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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1918
“GUMSHOE BILL’S” OUTBURST
Senator Stone made a sorry spec
Xacle of himself before his colleagues
and the whole country in his bittei
tirade against Colonel Roosevelt and
the Republican leaders. Affairs ir
Washington must be in an awful mud
die. indeed, when the shifty Missourian
feels himself forced to take any man
to task for playing politics and lack
ing patriotism. Assuming that every
thing he said was so—which we don't
by a jugful—the incident then would
amount to nothing more or less than
the pot calling the kettle black. Was
Gumshoe Bill merely acting his part,
or did he really expect his caustic re
marks to be taken seriously?
The gentleman from Missouri pos
sesses a fair amount of the dry humor
that has made his state famous. Also
he is one of the slickest performers
that ever packed a bag of tricks in
• uiigi ehh. wnen it comes to fooling
the people he is a past master, but
as a rule he never fools himself. So
long as he retains his native shrewd
ness he will never step into a trap
that he has set for another. He never
forgets or forgives, and dearly loves
revenge. Somehow or other the
thought persists that the shifty sen
ator, still smarting from the lashes of
criticism that he received from all
sides, purposely provoked the bitter
political broil for the express purpose
•of embarrassing the administration.
The senator has no love for President
XVilson; he opposed the war and still'
thinks it is wrong; and he Is no
longer in the councils of the adminis-.
tration and his party. He must have
mown that the criminations he in
dulged in would surely invite a deluge
of recriminations against the adminis
+_ation. Our belief is that he delib-1
erately set out to make mischief, on
assumption that he had nothing to
lose himself, and vengeance to gain.1
That Stone had prepared his speech
: and spoke in evident sincerity does
;;o! alter this conviction. He realized
'hat the harder he hit, the harder
•Roosevelt and the Republicans would
strike back. And what cared he, know
ing that he himself would not have
to hear the brunt of their blows? So
skillfully did he shape his words that
he almost succeeded In conveying the
impression that he was voicing the
sentiments of the administration. Per
haps he was, but we doubt it. Presi
dent Wilson is too thin-skinned to
openly invite criticism. Besides, he
has the habit of speaking for himself,
and were he ever In search of a
spokesman for his administration, the
chances are that Senator Stone would
he the very last man he would select.!
The President owes much to the Re
publican leaders for their unqualified
support of his war policies to date,
and he doubtless realizes the obliga
ion. A continuation of their support
is essential to the successful prosecu
tion of his war urogram, and in our
opinion he would be the very last man
to antagonize the Republican mem
bers of congress at this particular
time. On the contrary, the probabili
ties are that he regrets the episode
more than he can tell, for he alone
will have to bear the brunt of the con
sequences.
The Republican leaders were quick
to resent Stone’s unwarranted attack,
and the President will have his hands
full to disarm them so long as they
remain in their present defiant atti
tude. Roosevelt’s silence does not sig
nify that he is sulking in his tent.
Some day, when the stage is set, he
will shoot a broadside into his ac
cusers that will shake the country like
an earthquake. This is a new' experi
ence for the Colonel; his American
ism has never been availed before.
That the uncalled-for criticism stings
him to the quick, and that he will
strike back with a vengeance, goes
without saying.
Meanwhile, good citizens everywhere
find themselves sorely perplexed over
the situation. If Stone is a patriot
and Roosevelt, on the other hand, is
“the most potent agent the kaiser has
in America,” then most of them will
have to reverse their patterns to fit
the new fashion of patriotism that has
just been* announced from Washington.
And heaven help us if such men as
Stone erect the shrine of the new
Americanism!
THE PRESIDENT STANDS PAT
The senators who have been having
a merry time investigating Messrs.1
MeAdoo. Baker, Daniels et al. might
as well adjourn their next session sine
die. The President h is spoken. In
his stinging rebuke to Senator Chant-1
berlain the other day he manifested
strong impatience with the investiga
tions under progress and took occa
sion to say that he regarded the sec
retary of war as being “one of the
ablest public officials I have ever
known.” That just about whitewashes
! Mr. Baker for the present, and his ac
j cusers are simply hutting their heads
! against a stone wall if they still hold
J out hopes of getting his head.
Speaking expressly upon the subject
| of pending investigations, President
Wilson warned the senators that they
I are keeping officials away from urgent
work, thereby causing confusion and
delay, and that, anyhow, “nothing help
ful or likely to speed or facilitate the
war tasks of the government has come
! out of such criticism and investiga
tion." There are many senators and
millions of citizens who will differ
, with the President in this respect.
^ Moreover, he will not listen to the
proposal to create a war cabinet, and
has served notice upon congress that
he will resist this move with all the
power at his command. In our hum
' ble opinion, this warning sounds like J
the death knell of the measure, for
| the big stick is still the most powerful
weapon in Washington.
Whatever one's individual views
may be, the fearless stand of the
President must command his admira
tion and respect. He has outlined his
war program and proposes, at all odds,
to carry it out with his own hands j
His powerful personality dominates:
every department of the war organ-:
fzation and he is most jealous of llmi-j
tations. This, however, constitutes
both his strength and his weakness.
Eventually he will have to yield to
physical limitations, for human endur
ance provides its own restraints.
Colonel Harvey has stated the situa-1
tion exactly. “It is a fearful responsi-1
bility," he says, “that Fate has put'
upon the President, and he has the1
sympathies and the prayers of mil-1
lions; but it is none the less madden
ing that he should persist in attempt
ing to bear the whole burden alone.”
Secretary Lane is quoted as saying
that “the President is our war coun
cil,” and it is a matter of common
knowledge that he has always been the
cabinet and the big end of congress |
Perhaps, all things considered, the
country should congratulate itself,
upon this fortunate circumstance. Andj
yet we would all feel more secure
if the President would weed out the I
incompetents and learn to lean a little j
upon the shoulders of men who are „
eminently qualified to counsel with|
him. As one Republican senator (l
aptly puts it, “we can cheerfully stand
for a partisan administration, provided v
the very best talent of the party is. d
utilized.” The situa'«m is not at all! t
reassuring. Even the President’s | e
firmest supporters are fearful lest his s
pronounced- disposition to surround _
himself with men of mediocre ability
will ultimately lead to some fatal blun
der.
J. HAM'S JOKfc
It was during the partisan uproar in
the senate the other day that the be
whiskered senator from Illinois, who
among other things enjoys the pres
tige of being the Democratic whip,
valiantly undertook to stem the ava
lnnnbn nf nnUioIom thot nroo m a v in O'
against the administration by charging
the Republican party with being re
sponsible for our state of unprepared
ness. The position he took was that,
in view of their long years of power,
the Republicans should have made all
necessary preparations for such emer
gencies as now confront the country.
Perhaps so. However, if that is the
very best argument the administration
has to offer in defense of its dilly
dallying for four long years, with the
whole world on fire and the Repub
licans vigorously advocating prepared
ness, then the Democrats should have
i a care lest an overwhelming group ot
opponents war mtheir seats in the very
i next session of congress. The dear
i people may be gullible, as J. Ham no
doubt figures, but surely they won’t
stand for any such guff.
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“The trouble with this war,” a Ger
man statesman is quoted as saying, -
| “is that it will be ten years after it
! is over before I can go to London,
! twenty before I can go to Paris, and
forty before I can go to Vienna.” And
* yet a good many German statesmen
! after the war will have to go some
where.—New York Evening Post.
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WJien Secretary William G. McAdoo
assumed charge of the railroads of the
country Judge Holloman issued two
other orders, one vacating the previ
ous one against selling the road and
ne directing the special master to j
proceed with his duties in accordance1
•ith the proclamation of the Presi
ent’.’ So Judge Collins is in a posi
on to do whatever the federal gov
rnment desires without violating the
:ate court’s orders.—Ex.
FRANK COOPER
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Frank Cooper, chief of the informa
ion bureau of the office of the district
ittorney of New York, received word
:hat through the death of his elder
jrother, Sir Horace Cooper, he suc
;eed8 not only to the English bar
snetcy of his brother, but also to the
'amily estate in England appraised at
lalf a million dollars. A full-fledged
:itizen, he will not, he declares, ex
shange that citizenship for the title.
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DEVELOPMENT PLANS
IN RIO GRANDE VALLEY
SANTA FE, N. M„ Feb. 6.—A dona
tion of land for the "drainage devel
spnient and improvement" of the Rio
3rande valley “from White Rock can
yon to San Marcial, N. M.,” will b<
asked of the federal government sooi
by the Rio Grande commission, f
state body, the commission decided a
a recent meeting here.
The commission instructed its sec
retary, James A. French, who also i:
state engineer, to prepare maps am
drawings to accompany Its petition
It also instructed Mr. French to ar
range writh A. P. Davis, head of thi
federal reclamation service, to be ii
Washington at the time the petitioi
is presented, if possible, and to takt
up the proposal with the Indian de
partment. It w'ould affect much lam
owned by Indians.
The project would drain a 300-mib
stretch of the Rio Grande valley, ii
which, it is declared, the “water table'
or level of the underground water ha:
I
i risen steadily for many years, so that
i now agricultural development is re
i tarded.
—
. LIMIT THEATER TICKETS
l (By Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 6.—Theater ra
tions have now been introduced in
Germany, and a discussion of the in
novation is going on all over the coun
try. The competition for seats at
successful plays has become so keen ^
that ticket speculators have been reap
ing a wonderful harvest. In an at
tempt to curtail their operations with
1 out interfering with legitimate pur
1 chasers, several theaters have decided
that henceforth no more than four
1 tickets may be sold to one person. g
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