El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-25

IN senate session devoted 10 remarkably plain and
aeidulous speaking senator Sherman, of Illinois, few
days ago got the hammer and beabOred various eabi
members heads OF committees in government service
and friends and advisers Of the president He mentioned
each BY name and denounced them unsparngy The list
included postmaster general Bureson secretary Of labor
Wilson secretary of Baker Louis F. Post, assistant
secretary Of labor Carl VrOoman assistant secretary Of az
1eulture Col House. and Of oOure, George Cree chair
MN Of the committee public information.
Senator Sherman branded some Of the government
whom he denounced Socialists and friends Of the "
W. others pacfsts and s others Just radicals or
ereds" He fastened upon secretary Of Baker the
stigma Of being both socastlc and paest and accused
Mr. CTee OF being in cahoots with radicals and political
Tebrands His general criticism that the president
had surrounded himself with companions OF motley charao-
ter and keeping "bad company that It would be
very undesirable to pass the Oveman BILL giving the pTes
lent power TeOrganze the governmental departments
sumaby because he might be influenced in his actions by
these pacsts and socassperhaps It gould have suited
Mr. Sherman TO group the two classes under the title
OF Bolsheviki
President Wilson does not need any patriotic defence
does be lack for defenders although there very few
for Office But the justification OF MI Wilson'S course IS
he sought surround himself with representatives Of
various types Of thought getting the benefit Of all their
various angles OF opinion N order to prevent himself fom
becoming sided His advisers and associates do not
represent political coalition but intellectual rang
ing from conservatism to rather extreme liberalism He
has not avaed himself in this critical time of the best
brains Of all parties but he has at least assembled quite
y Of brains and he believes that when he has received
their viewpoints he has heard something Of the voice Of
Aerica-no than whisper, perhaps, but at least
hat much.
Moreover Mr. Baker deserves to have IT said Of him
that while he paciist by nature and by means
Of strength and forceulness such Lindley NJ Gar
son showed himself to be while secretary war Col
Roosevelt would be If given chance nevertheless there IS
apparently patriotic paefist anywhere than Nj
Baker Moreover, strangely for pacist, he seems TO be
working make large army army able TO deal hard
blows Ee presents the anomaly Of pacifist wholly
committed to the Whatever his limitations his
ccs If they fair admit he has thrown his whole self
into the task and doing his level best to help the
army win The same patriotic purpose apparently AMI
mates other counssors with whom the president has
surrounded himself Many Of them have their very ap
parent weakneAes but they all bound round with
common purpose-to win the And the personality Of
M Wilson such that he IS able to make their variant
views fairly consonan those Of the very conservative
secretary Lansing ard those Of the ultra radical
secretary Of labor Wilson
The fact is that senator Sherman and those who help
him Weld the sedge nay be Toc1g the vail Of disap
pointed congressional egotism There IS body more
ealeus OF what it considers its rights than the Of
The United States Its members super sensitive TO
sights real OF fanced- They show irritation at the FIRST
sgn Of neglect They consider that the president should
consuIt them before reaching his decisions They protest
that they are not being taken into the presidents conf
dence They are nensed at Bueson and Cree because the
postmaster general report N reputation Of congress
sonal criticisms, embodied statement By M Creel which