The sun., 1919-09-04

10 touring the country in the
avowed hope Of stirring up senti-
ment to back the position he has
chosen to take.
/. That hysterical sentiment aroused
here and there will not change the
deliberately arrived at position of
Senators that the league without
drastic reservations would leopard
fze seriously the security Of Amer
lean independence. freedom and
rights. -
That the entire tour is at Gov
eminent expense.
Curiously, however, the outbreaks Of
indignation against the President for
leaving at this time have not been in
tho Senate but in the House, which Of
fcially has nothing whatever to do
with the peace treaty. Two resolu-
tons protesting against the trip all
ready have been introduced. Repre-
sentative Rodenberg (Ill.) publicly de-
nounced the trip in a speech yester-
day, and to-day Representative New
ton (Mo) introduced bill designed To
appropriate $4,000 TO enable Senators
opposed to the covenant to make SINH
IDEAS at Government expense.
Public Policy at Stake.
Public policy and the vast interests
OF the nation demand that the people
should hear the views of the Senators
who believe our national sovereignty is
endangered by the provisions OF the
covenant" said Mr.. Newton. He point
ed out that the President is using his
usual appropriation of $4,000 from the
Treasury to pay the expenses of his tour.
Tho text Of the Newton resolution fol-
lows:
Whereas, there Is now pending in
the Senate of the United States a treaty
which contains therein a covenant pro-
viding for a league OF nations to be
comprised of various nations of the
Garth and to become a superstate OF
which 1t IL proposed that this nation
shall be q member and,
Whereas, in the judgment of some Of
the ablest Senators now In the Senate,
q well as in the Judgment of many
other able and patriotic American citi-
gems, the covenant OF the League of Ma
tons as now proposed and pending be-
fore the Senate means the surrender by
this country of national sovereignty and
Independence into the hands of such
suberstate. In which this nation would
have only a small minority vote and.
"Whereas, a change SO radical in our
national life and so unprecedented in
our history IL OF vital concern to every
American citizen and to generations yet
to come: and.
swhereas, the President of the
United States has entered upon tour
extending twice across the continent. ad-
vocating the adoption of such proposed
league covenant in the hope that he
niay be ablo to convert the American
people to his views, and with the appar-
e1t purpose Of inducing them to demand
OF their Senators that they ratify and
adopt such covenant ana bind this ma
tion as a part of such superstate; and.
sWhereas, In order to be fair to the
Senate of the United States and to en-
able the people of the United States to
judge intelligently and impartially the
great problems involved in such pro-
posed league covenant II is necessary
for the people to hear all of the argu-
ments. both for and against such cove
nant: and
~whereas the Presidents expenses
upon such tour are being betrayed out
of an annual travelling fund of $4,000
appropriated by Congress out Of the
Treasury of the United States; and
whereas no funds are available iron,
any appropriations heretofore made out
ofawhich to defray the travelling ex-
penses of those Senators of the United
States who believe that national sover-
eighty is seriously endangered in the
proposed league covenant: and
rWhereas public policy and the best
interests of the nation demand that the
people should hear the views of Senators
who believe that national sovereignty Is
endangered in the provisions of such
league covenant before they conclude to
urge its adoption by the Senate Of the
United States; therefore be II
sResofved, by the House OF Represen-
tatives, the Senate concurring therein
that the Secretary of the Treasury OF
the United States be, and he Is hereby
directed and authorized to pay out OF
any moneys In the Treasury of the
United States not otherwise appropri-
ated the sum OF $4,000 to defray the
expenses of Senators who are opposed
tothe provisions Of the proposed league
covenant while such Senators are trav-
cling and appearing before the Ameri-
Gag people to discuss such covenant and
point out those features of such cove
nant which in their judgment would en-
danger American sovereignty and inde-
pendence."