The Washington herald., 1918-02-27

This David Baird senatorial matter
is being discussed with some interest
in this city.
Two papers here. seeking to delin-
cate the matter for their readers, take
diametrirally opposed views with re-
spect to it.
Mr.. Noyes' paper says with respect
to Mr.. Baird:
"Mr. Baird, as was Mr.. Hughes Chis
predecessor), is a self-made man. He
comes from, and represents, the COM
mon people"
A very interesting sum-up-if It is
true.
MIR. Brisbane's paper, however. has
a different story to tell. In a more
lengthy article than Mr.. Noyes' paper
carries we are informed in large type
and smaller type and then still smaller
type that Mr.. Baird, besides being too
old to think of making the race again.
is the representative of everything
that the Star said he was not. Listen
to this from Mr.. Brisbanc's paper:
The forces of reaction are finally
on top, but not through an election,
not through the will Of the people.
but through Governor Edges appoint
ment to the United States Senate of
an old-time political boss-the Hon.
David Baird, OF Camden County .
Mr.. Baird is to New Jersey what
Penrose is to Pennsylvania.
But no one need worry. Our own
opinion is that neither Mr.. Noyes nor
MIR. brisbane has the situation clearly
depicted. OF the two we must award
NnEnG
he does not go far enough. There
are plain people, and palmer peo-
ple. and the plainest people. Mr.. Baird
fortunately falls in with the plain"
people. And he has. at one time and
another in the past, peen found on
the side of the winner in Jersey state,
which, it so happened, was the side
upon which the bosses we're to be
found.
But Just now AIR. aBird will have
no bosses to consort with and no
slaves to follow him. He will be alone
on his sea legs. He will have 70
work his own way along the aisles
in the Senate and he will have to do
his own thinking and his own speak
ing and his own voting. Just what
channels this will lead him In no one
can tell, but at any rate he can 90
no harm and it may be that 1t VIII
he possible for him to do an immense
amount of good.
as to Governor Edge, the villain
In this little play, he will doubtless
nursue the object of his dreams.
How far Mr.. Baird will obstruct
him or how far he will aid him
remains to be seen. The electorate
of New Jersey can figure the mat
fer over between now and the fall
davs. There is much time in which
the electors may get their bearings
and there will he many opportunities
for Mr.. Baird 10 show who he is
and WHY he is.
Oh. yes-dear me-we almost for
got China in our count of the al
lies. But she is very much inter-
ested in our cause and she expects
to sit at the peace table and have
something to say. Here we have
an enlightening tid-bit of news from
Paul Hutchinson about the matter,
which should be of interest to those
who know the possibilities of that
tremendous-let's see what is it to-
day, Kingdom or empire or repub-
lie?
what is that seat at the peace
table to mean for China? Rightly
used, it should mean her salvation.
The affairs of China are sure to be
discussed. Statesmen generally
recognize this as the worlds great
est danger spot" now that the
problems of the Balkans and the
Near East are in a fair way to
solution. The fifth article in Mr..
wilson's proposal, which would
give colonial population a voice in
the determination of their nation
ality, insures the discussion of
Tsingtao and Shantung. Ordinary
good management should bring
about discussion of all the other
problems conected with China's
present and future.
THE first. which calls for the end
of secret agreement, should be well
coined by every progressive Chi
nese. No one can say how long.
but IL has been some time since a
convention entered into at Peking