Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-03
senator Sherman Lambasts
President and His League
of Nations.
UsURPER, DICTATOR
OF FREE PEOPLE
sh.rran ssys League ensasss NOT
in ore War, But In Al Wsrs Which
seeurss the gsrsh-n''"'s TO ms
Neutrality Which Kept us Out OF
War In 1916 and Plunged us 'nss
War In 1917.

War In 1917.
Washington. March S.-Ths oons'''u
tion Of the league Of nations a. pro
sent.d at tho peace conference was
nictured to the senate today by sen@'oF
sherman. Of Illinois. republican. % .
.p.ndo,a.s box xfull OF evils "hicn
,.n,,a snpty on the American people
the aggregated calamfdes OF 'h'
world"
senator sherman sharply cr1soaAeo
President Wilson, asking VINO autnoF-
;zed him 70 rear above tho republic an
,ntocrat,c power.- He added that tho
authority was not to be 1ouno IN 'ne
constitution Of tho United eta1es nor
was IL implied from underlined var
powers, and gave It as his opinion tna'
the president had been acting eitner ITS
"usurper or q dictator.
.Shall we not ask with the drama
list" the senator said. Nov, IN tne
name of all the gods at once. upon
what doe. this Caesar feed that no has
grown so great?"
Drum Major OF Civilization.
He adroitly maneuvers himself into
the spotlight as the phantom OF peace
perpetual and the guardian OF man
kind" Senator Sherman continued. As
he kent u out Of war in 1875. 50 ne
will keep us out Of impending war con-
i,red up to save the issues OF 1sIo anu
keep us -at peace forever u We "".
cept him again. With him - tne orun
major OF civilization. eternal psaco'
betting the earth and broodng ike a
gentle spirit o'er still and credulous
world proclaims the millennium IL mere.
Like his neutrality device was the
prelude to unprepared wal, his peace
iAapue engages not In one war. but In
all wars that scourge the earth. 1t Is
.imnle but deadly. Apparently an open
covenant Of peace it is masked char-
Ter Of unseasoned wars: the voice OF
Mars but the hand Of Woodrow"
or the proposed constitution Senator
Sherman said it would set up an
o,iearchy Of the worst, possible sort,
adding:
Creating Namsiess Thing.
off we cut the cables Of constitu-
in the irresistible tides that will sweep
us into the maelstrom OF the Old
worlds blood currents. The feuds and
spoliations Of thousand years will
become our daily chart Of action. All
we know Is that a few men is some
hidden chamber known as the execu-
tive council WELD over us powers Of
life and death.
The creation Of a nameless thing, to
sit in star chamber judgment and de-
cree implicit obedience to its mandates
can not be borne by free men. By an
ukase it will close commerce, close our
exchanges, destroy credits. leave our
merchandise rotting on piers, shut the
Panama canal, order congress to de-
clare war, levy taxes, appropriate
money raise and support armies and
navies and dispatch our men to any
because an alien executive council
has willed 1t.
Weapon Of National Suicide.
Sincere men have decided them
selves in their great hope for perfect
world, but no delusion, however sin
cere. will excuse this senate from it's
duty to interpose its power against this
universal Utopia promised by the pres
ident. 1t is the tabled apple of great
hope which will turn to ashes on a
trusting peoples lips. The senate
never faced greater task nor nobler
duty. 1t will NOT ratify any emotion
nor translate an impossible idealism
into a weapon Of national suicide"
Senator Sherman asserted that
against the wisdom and experience Of
tine. American forefathers as summed
up IN washington's farewell address
there was now rising up the dreamer
and the booknan the socialist, the
mere haberdasher In phrases which in
toxcate and mislead.~
The senator urged that the warning
of the founders Of the American gov
ernnent to let Europe settle her own
niiarreia he regarded ncv, :SSa. xx.:a4
when the United States went to war
against common danger it did not
bind itself "in perpetual alliance to
draw the sword whenever and so long
as the majority OF European. govern
ments voted it upon u.s."
MoCumbsr Dsfsnds Leaoue.
After Senator Sherman concluded
his attack on the league of nations.
{ Senator McCunber. Of North Dakota,
republican member of the foreign
relations committee, took the floor and
urged that the United States become
party to q league to preserve the
world peace. Senator McCumber urged
an amendment to the charter 50 there
could be no surrender OF American
sovereignty or the Monroe doctrine.
He deplored recent criticisms of some
repsblican senators. declaring their
arguments were far fetched.
River and Harbor Dill Passed.
Washington. March 3.-The bill vali-
dating and authorizing adjustment OF