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The people Of Scotland and vicinity
were especially fortunate last sSatur-
day Afternoon ia having the opportu-
nifty to listen to a political address By
Senator w. s. Kenyon of Iowa. He
came here from Charles Mix county,
and was accompanied from Tyndail by
w. w. ByeTs. chairman Of the county
committee. and returned to Tynaall
for an evening meeting. It is always
diff cult to get crowd at an after.
noon meeting, but in spite Of that
fact an audience Of about two hundred
people greeted the speaker. He was
introduced by Judge Wicks who paid
a high compliment to the character Of
the speaker.
The speaker referred to the enor
nous appropriations thet have been
made, out caiie6 atteDion To the fact
that congress had cut the appropria-
tions asked for by the executive de-
partments by three billion dollars.
Many excessive appropriations were
due to the demands Of the executive
departments, some were chargabIe tc
congress, and some to the people
themselves. The demands Of the peo.
pie for special appropriations for
their respective localities, like public
buildings, Improvements Of water
courses, etc !, many of them not just.
ified, and the political rewards held.
out to congressman for securing these
local favo.s tended to abnormally in.
crease appropriations. He advocated
the budget system by which appropri-
ations could be limited. and said con-
gress had passed a budget bill, but it
was vetoed by the president because
it took from him certain powers But
he said one of the first bills to be
passed by the next congress would be
another budget bill.
He reviewed some of the expense
accounts incurred by the peace com.
mission that went to Paris. Among
the items was laundry bill of $751;
900
The speaker then gave q lengthy
explanation of the league Of nations
as it was presented to the senate, and
explained the reasons for the reserva-
stionp adopted by the senate Special
attention was given to Article 10,
which he read. He refuted the claims
80 often put forth, that all questions
before the council must be decided by
unanimous vote, and that therefore
the United States could not be forced
into war in support of the provisions
of Article 10. He said that questions
might be taken from the council to
the assembly for consideration, and
that when in the assembly, decisions
could be made by majority vote. He
called attention to the fact that in
the assembly England with the sup.
port of her colonies, Writ ually has elk
votes to the United States one. He
also called attention to the fact that
if the United States took the obliga-
tion imposed by Article 10 we could
not refuse to fulfill those obligations
without scrapping the treaty, and fol-
lowing the example of Germany in re-
garding treaties as scraps of paper.
Congress could not refuse to declare
war under such circumstances any
more than it can refuse to appropriate
money to pay the bonds that have been
sold on the pledge of the government.
In reply to the assertion that the
president could not send American
troops across the water without an
act Of congress he called attention to
the sending of American troops to
fight Russia. and sending the
American fleet to Vera Crus simply
by order of the preeiden. who is com.
mander in chief of the army and navy.
and without an act of congress. In
the framing of the Versailles treaty.
Pres. Wilson was outclassed by the
experienced diplomats OF foreign
countries and that all of the advanta'
ges were secured by foreign countries.
He did not blame those countries fol
looking after their interest, and he
only wished America had someone
there to- look after our interests. He
said the senate had no apologies tt
make for preserving the political in
dependence of this country. and from
| the cheers received from the audienc.
it was apparent that the people agree,
with him. 1t was a mastery address
and the people who heard it can nov
cast their votes more intelligently Of
some Of these leading issues.