Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-10
GENTLEMAN,LOYAL
 CITIZEN, HUNDRED
 PERCENT AMERICAN
(BY Marion C. Taggart.)

ed Superlat1Ve, ana yet It IS lmpOSSl- 1 'bIe to think or speak of Hon. S. M. 1 Taylor, congressman of the Sixth 1 Judicial district of Ark, except in the superative.
 MT. Taylor comes and goes to and from Washington so quietly that of
 ten he is at home days before his nearest neighbors are aware of his presence in the city. Fuss and feathers" are no part of his nature, and it is almost impossible for a newspaper representative to get an interview with him. When asked to talk for publication, or to give al opinion on some important question he will invariably reply, 'I came home to rest and to enjoy my family and friends and to forget everything that savors of political of official life"
 MT. Taylor, as all who are inti mately acquainted with him know: is great lover of home and nature. The flowers and trees and growing things ate an ever source of delight and genuine pleasure to him. In the spring and early summer, when dawn breaks upon sleeping world and finds the dew still heavy and the air cool and crisp he can be found ih his garden viewing the growing things with pride and admiration. When the first bloom on the peas and beans are discovered and thc early spring roses burst into bloom the entire household is summoned to view the miracle, while the first ripe toma- to brings the naighbcrs to enjoy the beauty and wonder of it all.
 Mir Taylor is never so happy as when he is spading planting and pruning in his garden. On his re- cent visit home he was much chaSrin- ed to find the almost complete anni- hilation of his beautiful parsley bed that had been destroyed by an un skilled labOrer in h25 efforts to chop out the rank weeds among the curley green. The Taylor parsely bed has always been a. kind of neighborhood affair, and even in the absence of the family, the neighbors reel perfectly free to slip in an appropriate bunch Often two or more of them meeting at the same time on their mission Of vandalism, all feeling more or less little guilty, even while they knew they were more than welcome. A few days before MT. Taylor's depar ture for Washington we dropped in to see him at his home, 62O West Second Avenue (our note hook and pencil carefully concealed like the assiduous book agent of the present day) to bid him goodbye and God speed on his trip, and also to see 1T we could not catch him unawares and get him to give us a few pointers on the questions of the day. We found | him in most genial and talkative mood Waving all preliminaries, we 1 went at once to the work in hand. MT. Taylor" we asked, what do you think of the criticism heaped l upon the President for attending the peace conference?' We'll he re- plled as he turned the gas little higher, for the day was gray and chilly. q think it was all right just l as it should be. The Presidents pres ence will be needed in the allied conference. He will inspire other 1 leaders with the confidence he him. self possesses, and then again by be
 ing on the scene he will get clearer vision of conditions as they exist ant
 he will all the better be able to dl- l rect the delegates from this country. Don't you think we made bold |, ask, that the country, more thar ever before needs Mr.Wilson's pres
 ence in the White House. where
 there are many problems to face ane decide. Our soldiers are returning l home and must be looked after, thu
 army is being rapidly demobilized
 thousands of men will find their pre-
 sent jobs gone and they will have tt
 transfer to other work, in thes
 changes, there will be unrest and con fusion"
 There is not the slightest caus'
 to worry" MT. Taylor replied. 9Th
 President has his hand on the lever o
 the government machine and will a all times be in close touch witt Washington, despite newspaper tai
 and the uttarances of a few disgrunt
 led politicians, and the America
 people have unbounded confidence Ii
 MT. Wilson's integrity and his loft
 ideals and in his leadership. The crit ics may carp, but the name an memory of Woodrow Wilson will liv
 long after the last one of the fault finders are dead and forgotten" , "Tell me something of the Pres' dents pet hobby, the League of Ma
 tons."
 q don't know exactly how to all swer this question: said Mir Taylo1
 thoughtfully ''I am not prepared
 say anything on the subject. l pei sonally, am in favor only of leagu composed of England, France, ltal and the United States. It seems d me the four are equal to the task 5 keeping the peace of the world
 What about wages and prices, no 5 the war is at all end,' we asked
 This is a big subject t,' Mr. Taylc
 thoughtfully replied. lone that wi T, require sometime to adjust itsel There can be no decline in the cos
 of living for some time. and this
 certainly no time to consider redu'
 ing wages, of course, the lncreas e as it was in some instances were al 's normal and out of line with oth' ,d increases, changes will be made. b' V not enough to disturb labor c0nd ;s tions. The laboring man has bee . l the real hero of the war without Il