Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-06

WAY0F POLITICAL.
ADJOURNER IS
HARD SHEDDING
President Uses "Reyerse Eng
Iish" on Southern Cotton
Growers After Primary
Elections Are Held.
By EDGAR G. SNYDER.
Washington Office Of the Bee.

Reverse English" is a phrase to
which billiardists attach a profess
sional meaning. A western con-
gresham thus tersely describes the
administrators policies in two
words. He followed these two
thoroughly descriptive words with
these cryptic sayings: Free tolls"
too proud to fight" peace without
victory" kept us out of war;" and
politics is adjourned"
A democratic senator in extenua-
ton of the foregoing said: 1--WE
must fight on a different basis from
the republicans. That party is like
the engineer facing the path of his
engine. Ours must be the manner
Of the boatman, looking one way
and rowing in another" The re-
cent adjournment of politics" has
been no exception.
Politics adjourned" Is the boidest
piece of political camoufage in
many moons. They are out in the
open now, since all the primaries !
have been held, with a regular cam !
paign book. A most unusual course
to take for the off year election, es-
pecially for the war year. 1t was
prepared by the joint labors Of the
national and congressional demo-
cratic committees. So every polit-
ical force is modified. (
The Screen is Withdrawn.
1t is related that the national DEM
ocratic leader, the national chairman,
Vance Mccormick, and Represent
alive Scott Ferris, the national con-
gressional chairman, met in the now
most private--which used to be the
most public-place in Washington,
Just before this book was prepared.
Ferris is reported as saying, Let US
now talk about the adjournment OF
politics"
wait" said the scholar, till
draw my veil" Then he told the
story Of Haruspices (the fortune
tellers of ancient Romeo who kept
their faces straight before the in
terested inquirer. but when they met
each other on the street drew their
wells over their faces so that they j
might not see each other smile.
That's right" said Vance McCor-
mick, my lips are little sore and |
do not want to crack them with a
grin"
The screen is withdrawn Poll
tics 90 lbs. "a atmospheres) to the
square inch is now apparent to the
country at large as it was to the in
itiated here at Washington for the
last several months.
In the judgment OF his party Jet
ferson was a mild-mannered political
monk; Cleveland was non-combat-
ant partisan; while Roosevelt was
a luke-warm party academician COM
pared with the political general OF ]
the White House.
His view OF states has partaken OF
the character of distant dependent
provinces to be ruled directly or in
directly from Washington. He Sc
lected Davies of his political house.
hold here at the capitol to represent
the sovereign state of Wisconsin.
That he was not accepted was due
to the independence of Wisconsin
republicans.
Picks Harris in Georgia.
He had better fortune when he
chose the innoffensive and political
" colorless Harris for senate from
Georgia, the empire state of the
south. AS pro-consul Harris will
undoubtedly give proper precedence
in recognition of his selection to the
wishes of the administration and the
best interests Of the people. This
precedence at once meant walking
on the body of the independent
Hardwick and making political
corpse out of the brilliant Congress
man Howard.
Equally successful was the presi-
dent in disposing of the picturesque
Vardaman and in his stead installing
Pat Harrison of Mississippi for the
senate. ......-- s-...
The south took orders. For be-
hold were not northern congressman
demanding that cotton, that great