Evening star., 1918-12-15

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Early In his life. as alegislator, sit
ting at the desk next to Thomas b.
Reeds, he heard Jerry Simpson give
utterance to the great program that
would make poverty impossible in a
!. land that ought to be. but was not,
except In spots, overfiowing with
wealth and luxury.
& .Mr. Speaker" FERRY would exolaim
to Charles F.. Crisp, the round and
fuudy Georgian who occupied the chair.
give US paper money"
And John Davis, also of Kansas, a
bearded and deep-voiced exhorter, the
1iberator, of the agricultural classes
and the proud and solemn defender
& Of farm products. including goose
Jerry and contributed many ideas Of
his own to the debates, SO called. that
made the House Of Representatives
! of. the Fifty-second Congress mem
orable for moonshine II for nothing
else.
Many others there were Of the same
type; western men and southern men
who saw In populism a millennium
for the masses-and good pasturage
for themselves. Reed wrote letters
at his desk and chuckled; and at the
sign of their physical exhaustion.
would, with an irreveront remark.
give new tongue and vigor to the
orators.
Lodge, barely forty. doctor Of law
and literature. essayist, lawyer and
historian. and to his own weariness,
monty called "the scholar in poll
ties" then learned for the first time,
practically. that ignorance at WASH
! 1ngton, in the regalia of wisdom OF
I Altruism, can be as much of q peril
to the country almost as can wicked
ness itself, ass .i-'
In the Senate, to which he was soon
elected. he found William Alfred
PETER in the aisles thereof somber
and coat. tirelessly chanting the lit
any of plethoric paper. free silver and
the divinity of corn, and wheat. Will
liam Vincent Allen. who could talk
and did talk on the same subjects for
Z fifteen hours without food or sleep,
likewise was there.
! Thus, after his observations and his
reflections thereon. Senator Lodge. at
. later day and in the same place.
! No magic in the word minority 4
minority is not necessarily wiser and
better than the rest of mankind be-
cause It is a minority. Pausing g
moment. he continued. II believe,
3ority because believe that in the
long run the maj jority Is far more
likely to be right than the minority.
j have no faith In Matthew ArnOldE
self.conplacent doctrine Of the rem
nAnt'"
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In these few words Senator Lodge
proclaimed one Of tho great princi-
Piles that control his political acts,
The remnant" is without sanctiflca-
tion in his sight. But he wastes no
. time on it, as rule, unless some man
therein, by his sophistry and talent,
spreads foolishness among the peo-
pie. His philosophy. apparently, is
that small men, no matter how vocif-
erous. will eventually dispose of Them
selves by changing their panaceas g.
which is their custom, or BY over.
acting their parts.
So 1t is that when slovenly think
erS loudly declaim a glow creeps into
his face and small wrinkles pucker
tho corners of his gray eyes. Always
however. he Is courteous and benign
pacihst. accompanied by preachers
and masterful women, calls him q
coward for wanting the country to
stand up for its rights in which event
the youthful and stalwart Daciflst is
noored by u blow in the face.
An attempt is being made by a
writer OF this article hurriedly tC
epitomize Henry Cabot Lodge and
roughly to reduce lAm TO words
Lately, by caucus action, he was
chosen leader OF the republicans In
he Senate. In the next Congress, II