Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-27
APPEAL MADE
TO REPUBLICAN
PRO-LEAGUERS
DeputatiOn Is Received by
President at White
House.
RAPs PACT SUBSTITUTE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The issue ia
cling the country is whether We will
make good or quit?" President Wilson
said today, in an appeal for the League
Of Nations issue.
The appeal was read to a deputation Of
fifteen men and women, members of the
Republican party, who are supporting
the League of Nations.
The President said the league issue
had become obscured in the present
campaign. and he told the voters of the
country the whole moral force of right
in the world" depends upon the United
States rather than upon any other ma
ton"
Every candidate, the president said.
should be tested by the question Of
whether he favors redeeming the great
moral obligation" of the United States.
The President again held up article 10
as the essence Of the league, saying il
''is the specific redemption of the pledge
which the free governments of the world
gave to their people when they entered
the war"
President Wilson declared the $50
called Americanism which we hear so
much prating about now is spurious and
invented for party purposes only"
HAMILTON HOLT
ACTS AS SPOKESMAN.
Hamilton Holt Of New York, who acted
as spokesman for the delegation, told the
President, I'VE have reason to know
that we represent a vast number Of other
Republicans throughout the United
States who are ready to put patriotism
above party in the present critical hour"
The delegation was composed Of fifteen,
including three women.
They were received by the President
IN small room 1.-THE first floor Of the
White House.
The President was seated when they
entered the room and shook hands with
each member OF the delegation.
In formal statement prepared By tbs
delegation after the conference the fol-
lowing description Of the meeting was
given:
Tho members OF the deputation were
deeply touched by the physical appear
ance u the President who received them
sitting and plainly showed the effects OF
his long illness and the tremendous strain
which he has been carrying He read
from a manuscript his reply to the ad-
dress of the deputation and was greatly
moved as he did so. More than once
his voice ehoked, especially when he re-
ferred TO the soldier boys and the moth
ers OF those who had fallen in battle.
1t was evident that he was voiclng tie
profoundest emotions OF his heart The
whole occasion was inexpressibly so.amn
and tender.
1T was evident that the Presidents
intellectual powers are in no way i'm
paired. but the deputation felt that it
was nothing less than tragic that the
great President Of the United States
should have been brought to such
stricken physical condition as the re-
suit Of his interchangeable labors for his
country and for humanity
They felt that this might be the
Presidents final appeal TO the conscience
Of his countrymen in the supreme moral
decision.
FEARS SUPREME
ISSUE CLoUDED.
The text of the Presidents statement
follows:
My fellow countrymen:
It is to be feared that the supreme
issue presented for your consideration
in the present campaign is growing more
obscure rather than clearer by reason
Of the many arbitrary turns the discus
sion of il has taken.
The editors and publishers Of the coun-
try would render a great service II they
would publish the full text Of the cove
nant OF the League Of Nations, because
having read that text, you would be
able TO judge for yourselves a great many
things in which you are now in danger
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