Milford chronicle., 1920-01-23
UNCLE TED'S
BED TIME STORIES
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-Ups, Too
FuNNY nINNER PARTY

JACK ndu just returned from the sta
ton with his uncle who had been OF
a trip to Washington. OF course, bot
Jack and Ruth were anxious to hea
all about their uncles trip and so af
ter he had eaten his dinner and rea,
the evening paper, Jack started teas
ing for a story.
Aren't you goiI to tell US abou
your trip to Washington" asked Jacl
2s he climbed up on the arm of hi!
tqcle's chair.
KPlease tell us" chimed in Ruth.
You kiddies never give a fellow
ldO you?" laughed their Uncle a.
n down his paper and lifted Rutl
Mother side of his chair I've
lot of things about Wash
efore but this time l think ]
You something about the din
VIII the Democrats held in
the n on the night of January
: day al go but l read all the
Of the I were made and while
allv omen capital / talked to a
ed bv HeWho were there"
p Mitchell, te dinner for? ?" asked
of the Rept
ON Ways AM to be given to give
ed by the Grats who want to
newspapers ochance TO talk and
discussed was for. There were
carry or the nhat they had to
plans = Chat the same time.
in party weHs spoke at both
lcans VI nave time to tell you
that mol of them said so will
hut - most important things
a all, President Wilson didn't
secause he is still supposed to be
zoo sick, so he sent a letter in which
he still says that the treaty and the
world club plan must be tagreed to
just as he brought it from France.
What he did not say was whether he
would want the Presidential nomina-
tion for President this year, which
would be a third time he has run.
This made lot of the Democrats like
AttOrney-General Palmer and James
W. Gerard, who used to be our Am
bassadOr to Germany, sort of angry
because so long as President Wilson
doesn't say he won't run again they
haven't much chance because Mr.. Will
son has been the boss of his party for
so long he can get Just about what he
wants. Now the thing that stands out
most from the Jackson Day Dinner,
as they were called, is the fact that
all these speakers, except possibly
William Jennings Bryan (whO has
been running for President on the
Democratic ticket ever since l can re-
member and was never elected) were
scared to death. They were scared |
for fear they would say something
that would make their party even |
more unpopular than it is now"
What did Mr.. Bryan say?" asked /
Ruth.
''Mr Bryan made nearly all of the .
Democrats angry and caused them .
more worry than anybody else be-
cause he did not agree with President
Wilson at all. President Wilson said
that we cannot have reservations to
the treaty to protect America. for
that is what he said really means, and
he also said the people should be per-
mitted to vote next November at the
election as to how they want the
league. Well, Mr. Bryan shot holes
right through what Mr.. Wilson said
because the 'COmmOner', as Mr.. Bryan
is called, said that we must have
strong reservations to the treaty and
that the people must not vote on it.
The result up to now is that Mr.. Bryan
seems to be getting stronger with his
party and taking the work of bossing
away from Mr.. Wilson. 1t is said in
Washington that the only ay Presi-
dent Wilson can save his leadership
is to give in to the majority of the Sen !
ators who want strong reservations
to the treaty that will protect the
United States first.
"The whole truth of the matter is {
that at the beginning of the the fight d
over the treaty and the world club
plan Mr. Bryan was just as bad as {
Woodrow Wilson. He wanted the
world club plan just as Mr.. Wilson |
brought it from Paris with all of its '
horrible parts that l have explained
to you both so many times. Now, when ?
it is near the time for the Democrats N
to choose who they are going to have
run for President and the Republicans '
are going to choose whothey are go L
ing to run, Mr. Bryan and many of the
rest of the Democrats are trying to a
make the people believe that they are u
ready to make the treaty and the p
world club plan safe for the United 81
States. So, l for one, don't rely much 81
On what Mr. Bryan or any of his kind
says, even though what they say is a s.
lot more American and right than
what Mr. Wilson says. The one thing n
[ thank Mr.. Bryan for is that he has
split the Democratic party into two o.
PARTS, ore led by himself and the other W
ed by President Wilson. They are
lighting among themselves in a way II
hat shows they are not fit party to
'un this government" Ut II,
Did the other speakers talk like IL
dr. Bryan?" asked Jack.
"Oh, mol" answered Uncle Ted. 10
They all seemed afraid of Mr.. Wilson m
lhairman Cummings of the Demo-
ratio National Committee for one said de
othing except to try and make the Jl
asst seven year record of his party
Ook wonderful when we all know how Ell
errible the management at Washing
on has been. Mr.. Palmer and Champ De
lark, who used to speaker of the
louise of Representatives, did the sp
ame. They told how wonderful their
arty was in winning the war but did an
ot mention the boys who did the 70
ghting or the great waste in money H.
nd materials by Secretary Baker and
uch men as George Creel. When ia'
enator Hitchcock spoke, he is the
ian you known who led President A.
Wilson's fight for the treaty in the ~ ~
enate, he didn't say anything new. -"i
enator Owen did the same and wound
D with a statement that nobody
1uld prove and we know is not true,
lat the would club plan will give the
orld 1000 years of peace Governor tmul m
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