Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-18
Drives From Rathdrum to Occur
D'AIene TO Speak.
MRS. WILSON GOES ALONG
Also Addresses Large and Enthusiast
tic Audience at Spokane. Wash
Declares British VIII Not Con-
troll the League Of Nations.

where the autnOrltleS, because OF the
demand for seats were compelled to
hold lottery. The holders of. the
lucky tickets heard the president, and
the remainder of the people Of this
city of the finland Empire gathered
on the sidewalks, streets, window
lodges and fire escapes of buildings
along the line of march.
The president spent only two hours
here, but Spokane made the most of
every minute of his stay. The Spo-
kane crowds constituted one Of the
extremes of this busy day.
At four o'clock in the morning when
the white House" special was thread
ing torturous way through the noun
tains of Idaho, train officials sighted
an old man standing alone in the rain
In roadway that came out of the
heart of the pine forests. His was u
bent and worn figure, but his head
was barred when the president passed
on.
The scene was miles from any city
or town, but he had come to pay hon
or to the president, just as thousands
of citizens of this western city turned
out to pay honor to their chief execu-
tive this afternoon.
In opening his address, President
Wilson said there was an element of
personal bitterness in the fight
against the treaty and the league
covenant.
Did Not Originate Covenant.
Il did not originate it, p he said. ut
is not my handiwork. 1t originated
out of the thought of men who have
loved justice and peace for ages
The president said he had in fact
obtained his idea of a League chiefly
from the utterances of Republican
public men. He mentioned the name
of former Senator Burton of Ohio as
one of these, and declared he could
mention others, but that he ibid not
want to mention other gentlemen by
name for he would record them
against themselves"
Lodge" shouted man from fflle
audience. The meat Of the presidents
address was an antagonistic analysis
of the program of reservations as
adopted by the senate foreign relations
committee. He went to some pains in
attempting to explain how Great Brit
ain, through her dominions, had six
votes to the one of the United States.
The one vote of the United States, he
declared, could always be used as
veto.
Because Of this veto power" he de-
clared, 81 look with perfect philosO-
ply upon the difference in NUMBER
II hope" declared the president,
"my fellow citizens, that you will not
think of 1920 when you think of re-
deeming the world"
Warns Of Red Control.
In his Idaho meeting at Occur
d'Alene the president did not mention
Senator Borah by name, but he spoke
Of those who are against any world
league as those who would have the
United States desert the world in q
great crisis. He did not refer to the 1.
w. w. activities in the state. He rec
cgnized, however. that he was in the
midst of people who are progressive
III all senses Of the word. and he said :.
IF America does not enter with her
whole soul into this world arrange
ment, the progressives might as well
60 out Of business"
How can we carry out programs of
reform in this country, he asked, if the
spirit of bolshevlsm, now rampant in
Russia, is to prevail? There can be
no reform in the world for genera
ton, he said, If conditions are not now
brought to settled Order-and this can
not be done without the cooperation
Of America.
Everybody who hopes for reform .
he said, must support the unqualified
Endorsement of the treaty" He sent
that challenge to the world.
Long Drive In Cold.
1t was a cold rainy day and the
president and his party motored Ia
miles from Rathdrum to Occur
d'Alene. Mrs. Wilson went along, all
wrapped in rugs. The ranch houses
along the way were decorated with
! flags. In the towns the children and
bands We're out to witness the presi-
dent.
Gov. d. w. Davis came up from
Boise to meet the president. He pre-
scented him to the Occur d'Aiene audi
enee He said that, for the day, the
people would bury Ill differences and
remember they were Americans. he
did not refer to the peace treaty. The
president likes the far West, it's vast
distances and its peace. He speaks OF
dts remoteness from the turmoil and
passion of the old world, how far 1t Is
from the infinite suffering, the strain
and terror OF, the thing through which
the world Is passing.
At Rathdrum the president said hi.
visit to various parts Of the country
had convinced him that the people
Thought the treaty ought to be ratified
land that he hoped that consciousness
would penetrate where 1t was mos