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Show PRESIDENT ON FRIENDLY GROUND; LEAGUE POPULAR By JAY JEROME WILLIAMS, Staff Correspondent of Universal Service. PGnTXAND, Ore., Sept. 15. President Wilson was in friendly territory here today. to-day. There was nothing1 of the "blue Monday" Mon-day" evident in the reception that the people of this city gave him, hoth at his appearance on the streets here at & o'clock in the morning', when he spoke at lunclunn, this afternoon, and again tonight, in his address at the auditorium. Two short but peppery addresses wore made by tho president as a result of the warm greetings. He again reiterated that ho had not the slightest doubt that the treaty ultimately would be ratified by tho senate. In all of his addresses he emphasized this fact that until the treaty was out of the way there could he no hope of normal conditions prevailing in the world. "Kvery drop of blood in me gets up and shouts." he said, "when I think of the opportunity that America now has." Tho president had more harsh words today for toes of tho treaty. He said that a man who refused to recognize the new order of world affairs was either "a man of no imagination, no knowledge, or is a ouitter." People ,of other countries, according to the president, have lost confidence in their governments. He modified ihis slightly by saying that some had lost confidence in their form of government. 'That point," he declared, "has not been reached in the United States. The people of other countries of the world believe that we are successfully organized for justice. They want us to take the lead, a nd if we do not take the lead we will bring universal disorder and discontent. dis-content. I am going to see this job through no matter what evil resists." Oregon is undoubtedly league of nations territory. The welcome that it gave the president this morning, coupled with the applause that he received at both his meetings, was an indication. Another and more salient hit of evidence, evi-dence, however, lies in a poll just completed com-pleted here by the Portland Journal. The vote was twenty to one in favor of a league. |