The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-05-06

of unrest. II believe the time has come
when we should provide fair public
tribunals to take up these disputes and
let them settle these questions peace
ably. l would never vote to prohibit
men from the right to quit work.
that is a right never to be denied.
Slavery was legally abolished by the
Civil War and / shall never be will
ing to force any man ITO work where
he does not care to except in the event
that it is necessary for the life of his
nation. With fair tribunal, however,
there will be no strikes"
In discussing this cause, Senator
Lenroot launched into a description
Of the workings of the proposed Plumb
bill, which he denounced as meas
ure $50 vicious and so injurious to
every laboring man who was not a
railway employee and so dangerous to
farmers that even railway employees
had seen that it was unjust and had
refused to support it,
"For twenty years." he said in dis
cussing this measure, 81 have been a
foe to special privilege to corporations
and special privilege is just as wrong
for labor as it is for corporations.
Neither capital nor labor should be
allowed to exploit the public"
The senator also discussed the Cum
minis bill and explained that he had
voted for the amended Cummins-Esch
bill because he believed that it was
the most progressive piece Of railway
legislation in the last fifty years. He
explained that it was in no sense a
gift to Wall street" but rather pro-
lection of the rights of all the people.
81 intend now to show you the rea-
sons why we are still at war;" he
continued as he turned to discussion
of the peace treaty. president Will
son declared we entered the war not
because we had grievances of our
own. | believe that it was necessary
for US to enter the war in order to
keep Old Glory flying Now I am more
convinced than ever that it was nee
essary for US to fight to keep the Ger
man eagles from replacing the ''Stars
and Stripes in the land of the free.
That being the case, I see no reason
for us now to assume the guardian
ship of the world"
He reviewed the story OF the peace
treaty. He told how President Wilson
went to Paris and worked in all sim
cerity for those things which he had
thought best, but added that the trea-
ty without ratification would have
bound America to violations of its
traditions. He declared that Article
x was the center of the storm and
defined its regulations showing that
it forced the United States to sane
tion the theft of Shantung and to
stand ready to send it's soldiers to
fight and die to support the lines es-
tablished in Europe no matter how un-
just future history might prove them
to be.
Taken Away Our Liberty,
Article x" he declared, "if there
had been league of nations in 1776
would have kept these colonies for
ever a, part Of the British empire, it
would have kept Cuba forever under
the heel of Spanish tyranny. The
United States has never yet obligated
herself to fight against those who
oppose tyranny, and the United States
is not going to enter into any such
obligation now. This reservation which
the majority of the Senate demanded
would have left the United States so
it could never refuse to take up the
cause of liberty and humanity"
Denounces All Unamericanism
In closing his address Senator Len
root declared one of the chief causes
of unrest was the attempt of some
unpatroitic citizens to show that this
war just closed was not just one
and not necessary for the life of this
nation. "Such person, whoever he
is is not a good American" declared
the senator. All revelations have
shown that there was a true German
menace and those who try to belittle
the work of our brave soldiers are
only trying to foment discomfort" We
fought and helped win the war. We
are proud of the records made by the
Wisconsin soldiers at Chateau Their
ry and scores of other battlefelds.
Yet there are men in Wisconsin who
would write over the graves of these
honored dead KILLED by the American
instead of the sacred
"Died for their country" No man in
Wisconsin or elsewhere can safely at
tempt to rob our heroes of their glory.
In Favor of Soldier Bonus.
81 am in favor of treating all sol
diers alike" he declared. "The boys
in blue of 81 and 65 the boys who fol-
lowed the flag in '9S and our veterans
of the last war all fought for liberty.
Some have said, LET us pay these
boys wages" They want these men
considered as hired men of the gov
eminent am going to vote to pay
them substantial sums as some recog-
milton of the debt of gratitude we owe
to them for having saved America but
this is in no sense to take away all
the debt of gratitude we owe to them"
Senator Lenroot declared that
though the future of the country
seemed beset with difficulties, he was
that the ship of state would
sail through the stormy seas and