formally starting their cam
| paign of the west.
The crowd outside was led into re.
peated cheering by man who shout.
| cd that senator johnson would be tht
| next president. The cheering, how.
ty,r seemed about equally vigorous
at mention of Senators Borah anc
| Mccormick
| While the throngs stormed abou
| the various entrances after the doors
had been closed by the police, a pa
rade was led by a soldier in uniform
blowing bugle along Michigan boule-
vard Several hundred persons Were
in line with banners bearing such in
scriptions as "Welcome to the Men
| Who Are Bringing Our Boys Back
| From Siberia. and I'VE Want Our
Boys Back From Siberia"
Johnson Speaks.
Senator Johnson said in part.
THE opening sentence of the pres
| ident at Columbus in his memorable
| swing around the circle struck with
you as with me responsive and
| sympathetic chord L have for a long
| chafed at the confinement of Wash.
| ington,' he said, and as we contem.
| plate the extraordinary rigors of 4
| White House existence. the silent suf-
| fering there for the long period of q
month and a half, as we visualize his
| inability to communicate to the coun.
| try the thoughts of which he says his
heart was so full as we view the en-
forced restrain during this awfu
/ month which made 1t impossible fol
him from the nations capital to re-
] port to his fellow citizens, we welcome
enthusiastically his present trip, and
breathe a sigh of relief that the con
finement' in Washington is at least
| temporarily at an end
No Report" Made.
| "You have read, doubtless, as
have, his various addresses, what he
terms his report to his fellow coun.
| trymen concerning those affairs oi
| the world which now need to be set.
tied You have searched. doubtless
as have, yearningly and longinly, foi
that report of which he speaks, ant
Iyou may have discovered as I fear
have, that his report apparently has
degenerated into rather intemperatt
and harsh criticism, and irritable an6
sometimes abusive characterizations
| 1--WE may charitably ascribe the
| presidents condition to his long con
| finement' of month at Washing
ton, of which he complains, and to
the absence of that ready subservlent
| agreement whion he demands for his
most cryptic expressions and his most
| mysterious acts. ! am hoping, be-
cause of my knowledge of the far
| western state to which he is going
| that its salubrious climate and the
| balmy breeZes of the Pacific may
soothe his perturbed spirit and Pssu-
age his anguished soul, The occasion
| is too important, the matter witt
which we deal is fraught with con.
sequences too serious to the republic
| for you and me to deal with 1T other
| wise than calmly iudically and IL
| good temper, and with every intel