The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1920-10-02

SllCdAlllg guerilla who poisoned the
Mells IN order to destroy humanity
Now they attmpt ~ poison the wells
Ol information, to lodge misinfor4
NATION III The public mind and Ia
give US. no opportunity to hear the
olller side of the question.
NOW, Mr., Editor, | want Won tn
puDllsh my answers.
Answers Critic
-, Aou say the great question in
inns lsue Is law enforcement Very
Nell we Will take YOU at vOur wori
lllat Delng the case | want to re-
IlIilu you that the Eigbfeantb
amendment is in the consIiiutinn.
C'ial ihe president of the Tnifed
rIdtes IN taking his oath of nfrica
uolus up his hand and swears ~
project the constitution of lhe Iinit
tu states and to enforce the jawsnr
me United States. | took lbp SAM
oalll as governor Of Ohio. Ohio bad
peeh state one hundred wears No.
l9It l became governor. buf durino
an mat time saloons had remaina5
open IN ONO on Sundays. MOI mil
! DeCaHle governor did the KEYS Iurn
III Ihe front and the back doors of
Cdcu saloon III Ohio. and lock the
doors tightly on the Sabbath An
pause am not going to violate nv
UdlH Oh Office which | take ON fhe
fourth of March, 1921. (ApplauSe
NOW, my friend says that the
second question is whether | stand
Tor the Wilson covenant Of the Lea
que of Nations. Mr.. Editor there
isn't any such thing, either TO stand
Tor or to stand against II would be
Just as proper to say that is is
Taft covenant as il is a Wilson Gov
enant. President Taft advocated il
before President Wilson advocated
II. The covenant of the League of
Nations is the process and develops
ment of civilization. Why. the SOL
diers hrOt II back pressed into their
hearts and brOt it back on the tips
of their bayOnets, and vet it is your
creed of hate and you would at
tempt TO place it upon the shoulders
OF one man. What does President
Taft say? President Taft used these
words:
There are those who favor
league, but are not i'm favor of this
league. That means they are not in
favor of any league at all. ZAP
plause.) This is not a partisan ques-
ton. We should be for or against
the league without respect TO
whether we are democrats or re-
puhlicans. (Applause.)
when, therefore, you come to
consider the question whether you
are in favor of a treaty or not, you
should search your hearts and souls
and cOnsCienCes to see whether you
are against it, not because President
Wilson is for it and you may fear
he will get credit for its adoption,
or because you may support that
party tO get credit for its adoption.
Il have no feeling against editors.
| am one myself. Laughter and ap-
plause) There is a fraternity be-
tween editors. | published in both
of my papears Senator Harding's
speech of acceptance in full In a
great many cities the papers did not
publish my speech Of acceptance be-
cause Hays scouts had been there
and told them not to do so. They did
not want the other side of the ques-
ton printed LeL.me call your at
tcntiOn TO this fact-the republican
campaign book is out and they did
not dare publish the League of Ma
tions covenant m that campaign
book lApplausc)
Now | will give you a history of
the league.
History of League
Back in 1910 Theodore Roosevelt
was given the Noble prize because
he brought the war between Russia
and Japan to an end. On the day
that prize was awarded he made a !
speech in Ghristiana Norway MAY
10 1910. He said in the light Of mod !
eru civilization wars ought not tOl
be and more than that he said that
wars could not be avoided unless
the nations of the world CO-Opprated /
in the adoption of method to |
bring wars iu an end And then hr |
said there should be league or
concert Of the nations of the world. (
and more than that he said that the
nations which helped to evolve this f.
method and who helped To place in .
the future policies of the nations of
the world "A method TO avoid wars,
would live in the gratitude and af-
fectiOns of mankind as long as civ .
iliZation continued to exist (Ap- .
plause)
"Thereforr in 1910. long before
this question went into politics. we
tlnd That Theodore Roosevelt was
The same thing. IN 1919. .
when the great war fell upon Eu- /
rope and then afterwards when il /.
involved as. the best human intelli-
gence of this earth began to work |
together 1870 men if You please. /
They assembcled together and said /
if civilization is TO live wars in the
future must be prevented They /
counseled together. they studied in
ternati0nal law, they studied eXpe- /
riences of the past. they consulted !
10 ascertain what il was