The Washington herald., 1913-11-06

Mayors IN Cincinnati, T3ledo and smaller
cities, gives the Gov. Coz side much 70
worry about. az II indicates . reaction
Inevitable in a State normally RepuD-
ican.
With all the prominence OF the Lee
family in affairs of Maryland and Fir-
ginia, Blair Lee, named for Senator IN
Maryland this week, Is the second one
of the name ever chosen to the Se1ate.
The only other Lee thus honored was
Richard Henry Lee Of Virginia, q
signer Of the declaration action IN the
Continental Congress and the nrst SEN
ator chosen under the Constitution from
the Old Dominion. He resigned atter
three years service. Other Virginia Lees
were In the House. and Maryland sent
Thomas Sim Lee, of the Maryland lam
ily, TO the Continental Congress, aiso
to the Senate in lbs, bur he declined inc
honor.
Who can imagine a Maryland Lee OF
today declining a Senatorial termT
John Lee, another Maryland patlot
and aristocrat. served term IN tne
House and was proud to be member
Of the committee thas welcomed Laiay-
ette In 1894 From that time on tnis
Lee devoted his political energies 70 tne
cause of Henry Clay, hoping only 70
see clay uldQe EEcsidChNs go
ISL. disappointed. He made his home
many years here in Washington, nnally
Joining his son, Or. Lee, In New YORK.
William Warner, once a Repnpncan
Senator from Missouri in the days when
Republicans found 1t possible to carry
Missouri, finally reaches the private citi-
zen stage after long connection with some
sort Of a nav roll. Years before he came
to the Senate Mai. Warner was prom
inent in Republican national conventions.
and he became a national figure In 1888
when chosen commander in chief OF the
G. A. r. He led forlorn hopes in Mis-
souri, often enough to entitle him To re-
ward when the Republicans finally won
and he has no regrets. He enjoyed his
Senatorial term and all else that has been
given In the years since his command
of Union veterans. When his Senate term
ended, thanks to a return OF Democrats
TO power in Missouri. Maj. Warner
called at the White House to receive
commission as civilian member of the
ordnance board. This Is the one splendid
sinecure in the gift Of the White House,
and the wonder is that the righteous
Democrats so eager for economy allow
the President to keep a civilian member
on the board at 1900 a year with prac-
tically nothing to do. The board meets
and visits a few forts and
seacoast defenses now and then as q
matter Of formality. but the duties of the
civilian member are not onerous even II
diverting as a sort OF vacation trip with
expenses paid No one ever bsgrudged
Mai. Warner the job and all its pleas
ures. He is a bland, affable, kindly old
soldier who never slops over. and he is
not so old but that he may yet gain
al annninfnGnf nf
sort when the Republicans take hold
again
Senator CockFell was long prominent in
the Senate and on the Interstate Com
merce Commission. but he had almost
been forgotten in Washington. The an
of his appointment was al
most startling to some Of the faithful in
who thought the fine old
Democrat either dead or retired for good.
of an effort was made by
of the Ohio delegation to win
the ordnance job for ex-Gov. James |
E. Campbell. who is now nearly seventy |
years DID, without losing his popularity |
at home or in Washington, where he |
spent some time years ago as a member |
Of the House Following his Con- |
gressional career Campbell was Governor !
8 uGlcdIlDs EOIdhCE year
" hen Foraker made the mistake Of run
ming for a third term and for fourth |
time The fourth time had as much to
10 with bringing about his defeat as the |
third term part of II, but even so For
aker made q wonderful campaign. and 1
though defeated kept his grip on the
party organization SO that he came to the |
Senate with a whirl few years later. /
Il occurs to some valiant and young 1
Democrats Of the Ohio delegation that |
Gov. Cox Of their State might find some
clever appointment for Gov. Campbell at |
home. Campbell and Cox come origin
ally from the same county of Butler. and
he young Governor may have some sem
-iment in his soul to do the handsome
hing by q former executive.
Maryland, my Maryland, with a Sena-
tOrial contest coming to a focus Tues
lay, can sadly enough recall the days of
domination in Washington and wonder
why not now. While German was more
of a politician than statesman, he was
possibly the most powerful Democrat of
his day in the Democratic minority of
he Senate, and his smooth way of doing
things in national conventions was much
by those who had his favor.
The two great Senators OF other days
from Maryland were Reverdy johnson
and William Pinckney Whyte, but such
rugged old leaders are not in favor in
hese days OF practical politics.
Reverdy johnson was great lawyer
and really delighted more in the law
han politics. He was State Senator as
! young man, and then dropped out of
politics for nearly twenty years. He
anne to. the Senate as a Whig at fifty