Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-09-08


Nebraska) "if he would let me-
The text Of President Wilson speech
follows:
Mr.. Chairman and my fellow citizens:
now feel more pleasant in facing my
fellow citizens than when l realize L am
not representing a peculiar cause. That
| am not speaking for single group Of
my fellow citizens. That | am not the
representative Of a party but the rep
fTesentative of the people of the United
States of America ,(applause).
went across the water with that hap
|py consciousness. In all the work that
was done on the other side of the seas,
where | was associated with tistin-
guished American of both political par
ties, We all Of us constantly kept in our
heart the feeling that we were express
ing the thoughts of America; that we
were working for the interests and the
things that Americas believed in, and 1
have come here to testify that this trea-
ty contains the things that America be-
lieves in .(Applause.) I brought copy
OF that treaty along with me, for fan
cied that in view of the criticisms you
have heard of it,, you have thought that
| it consisted of Only four or five clauses.
Only four or five clauses out of this
volume are picked out for criticism.
Only four Or five phrases in it ali are
called to your attention by some OF the
different orators, who oppose Its adop-
1 tion.
Why, fellow citizens, this is one Oh
the greatest charters Of human liberty,
and the man that picks flaws in it, or
rather, that picks out the flaws that
are in it-for there are flaws in it,
because of the magnitude Of the thing
and because of the majesty of the inter
ests involved. He forgets the magni-
tude of the things and forgets the ma
jesty of the interests therein, liz for.
gets the consuls of more than twenty
natioas combined and were rendered
unanimous in the adoption OF thls sr.s..
instrument.
Everybody admits that it is COM
plete settlement of the matters which
led up to this war, and that it contains
the complete machinery which provides
that it shall stay settled.
You know, one of the greatest difr,-
culties in our own domestic affairs is
unsettled landtitles. Suppose that some
body were misehievously to tampoi with
the land records of the state of Nebras-
ka and that there should be doubt as
to the lines of every farm. You know
what would happen Within six months
all the farmers would be sitting on
their fences with a shotgun. Litigation
would penetrate every community, hot
feeling would be gcnerated--eontosts not
only of lawyers but OF the farmers them
solves would arise.
! One of the interesting things that
this treaty does is to settle the land
titles Of Europe and to settle them in
this way, on the principles that land
belongs to these people that live in it.
But the things prescribed in this trea-
ty will not he carried out if any one OF
the great nations that brought taat re
suit about is withheld from the con,
summation of it, aud every great fight
ting nation is on the list of those who
fare TO constitute the league of nstions
say, every great nation because amer
! lea is going to be included in them and
among them, And the only choice is
, whether we win go in now or come in
later with Germany; whether we Will &C
in as founders of this covenant Of free
dom, or go in as those who are admitted
! latter they admit that they have made !
mistake and repentsd.
! And | wish could 40 what is impcs
sihlc in a great company like this.
wish | could read that covenant to yor
because | do not believe, IL you have
mot read it Yourself, and have only lis
ltened to a certain subject, thst you
know what it is Why, my fellow eiti