The Commoner
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THE COMMONER, LINCOLN, NED.
PRESIDENT 1VILSON ADItESSES THE
ABJfEIUCAN PEOPLE
A Washington dispatch, dated June 28, says:
President Wilson in an address to tho American
people on the occasion of the signing of the
peace treaty made a plea for the acceptance of
tlib treaty and tho covenant of the League of
Nations without change or reservation. His mes
sage, givon out hero by Secretary Tumulty, said:
MMy Fellow Countrymen The treaty of peace
has been signed. If it is ratiflel and acted upon
in full and sincere execution of its terms, it will
furnish the charter for aner order of affairs
In the world. It is a severe treaty in the duties
and penalties it imposes upon Germany, but it
is severe only because groat wrongs done by
Germany are to bo righted and repaired; it im
poses nothing that Germany cannot do and
she can regain her rightful standing in the
world by tho prompt and honorable fulfillment
of its terms.
"And it is much more than a treaty of peace
with Germany. It liberates great peoples who
have never before been able to find the way to
liberty. It ends, once for all, an old and in
tolerable order under which small groups of sel
fish men could use the peoples of great empires
to serve their ambition for power and dominion.
It associates tho free governments of the world
in a permanent league in which they are pledged
to use their united power to maintain peace by
maintaining right and justice. It makes inter
national law a reality supported by imperative
sanctions. It does away with tho right of con
quest and rejects the policy of annexation and
substitutes a flow order under which backward
nation's populations which havo not yot come
to political consciousness and peoples who are
ready for independence, but not yet quite pre
pared to dispense with protection and guidance
shall no moro bo subjected to tho dominion
and exploitation of a stronger nation, but shall
bo put under tho friendly direction and afforded
the helpful assistance of governments which
undertake to bo responsible to the opinion of
mankind in the execution of their task by ac
cepting the direction of the League of Nations.
It recognizes the inalienable rights of nation
ality; the rights of minorities and the sanctity
of religious belief and practice. It lays the basis
for conventions which shall free the commercial
intercourse of the world from unjust and vex
atious restrictions and for every sort of inter
national co-operation that will servo to cleanse
the life of the world and facilitate its common
, action in beneficent service of every kind. It
furnishes guarantees such as never were given
nor ever contemplated for tho fair treatment of
.all who labor at the daily tasks of tho worla
"It is for this reason that I havo spoken of
it as a great charter for a now order of affairs
There is ground here or deep satlsfaction
universal reassurance, and confident hope. '
(Signed) "WOODItOW WILSON."
Jn some quarters about the only recognition
I accorded to returned soldiers is: "Hello, Bill."
Response by Mrs. William Jennings Bryan
to a toast at the luncheon given at Grove Park
Inn, Ashcville, N.- C, on May -25, 1919, to the
officers of the, General -Federation of Woman s
Clubs.
Madame President, Officers of tho General
Federation and friends :. ', - , -.. -.. x '',
.When Mrs. Reilly asked me to speak to-a- toast
today she sent with the request specifications as
to length and breadth and I at once was in ac
cord with the drunken man who read above the
door of a picture show "Home, Sweet Home" in
three reels and he shook his head sadly saying
"It can't be done". To discuss our friends in"
five brief minutes is impossible.
But I have essayed to do this impossible thing
and boing a cottager at Grove Park Inn and hav
ing few books I fell to studying a seed catalog
in which I discovered certain parallels which I
trust will be worthy of your consideration.
I find the family amicus or friend is a large
and interesting one. The varieties so the book
says surpass others in size and beauty. I venture
to' mention a few of these. We are-familiar with
the amicus intellectualis simplex or purely intel
lectual friends. This is a specimen of tall and
rather slender growth flourishes best In a cool
climate and should always be watered with cold
water. Flowers late In the season, the blossom
is beautiful In a chaste severe way, suggestive of
church, altars and burial casketd. Many of this
variety produce no fruit; others bear a sort of
nut, often slightly bitter in flavor and hard to
crack.
One of the prettiest hardy perennials is the
socialis ambitlonis festiv maxima or our social
ambitious friend. This Is a well known variety
of sturdy growth. It requires little or no protec
tion and Is a great climber. No particular trellis
needs be provided as it will climb anything, in
deed, it has been observed that plants of a more
delicate organism have been almost suffocated
by the clinging and pSrsIstance of this specimen.
Thinning out Is sometimes used to prevent over
crowding. We come now to one of the finest types
amicus domesticus, the common garden variety.
This is of strong vigorous habit, succeeding in
almost any soil but responding quickly to liberal
treatment. The amicus domesticus are of no
great beauty of foliage but growing, en masse,
as they do, thank God, they produce a splendid
effect. And, now for the moment forgetting our
catalog let us pay a tribute to the plain, simple
friend. What can be uore satisfying? Faithful
through the years, never counting favors ren
dered, always ready to defend or to succor, sor
rowing in defeat without ennui, rejoicing in
success without jealousy in season and out of
season unchanging and unchangeable. But senti
ment must not stand in the way of scholarly re
search, and I bring to your attention a fine, large
variety which under proper cultivation becomes
very mild and tender. The amicus masculinoso
ponderoso, our masculine friends. This is an old
time variety, widely known and of general nod
ularity. Singular variations are found in the growth
of this specimen especially as it nears maturity
It heads up' early and in most cases is firm with
a, first-class flavor. In some instances, however
the head passes from firmness into denseness!
Indeed, I understand the fibre becomes almost
wooden and is most difficult to penetrate. Sing
ularly we And a wide range in aroma, the odor
one can scarcely call it fragrance, varies from that
of tobacco to that of cloves; the leaves are often
curled, and those skilled in such matters testify
that in spite of its. toughness this .plant my "DQ
fJnft0fgree?S' ,Much anxIety has been felt
for the future development of thls.variety as It
has been infested with a dangerous microbe
the alcoholitis. Experts have been studying thl
habits of this germ with gratifying result SS
in the last decade another change has hZ
no ed In this most interesting specimen, viz?
with the rapid growth of woman suffrage vn'f
?Ionbtim8e0f -thlS Plant COme to &?t eZ
Near Calcutta, in th nri,. t,. . i
KindTy66' a"e7 SeTanner of
new trunks, many rlt
fiz n sefi and each one Wi... ,
l T ru P - not-work of branpfi8 ,U W
-We have long been told that tS
does not grow in America, but t ,yan
one true type. Miss Jennie Crowlav !f l l
seed more than fifty years aTaSd 2Sdll
soil, and favorable conditions S ff wl th
Forty-eight great trunk now sunn?'1
tended branches. It has grown Wrt lha
. from storms; a protection from w a ?elty
work from which issue armlPR nt '!" "
determined to makp. tim .,, .eslnei
stronger, cur own.G. F. W. C. '
MR. BRYAN AT VICKSBURG
I Introduction by Hon. W. J. Vallor at via
burg, Miss. vor atUcb,
Ladies and Gentlemen: We aro heretodwi.
hear a groat speech from one of tho m iv
",,"","...U" " "IO wuiiu. 16 Will BDcaVm
n. vorv TmV hnf n vomr wi ', . J'W1
uY i. r 1. r - , J. "'-1o"UB anu important
subject that is dear to the happiness ol
American home. '
" pur distinguished visitor needs no introdec
tion- to the people of Mississippi or any other
state in the union. If there is any one here who '
does not know and appreciate the worthiness ol
this exemplary citizen, he should keep that fact
a profound secret. Today he is battling in the
interest and for the welfare of his fellow men
as he has always done. He is fighting a common
enemy of mankind th t now lies prostrate at oar
feet, an enemy that has ruined more lives, des
troyed more homes and causes more unhappl
ness than all other evils combined. In a fcT
short hours this hateful enemy of man ii
doomed to die, and Col. Bryan and all other
good men and women throughout this land are
anxious to bury the enemy so deep that there
will be no probability of a resurrection.
He is seeking the aid of all good citizens la
helping to enforce the greatest reform that has
ever been enacted into the laws of this land.
He stands for the strict enforcement of the na
tional prohibition laws against the rich and poof
alike, and he feels that the man who stores gp
large stocks of intoxicating liquors in his capa
cious cellar for future use should be punished
more severely than the unfortunate who l!
caught red-handed with a half pint of whiskey
secreted in his clothes.
We are fortunate indeed to have with us to
day this great and distinguished man. A states
man who never has, and who never will, sacrifice
his honest convictions, or traffic with his celt
respect. A politician in the true and idealism
sense, who does not fear to stand alone. Ab
orator whose voice is lifted only in the caws
of justice and right, and whoso matchless eo
ooa ioa ViT.niori tho n.ivilized world. A man
who loves peace and abhors war, and who wow
u :n f-hof "hurtiifrlif nn end to tn6 nonwi
and the cruelties of the world war. A man.toj I
-who should -have been a delegate to u j
conference in Paris, where his &Mtvwt
"influence would have brought forth i a , p
treaty with a covonani for a League of Niwj
that would insure the future safety and pe
of the world. ... ..)&
Feeling the distinguished honor tha ; JJ
conferred upon me, -one .that ;I JM ,
more than all tne ouiers UttTV, ereateM
take pleasure in presenting to you the greai
living American, Col. wnimm o. "
Twin nf Aiinnlv and demand seems to taj
been suspended by a JeMndumny ?
iteers. The coal mine owners f'e ""tfei
price of winter coal a certain per opi3'
month and give as their reason that ue
are not ordering any coal just now
fore they must ask more for it. ybysayi
was on they justified their high prices w ,
that the people where buying so HW m
they could not get it out fast enougn.
Lodge says mat uio DM"7nf whenflOcot.
Rfinoamnn in Hamilton was that wmu W
desired
iu ""r" ". ,w ha flesuf-
tint. HRmiro tha adODtlon vl " .. nffn cu
accepted what he could get. in -t i0$ i
h ?aif 5SKnlnrn
to cuj J.ur uu; """"-o
Texans are
bOHUU Of .! 2,
tfioi
asung i - fcbale or cu v
sand dollars was paid ror "' ,u wage' XZ
marketed in that state. We wu nl
every clothing- buyer m i u"
he knows who bought it.
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