Evening times-Republican., 1920-10-30
T'slEs-REpUBIIcAN MARsHA1LTowN IOWA OCTOBER 1910

the American people worship another
man." he said They found their
idol TO be of clay and OF very oroin-
AIRY clay at that
When the war opened cantonments
were built and instead OF following
the advice OF General Goethals that
army engineers be employed In dir
Getting the work. contractors we're en-
gagged to erect the camps on cost
plus basis.
The system was this: The more
the camp cost the more the con-
tractor got. Extravaganza and waste
was the result, the system being one
to create scamps and thieves.
But the extravaganza was not
alone in camp contracts, The, gov
ernment bought branding iron for
every two horses in the army, and
nine saddles for every horse.
There was harness enough. ac-
cording to experts" said the speak
or. ITO last the army 100 years.
scopes to see the price OF shoes for
your wives and children. can't see
why leather should have gone so
high when t05.000,o0 OF people were
being skinned.
A Word Concerning League.
The league of nations WAS touched
on briefly. Wilson went to Paris. the
senator said. with retinue OF 1888
persons-being made up Of all sorts
Of people except hard -headed Ameri-
cans. 1t was true he had Robert
Lansing in the, party. but the secre-
tary would not kow tow to HIS
majesty and was fred when he got
home''
Reference was made to the lavish
expenditure of money by the peace
delegation and to what 1t accom-
plished or did not accomplish. Will
sons high handed dictatorship was
evident thruout. Thruout his speech,
Senator clapp did not use the name
OF Cox. explaining at the close that
lit abbreviatcs the discussion to use
simply the name Of Wilson"
Autocrat Of American People.
Ex-Congressman Pickett. who
opened the meeting. said Wilson. In
stead of regarding himself as ser
want OF the American people. has
regarded himself as an autocrat Of
the American people. He spoke of
the passage of emergency war
measures by congress at the direc-
ton OF the president, but when the
armistice was signed and congress
passed bin repeating war measures
the president refused to sign It
Congress passed budget bill to curb
extravaganza and waste and to re-
lieve the citizens Of taxation, but
Woodrow Wilson. in his autocratic
way, vetoed 1t.
No president has ever assumed
such autocratic power as Wilson, he
said, and this has become "a govern
ment by Wilson. for Wilson and of
Wilson,"
He compared the robust American
ism of Grover Cleveland with "the
anaemics Americanism of Woodrow
Wilson,"
Wilson Kills World League. -
Wilson alone is responsible for the
failure to create a world league.
said Mr.. Pickett.a Had the president
accepted reservations passed by the
United States senate with the sup
port of democratic members, the
league would have become reality,
Wilson was 80 obscessed, he said,
with his own greatness that he
would allow no one but himself to
represent the United States in sthe
peace meetings and he wanted, not
a world league, but world governs
ment.
Mr.. Pickett referred to the Cum
Minis Esch bill as one OF the great
est constructive measures of the age
and praised the Iowa senator for his
stand for labor not against it."
Large Crowd Present.
The rally was attended by crowd
that filled the theater. It was an
enthusiastic crowd, but one which
paid the closest attention to the
speakers. being especially impressed
with the logical exposition of politi-
cal facts by Senator Clapp.
Before the speaking the r. O. T. C.
band of the high school gave q con-
cert. County Chairman F. e. North
up acted as chairman and introduced
the speakers.