Cheyenne record., 1919-09-18

Majority Feel That Presidents Guild.
ance Should Be HeId-He Regards
Pact As Sure to Come Soon.


(By Mt. Clemens News Bureau)
Aboard President Wilson's Special
Train-From the Capital at Washing
ton to the far Pacific coast the Presi-
dent Of the United States has jour-
neyed on the most unusual expedition
ever undertaken by chief executive
Of the nation.
To discuss national questions, many
presidents have toured the land: but
Mr.. Wilson is laying before America
q question which affects the whole /,
world-the question of whether or not
we are to join in the League Of Ma
tions; whether We are to forget our
former isolation and share with the
other peoples of the earth the respon-
sibilities of maintaining civilization
and preventing. as he says We can do,
future warfare.
Between the capital and the coast
the president made fifteen speeches
and half dozen brief talks. All OF
100, 900 fellow citizens listened to him.
Several millions had the chance to see
him. and apparently everyone wanted
TO see him, from those who thronSed
where he stopped. to those who camo
to the railside or stood at little flag
stations in remote places, knowing
their only reward could be a fleetinS
glimpse and wave of the hand.
He has met and talked to all types
of citizens-to men big in the busi-
ness, financial and professional worlds,
to farmers and mechanical workers,
to Indians and cowboys and foreign
born herde-s and rangers, to soldiers
and to mothers who lost soldier-sons
in the late war.
What DO they al tell him? urani.
mously they say they want peace
definitely settled, they want 20 more
wars, they want the League of Ma
tions, and most of the American pee
pie, it may be fairly said, tell the
I President they want the League just
' as it is, without the reservations or
amendments which certain senators
have insisted upon. The majority OF
citizens say to those who interview
them on this tour:
"Woodrow Wilson guided US rightly
before ard during the war with Ger.
| many. We entered that war. every
one agrees, to end all wars. He says
the league can do that We want to
do that, so let us keep on trusting him
and get the league into operation as
soon as possible. Forget politics"
Most Americans encountered on the
tour have forgotten politics. Repub.
lican Governors and Mayors have in
troduced the President to his audi.
ence; tho Major part OF the local com
mittees which have met him have
been Republicans. They have all said:
We are nothing but Americans, Mr..
President
Mr.. Wilson's arguments fer the
league, briefly summarized, are those:
There can be no peace either now
or in the future, without it. There
can only be regrouDing Of nations
and 4 new Balance of Power" which
is certain to lead to war. There can
be no war in the future. with the
league in existence. becausc no single
nation would defy the united rest OF
mankind. and if it did. it could be
brought to terms by an economic
boycott, and without the use OF arms.
There can be no reduction in the
cost of living until the league is es-
tablished, for nations will not go
ahead with peace time production un-
til they know that pcace Is definitely
assured and that production OF war
material Is no longer necessary.
There can be wonderful prosperity.
with league in existence, for rel
ations of labor and capital all over
the world will be made closer ard
moro friendly, and the worker will re-
ceive a fairer share Of what he Pre-
duces.
These declaration Of the presidsr l
logically and cloqucntiy put. have left
his hearers thinking and thinking
deeply. And then Mr.. Wilson has
pointed cut, the people themselves. as
differentiated from senators and polit;-
clans, seem to want just what the
president wants, which is America for
leadership
Quite as unusual as the purpose OF
the cross country tour is the manner
in which it Is being carried out and
the completeness CT the arrange
ments on the nine car train which is
bearing the party.
At tho roar IL -, private cnr May
flower, occupied BY the President and
Mrs. Wilson. Next is q compartment
car for the secretary Turlulty, Ad-
miral Grayson, Mr.. Wilson's Physi-
clan, four stenographers. the chief
executive clerk and even secret SER
v!co men. Byond are three ccmpart-
ment cars which house twenty-one
correspondents, five movie men. and
a te,egraphic and q railroad expert