The daily morning oasis., 1920-05-27
C 0 n S P PIR A c !
AGAINST The
PRESIDENT

WASHlNGTON, May 25.-Repre-
sentative Edward Pou, former chair
man of the House Rules committee de-
livered vigorous speech in the House
charging that even before President
Wilson sailed for The Paris peace con-
ference there was Republican con-
piracy to harass him and weaken
lis influence at home and abroad.
The partisan conspiracy against the
resident, which embarrassed him in
his negotiations with foreign nations
1t the peace conference, was without
parallel asserted, Representative Pou
He referred to the introduction of re-
solutions to declare the office Of Pre-
,ident vacant while the President was
negotiating the treaty for the peace
Of the world and severely condemned
Re visit to the White House of Sem
ator Fall, who went ostensibly to
ak about the Mexican situation, but
really to find out how sick the Pre-
.ident was. 1cccl ding tc Mr.. Pou.
On his indefensibie visit, Mr.. Pou
asserted, the Rerutiiaan Eenator found
the Presidents mind as "clear as a
bell" ss s,r- ~.
"Men do not 10 desperate thin ;.
without strong reason" said Represen.
-ta.>ne Pev. s'and ! ,!.Srge here saR
now that these cartemptible attacks
upon President Wilson before and .Ar
ng theVersailles peace conference
were made for one purpose only; to
i, to promote the prospect Of Re.
publican success III the coming elae-
t'n.
"i:urely there are times when ire
.fficial Lead OF u na;ior.- is in fairn .ss
entitled it the snC:Ie, generous sup
pert CT all the PEOPLE of the nation.
There @1e times wien good men are
clad to- discard po;itical differences.
There are times when every decent
democrat is proud to follow Repub-
lean President, and every decent Re-
publican is proud to follow Demo-
ravic President.
During every hour President Viii
spent in Europe, he was entitled
to such unstinted support, but it SEEM
ed certain Republican politicians, even
turing the critical period, thought
more of party success than they did
: the great struggle to make war be-
wccn nations less probable.
"Let Us not forget this: Mr.. Wilson
vas not only President, but he was
also Commander-in-Chief of the Army
and Navy, and that war was still on.
The attacks upon him were just as
unwarrantable as the attack of a sol
der on his commander during battle"
Representative Pou then read the
Walsh and Campbell resolution de-
claring respectively that at any time
the President leaves the soil of the
United States he shall be considered
unable to perform the duties of the
office and the Vice-President shall
serve, mad forbidding the President to
leave the territorial confines of the
country. z =. az '+ss<
against this man who had led
America to heights never before at
tained," said Representative POI" ,"the
bill and the resolution l have just
read were directed. While he was
at Versailles striving for a just and
righteous peace, we have such per-
formance. Can you think Of any
thing more unfair? Do you think
the people of America approve such
treatment of the President?.
"But this is not all. After the pre-
sident returned, another Republican
! introduced resolution to investigate
the tokens of appreciation given the
President while in Europe.
81 charge here and now the whole
scheme was in effect a conspiracy, be-
cause. this is the only theory which
will explain and square with the
course pursued by certain Republi-
can leaders through the long months
during which the treaty was pending.
The story is a tale of which every
fair minded American ought to be
ashamed. / make this charge also:
The attempt to foil and hunilate this