New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-07-06

son policy to be the divine leader and
excommunicate all others who falied TO
agree" as Reed phrased i.
II am heartsick of certain men say
ing they are leaders" he said. ITO
lead what? A flock of sheep.
ave had leaders once before They
said God had picked them out and
poured the tivine petroleum of author
ity on their breed What IS the differ
ence between that doctrine and the
present one, where a man elected to a
position declares himself the leader
and every enc who does not follow IN
his footsteps is communicated ?"
Reed began his speech by telling the
crowd how good it made him feel to be
back home in Kansas City and to be
received by such an outpouring of peo-
pie as that which filed Convention
Hall.
A resolution denouncing the. action
of the Democratic National Convention
in refusing to seat Senator Reed. and
declaring that Kansas City would stand
behind Reed. was sent to San Francisco
by telegraph. /. J. Madden offered
motion that such resolution be sent
and it was carried unanimously on a
standing vote. Judge Ralph S. Latshaw.
chairman of the meeting, named a COM
mttee Of five to draw up the resolu-
ton.
Senator Reed said after to-day's
meeting that he would go to Chicago
tomorrow, where the Senate COM
mittee, investigating campaign ex-
penses, will meet. Later, he said, he
would make a sp1king tour, presum-
ably to attack the League cf Nations.
Numerous speeches would De in Mis-
souri, he said, but he had no seized ke
ready.
4 demonstration that lasted three
minutes followed Senator Reeds in
PRODUCTION. The crowd jumped to ITS
feet and shouted and whistled, waving
small American flags, newspapers and
hats.
mo words in any language can ex-
press the sentiment in my heart" he
began. an being thus received by my
own people. For whatever has hap
pened, is happening or will happen to
me. this day repays me. | would
rather have the applause and cheers
OF you. my own people, than TO have
the leadership of convention afflicted
with intellectual blind staggers
Il want to first disillusion any one who
thinks l am disgruntled or discouraged.
I'm only one OF 10000. O00''-
Yes. but mighty big one" some
one interrupted
No. I'm not" Reed said at is that
thought which IS wron. with the coun-
try today. No man amounts to much.
Any man could drop out and thera
would be IS little lost as grain Of
sand taken away from the beach.
There is one lesson this nation
not 2 onenan country 1t is a no.
o0oOGO man country. There is another
lesson that the people and the man
they elect TO Office must learn, and
that is that the person so elected is d
public servant and not a master
The ownership of the Republic is
mutual. We all have an interest in il.
And to keep the Republic safe we must
all do our own thinking.
Secretary Lansing said that if the
American people found out what the
league let them in for thew would de-
feat it. Since then an effort has been
made to destroy every man who has
dared to oppose it. Lansing was re
moved because he warned the people
that the league would destroy Amer
/ lea" Mr.. Lansing, the speaker said,
was the only man Mr.. Wilson took to
Paris who knew anything about inter-
national law and who had "ordinary
common sense"
Taking up the rolling" he received
at the San Francisco convention, Sena-
tor Reed said:
There is no use in Disgusting facts.
There was no fault with my credentials
as a delegate. They were from the
best organized and most militant
branch of Democracy in the United
States. The committee told me the
state committee did not indorse my
credentials. However, the less sa ii
about the state committee the better.
I'm the committee room were Carter
Glass and Mr.. Jones, of New Mexico.
was against the league. They won the
debate wasn't there"