Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-12
PROPONENTS AND SPONSORS
or COVENANT ARE ETANED

Salt Lake City Utah. Oct. IL
Speaking to great and thoroughly
responsive audience in the Mormon
tabernacle here tonight, Senator
Hiram w. Johnson termed this meet
ing fitting climax to his trans-con-
tinental itinerary and to the cause he
represents He denounced the league
of nations as proposed as IAN unholy
thing" and flayed its proponents and
sponsors.
The audience which heard Senator
Johnson In the final forceful utter
ances of his tour was the largest no
had addressed anywhere on the trip,
except, perhaps in his home city OF
san Francisco. 1t was estimated az
between 5000 and 10000 persons,
many of them standing
The crowd cheered the statement
of Presiding Bishop Charles w. Nib
Icy of the Mormon chm1h, who IN
troduced the senator hat every
where sentiment is changing turning
against the treaty" The theory of the
league of nations is beautiful, he de-
clared, but would not work out that
way. The bishop voiced the hope that
the president would get so disgusted
with the league that he will chuck the
whole blooming thing into the wastc-
basket"
He further said that the United
States chad enough troubles at home
without doddering off to look for
more"
If the country at large would fol-
low the Mormon doctrine Of mind
your own business" he asserted, lt
would be better off.
The audience came to its feet.
cheering when Bishop Nibley intro
duced Senator johnson as the confI-
dant and trusted friend of the lato
Theodore Roosevelt.
In his address here tonight, as at
ogden this afternoon, Senator john
son praised United States Senator
Reed Smoot, senior solon from Utah,
for his steadfast stand against the
administration on the treaty question.
Although it has been made known by
many of Senator Smoots constituents
that they favored ratification of the
treaty without change, as a move to
secure world wide peace, Senator
Johnson was assured by both demo-
Gratis and republicans, who formed
reception committses for him today.
that there Is a division of sentiment
in Utah on the question.
Besides Bishop Nibley presiding as
tIldlI man lbHlblilt ANtpliA -. NASA 80
Utah chairman of the League to En-
force Peace an organization counted
among the strongest supporters of the
the unchanged treaty, was one of the
sponsors for the johnson address.
Other we'll known Salt Lake City cit
izens who extended a welcome to the
senator here were former Governor
William Spry. Henry Walsh, Frank 7.
Gallagher, James p, Casey, A. L.
Mooney, W. D. Livingston, Frank
Evans. Moroni Hainer l.. r. Ander-
son, n. G. Morgan, Charles NJ Nor
ris, ogden Hiles. William I'll. Leary.
T.. C. Ashton and Baldwin Robertson.
AS an evidence that there is grow
ing sentiment for strong amendments
TO the league of nations, as he claims,
Senator. johnson pointed tonight to a
statement made here yesterday by
Francisco, formerly an official there
of the League to Enforce Peace.
Archbishop Hanna declared on his re-
turn here from an eastern trip, that
'idealism, nationalism, Americanism,
and all the red blooded sentiments OF
independence seem to have been lost
sight of by those crying for the league
of nations
Senator Johnson planned to leave
tomorrow afternoon for Washington.
He announced tonight at banquet
given in his honor. that he would
sneak on the peace treaty at Madison
Square GardeH. New York, October
| iS under the auspices of the Leaguo
for the Preservation of American IN
dependence at the invitation of Sens
ator Moses, of New Hampshire.