The Washington herald., 1918-04-30

or three possibilities open to him for
the next two or three years. any
one of which may bring him into as
much or more prominence than he
has already gained by his manu-
facture of certain very nimble
conveyance.
He can maintain his connections
with the government and aid in a
very material way in the winning
of the war. Or he can continue to
devote himself with more than ex-
traordinary zeal to the manufacture
of the above c-mentioned lively. and
not at all fragile conveyance.
Or he can run for the Senatorship
in his home State-and it is this
which has occasiOned some talk
among members of the Republican
party with which unit he would be
expected to consort were he to see
political honors.
But rather strangely. the Repub-
lican leaders-the very partisan
ones among them-do not appear to
he eager to have Henry on their
lists. They think he isn't keen
enough Republican, that he will not
stand for some of the funda amen
tails which his party mates consider
basic Republicanism, and without
which man should not dare to
enter the Republican sanctuary.
Henry isn't a protectiOnist. The
Canons of protection he knows not.
and cares not about. He makes no
admissions to the contrary either.
and if Republicans care to accept
him they will have to do so with
the fact of his Free Tradism staring
them in the face. Members of the
Republican organization view the
matter with alarm. They are so
much wrought up, in fact, so we
hear. that they are taking the
bull by the horns and endeavoring
to get their party mates in MiChi-
gan to come out strongly for some
one less liable to be with Presi-
dent Wilson on political issues, but
may always be depended upon to
be with the President sufficic ntly
in war matters to equal Mr.. Ford in
patriotism.
The Woman Patriot. the publica-
tiOn of the women opposed to the
grant of suffrage to their sex, has
made it's appearance here. and yes
ltIudy was itil III lIlc OlllCSS VI
, every member of Congress.
1t is a spicy publication and not
entirely devoid of humor. both con-
sCious and unconscious. OF the lat
ter class there is an abundance,
we think. The most efficient" joke,
we would say. is the announcement,
just below an editorial by "Marse
Henry" himself, of Colonel Waiter
sons recovery from a recent severe
attack of something-or- other.
The editorial, which may or may
not have been written during the
sickness of the colonel. shows nc
symptoms of having been penned
during the sleeping of the victim
in any anesthesic or during recovery
from a debilitlting operation. In
part it runs like this:
THE professional politician-seek-
ng lines of least resistance-the pop
ular preacher. not daring to offend
an active. albeit a minority section
of his conSregation-can always and
easily be bullied by the shriekinG
sistcrhood. Meanwhile. the soul OF
Susan Anthony. like that of Old
John Brown. goes marching on. II
goes marching on toward the Fem
! mist goal of blatant infidelity, re-
| jeCting the religion of Christ and
| Him crucified and repudiating the
man-made Bible of Moses and the
Prophets in favor of Elizabeth Cady
Stanton's "Woman's Bible" which
teaches the religious heresies of Vol
taire. Paine and Ingersoll, alons
with the free love theories of Mary
| Wollstonecraft, Victoria Woodruff
| and Ellen Key"
Yes, with the editors of the Wom-
an Patriot, We would say that Marse
| Henry has quite recovered. II he
continues to improve during the next
few weeks as rapidly as he has dur.
ing the first few weeks of his con,
valescence. he may yet be able tc
pen something which really shows q
vivacious hatred of the cause of
| suffrage.
So many representatives of famed
"big busines" have been named .tc
patriotic jobs. and so many of then
have demonstrated their, willingness!
to help Uncle Sam defeat his Per.
niciousness the Kaiser, We wonder Il
more or less demagogic politician,
| of the future will go about the coun
| try saying as harsh things about
these big business men as thel
used to. .
Wall Street and Standard OIL, IN,
two most often assailed cepters o