New-York tribune., 1920-05-13
Thomas Says
Wilson Leads
Party to Ruin
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herlaln, but because of the widespread
oelief that such an attack was en-
bodied in the telegram"
Senator Jones, Republican, Of Wash
ington, interjected: 81 want to Join
the Senator from Colorado in this
very deserved tribute to the Senator
from Oregon. have said many times
that he more than any other man
was responsible for our boys being at
Chateau Thierry when they we're
the cruical point in the war"
Senator Thomas replied that no
other answer than an affirmative was
possible to a question Of that kind.
Senator Phelan, Democrat, of Cali
fornia, while adding his personal
tribute to Senator Chamberlain serv-
ice and declaring that the entire
Pacific Coast shared in the tribute,
undertook to clear the President Of the
charge of hitting at Senator Chamber
called attention to the fact that the
Presidents secretary had disavowed
for the President any such intention,
but insisted that the President, as rep
resentng coordinate branch of the
government, had right to express
his views on public questions.
II concede the right to the Presi-
dent" Senator Thomas replied. "but it
is our right also, when reflections are
made on our official conduct, to say
something on the subject | voted
against ratification of this treaty. f
it ever comes here again while | am
IN the Senate my vote will be the
same. Outside Of the three Democra-
tic malignantts who voted against it
because they were opposed to it, even
= ho nd, w
Democratic Senators favored the
Lodge reservations, thereby dis
honoring the nation, defying the
hopes Of the world and rejecting the
greatest document ever presented for
the hopes of mankind. Counting the
three totally depraved Democrats.
there were twenty-three who come
under the Presidents displeasure
History May Repeat
"On the other side of the Senate
chamber were an equal number of
Senators Indifferent to their country S
honor but l am inclined to think they
will take care Of themselves. I'll con-
fine myself to my companions in in
guilty on the Democratic side.
I'VE had a Democratic President in
1896 (Cleveland), who became the
whole party before his term expired.
He took occasion to issue a similar
bull Of communication which, if ac-
cepted, would have left US worse off
than at any time in our party history.
We did not bow to the yoke then. We
stood for great principle. We went
down to defeat and to sixteen years
of exile. History may repeat ITSELF y
Senator Hitchcock interrupted at
that point to call attention to the
"pledges" made by the United States
to the Allies. He contended that the
Wilson fourteen points enunciated on
January s, 1918. had gone for eight
months not only unchallenged, but
everywhere indorsed. He referred es-
pecially to the provision for a league
of nations urged by the President in
that address.
Senator Thomas said he was unable
to see how the nation would have tc
live up to only one of these pledges
and not all Of them, if the President
took the position that this spoken WORD
constituted binding pledge upon the
American people.
IF that one pledge is so binding on
the conscience of the Senator from,
Nebraska" Mr.. Thomas added, "wcre
not the other pledges equally binding
and why did the President abandon
them?"
Mr.. Hitchcock replied that the four
teen points, while constituting the
pledge of the American people, coulc
not be regarded as the pledges of tht