The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-07-12
Kansas Man Would Keep The
President of the United States
At Home
CRITICISM OF
WOODROW WILSON
Representative Campbell Does
Not Think Chief Executive
Should Leave United States

Should Leave United States
Washington, July 9.-The president
Of the United States would not p@
permitted. during his term Of office
TO leave the country or TO perform the
duties Of his office except al Wash
ington. under a bill introduced today
by Representative Campbell, of Kan
Sas. chairman Of the house rules COM
lnlttee reading as follows:
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representative of the United
States of America. in congress assem-
bled, Section Z, that from and after
the passage of this act it shall be
unlawful for the, president Of the
United States, during the term Of his
office. to absent himself from the ter
ritorial jurisdiction Of the United
States or TO perform the duties Of his
office at any ether place than at the
seat of government stablished by The
act for establishment OF the tempor-
ary and permanent seat Of govern
'Inent Of the United States. approved
ulS 1o, AtoV, " WHICH t11AS a. A0 S1i
amendment
Representative Campbell had pre-
pared a lengthy address on his bill
in which he sharply criticized Presi-
dent Wilson for going TO Europe for
the peace conference, but unanimous
consent for its immediate delivery was
refused by Representative Blanton,
Democrat, Texas Mr. Campbell then
made il public in the form of
staten ent.
The presidents arrival in Europe
was marked with the usual attentions
that have ever been given TO princes
of the royal blood, or to emperors
with imperial power In Paris, in Lon
don, in Rome, every art Of the snter-
tainer was exhausted upon the presi-
dent. He was fattered WITH every at
1ention that mankind can give to man.
He liked it all
Diplomats and interyla tional states
men constantly attended him and paid
him homage. If, he had vanity, it was
encouraged. Nothing that could please
him was omitted from the prelim!-
naries that marked the approach TO
the peace tables. The statesmen VI
other lands, intent upon the welfare
Of their countries, artfully led him
TO- see their countries needs. He was
easily beguiled into assuming the
role that had been carefully created
for him. The government and people
of the United States are TO pay for all
these honored attentions in the years
to come.
THE president wanted league Of
nations-it was given him. Those who
sat with him at the peace table wanted
to add more territory to their do
mains; wanted more friendly harbors
at the doors of teeming millions at
the ends of the paths they controlled
on the seas: wanted dominion and
control over smaller and weaker ma
tons; wanted indemnify for the loss
they sustained in the war; wanted
security and prestige for their govern
ment and people for future wars, and
wanted the United States to share
the burden of policing Europe and
maintaining the boundaries Of their
nation, and they got what they want
ed
THE peace conference ended a part
of it's work a few days ago, and the
president left Europe amid the Si-
lence Of the multitude and without
even the honor of attention from his
former flatterers If Woodrow Wilson
only were concerned, the affair would
pass without serious comment. But
every returned traveller and uncen-
sored report tell from Europe the
story Of American unpopularity in
every country overseas. The cordial
feeling for the government and the
people of the United States that exist
ed six months ago, is wanting now.
Civilized and Christian people covet
the good opinion of mankind. The
presidents presence in Europe. his
absence from his own country has
left the people Of the United States
without that good opinion
NO country can safely permit its
chief executive to intrude himself into
the domestic affairs Of another coun-
try. When the president of the
United States, in England and in
Italy, mistook the royal reception he
had received from those in high
places and the applause that was
given him by the multitude for an in
vitati to become their political mas
ter, he lost his own prestige and that
Of his country. It WI: require the
work of years to restore the govern
ment and the people Of the United
States TO their former cordial and
congenial relationships with the other
countries of the world and with those
people with whom the president has
recently come in contact.
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