Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-06-25
|WESCOTT HAS
| LEAGUE PLEA
/ At CONVENTION
Jersey Man Scores Lodge in
! Making Demands Before
Democratic Conferees
! LAUDS WILSON'S WORK
Says Move Must Be Carried
ol-Heher Has a
| Liquor Plank
LAUDs WILSON'S WORK
BY LEO J. LANN1NG
Especial Representative of Evening
News at New York Conven-'pn.)


News at New York Conven4'9n.)
PENNSYLVANIA HOTEL, New
York, June 25.-Donning his fight
ing attire former Attorney General
John w. Westcott, of Camden, made
what might have been termed the
speech of the evening" before the
convention resolutions committee
when that body was hearing pleas
on behalf of the plank for the
League of Nations last night. The
committee worked into the early
hours of today giving advocates of
all subjects and causes a chance %
be heard. Such d barrage OF ora
tcs5 was laid down upon the men-
bers in behalf of the league plank
that the observer would be led =
the conclusion the party could i'll af-
ford to throw aside at this time
what the speakers told the commit
tee members is the Democratic
party's great moral issue-the aboIi-
tion of war through the League of
Nations.
Although Mr.. Westcott not
scheduled to nominate George S. Sill
zer for president, through the advice
of his physicians to keep out of su, h
strenuous efforts, he seemed =, go
the limit in a speech of char. .cter-
istic old time vigor which was "the
hit" of the night session of the COM
mittee. Lauding the late President
Wilson, for his effort to bring Amer
.ca into the League, the former At
ccrney General continued: He would
have succeeded but for the betro val
in his home of that Judas Iscariot,
Henry Cabot Lodge. Henry Cabot
Lodge tinkered the League of Ma
tions out of the heart of America.
Henry Cabot Lodge pussyfoot
League of Nations out of the hearts
of the American people. Therefore.
Gny man who tinkers with the
League of nations is a He Cabot
Lodge. Therefore any man who
pussyfoots about the League of Ma
tions is Henry Cabot Lodge
Thank God. believe there ;.re no
Henry Cabot Lodges in this commit
tee or in the great Democratic con-
vention. If there are any will they
rise and be counted. In order that
they may suffer the execration of
eternal time which that traitor won.
Il am warned to stop" said Mr..
Westcott. whose time was up. Go
on" came cries from member of the
committee. who were greatly enjoy
ing the veteran politicians speech.
If you repudiate Woodrow Will
son, the League of Nations. nd
pussyfoot, you will be damned as
you ought to be-" wound up the for
mer attorney general. While the
resolutions committee composed of
prominent United States senator's
and prominent Democrats from
every state listened with great inter-
naf a f4d l.
comment of the speaker.
The Democratic party will go
down to defeat because it does not
follow Professor Irving Fisher of
Yale, Congressman Raney, of Illinois
and former warden Thomas Mott Os-
borne of Sing Sing followed Va St
colt address and paid fine tribute to
1t. At the afternoon session the n
mittee had listened to former United
States Supreme Court Justice Clark,
who resigned from the bench T. head
the league of nations non-partisan
association. These were tie head
liners of the group who appeared be-
fore the committee on this subject.
Other events of the day included
the action of National Committee
man Frank Hague. of New Jersey. IN
issuing statement in which he o.
fessed to see the nomination or NV
ernor Silzer for president as a l.appv
compromise of the seeming newt
able deadlock of the present ,ad
ing candidates.
State Chairman Harry Heher as
member of the resolutions commit
tee. submitted his liberal liquor
plank and also another on water"
The latter is advocated by Mayor f.
w. Donnelly. of Trenton. delegate
at-large for the providing of more
money to pay for water way develop
ment.
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