The evening herald., 1918-02-01

horses II came white congress uI'l
the president were IN controvcrsy
ever important phases uf the war
legislation, IL cam" m the wake uf
certain Uncomfortable exposures IN
the military organization, cffcrtcd by
the senate investigating committee
hut more important than any OF
thco circumstances. IL the fnct that
It came at time when the rcpub-
lican party nad suddenly found Itself
totally lcadtrless Hughes is imposs.-
blc. WILCOX has gone into the dts
card Mann is phystcally incapaH-
tated Lodge and Gahmgor are too
old. In fact. the party as party
has no giants left 10 guide it
through the apprachipg congreo'
sionai campaign or through the more
! important presidential campaign
which is to follow. There never was
"A tima more auspicious Tor a stout b.
hearted. long armed quick thinking
individual So rise up and take com
mand OF - wandering host.
! Colonel Roosevelt has undoubtedly
taken fun stock Of the situation an
has decided to capitalize H. This =
the conviction which prevails in every
quartz Of Washington today lie
spent all day yesterday and most of
last night going over the situation
with republicans progrrssivcs ana
even win the Temporarily -eN1lcd
democrats
Of course, he has not talked politics
with cYoTSboly that he has seen. hut
he has talked war with everybody lie
has sadly deplored the state Of effairs
in Washington, and the breakdown
in the army lie has agreed with
Senator Chamberlain cone Of his
earliest visitors that all the cN"cu-
tive departments are inefficient lie
has warned eminent statesmen 0r 10Th
the house ana senate that d'eustor
would b. invited II the country all
not force the president ,u do things
differently.
This has been the burden Of the
Roosevelt song lie is greatly dis
'ur'bed lie has said lrtle FOR publi-
cation, but he has seen the new spapcr
men regularly and has interviewed
,hcm while they thought thc> were
! intcry .cwing him. lie has thirstcd
for Information about all phases Of
thu. war program Itc has tNucted
opinions from all his callers AM
when thes" opinions have conceded
with his own he has been explosive
In congrntulatCIy cXclamntions
His stock mi ction has been ,ha,
the vo7 must be- 'speeded up" To
spee 10 up wa. the only thing thai
could bring him To- Washington at
such time, he has declared repeat
cdly How hc is 80 nS about VI"
speeding up business ne has not said
| Perhaps he will build % fire under ihe
administration ca maybe h" VIII
| put ginger into the house and soroic
mnoritieH and lnCitc them on 20 ne
roic deeds. he may even bolster up
those democrats Who are Of the party
reservation. for time, and try g
organize rccalctEont malor.ucs N
both houses OF congress
But the war must Dee spccdcd up. II
must not be allowed 20 drag along
Peace must come bcio,e 1899. There
| is not much chance ol anybody except
woodrow Wilson being the next
president ~ the rurcd states IL in
/ .Novcmbcr ot tha; yoar the var issues
are not settled or " a democratic
president should bring about victor
! ious peace before that time, SLY, a few
months before the election the demo
cratic nominee, whoever he might uc.
would uc n a. very strong position be-
,orc the country
Al this is merely grouping Vt ram
dom observation heard an over Wash
ngtuu today Us the result % the Two
day parl.ys colonel Roosevelt has
had with old and new friends. Tha-
there ls at las, 81 per cent uf politics
iln his pilgrimage 60 Washington ~
| this time seems just az certain as 'G'
voal shortage The other ie per oc"t
may bee genuine soli,itude of a pa
sr,o;.r citizen in the state Of the war
Ard the colonel is no douor concerned
over the oas even 40 he is interested
| IN m" other
! AZ this moment be ~ the h.j'crc.l
a@s,uIout Of the admIu.wJwiou 30 CO.,
ON, of congress For months be- has
been asuulttng q iU editorials Do
pubic sI-cShos and IN pT.',-to ''''
,cr,ntioa Iio doses not believe that
the prcsen, government has IN" ca
pacl,,. Tor carving on d successful
vnI And nobody here doubts that
D.. cam. tu Washington fo make 'il