New-York tribune., 1919-03-30

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- M or not Senator Reed is voicing
the people in his consistent op-
mention his objections to the course pur
sued Ivy the President. His explanation
before the state Legislature as to why
a Senator Of Democratic affiliations
should adopt views so divergent from his
companions was not enough. THE st.
Louis Post Dispatch'' sent a staff cor
respondent to jefferson City to OBJ
serve the Senator's attack.--a Demo-
cratic Senator on q Democratic Presi-
dent before a Missouri Legislature IN
joint session. The correspondent saw IN
it "a political drama never eQualled IN
the history of the state" Republican
legislators, though not all of them,
cheered Justify; the Democrats, on the
other hand, either listened silently or
stamped on the floor, making no effort
to conceal their dissatisfaction and dis
gust" In the cold light Of numbers and
eSIlTldLcS lilp COIICSGOliQSliI li4stNCo lilC
following remarks
"The Democrats who left the House
chamber and refused to return to listen to
the speech included such members of the
Legislature as Farrs. Of Phelps County,
which, in 1916, gave Reed plurality of
375: Whitecotton, of Monroe. which gave
him 5000; Clapper, of Schuyler which gave
him $780, Hunter. of Randolph, 5000; Kill
lam, of Lincoln, 1000; Anderson, of Scott.
GOO; Edwards, of Dunklin, 1000, Tolson, of
Howard 1,7Oo: Sapp, of Boone, $500; Wat
kns, Of Buchanan, 2,700; Chancellor of
Barton, coo; Tergusan, of Ripley, 300;
Berry, of Pulaski, $50; Clark, of Ray 700;
Hall, of Clay, $500; Poston. of st. Francois,
700, and job of Nodaway, 800.
"1hesc are representatives of the strong
est Democratic counties of the state, the
counties which always have been relied upon
to produce the majorties which meant Dem
ocratic state victories in Missouri. They
were the counties which nominated Reed over
Francis in 1910, and elected him; which
elected him Dickey in 1916. They are
the banner Democratic counties of Missouri
Furthermore fifty of the sxty-seven
Democratic members Of the Missouri
House of Representatives adopted reso-
lutions condemning the course Of Sena-
tor Reed in his general attitude of an
tagonism, and calling on him to resign.
This Senator Reed agreed to do if his
challengers would follow suit and put
the whole matter to a popular vote by
the people of the state. Quite number
of Democratic legislators took up the
Senator's offer, and so the matter rests,
with the possibility of the league of ma
tions being brought up as an issue in the
state that wants to be shown.
This being the reception Senator Reed
has received in his own state, "The
Louisville Courier r-Journal' believes that
when the Missouri Senator, repudi-
ated by those who elected him, extends
his canvass into other states he will not
score a palpable hit in the political
drama in which he has cast himself as
the hero
Meanwhile, "Thc State Journal,' of
Madison, Wis, looks forward with CON
siderable pleasure to further appeals to
the people. There are, in its opinion
enough of these Senators to provide prac.
tcally a nationwide referendum Hale, of
Maine; Moses, of New Hampshire; Bran
dcgee, of Connecticut; Calder, Of New York;
Frclnghuysen, of New Jersey; Penrose, OF
Pennsylvania Harding, of Ohio; New, of
Indiana; Sherman, of Illinois; Reed, of Mis-
souri,; Thomas, of Colorado; Johnson, of
California; Borah, of Idaho, and Poindex-
ter of Washington. These Senators are
so distributed that vote in the primaries