The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-09-25
COAST TO COAST
U. S. FOR LEAGUE
MILLIONS ACCLAIM WILSON AS
HE SPEEDS ACROSS
THE LAND.
FEW ASK FOR CHANGES
Majority Feel That Presidents Guild.
anee Should Be Held-He Regards
Pact As Sure to Come Soon.
(By Mt. Clemens News Bureau)

Aboard President Wilson's Special
Train-From the Capital at Washing.
ton to the far Pacific coast the Presi.
dent Of the United States has jour
neyed on the most unusual expedition
ever undertaken by chief executive
OF the nation.
To discuss national questions, many |
presidents have toured the land; but |
Mr.. Wilson is laying before America
a question which affects the whole |
world-the question OF whether or not |
we are to Join in the League OF Ma
tons; whether we are to forget our
former isolation and share with the
other peoples of the earth the respon-
sibilities OF maintaining civilization
and preventing, as he says we can do,
future warfare.
Between the capital and the coast
the president made fifteen speeches
and half a dozen brief talks. All OF
100000 fellow citizens listened to him.
Several millions had the chance to see
him, and apparently everyone wanted
to see him, from those who thronged
the streets of the cities and towns
where he stopped, to those who came
to the railside or stood at little flag
stations in remote places, knowing
their only reward could be a fleeting
glimpse and wave Of the hand.
He has met and talked to all types
pf citizens-to men big in the bust
ness, financial and professional worlds,
to farmers and mechanical workers.
to Indians and cowboys and foreign
born herders and rangers, to soldiers
and to mothers who lost soldier-sons
in the late war.
What do they all tell him? unani-
mously they say they want peace
definitely settled. they want no more
wars, they want the League OF Ma
tons, and most of the American peo-
pie, ii may be fairly said. tell the
President they want the League just
as it is, without the reservations or
amendments which certain senators
have insisted upon. The majority Of
citizens say to those who interview
them on this tour:
Woodrow Wilson guided us rightly
before and during the war with Ger
many. We entered that war. every
one agrees, to end all wars. He says
the league can do that. We want to
] do that, so let us keep on trusting him
and get the league into operation as
soon as possible Forget politics"
Most Americans encountered on the
tour have forgotten politics. Repub.
lican Governors and Mayors have in,
troduced the President to his audi.
ence; the Major part OF the local com.
mittees which have met him have
been Republicans. They have all said j:
1--WE are nothing but Americans, Mr.
President"
Mr.. Wilson's arguments for the
league, briefly summarized, are those:
There can be no peace. either now
or in the future, without 1t. There
can only be a regrouping Of nations
and a new Balance Of Power" which
is certain to lead to war. There car
be no war in the future, with the
league in existence, because no single
nation would defy the united rest o.
mankind, and II 1t did, 1t could bC
brought to terms by an economic
boycott, and without the use Of arms.
There can be no reduction In thu
cost of living until the league Is es
tablished, for nations will not g
ahead with peace time production un
til they know that peace is detinitel!
assured and that production OF wa
material is no longer necessary.
There can be wonderful prosperity
with the league in existence, for rel
atoms OF labor and capital all owe
the world will be made closer an
more friendly, and the worker will re
: ceiye fairer share Of what he pre-
g duces.
These declaration Of the president
: logically and eloquently put, have LEI
}, his hearers thinking and thinkin
: deeply. And then Mr.: Wilson ha
pointed out, the people themselves, d
= differentiated from senators and polit
clans, seem to want just what tn
: president wants, which Is America 10
leadership.
Quite as unusual as the purpose
9 the cross country tour is the manne
q In which 1t is being carried out an
the completeness Of the arrang
ments on the nine car train which
> bearing the party. J
At the rear is the private car Ma,
> flower, occupied by the President an
Mrs. Wilson. Next is a compartmeI
car for the secretary Tumulty, A.
: miral Grayson, Mr Wilson'S Phys
clan, four stenographers, the chi,
~ executive clerk and seven secret Sc
a vice men. Byond are three compar
ment cars which house twenty-or
y correspondents, FIVE movie men, al
a a telegraphic and railroad exper
10 Then there is a dinner, club car, al
n. two baggage cars, one OF them co
a. verified into a business office, II
m train was exactly on time at eve
a stop between Washington and Il