The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-27
BEVERIDCE
PLEADS FOR
NAT|0NAL|SM
Brilliant Orator and Ex-
Senator in Splendid Voice,
Responds to Enthusiasm Of
Great Crowd.
MAKES ELOQUENT PLEA

Despite q rain storm which pre-
vailed throughout the evening the
crowd which heard the address deliv-
cred by Albert ]. Beveridge Tuesday
filled the Coliseum to capacity The
former senator, regarded one Of the
foremost American orators, responded
to the enthusiasm of his vast audi
ence and delivered a remarkably elo-
quent plea for the election of the Re-
publican ticket headed by Harding
and Coolidge.
Mr.. Beveridge spoke for two hours
and was in splendid voice. Many of
his auditors were women. Time after
time the speaker was interrupted by
tumultuous applause and his every
mention of Harding was a signal for
enthusiastic cheering.
1t was a scathing indictment Mr..
Beveridge returned against the Demo
cratic administration, and his fiaying
Of the Wilsonian League of Nations,
which he referred to as 'carpetbag'
government for the world" brought a
great roar Of applause from the crowd.
Hundreds Of people from neighbor-
ing towns in Wayne and surrounding
counties came to Richmond to attend
the Beveridge meeting and there were
many people who could not get into
the Coliseum. There was to have been
a parade preceding the melting but this
was called off on account of the rain.
Judge Bond Presides.
Judge William A. Bond presided
over the meeting and introduced Mr
Beveridge. One of the features of the
evening was the musical program
which delighted the big crowd. There
were selections by one of Richmond's
crack musical organizations, the City
band. Campaign songs were sung by
Newcastle quartette, composed of
Fred G. White, E. C. Strauhan, J. R.
Thompson and D. J. Dewitt. A trio of
women, Mrs. Joseph G.. Teetor, Mrs.
Albert Hindman, both of Hagerstown,
and Mrs. j. c. Linn of Connersville,
and some colored women singers were
repeatedly encored.
The League of Nations was referred
to by Mr.. Beveridge as an article of
partnership in which America furnish
ed all the assets and the other nations.
parties to the pact, supplied nothing
but liabilities.
English, French, Italian and jap
anese statesmen sought to increase
their national interests when the
treaty Of peace was written" Mr..
Beveridge said land they did well,
but what does 1t mean to America?
1t means that the time has come when
the American people will place their
government in the hands of a polite
al party which will protect American
interests. This does not mean mate
people living on the Atlantic seaboard
took all of the time of Washington,
Jefferson, Franklin and Adams in the
serving of their interests l do not
know of one now living who can look
after the interests of 110,000,000 Amer
leans and still have time to give to
the affairs of the rest of the world.
carpet-Bag Government.
where and how was this mortgage,
called the league of nations covenant?
Where and how was this constitution
for a carpet-bag government of the
world devised and framed? That
mortgage was drawn that carpet-bag
constitution was framed by secret
conclave sitting behind locked doors
in Paris.
After seven months the work of
this secret conclave was suddenly laid
before the United States senate; and
the league propagandists clamored for
immediate ratification of that treaty.
Yet that document contains 10000
words; il deals with subjects entirely
unfamiliar to Americans; it binds us
to perpetual obligations all over the
world; it requires us to expend enorm-
Gus sums of money, the amount OF
which no man can estimate; it pledges
to send American ships and American
soldiers to any quarter of the globe
which the league directs; it puts us
upon our honor to disregard the most
vital provisions of our National con-
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