The Princeton union., 1920-08-19
MIR. F. D. ROOSEVELT
In Speech at st. Paul Auditorium He
Makes Strong Appeal for Will
sons League of Nations.
Attacks Senator Harding's Record in
the Senate but Barely Mem
tiOns Candidate Cox.


for vice president Of the United
States, addressed a large gathering in
the St. Paul Auditorium. Mr.. Roose-
velt, although only 38 years Of age,
has for the past seven years been as
sistant secretary of the navy and in
that capacity he he's rendered the
country excellent service. He has a
pleasing personality but seems to
lack the punch Of his distin guished and
rather distant relative, Theodore
Pierce Butler introduced Mr. Roose-
welt. Mr.. Butler is an exceedingly
suave politician, and in his remarks
he cleverly slipped around that all i'm
portant topic, the league Of nations.
1t would seem that he really did not
wish to go on record as indorsing the
league in it's present form but was in
favor of some such covenant, making
no attempt to specify. just what form
he approved. Unfortunately we can
not quote Mr. Buffers exact words,
but he dismissed the subject with a
remark of this nature-far be in from
me to discuss the league of nations.
Mr.. Roosevelt attacked Harding's
record on suffrage. Apparently Sen
ator Harding has not, until recently,
been in favor Of woman suffrage,
neither has President Wilson or a
vast number of prominent republicans
and democrats. If the leaders of
either party had strongly favored suf-
frage the women would have voted at
the last presidential election.
Roosevelt bitterly assailed the men
who are today leaders in the republi-
can party. He declared they were the
men Theodore Roosevelt kicked out
twenty years ago." We have no recol-
lection Of Theodore Roosevelt kicking
out Elihu Root, or Senator Lodge, one
of his warmest personal friends with
whom he had been associated for
years. Franklin Roosevelt played the
name Roosevelt to the limit. He ap-
pealed to the followers of Theodore
Roosevelt to forsake their own party
and vote with the democrats. It is
well known that Theodore Roosevelt
disapproved of Wilson's international
ism, and various statements brought
out in the United States senate last
winter definitely established the fact
that he would not have approved of
the league covenant in its present
form. Is Franklin Roosevelt appeal
ing to the voters to be more loyal to
Theodore Roosevelt's memory than
are his own sons? Teddy, jr., is on
the stump for Harding and it is re-
ported that he will be put on the trail
of Franklin Roosevelt.
In speaking of the league of ma
tions Mr.. Roosevelt admitted there
were small defects in it, just as in any
contract. He urged the people not to
pay too close attention to the phrase
ology but to accept the one big idea.
Now if President Wilson had last win
ter consented to some alterations in
the phraseology and to certain reser-
vations, the senate would have ratified
the league treaty. It would seem that
the phraseology is all important in
Mr.. Wilson's eyes. Mr.. Roosevelt
stated: "But they have lied about the
covenant. I want you to read it for
yourself. They have told you America
has one vote and England six. Read
it and see they have lied. The whole
British empire on any matter affecting
the welfare of nations has the same
vote as America has"
In the assembly each of the five
British colonies and the empire have a
vote, making six in all, and the United
States has one vote. In the council
Great Britain and the United States
each have one vote. According to
Article XIV of the covenant, dispute
may be referred from the council to
the assembly at the request of either
disputant. Mr.. Roosevelt stated that
Panama, Nicaragua and other South
American republics would vote with
the United States, thus giving us ten
votes. Who can say how Panama and
Nicaragua would vote?
He made strong plea for more
businesslike organization of the gov
ernment departments and for amin
crease in the salaries of efficient fed
eral employees. This is not Just cam
paign ammunition. He was advocat.
ing these reforms early in the year
Everyone should lend his support tc
these measures. He earnestly ad.
vocated an increase in the salaries OF