Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-07-23
Senator McKellar Declares
Opposition Is From
ReactiOnaries.
OPPOSING WILSON;
NOT LEAGUE PACT
Declares Opponents Are Of Same
School a. Those Who Opposed Fed
eral Constitution and Later Handi-
capped Growth and Development Of
Nation - Wilson Has Done Great
Things For America, He Declares.

Washington, July 2S.-The league OF
nations was supported in the senate
today by Senator McKillar, democrat,
Tennessee, as one Of the greatest for
ward steps in the nations history.
Most Of the opposition. he asserted,
came from "reactionaries" Of the same
school as those who opposed the fed
eral constitution and those who later
handicapped the growth and develop
ment Of the country.
There have always been reactionar-
les in our country" said the Tennes-
see senator. "and there have always
been progressives.
There have always been forward
looking men and backward looking
men. There have always been men who
looked to precedents and to the past
and men Yho looked to the future. II
the reactionaries had had their way in
the beginning of our government, we
probably would not have had repub-
lie. II they had had their way the re-
public would never have been enlarg-
ed.
world Fact step Forward.
Il am not a reactionary: am dem
.ocrat in its most progressive sense.
We ought to improve upon those wlb
have gone before US. We have had
better advantages than they had. They
blazed the path. Every dictate Of con-
science. every dictate Of humanity,
every dictate Of an enlightened self in
terest, every dictate Of commercial and
industrial advantage, every dictate Of
a desire for peace, required the estab-
ishment OF this great world pact.
"Reactionary repuhltcaas and reac-
tionary democrats who are opposing
this league. don't let your hatred Of
any one man warp and set aside your
Judgment. Whatever may be said of
Mr.. Wilson, he has surely done great
things for America. Under hts admin
istration we have become q world
power faster than in any other like Pc
riod in our history. All Of his work
has been done for America. Let not
America. who has given this great
peace covenant to the world, be the
only one to repudiate It,"
Oppose Wilson, Not Treaty.
"The real criticism of the league in
the minds Of it's opponents in the SEN
ate," continued Mr.. Mcclellan" is that
Woodrow Wilson put a commanding
part in the formation Of the league.
There may be better plans, but why
haven't they been produced?"
: Three incontestible reasons for the
league, continued the senator, are the
cost Of war. its sacrifice of human life,
and the utter folly of creating nations
in Europe without giving them the
guarantee Of life. He said he did not
agree that article 10 imposed only
moral obligation to go to war to pre-
serve the integrity Of members, but
that it rightly imposed legal obliga-
ton to do so.
Criticism Time Aged.
, Replying to the charge Of Senator
Reed, democrat, Missouri, that the
league might he controlled by black,
red and yellow races, Senator Nickel
lar quoted this passage from speech
made when Jefferson bought Lou
isiana: 1--WE are soon to look for our
rulers to the black, yellow and red
brethren beyond the Mississippi"
Missouri" continued Mr.. McKellar,
was a part Of the Louisiana pur-
chase. I am curious to know If some
ancestors Of Senator Reed did not speak
those words. The argument is idle. l
think the senators from South Carolina
and Mississippi will compare favorable
with the representatives of otheristates
in this body, regardless of the black
majority in each of these states"