The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-07-01
R0RAH MAKES "
v|TR|O[|C STAB
At LEAGUE OE,
NATIONS PLAN
SEES CONSPIRACY ~, Y.
OF EXPLOITATION
Senator Hitchcock Respond
With Spirited Reply to the
Idaho Senator


WASHINGTON, June 30.-The League
Of Nations covenant and the innuense
ar work to secure it's acceptance by fhe
United States furnished the vehicie to'
day for another long debate In the eel'
ate. .r.-2 T.,
renewing his charge that internation1
bankers arc sponsoring the league fcf
selfish purposes. Senator Borah lhe.
nubIican). Of Idaho. charged thkt
Thomas w. Lamont. a partner In the
Morgan banking house, had purchaSe4
the New York Evening Post as part qt
n propa ganda to force Senate acceptance
OF the covenant. He charged that tAs
League 10 Enforce Peace. headed oy foS.
mer President Taft, also was controlieo
by the bankers. y
Senator Hitchcick (DemocraO, oi
Nebraska. defending Mr.. Taft ana hn
organization. replied that not only ousi'
moss mon, but organized labor tne
churches, the farmers and the peopie
generally were demanding ratif1cation o.
tho covenant Every tset OF populAf
opinion that had been taken anywhers,
he said, had shown an overwhelming sen
timcnt for the league.
Covenant Dsfsndsd.
The league covenant was dctenoeo aiss
nv Senator Gerry CDemocrat). OF Rnoof(
Island. in a speech declaring it the onr
hone of Europe during rcconstruction
and was attacked by Senator tali (he.
nubIicanl. of New Mexico, who declares
no could not vote for its ratihcation
without violating his oath as SENATOR.
MANY others were drawn into the az
bstc. which occupied virtually the en-
tire days session. y
WASHINGTON. June 3o.-Senato'
Borah. Republican, Idaho, CHARGED
tho senate today that Thomas w. La
mont. reprcsenting the Morgan interests,
had. purchased the New York EvenfnS
Post for the purpose Of using 1t In con
ncction with propaganda in favor OF ths
league Of nations.
senator Borah declared that befota
the debate on the league closed ne wouip
show that big financial interests wer.
i,, conclavc TO exploit the natural re.
sources Of Europe and have tAe Unif
States underwrite the investmehc,
The mask OF hypocrisy will be torn
or" he said. land even the sacred hume
Of an cx-prcsidcnt cannot be used 10
protect the men who propose to sell OUT
this country"
Attacks Business Men.
Tho ldah0 senator Fedu lEOH . peS'
cation Of the league to enforce peace
statement that three-fourths OF the con-
tr,butions to that organization camf
from business men. and said that while
tho name Of Kuhn. Loeb & Co. was not
amons the concerns mentioned. he hAd
evidence that il should be there.
Reading a letter which he said hAd
been sent to agents Of the league urging
that kilograms and representatives be
sent 10 Washington TO aid in Influencing
senatorial opinion. Sencto- Borah said:
yet these people arc determined that
there shall be no popula rvote upon TINS
proposition while the organize for the
purpose Of having certain inhuentiai
gentlemen come here to confer with
ncnators and create false impression
Hitchcock Responds. 81
Gcrator Hitchcock. Democrat. Ne-
rrnskn. interrupted TO say that the
average subscriptions received by the
League to Enforce Peace had been Wy
nnd that II was composed OF 6.6fb mem.
hc:-. He read a statement which ne
rad the league had prepared In antici.
ns:Ic:, OF m attack against II In the
rtna,c, This statement said the largest
rub-er:ptIon was ts5.ooo and the next
5000, whIlc only l3? subscriptions were
for $1,000 or more. Senator Borah. In
reply. enid II tho statement read BY
Senator Hitchcock Sc. forth that only
,wo subscriptions were for $4,000 OF
moro tho error evidently was made In
tc:!tioraily by the league. as the bulletin
prepared By It and read BY him up
douotcdiy was correct. -
Overwhelming SsuttntSat. '..
Senator Hitchcock presented mass Of
rrurca and many resolutions designed h
chow an overwhelming sentiment FOL
tho loaEuc.
Every test madn anywhere to show
tho state OF public opinion on thi!
league" he asserted. has resulted IA
vorably 10 It.
Tho Nebraska senator gave the re-
suits Of several newspaper polls, all ~
vorlns tho league. He also referred te
tho overwhelming majority vote In ~
favor Mt tho recent convention OF the
American Federation Of Labor. -
Th, National Woman Suffrage asso-
clA,ion, tho Federation OF WomcnS cluo1
and mnny other womcn's organizations
Nc said, had approved It. He also as
aorted tho farmers wcro for the leAsue
the AM erican Agricultural ASSOCIATIONS
having endorsed u. and poll OF the
cdItora OF agricultural papers shoWee
slxty-rtx unqualinedly for the league
and ono unauallnodly opposed. with
three non-committal. g..
IIo argued also that returning soldiers
wcrc IN favor CT tho league. -