The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-10-04
wilson League IS Breeder of War
1t. Col. Roosevelt Says in Speech
aaks the Document That the Administration Is Tnq TO
~ Uphold in His Talk to keokuk Audience at the
Grand Saturday Evening

..ond at this moment in a crit
W who'd in this country's history.
pJ hola world has been shaken to
~ locations by the cataclysm OF
last five years. Economic stand
have been overset and raise
~ have been created. The stored
ua,Ib Of generations OF industry has
CO., catered to the four winds. De-
.;on Of human life has cut the
la.snctiye powers in this genera
sor as is the case in all wars,
~ IN Of death has fallen most
sv iI on the flower. physically and
arally. of the community. All TINS
u nad and in itself would be diff
i, IN nroblem to adjust, but. this Is not
y nsosa are not the most serious re
- ane ~ the great war. The world
w there has been bred up a con-
.';an Of nervous excitement and
.i su,ont irritation. The world over,
! result Of this is manifesting itself
Moody wars are raging IN Europe
u year. and revolutions, raping and
a,n,ction. We, in our country, are
~ than other nations from these
onditions, but are none the less SUI
zinc from them, and we must none
loss bear them in mind or we,
live Europe, may be whirled into
ii strife. The country over, there
crave unrest. There is a combma-
~ n lackless indifference and VIC
II oscillations OF thought. In re-
Mic the success of the government
an mon upon the average of the peo-
- for the government Is the aver
90 Of the people. When the average
The people are swayed by gusts OF
science. from one extreme to the
ther republic Is in great danger.
Uhen the average Of the people tend
act first and think afterwards.
NH out. for there are rocks ahead.
Those of us who were in Europe
uring the war foresaw that a condi-
N such as this would be a sequel
the strain and expenditure of en-
rdes in the struggle. Thinking
long this line, l wrote my father, in
u spring of 1918, saying that ]
,ought the republican party should
Ike steps and formulate at once con-
tructiye measures for. the recon
FRICTION period. In answering lie,
phrased what is the danger in this
ountry SO aptly that I am going to
note him. His letter ran:
4There is grave danger that we
nav be driven by an alienation be-
veen fool reaction and fool radical
In into condition, let us say. one
aIf as bad as that into which Russia
as been driven by an alienation be-
yeeu czarism and bolshevism."
Essentially Home People.
We, in this country, are essentially
ome people Our thoughts instinc-
lively center around the family cir
lie. This is fortunate, particularly at
his time, because, on the whole,
elieve men and women with chill
ren make the best type Of citizens
or republic The individual with
children is the most keen serutinizer
i the future. When a policy comes
p for me to pass Judgment on by
by vote, what do / do? ] say to my
ELI, "How will this affect the coun-
~ when my little, daughter Oracle
md my son Teddy are grown up and
ave families of their OWN" The
Verage family man or woman does
be same thing. We decide every
hing with our eyes on the future,
Or in our children we have given
hostages to the future of ourl country.
It is this quality OF thought we
peed particularly now. We must
meet this danger with clear eyes and
steady hand; We must meet it with
onesty; we must not blind ourselves
II and lie idle, lest we be swept
,lo the maelstrom. We must steer
" course steadily between the
cylia and Charybdis Of bolshevism
nc the Charybdis of bourbonism
one OF the most dangerous results
Inc universal unrest has been the
Plossomlng of the false and destruc-
I'VE doctrines of class cleavage and