The sun., 1919-09-11

a M Kenyon insisted. and 1t is we'll
ar men who are still pretending to
hslIeye the contrary to recognize this
iacL
Galleries Applaud Him.
Mr.. Kenyon's address was followed
Win unusual interest and attention be-
cause at one time he was listed among
hose the Administration hoped to array
n favor of the document with at most
very mild reservations of an interpreta-
tive character.
Instead he attacked the President as
|, few have DONE and demanded the entire
fabric OF amendments and reservations
which the committee had brought for
ward. As he ended there was an out
burst Of applause from the galleries,
which continued while Senators gathered
/, congratulate him, with Vice. President
Marshall futilely hammering for order.
when the first draft of the League of
Nations covenant came to u.s." Mr.. Ken
yon, said, men who questioned 1t were
denounced as traitors
some ministers suggested that they
ourht to be boiled in oil. We seemed
almost to have returned to the days of
the intolerance and hysterla of Salem
witchcraftery. Those who always tell
you the time of day when the President
takes out his watch declared that the
covenant as then presented simply must
be adopted, because the President said
50. and that the Senate had nothing to
|, DO with it but to smile its approval
and yet in the face of all this the cove
nant was taken back to Paris and
amended.
THE second coming of the covenant
vas but little better than the first
However, the Democratic national chair
nan went around the country assem-
bling the faithful at the State capitals
and made enthusiastic speeches for the
| league, Trying to make it a test of real
Democracy, although the President in
his Western speeches now says II Is not
a party question. 4 think in Kentucky
there was a vote on the question which
swept Republican into Congress in a
strong Democratic district on the issue
Of League of Nations
The President says, we muA take Il
asst is or reject it That is not a fair
statement Of the issue. The world is
heartweary of war. 1t wants no more
Of II. 1t is attempting to solve almost
unsolyabe problems. 1t is burdened
with debt, staggering under the load of
taxation, and it can not start on the
return road to stable conditions until
K We have peace.
Men in the Senate VINO believe we
must reach some conclusion speedily
md help the world back on its feet wish
peace Just as much as any one, but they
insist that the league covenant must be
Amereanized.
Told They "Must- Accept II.
"We are told by Democratic leaders
upon the floor and by other self-consti-
iuted guardians of the nation throughout
he country, many Of whom, having been
mentioned for President, gather upon
lhelr face Presidential look, and walk
with Presidential strut, that the SEN
ATE must accept the treaty exactly as 1t
is written
Since when. wonder, did any one
man get the power in this country or in
me Senate TO tell the American people
what they must do? That is the lam
goage of autocracy and not democracy.
since when has 1t become a wrong to
question any action of the President?
ounce when has the right been taken
ron the Senate to consider a treaty at
81 merely because the President says
perfect document? Since when
mas the doctrine of his speeches been
established OF gibbeting men who do
not agree with him?
me Senate is not going TO be bull
uo1ed' II has its duty to do, and II pro-
Nses 10 do it, Conscience will be its
master and II will endeavor to work out
pan 10 safeguard the interests of the
auoh' for the Senate still believes in
America.
say deliberately. that IL every man,
NVinah and child in the State of Iowa
as TOT this covenant as now proposed
"Wout any reservations that l would
~. support IT, Possibly 1t would be my
suV 10 resign, and IL / felt that my
9'S'e was practically unanimous for it
WOULD not hesitate to resign. But I
10y very frankly that no amount of
,iuea'ening, no talk about votes or cleo
o"s' no attempted coercion will sway
"s judgment in the matter
a.. "hat reason is there that the Sem
~ should not amend the treaty or
s@opt reservations? Is not the Senate
part OF the treaty-making branch, or
fo,1Ha mere automaton? Why have
nsh nations any right to complain ?
kno, aic held IN International law TO
S,O% Inc powers offthe Ame,Svan SEN
IN, ueaty-making 'enen they deal
Vim u,!S ''''S:Ty in treaties they do SO
c,n m' tun knowledge Of that fact. They
nsr ot md fault with action upon the
. I'd, oI me Senate. Their hearts need
tio,. 1'eak II we exercise our constltu-
b. Hrst essential reservation should
s',t make clear just how the United
aver can get out Of the league when
d N. ueslre upon proper notice. That
,noa most important OF all the resdry-
ID ana this reservation were adopted
one n.s. one limiting Article X. and the
4 don, WIN reference 70 domestic dues
! ,,aSn, would he Wiling IL support N.
atm because | feel that these reserv-
ms,,. are the real essence of the whole
,ot "a II reservations of this kind are
teaty Snall vote against the
war Bred by Article n.
" .. .aii favor reservations. particular
s..r Article X. Its sponsors hardly
4nes,,o 70 know what It means. II II is
An,s,s as 10 our obligations under
'rNlt IUhU a.