Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-11
IOWA SENATOR. SAYS IT WOULD
BE rR,gAsoNAeLE TO SUPPORT
COVENANT IN PRE- SENT FORM.
OFFERS TO RESIGN IF
IOWA sUPPoRE WILSON
Soldiers in Galleries chreo' iowans Re-
uly to "Presidentiai Billinssgate"--
Democrats Among Senators Who
Fastened to Congratulate Senator at
Close of Most Vehement Attack on
Wilson's ePt Plan. -

Washington. Sept. 11.-Sc6res of
soldiers just back from France rose in
their seats in the senate galleries today
and burst into Wild cheering when
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa. republican,
answering President Wilson's Des
Moines speech. called upon the senate
to stand firm and reject the peace
treaty in its present form.
The senator demanded reservations
of the most sweeping and drastic char
acter. so clear and unmis taxable that
American rights and interests never
could be called into question in the
league.
mild reservations are cowardly
reservations,"fhe said and added that
unless radical changes We're made in
the pact he would vote. to reject it.
Calls Wilson Stubborn.
The senator warned the administra
ton forces it was time to come out OF
the, valley of stubborness" and
give their support to reservations pro-
tecting American interests. He praised
the foreign relations committee for its
work in revising the treaty.
"They are trying to Americanize this
league" declared Senator Kenyon.
They may reply to presidential bill
lingsgate. to the charge of contempt
BILE CUTTERS that the most conternpti-
bic cutters in the history Of the world
were those who assembled with high
ideals at the Paris conference and per-
mitted Japan to take over Shantung.'
,r,lr fttty, nj l.
tuous applause. The soldiers knew
nothing of the senate's rules forbidding
cheers and handclapping, and they
"whooped 'er up" 5
Marshall Rebukes Soldiers.
Vice, President Marshall struggled
with his. gavel to restore order. /and
when he had succeeded in bringing out
a fair degree of calm he delivered a
sharp rebuke to the galleries.
The'vice president informed the gal
leries he would enforce the ban on all
manifestations of approval or disap-
prevail. When he had concluded the
soldiers again applauded.
Senator Kenyon's vigorous address
possessed deep Significance in several
respects. When the president began
summoning republican senators to the
White House recently in an effort to
win them. oyer to the league covenant,
Senator Kenyon was one Aof tho first
invited, as friendly to the league. Thus
his speech attracted unusual attention.
Senator Myers, Of Montana, and
Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, both
democrats, fastened to the republican
side Of the chamber and warmly con-
speech.
Again Assails President.
Senator Kenyon assailed the presi-
dents tactics in using the high cost
OF living to hasten action on the
treaty. He said:
"Now we are hearing from the
presidents speeches in the west that
the high cost of living is due to the
senNe delay: also that bolshevism is
beginning to start as a result of SEN
ate delay.
II suppose If there is a drought in
Texas. it will be due tO. this delay. and
an early frost on the corn certainly
could be attributed to it if it should fit
the particular locality in which the
president happened to be speaking.
The great delay has been in the peace
conference, and the senate is not re-
sponsible for that. Nonsense, even If
uttered by president, is still nom
sense"
Aids Called "Stooi Pigeons"
Senator Kenyon referred to the
American peace delegates as "automa-
tons" and stool pigeons" for the
president.
Referring to the presidents ex-
pressed desire to, gibbet the men who
oppose the treaty, Senator Kenyon de-
clared the temper of the presidents
western speeches indicated that
wrath had taken the pl:rse Of sound
Judgment on the thyone of his mind"
"Tke senate is not going to be bull
dnzad he said "ItHhas its duty to