The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-03-30
COLCORD HAS PLAN
TO END DEADLOCK
ON PEACE TREATY
By DAVID LAWRENCE,
(CopJrtEIt BY The 1ntelISeneero

wASHTNGTON, u. G March ca
Samuel Colcord, modest old gentleman
with kindly eyes and benign counte-
nance. who represents no organization
20 political fiction or party. no per-
1onal ambition or desire Tor prominence.
bas presented 10 President wilson
through Secretary Tumulty 4 plan toT
he endtnS oS the dcadlock on the treaty.
instead OF au appeal from the Prca!dcnS :
- thN oec.Ic iu IN election. Nj. COlCor0
brings An appeal from tho people 70 the
President. He urges. briefly that there
oe an Adoption OF tho Peace T:ca-y
18th all tho points on winch tacFo -
4Srcarncnt between tho Democratic uLu
Republican senators aud t12t oa'% III"
disputed poiatS DC left 70 nc CSfn-
1aiSn or refercndunl. litS 'dcd IS tNaS
much OF the good OF tho League OF Na-
IONS and Treaty can immediately be
derived b. tho United States IN partner
sbIo with tho rest of, tho world while
tho points uko Article Ten on whlcn
hypothetical and not concrete obstacles
cayo arisen can DO determined later on.
-Thcy may tako their referendum II
hey will" writes NJ. Colcord- out not
vtlo the world waits in suspense ana
ssouy tor tho pledges OF aid Wo aro Will
,nS 10 SlYG-
Sirncrs galore. from all political par
lies and all walks OF life. give the peu-
ION presented at the White House
,op-partisan and disintercSted appear
soca. Neither the League 10 hntorCe
Peaoe nor tho other organizations ~hlcn
1xye worked 50 zcAiously for tFeaty
-atificatiou are involved IN the plan IL
q solely tho work OF ono TnaR-Sainuo1
,otcord. who has used up much OF MS
rfrNf-N m a
.dea that nc thinks Will oeneIlS Ills
.c,rntry and the world
Just An Average Man
Mr- Co!cord has no office, no S'att'
10 publicity orSanlGatton-rothirS al
IN He is Just an average CITIZEN VINO
cells so deeply about tho delay IN en-
ertnE tho. League OF Nations ana putt
,1R tho Treaty Of Peace into "ttcctlNc
marathon that he has devoted all ms
ina for many weeks and his prepared
a continue his efforts indefinitely IN
rider 70 help alonS u situation IN whi'"
20 thinks only dtsiDtcreStsd men Gun
leip
On tno petition appear the names OF
r>rcsident Lowell OF Harvard. and Card
n,J Gibbons. Then there IS Cleveland
T nodre. Princeton cllssmate and in
.lr,.to friend OF President Wilson also
Irorro ", Wlckersham. former attor-
rev general in the Taft cabinet. Aug
,stus Thomas. playwright: Hamilton
lott. editor OF the independent who
,sye been particularly friendly to PreSi-
lent Wilson'S point OF view on the
league OF Nations ~ well as Major
;eorSo Haven Putnam. Jacob IL Schlft.
EDMUND Dwight and others who have
1oH been prominent in politics IN CIVIC
,tfaIrs have joined Ia the memorial.
Accompanying Mr.. Colcord TO the
White House were Hamilton Holt and
rrofexsor Woodbridge OF Boston OF
.osrrso anybody who has dared TO men
ION tho word Compromise at the
W'hito House has had to tread softly
md speak In whispers. for the President
KS sxooked no such suggestions In
Nod. II has been said that he wuuld not
oceAve ccrtsin democratic senator's
>rthnrto on the friendlicst terms with
,hrn. because be learned In advance
hat they wanted 10 talk compromise.
Gr. Wilson didn't see Mr.. Colcord or
committed But tho memorial TO DC
presented Will OF courc DO laid before
Tho President by his private secretary.
Every day II Is planned to add more
r.rnes eventually thousands OF per
IONS whose names command public
.cspect will be enlisted in the move
ncnG
Admits HOS Republican
&r, Colcord admits ne Is : Eepubli-
AN. but claims he IS no partisan. He
= the kind Of a man who believes much
IN be accomplished IN the treaty sltu-
,tion II the individuals interested turn
d their thoughts from personal hatreds
. broad principles OF human compass
ion Ha plans 20 carry hts appeal to
no senate, too. He has already inter
iicwed several senators who favor tho
.omprouLsc plan. and II IS probable
hat thcro will DO speeches on IL this
geek
Tho president has not seon 1T 20 re-
,Iy TO the senate resolution returning
no treaty to him
Sometimes no welcomes occasions to