The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-09-03
HENRY |. WILSON
FLAyS NAMESAKE
FORMER SPOKANE CITIZEN, La
TER AMBASSADOR TO MEX
ICO, TALKS ON PRESIDENT.

OGDENBURG, N. Y.-President Will
son was described as an "autocrat of
| secretive methods and unknown pur-
poses," and his administration char
acterized as "a reign of autocracy and
| incompetence" in speech before a re-
publican meeting here tonight, by
Henry Lane Wilson of indianapolis,
| formerly American ambassador to
Mexico.
| Mr.. Wilson said the democratic ma
tional convention at San Francisco
endorsed the Wilson administration
but rebelled "at the dictation of the
French Lick political syndicate" and
nominated Governor Cox. "For the
moment this nomination was believed
to be the signal for throwing off the
shackels of wisconsin" continued the
speaker, "but this belief was soon dis
sipated, for the standard bearer Of the
democratic party made his pilgrimage
to Canoosa and standing bare-headed
in the presence of the autocrat of
America, made his submission, receiv-
ed the autocratic blessing and the
autocratic kiss of peace and went on
his way to make America safe for
democracy.
3 'The mantle of Elijah with all it's
patchwork of autocracy, waste
ness, internationalism, secrecy, ar
rogance and intolerance was trans
ferred to Elisha, and humbly accept
ed by Elisha. Mr.. Hyde was trans
ferred into Dr. Jekyl.
The greater part of Mr.. Wilson's
speech was devoted to an exhaustive
commentary upon President Wilson's
administration. Some of the speakers
comments were:
'The American people have been
asked to join in an adventurous ex-
pertinent in internationalism and in
the exploitation of new doctrines
foreign to the spirit of our institu-
tions an inomical to our highest and
best interests.
"To this has been added what might
be appropriately described as shirt
tail diplomacy a phrase which aims
to describe the state mind that in
duces US to get up in the middle of
the night and see what our neighbors
are doing and if they are doing it, to
tell them not to do it; and if they
aren't doing it, to tell them to do it."
This restless and Opaque visioned
the speaker said, "led to
extension of American sovereignty
overthrow of one Mexican president
and the autocratic investiture of an
other and has cost us the friendship
of Italy, the bitter criticism of
France, the cold district of Great
Britain and the reproachful COM
plants of China"
"Too much false altruism and not
enough plain, everyday common
sense" was one of the speakers char
of the Wilson admins
tration "And then too, it must not
be forgotten that 'he kept US out of
war;" the former ambassador con-
5inued.
President Wilson, the speaker said,
appointed four nobodies and himself
as delegates to the peace conference
and then with a retinue of enthnolog-
SITS, etymologists, psychologists, ge-
,graphists, secretaries, Wallets, hotel
looks and fiddlers, sailed across the
ocean with oriental pomp and cere-
nony to make the world safe for de-
nocracy."
The speaker reviewed what he call
d the 'untimely fate" of four of Mr..
Wilson's ID points at the hands of the
eace conference, declaring that
apan obtained the approval of the
difference to "the great robbery of
Mr.. Harding, the speaker said, had
eclared that if elected president he
,ould Immediately set out to accom-
lish peace with Germany. This Mr.
wilson said, could be accomplished by
esolution of congress without
.eaty with Germany and afterward
we can call together the nations Of
le world for the creation Of an asso-
alton of independent nations which
lay become the instrumentality of
the peace of the world
ithout threatening the sovereignty
tho nations y