Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-12
Senator Johnson Tells Crowds
in Indianapolis That Ameri-
can Boys Should Not Have
to Fight Europe's Wars.
HIGH COST OF LIVING
BLAMED ON WILSON
President Had Neither Time
Nor inclination to Treat
With Problem at Acute
Stage, Legislator Says.

Indianapolis, Sept. ll.-(By The
Associated Press (-Senator Hiram
w. Johnson of California was en-
Enthusiastically received here tonight
by a crowd which filled the largest
hall in the downtown section of the
city in the second address of his
speaking tour through the middle
west to oppose ratification of the
league of nations covenant by the
United States senate. The mass
meeting was arranged by a non
partisan citizens committee.
In introducing Senator Johnson
Henry Lane Wilson, former United
States ambassador to Mexico, said:
Like the late Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, Senator Johnson calls
things by their right name"
You're Right Johnson.
There were cries of you are
right; you are right" when Senator
Johnson insisted that American
troops should Immediately be
brought back from Russia. He was
frequently interrupted in the course
of his attack on the league of nations
by the cheers of the crowd
Senator Johnson began with this
declaration:
II am here and you are here be-
cause .Americanism still lives. .",s@~l
President Wilson has said the
league was being opposed by little
Americans" he said. Il confess
am little American, but l am all
American.
"Our soldiers, who won the war
fought for America, for you and
for me and not for any league OF
nations. Friends of the league ad-
NIT it is imperfect, but say VIC
must try it because it is the only
league of nations presented. Unr
der that theory | suppose if we
had but one egg and that egg was
rotten, we ought to eat it because
it was the only egg we had"
Poison Public Mind.
He referred to the official prop
aganda issued by the national ad-
ministration at Washington and
added:
They pick the taxpayers pockets
to poison the public mind"
When he asked the crowd if il
favored the league there were loud
shouts of mo"
The audience laughed when the
speaker referred to William H
Taft as "a distinguished ex-presi-
dent whom many respect but none
follow"
Senator Johnson left at midnight
for St. Louis, where he delivers
two addresses tomorrow.
"President Wilson adds to his
fearsome harsh names appeals to
our material interests and even
taxes the two months that the
league and treaty have been before
the American people and senate with
the high cost of living said SEN
ator Johnson. "He conveniently
forgets the eight months he spent
abxoad, secretly pledging our re-
sources and our manpower to Eu-
ropean and Asiatic governments
The two months of discussion by
our people and our senate in the
open of what he discussed secretly
for eight months has had, OF course
no bearing upon, and the reasonable
discussion in the future cannot pos
sibly affect. the high cost of living
"If any single individual can be
charged with responsibility for the
high cost of living. that man is
Woodrow Wilson The living costs
in December and January last we're
substantially what they are today.
Mr.. Wilson then had exactly the
same laws he now invokes. He had