Evening journal., 1920-10-30
PLEDGES BROKEN.
BY DEMOCRATS.
DR.. McElroy Calls Admins
tration One That Fooled
and Failed
LARGE CROWD AT
NEWARK MEETING
Special 10 Me Evening Journal.

Speclal 10 ble Evening journal.
NEWARK. Oct. 3O.-"The adminis-
traiion that fooled and failed" was the
way Dr. Robert NJ. McElroy Of Prince
ton University referred to the Wilson
administration Of the past eight years,
during an able address at a Republic
can meeting in the Opera House last
night. The house was crowded and
the speaker was given close atlen-
tiOn. Secretary OF Slate Everett c..
Johnson was scheduled 10 preside,
hut owing 10 the serious illness Of his
Wiie, who was recently operated on
in a Philadelphia hospital, he was
unable to get here. John X. Johns
ton introduced The speaker Music
was furnished by the Continental
Band
In his opening remarks. Or. McEl-
roy said a saying that was formerly
popular in New Jersey was Wilson,
that's all. and added that after the
election the saying would be That's
all OF Wilson, thank God" He said
the administration has repeatedly
broken pledges. 1T went in" he said,
in 1912 plohed for one term, but
did not keep the pledge The sec
ond time, he said. Wilson went in
under the slogan, "he kept us out
OF war The speaker said the admin
istration that fooled and failed, VI
was pledged TO budget system. but
when the bill was passed it was We
toed by President Wilson.
DR.. McElroy told OF some Of the eX-
travagant and wasteful methods OF
The administration during the war
Some OF them, ne related, were that
81 .2JO.00O0O0 was spent on he air
plain program and not n plane built
here was used in the war; Si0O00,O00
was spent 10 build a railroad TO haul
lOfs from a forest TO be used in build
ing airships but not log was
hauledi The experiment with the
railroads for twenty-siX months
cost the country three and three
quarter billion dollars; S75,00O0O0
was spent on war automobiles after
spent building tanks and not a tank
was finished 10 get in the war; a
large amount was expended for mos
quito netting to covers the soldiers at
The front and when the netting ar
rived in France. it was learned that
there were no mosquitoes in that
country.
Most Of the time the speaker was
occupied in puncluring The Wilson
League Of Nations He referred TO the
henious crime Of selling Shantung
and giving II TO Japan, and he said
Wilson, in the form Of Cox asks us
to go into that league
The speaker said any administration
that fails 20 carry out its promises
must be made TO pay the penalty
1--WE don't want 10 get rid Of the
Democratic party All We want 10 do
is 10 reduce 10 on election day 10
what cod Almighty intended II
should be. merely the opposition"
Professor McEroy referred to Gov
ernor Cox as the heir apparent
He related how Governor Cox
early in the campaign, accused a
group Of Republican Senators Of
scheming TO buy the presidency and
now the Democratic candidate says
he would he willing, II elected, to sit
down to work ont reservations 10 the
league. with that bunch Of robbers
The speaker declared that Frank
lin u Roosevelt was placed on the
Democratic ticket solely lo attach 10
The Democratic party. some Of the
glamor Of The name of Roosevelt.
lie related how Governor Cox, afetr
mis- nomination. went to the White
House 10 see Wilson and made his
surrender there. At the time there
was present only Franklin ID. ROose-
Welt and Admiral Grayson, who. he
said was .hc only man in The history
OF the world who has won The Stars
of an admiral by NASSAU ny. the swol-
len head Of a chicf executive.
Governor Cox. he said pledged him
self 10 carry out il elected AN of
Woodrow Wilson's Paris promises,
although ne did not know what they
were. TO get the aid OF Wilson and
Federal oflice holders
Dr. McElroy told Of the dangers TO
/ this country in Article TO- OF the
/ League Of Nations covenant and re-
! lated how, with fOrty-three nations
members, the league has already re-
poatedly failed. He declared should
we sign the league as it now exists, we