Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-09-29
KINCHELOE'S GREAT
PLEA FOR DEMOCRACY
Brilliant Speaker Shows League
of Nations Means Prevention
Against War

gave big audinece at the courthouse
Tuesday night food for serious
thought in presenting the issues OF
the presidential campaign to them
How anyone can vote against Coz
and Roosevelt and the League Of Ma
tions after hearing his clear-cut ex-
planation of the league and the great
things that the Democratic party has
done for the country, is hard to un-
derstard, was the expression heard
on all sides after he had finished
speaking.
One of the most prominent ladies
in Madison county, who has always
classed herself as a Republican and
whose family are all Republicans, an
nounced after hearing Kincheloe
speak that she intends to vote the
Democratic ticket on November 2.
Many others are reported to have
made similar statements. Kincheloe
explained the purpose Of the league
so plainly that even q child could
understand that it is intended to pre-
vent war and not encourage war as
the Republican politicians are trying
30 make the people believe.
County Campaign Chairman J. c..
Chenault presided and Hon. John
Nolahd introduced Mr. Kincheloe. The
lower court room was completely fill
ed with a representative assemblage,
which was rather remarkable in view
of the fact that the street lights were
off.
Much applause followed Kincheloe's
reference to Governor Morrow, whom
he referred to as "Promisory Ed"
and the Republican candidate for
president, who he said was so wobbly
on the League of Nations and other
great questions that he was like the
snake ''who from its track could not
tell whether twas going home or
coming back" brought for prolonged
applause. Appropriations at the
rate of $36,000,000 per day, totaling
$5, 100000 were made by the
present Republican congress, he said.
This, he said, was four times great
er than the sum total of appropria-
lions made by any preceding congress
during peace. 1t represents, he said,
a tax of $50 on every Individual il
the United States.
Mr.. Kincheloe scored opponents OF
the League of Nations, especially the
so called ''bitterenders," declaring
that only one of them had a son in
the World war. That was Senator
Hiram Johnson, he said, whose son
had an "easy berth" on the other
side.
Borah, Mr.. Kincheloe said, had no
son; Brandegee is a bachelor; Reed
has no son; Philander C. Knox has
three sons, but none Of them saw
service; Medill Mccormick has no
son; neither has Sherman nor Moses;
France had no son in the service, and
neither did LaFollette.
"Another singular truth" continu
ed Congressman Kicheloc, " is that
neither of the ten United States
senators usually called the irrccon-
cilables who are against the League
of Nations in any form had a son
in the front line trenches in France.
The names of these senators are:
Brandege, Reed, Knox, Mccormick,
Sherman, Moses, France, johnson and
LaFollette The only one of this ten
who had a son in France is Johnson
and his job was of the variety usually
called 'cushy"
The shift of the front of the Re-
publican party in the last four years
on the question of League of Ma
tions to prevent wars was clearly set
forth by Mr.. Kincheloe.
In 1916 Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge, who fought the peace treaty
to death in the senate and made
great speech in favor Of the league
in which he said:
'I know the difficulties which arise
when we speak of anything which
seems to involve an alliance. But
do not believe that when Washing
ton warned us against entering en-
tangling alliances that he meant fofl
one moment that we should not join
with other civilized nations of the
world if a method could be found to
diminish war and encourage peace
On the same subject Theodore
Roosevelt, when awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1910. said:
eft would be great master stroke if
those Great Powers honestly bent
on keeping peace would form al
league of peace not only to keep
peace among themselves, but to pre-
vent by force if necessary its being
broken by others. The ruler or
statesman who should bring about
such combination would have