The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-06
LODGE MAY GO TO
(. ENGLAND As j. 5.
I. Y. AMBASSADOR
he IS NOT PLEASANTLY SUR
ROUNDED IN THE SENATE
uNFRIENDsHiP OF ALoRIcH
ADDED TO MAINE SENATORS.
BY ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6--The town
has emerged from the holidays IN
sprightly mood, and shows as ala th'
wairus and the carpenter or Lewis
Carroll, an inclination TO talk Oh
many things" Among other matters
believed. or disbelieved. the story thai
Mr.. Lodge. self-centred. icy, has traV
eled the long southern way 20 George
and engaged In debauch OF 'possufa
hunting Al the trips end. and all To-
no reason bewnd desire 10 keeT
Postmaster-Genera Meyer IN the Gao
met goes into the discard. Mr.. Lodge
wants General Never In the cabinet
but not SO bad as that. Also-and thll
10 correct mere placer miners O.
newg-even in Washington, be doesn
ask that General Meyer be retained
in his present position. 1t is the
naval portfolio he is after.
However. in this case il WASH I Gen
eral Never. whether for the navy Or
The postoffice. Providence never III
tended Mr. Lodge to go as far as Geor'
efa for a friend. When he Journeys a
thousand miles, ard especially when
he winds I'D his migratory labors with
a hunt after an offensive possum, you
may be sure he has none save him
self on his mind. Thus say the sly
ones knowing their man.
In this connection IL is recalled that
Mr.. Lodge once harbored a soul-itch
10 represent us at 81. James. This
was a dozen years ago. Mr. Lodge Of
thar time would not have been averse
OF downing knee breeches, pulling on
silk stockings and exhibiting those
calves. erst the joy OF football felds. In
kingly courts. Moreover, albeit the
same may not be generally known,
Mr.. Lodge feels exceedingly literary
He has written books. The names OF
thosetomes are printed IN Mr.. Lodge
autobiographical sketch published In
the congressional directory. | would
rive them here and now. but unfor-
tunately I mislaid my congressional
directory.
His Old Ambition.
II may be that, feeling literary and
remembering Bayard Taylor at Berlin
and lanes Russell Lowell in London.
Mr.. lodges old ambition begins again
TO sit ND and erect an anticipatory
crest. III IL NC 30 Ihahc oPccu ~ 90
that Mr.. Lodge wouldn't make half
bad ambassador. Ambassadors and
ministers have nothing on this green,
round. tumbling earth to do, and III
erary people, as much as men OF
other tribes and trades, are equal 10
the duties of such posts.
In supplanting Mr.. Reid. his pos
sum hunting Is but som UGH strategy
II is a move TO win the Tartan heart
Just now MT. Taft is sedulous to copy
Mr.. Roosevelt. Wherefore he hunts
'possums. For he knows that were
Mr.. Roosevelt in Georgia at this time
he would be foremost In case OF that
tumultuous mammal. Mr.. Lodge hunts
'possum as creating bond between
himself and Mr.. Taft.
There areg rounds plausible for
this guess Of Mr. Lodge as ambassa-
dor to st. James, Mr.. Lodge Is not
surrounded in the senate.
He was the friend OF the late Speaker
Reed. In 1896 he supported the Cas-
co Bay cynic for the 81. Louis nomina-
ton.
This put him In feud with senators
Frye and Hale. There had always
been war between Mr.. Reed and Mr..
Blaine. The Maine senators were
cubs OF the Blaine lion. Not until
after the death of Mr.. Blaine did Mr..
Frye and Mr.. Hale make Mr.. Reeds
acquaintance. Nota bene. They walked
all the way from the senate 10 the
house end OF the capital TO make IL.