The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-14
Lesser Lights Are Busy Picking FlauUs ir, Wilson
Members of Little Group of Wilful Men" Especially Vim dictive--Muscle Shoals Postoffice Makes Record
 and Ranks Seventh in Alabama
By HUGH W. ROBERTS

Washington, September 13.-(Spe- cial)-With Johnson and Borah tour ing the country against the proposed league of nations and Lodge and Knox engaged in explaining their reasons for cutting the covenant to pieces in committee, the smaller fry of repub- lican senators embraces an opportun- ity to express it's own disapproval Of what President Wilson achieved in Europe.
 Senator Kenyon of Iowa a lesser light, reveals wound inflicted by Mir. Wilson when he referred to those at- tempting to destroy the treaty and leave Americas associates in the lurch as "ccntemptible euitters." The Iowa statesman" attempting to call the President name" equally as offen- sive, intirnated that >Mr. Wilson was also a "quitter" when he abandoned China and gave Shantung to Japan. Mir. Kenyon is still little peeved at Mir. Wilson because MT. Wilson in- cluded him about that '1ittle group Of willful men" who, in the time of the nations peril. filibustered armed neutrality to an untimely death
 But MT. Kenyon is not the only one of the junior group who has taken ad- vantage of the absence of republican leaders to bestir himself and besmirch the President. There is Senator Nor ris or Nebraska. Now Senator Norris was not only one of those "willfuP' in- dividuals whom the President cruci- lied. but he was the great spokesman of the west who declared in the Sen ate that if the United States continued to play it's pre-war role, one favoring the allies with money and supplies, and threatening to declare war against Germany if it's trade ships were fur ther molested, it might as we'll sup plant the stars in theA flag with the dollar mark. Senator Reed of Mis- -souri, anti administration though he was. could not tolerate such an infer ence. so he rebuked the Nebraska statesman as only Reed can rebuke a man entirely gone astray.
 Senator Norris. with Borah and Johnson on the road. and Lodge and Knox engaged in explaining the patchedup parchment, assails the President. He is sore because the President has gone west to tell the people just what kind of senators they nave sent to Washington. So Norris declares the President is Spending money like drunken sailor'
 In the House, Representative Tess declares the Presidents tour of the present not unlike that of President Johnson Fess is the man who in each congressional election year waves the bloody shirt" and reminds the coun- try that many years ago the north and south disagreed and went to war He poses as scholar of history There is something sienificant in his compari- son of the Wilson tour to that of John son.
 He explains that Johnson went to the country to tell the people of the mlsoehav1or of the House; that he was greeted everywhere by great throngs; that his every word was cheered to the echo. that his severe criticism of mem. pers of Congress caused his auditors to reach the greatest possible pitch of enthusiasm; that he returned to Wash ington with the House unmoved and unmovable; that his trip resulted in total failure as far as concrete results were concerned; that the people, grow ', ing cold. turned aogainst him: that i1n- peachment proceedings were instituted and that Johnston escaped by the skin of his teeth.
 The Ohio politician implies that Will son after his royal reception, will re- turn to find the Senate unchanged and that ithe league will be trisected ana possibly rejected entirely. and he suggests the possibility of the institu tion Of impea chment proceedings un- less Wilson calms down and abanduns his policy of calling the republican ob- struct1onists by their real names
 But very soon the small pack will be called off and the President will be safe. For Borah and Johnson will return and Lodge and Knox will be ready to speak again. Whereupon exeunt Kenyon. Norris, Fess and others of their ilk