The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-15

nearly two minutes. Much earlier IN
the morning-at A. M, indeed--the
President may have heard the rising
chant of voices serenading him and the
rising sun from the shining earth four
teen stories below his window ledge.
In the late afternoon the President
and Mrs. Wilson enjoyed a long motor
car ride over roads Of which Seattle is
justly proud. II there are any two things
the city can reasonably boast Of they
are pep and scenery, though elbow room
might be added.
The President has now finished more
than third OF his itinerary. He has
delivered twenty-five speeches in ten
States since leaving Washington on Au-
gust 20, some of these speeches having
been mere minute talks to small crowds
from the back platform OF his train.
He has travelled $500 and odd miles
and has had opportunity by now to esti-
mate public feeling. He has addressed
about every sort of audience the Ameri-
can people can produce. One may not
state what his actual opinion is Of the
results of the tour-though one can
guess. But 1t is as certain as daylight
that Mr.. Wilson has not gained an inch
In his fght against the Senate.
1t begins to look rs IL he perceptibly
lost in the second week of his fight At
the close of the first week II seemed he
had neither gained nor lost. Nothing
had happened one way or the other The
people seemed to be listening. Then Mr.
Wilson opened the throttle bit. His
language against the Senate grew
more definite. His utter ignoring Of
business interests and representative
business men In every community grew
more marked. His disposition to pre-
sent himself as the champion of labor
| against capital grew more obvious. So
| that at the end of the second week Il Is
pretty obvious that he has lost ground.
Many Are Antagonized.
| A great many persons disposed to ac-
cept the League Of Nations have been
antagonized by Mr.. Wilson's recent state.
ments. They come to meetings and dis
cover that their gorge rises against the
man They can't help making it a per.
sonal matter. They go away dislikina
him more than ever and Of course dislik-
| Ing what he stands Cor. There Is tnif
sort of feeling in every community
visited. though It has been most palpablt
out here in the Far West, where labor
troubles have been severer than In the
East
The coming week, beginning with to.
morrow in Portland, Ore, should be in.
tensely interesting. Mr.. Wilson IS ven.
turing into California with a bad Ease
according to California's stated notion
In that State the Shantung issue Is a
stirring one. Out here they don't like
the Japanese, and that's all there "a &c
It. There's no use to reason about II
or to argue. They Just don't like then
and have no confidence in them.
The result In California of Mr.. VIII
sons insistence that Japan will keep her
promise to return to China the sovereign
rights in Shantung is awaited with lively
interest Hecklers have refrained from
tackling the President 30 far. but heck.
ling Is expected IN California on this
Shantung matter and other things. He
lodged Shantrng here on Puget Sound
saying not a word about Il in any OF
the four speeches he made in Tacoma
and in Seattle. Can he dodge IL In Call
fornia? It is twenty to one that he can't
| Reports received here from San Fran.
cisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles are
that the State is strongly supporting
| Senator Johnson and that the news Of
the tremendous meetings Senator John