The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-03-10

Lusitanla disaster probably would nave
been fully settled long ago.
Patriotic Bourbons anash Teeth
And Bryan, persistent and insidu'
Gus, is still at i'll The very morning
that President Wilson's letter to
Chairman Stone Of the foreign Tela.
tions Committee, setting forth reasons
for staining like rock, appeared,
Bryan despatched kilograms 20 his
faithful Democratic followers 50 in the
house asking them TO vote through
resolutions 20 Withhold passports TO
Americans who would travel on armed
perchahtmen aud so forth. No won
der, do you think, that patriotic Demo
Gratis at the capitol CRASHED their
teeth in rage at Bryan or that the
President talked plainly to certain
callers about the heap of trouble Bryan
had thoughtlessly piled up for him in
the Busitania case. "r
But Bryan still has followers in pub.
lie life. There are many representa-,
tives, elected as Democrats, who not
only fear their pro.German constitu-
ents and who are also aware that
Bryan has active sympathizers in their
districts Possibly a great tide OF
resentment will roll in upon these all
legged lawmakers, when the dear people
hear the whole of the ease. But this
does not deter the 4 Nebraskan, who
thought wheIi- he came to Washington
three years ago he was to be the un-
Official President and who was tremen.
dously disappointed when he discover
cd be could not be.
Prn ident's Ire Is UP
The President 3 ire lie up, as it never
has been since he entered upon his
high Office, He will rot yield to con-
gress, in this matter and the word goes
at Washington that, once at least, he
swore Q determined cath. Republicans,
who saw the Democratic ranks riyen
wide open nevertheless have rallied
to the Presidentis support. II he show
ed weakness now, IL he yielded in the
face of German resistance after months
Of trying negotiations for the protee.
ton Of american citizens, what loss
there would be in national prestigei
| Germany, having wrung an important
eoncession from him, would soon per-
Petrate freah .outrages. Uncle Sam
would become the laughing stock of
Europe.
Senator Lodge Of Massachusetts, the
bert authority on international quea;
/ tions In public life, sprang to the
| Presidept's side. The veteran Bay
Slater declared that notifications 10
Iinternafional law bya neutral nation
for the benefit Of belligerent whp
had been driven from the high sees
i would be a special. affront to Great
Britain and France. N 1t might even bs
q Justification for war from the En
l tente Allies, who would thus be open
" diseriminated against by Q great pa
tion which had claimed 10 be She lead
ing neutral. ggHS srt &st ass
n Democratic instability is writ larg'
in this last week Of surprising trans
N actions. The oldest Washington inhab
Il itants-- and some live to q green oil,
lage hereabouts--do not recall any 9th
4 er such flying of the handle. In som,
measure II may be the spirit of tn
times Uncertainty, in hysteria doses
Il PerVades the most important activities
Had there not been great firmness o.
the top, one could not say what nigh
Il have happened. .ga'f ~ Naszz q
speaker Clark Quibbles ;s5' 1i.'''''
4 Speaker Clark and Bryan, inveteTat
enemies, since the Baltimore conven
tion, are almost in the same boat on til
lqpestion of armed merchantmen bu
i probably for quite different reasoni
Bryan is paeifst first, last and al
the time. Clark can not quite forge
that Hearst and Hearst newspapers ar
his boomers. Hearst, of course, is Pre-
| oil anNt NUslan..r IlarE
half heartedly for Wilson, willing I
be leader in the leaderless house bu
without the constructive ability
grasp fully the opportunity at his han'
No man in the house for generatio
has had such rich chance,
The speaker, to be sure, is~exertin
} himself to keep the mad horde in ehecl
! Let that be put down to his credit Bu
his acts, if not his words, seem TO b.
speak trembling lest certain Of b
big hackers dissent. Power was stFil
ped from the speaker 8 honorable o
fee in the memorable uprising almo'
six years ago against "Unele Joe
Cannon The speakers seepter wa
then dashed down. 1t was left for
house leader to come forth from I'll
| ways anu mtdnb embarrassing ~
there q man has failed signally and a
another could have stood forth prOmp
ly and energetically on the speaker
rOstrum, the house would have we
coined him most intensely, He wOul
have been within q month q speak,
} in the category with q few famous pr
decessors. He would have been as b
in historic perspective as Thomas
Reed. Indeed. there has been no sue
large opportunity since Reelis time a.
that was a quarter of century ago.
President Leads Congress '.'.'
! The leadership of congress is outsi'
, of eoRgress-in the White House.
properly belongs there with such a co.
greas as the present one. And Il
lack of congressional leadership, whiC
in a good government organ zatit
SHOULD, perhaps, be largely a snbleade
I ship, will in this junethre probably eI
0 TShasiEe the fearless leadership OF u
+ President. Beset by Bryan, beset
$ pro Germans-w which are the identic
!, forces many democratic Congressmi
has to face in his own district q
I President has proceeded straight ahef
= without shadow of turning, just what
] goOdly number Of Demoeratic COpgres
Q men have not done. -"
= Nation Deeply Interested