The Washington herald., 1918-08-12

Has ]. Ham Lewis really gone to
Europe as an emissary of the Presi-
dent on q peace mission?
The President, of course. is the only
one who can answer this, but We
suspect he will not do so. no matter
how rigid the cross-examination be-
comes.
The truth is, we suspect, ]. Ham
has not done anything of the kind.
1t was not SO many months ago that
he wanted to take this step and the
White House discreetly discouraged
him by insisting that 1t wanted all
its friends to remain here for any
important things that arose in Con-
gress
J. Ham stayed on obediently, but
as time went on and he became a
candidate for the Senate in the State
OF Illinois. and as he noted with what
success Medill Mccormick had gath
cred attention Of the voters from his
recitals Of his visits TO the battle
fields. J. Ham began to chafe over
the matter. Frankly. we think he
believed 1t would be fatal to his
chances for election not to 60 abroad
and at least duplicate, IL not entirely
eclipse. Mr.. McCormick's efforts on
the other side OF the water.
And we have no doubt that from
a political standpoint he will achieve
something monumental. He will at
tract attention abroad-for the sup
ply of dyes Is short there-and he
will doubtless compose many happy
phrases depicting the attitude of this
government toward our co-belliger-
ents. But whether he will contribute
one solid substantial addition to the
relations between this country and
the countries he visits is cutie an
other matter. He may not help Lon
don or Paris any. but he will GER
tainly make his own stock look up
In Peoria and Galesburg and other
cities-and that Ii what is wanted
after all
II Henry T. Rainey had yielded to
the requests of some OF his friends
doubtless he would have been in the
senatorial race long ago. Mr..
Rainey would not have been a bad
contribution to the Senate. either.
He has points which commend him
over both of the present Senators
there-and in his own sphere. with
out question. would do more to
further the cause Of Illinois in the
Senate than both Of the members
combined. There is no State of the
Union more entitled to good repre-
sensation in the Senate than IL
linois. And yet It Is a deplorable
fact that no State is represented by
two such freaks as sit there wear
ing Illinois togas. The Illinoisans
are called Suckers, are they not? On
mature deliberation we think the
title Is not inappropriate.
1t Is truly too bad that Paul NJ.
Warburg had to retire from the
Federal Reserve Bank Board
at a time like this. Just be-
cause his term had come to an
END was no reason for shelv-
ing him. We think. He has been
the occupant of a place of great
financial renown during the most
trying days Of our war with Ger
many. Why should he not be left
there during the balance Of the
war? If he was good enough to
stay during the crisis, under what
rule OF Justice can he now be ban
ished? Certainly IL there were en-
barrassments likely to face him in
the future they were the same en-
barrassments which have faced him
for the past year and a half. II
no recognition was accorded them
in the past sixteen months why
should they be recognized in the
next sixteen months? Frankly, we
believe Mr.. Warburg should stay.
He has done most patriotic service
and the country owes the place to
him. American Justice, we think,
would demand It IL any considerable
number Of Americans were apprised
of the situation.
Poor Senator Vardamani
Because he was selfish and wanted
to do the things which he thought
would please his people at home
In their state OF mind early in 1917
-he voted against the wishes of the
President and now finds that the peo-
pie Of that State have changed their
ideas to match the Presidents rather
than remain In their attitude Of
toleration Of their Senator's stand.
That is, we suppose this will be
the state Of affairs disclosed by the
Democratic Senatorial primary when
1t is held in the Southern State.
II II is not we will be greatly sur
prised. And the White House, we
opine, will not only be surprised