Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-20
WILL NOT PERMIT
PRESIDENT To Be
ROBBED OF CREDIT
Senator .Wolcott Blocks Attempts
to Make Republican Capital
From Coal Strike Winding.
WILL CONTINUE ON GUARD
Special Dispatch TO Every Evening From
Washing on Correspondent

Special Dispatch TO Every Evening From
Washing on Correspondent
Washington Dec. 20-It is not the
intention of Sector Wolcott, who is
a member of hG Senate committee IN
vestigating the .,sttlement of the coal
strike, to permit the Republicans to col
lect any political capital through the
inquiry. Side remarks made and questions
asked by the Senator during the progress
of the inquiry Indicate that he regards the
whole proceedings as at least superiious
Senator Wolcott was much pleas ed with
an editorial in a recent issue of Every
Evening in which the Republicans were
severely criticised for trying to rob Presl-
dent Wilson OF the credit for terminating
what threatened to be disastrous in
dustrial upheaval Senator Frehnghuy-
sens attention was directed TO the edi-
torial but he WASH t at all pleased with IT.
The New Jersey statesman made no COM
ment. but it was apparent that he was
somewhat ruff1ed.
CANNOT RoR THE PRESIDENT.
NOBODY can rob the President of the
credit for a great achievement. said
Senator Wolcott. If any person has
entered upon such an en- terprise he will
find he has undertaken the impossible.
The people know to whom the credit
belongs and will insist that il shall not
be misapproprlated
The Senator from New. Jersey, who Is
chairman ofthe committee, has made many
futile efforts TO draw from witnesses some
statement or admission which would re-
feet on the President or Attorney Gen
eral Palmer. Some OF the testimony might
bear a construction untavorabie 10 the
President were 1t, not for the alertness OF
Senator Wolcott IN detecting every am
blguous statement and effcctlng an I'M
mediate ciarihcation.
DIR. GARFIELD UNDPLoMATTC.
One fact already been established by the
testimony is that Fuel Administrator
Garfield had in reality no grievance, but
resigned because he was unable to ac-
compish what the President. with the
able assistance of Acknowledgement Pal
mer, finally brought about DR. Garfield,
IL was shown was undiplomatic and often
sively dictatoriaI in his dealings with the
United Mine Workers Of America He
repelled. where he ought TO have at
tracted, and thus made impossible success
ful negotiations without a transfer of
authority.
Luckily, the testimony shows, authority
was transferred from DR. Garfield to the
President at the psychological moment
and with results satisfactory TO all ex-
cept the Republican leaders. 1t seems in
credible, but it is nevertheless q fact,
that sor.e Republicans Of high authority
IN the party would have been pleased if
the strike had lasted month longer,
provided they could show that the ad
ministrxtion was responsible for the
calamity.
JERSEY SENATOR DISAPPOINTED.
Senstor Frelinghuysen is manifesting
impatience, born of disappointment at
his inability to show that the settlement
of the strike WAS discreditable IN any way
to the administration. Attorney-G General
Palmer calmly and dispassionately re
lated all the events leading up to the end
of the industrial struggle. MIR. Palmer show
ed that while insisting on the enforce
ment of the law, the President and himself
were ready all the time to entertain q
reasonable proposal for the termination
Of the contest.
81 don't think the Republicans VIII get
much campaign thunder out of this.
said Senator Robinson of Arkansas, and
| am sure Senator Wolcott viii not allow
any camoufage TO get into the record.
He viii see that nothing but the truth is
passed along.