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Show 'FEW OPPOSE : GfllilT II 010 OflEGDN Overwhelming Sentiment Senti-ment Developed in State, David Lawrence Declares After Visit. Shadow of Tragedy Is Cast Upon the Presi-: Presi-: dential Party Head- ins California-ward. Ey DAVID LAWRENCE. r:hh:. 1 :;., by Tho I.nk-.- . v" K- ttk with r ::i:siri:NT ! W!!n THK( t"t !I i:!:-;iN. S. y. j I'.". Iv:t:h liroko in (n t!iO rr-t-.l-n : :; ;vir:y ;i- Vo:'.:.n. a::J Its tra-io impress im-press j-Jt rrovi,'..':;. ;N'Ti in r..i nu'O.l f:.r ,-:.-h :n:.k:n. l;-;Mr::ir.:Iy c I ! -1 '-nrry out pr-'ra::! of .'o sp' hi v j ;n Por'-lai! i. No n:::.r a'i';roi-fs J ScI:cJ;:Ic ! v.v.'.'A V., ;:i 5..(;." u S:tn j Frr.n r-1-.r : . I inr'v I ;.'vi ' ' r " lT1"' i ' :-t ! ; in:; an.! .i..'.wir:-. l...-. i i TL-? m oi.'.' l r- : t :ho f ro-i- 'n: a. i--:;l!y a::-!, t'T '-(' j 1 ;i.'ri ;. r.t. t!..1 iit to ' j j .a v- .;; vp i - n oi'.c (!" ' l '.' ri i t t ri-j ri-j ;mj'h,i r. : ( :' th-' !in!.' : -m; r. 1 'it sentiment sen-timent in Or-v'n is un-'iu-" s: !'in:.i'!y in favor if 7i l';ti:e of nations. Kven ?o staneli nivl i t. fluent :al a n.-v. :; ;.,t 'The I'ort Ir.n l rennian, whsn Krpub-l Krpub-l 1 j j'.:i;iiini heyou'l doubt, nr.d whoc i supj'urt of tli'"1 1 ; : mi I .I j r a u rc-id-.'nt inl tu-k'-t in c-Ttainly ro- j veals r.n - --c-ial b--:r1 to nav;inee the poliii'':il f-r: ur.es of WooJrnw Wilson, 9- fi'htinj vi-nrnjly for the ratification ratifica-tion of the j'faee treaty r.u-1 di-1 not hesitate r e e c i; 1 1 y to e r i i e i ? i t" n a t o r Lodge's r-Ttort on the ground that it picked flatva in ih treaty and did not have anvthlng to say abont its affirma-ti'.o affirma-ti'.o value. SENTIMENT SOLID FOR WORLD LEAGUE. Tlie Oreonian cfies no objection to reservations but between a peace trea-y nnd h-nne to vhieh no rrrr rations ra-tions are attached and none nt all its desire would appear to bo unqualified adaption of the pact. The Oregon Journal, Jour-nal, '.rhieh is owned by Charles S. Jack-continued Jack-continued on Paee 2, Column 3.) IMPOSE treaty ! IN OLD Offl (Continued From Page One.) '.son, ty!io was the .r..'si.!-iit 's host in ! I'ur'.'.nn'l, is, of cour-.', supporting the covenant; un-l the I'ort'.un-l TeVjrraro '.lie third daily of importance, support: the league but wur.ts reservations. Xol !on a'o one of these newspapers con dae'ed a straw vote and 2S.0-J0 jienplt vo'.'d for the league as against a few ; hundred agains". j Senator ili'Ntiry, Eepuhlican, ha: I from the outset expressed himself ii J favor of the league and is one of tin leading members of the so-called "mile reservationtst ' ' proup v.'hose friendli ne.ss to the league has been steadfas' throughout the controversy. Senatoi Chamberlain, Democrat, is standing b) the president. OPPOSE PUTTING PACT IN PERIL. Both of Oregon's senators, therefore are following pretty closely the treiK of opinion in their state and it is th( judgment of unbiased men who knon Oregon affairs thoroughly that if the reservations proposed in tho senate mean any amendment or prolonged ne gotiatiui to get the acquicscenco oi other powers, tho people would general ly favor tho unqualified adoption oi the covenant. But the impression pre vails that it should not be difficult to bring the European powers into agreement, agree-ment, especially if they aro as anxious as it is said they are to secure the part- ncrship of America. Mr. Wilson had not been here since 1911, when he was governor of New Jersey, and ho laughingly told his audience audi-ence that it was in Onegon that he became be-came converted to the practicability of the initiative and referendum, a reform against which, he said, he had lectured while a professor in Princeton university. univer-sity. Folks with whom we talked prided themselves on their league of nations stand, declaring Oregon as a leader in western progressivism. naturally favored fa-vored an international concert of power to advance the progress of the whole world. "With or without reservations, tho people of Oregon want to see the treaty rutificd and the league established. estab-lished. President "Wilson turns now to California, another progressive state, represented in the senate by Hiram 1 Johnson, who has kept up a tirade of criticism against both the treaty and the league from the very beginning. California, which gave Wilson his reelection re-election by a small majority, is the battle bat-tle ground of tomorrow. |