Evening star., 1922-02-09
PEPPER.cONDEMNS
|. COX TREATY VIEWS
defends NeWberry in Talk Be-
!. fore Republicans at Meet
/ ing in Albany.
By the Associated Press,

ALBANY, n. T.. February 9.-The
Washington arms conference was de-,
jSclared by George Wharton Pepper of
Pennsylvania, at a republican gather
ing here last night, to be a greater
success than the Versailles peace con-
sference.
Asserting that the Washington con-,
sference treaties were not isolated
fdocuments, but interrelated. in such
Ia way as. to be parts of great plan
A1Or dealing with international prob
lens. Mr.. Pepper in his address, the
first since he took his seat in the
of former Gov. Cox of Ohio, demo-
cratic presidential candidate, in sup
port of the league of nations.
IF you ever ask me to make
comparative exhibit of republican and
democratic achievement" said Sena-
tor Pepper. you will do we'll to COM
pare the splendid outcome of a con-
ference modestly undertaken in the
proper spirit with the utilities of a
scheme that j. was bad IN
- Scores Cox for Views.
- Senator Pepper, speaking at a din
ner of the Albany Corporation Club,
eaid he hoped that the democratic
party and Gov. Cox would never
be permitted to get away from that
HEandidate. Gov. Cox, according to
Benator Pepper, stood by the league
AS the simple and sufficient remedy"
sfor a pest Of domestic as well as
people, he declared. were as unal-
sterably opposed to the league as
aEever, and he scored Gov. Cox for
attacking" the Washington confer
2sence.
Just as the democratic standard
bearer was sensing the failure of the
Warrington conference" said Senator
Pepper, "the announcements were
made which demonstrated its entire
Is The Newberry election case also was
isdiscussed by Senator Pepper. who
Esaid that republican senators had re
aIused to be terrorized into voting to
sexpel from the Senate a man who
had been sent there by a clear ma.
lority of the voters in his state"
- When you realize the success at
E4ained by Senator Newberry's impla-
cable enemy in misstating the issue
10 the public" he said, when you
realize how millions of good people
I'm this country had been fooled by
Ford's insidious publicity into believ-
ing that not themselves but the Mich
1Ean electorate had been duped. you
will understand that it took q small
.degree of courage to face public moral
condemnation. which was as vehe-
2ment as it was unjust. And in this
Test of moral courage every single
democrat in the Senate was found
waning. But not one soul was man
Anough to vote in accordance with his
convictions.
"Like Flock Of Sheep
'They mouthed about the honor of
The Senate and the integrity of the
Individual, and then they proceeded
10 tarnish that honor and impair that
integrity by voting like a flock Of
eheep. Every single democrat voted
I9lavishly to dishonor his own col
league for what an unimpeachable
Esnajority Of the people Of Michigan
had done, when. with full knowledge
SHaf all the facts, they freely registered
1heir preference for Senator New
berry"
u Senator Pepper also said that on the
N1egislative program Of Congress he
referred that the tariff bill be given
priority over the arms conference,
treaties. He referred to William
Barnes OF Albany as the beloved
leader" Of the Albany county repub-
Iicans assembled, and characterized
Gov. Sproul as the i"rightful leader
: s-of the republican party in Pennsyl-,
.syania" and the man whose political
Zheroism put me where am