The Washington herald., 1919-06-08

steps as we may think proper to
protect our interests in the matter
and oblige,'" Abe said, because IL
you will remember, Mawruss. them
round robins wanted Mr.. Wilson to
lot the Senate go on making laws
while he was away, and the rresi-
ent says: You couldn't maze no
laws till 1 get back and tn N when
them round robins asked hutG when
he woIlc be back. he said: I'll be
back when / am back and now he
amt back, and he has got to ask
them round robins to go to woi k
with the other Senators and R-p-
resentatives and make the laws
which they wanted to mako in the
nrst place, Nav russ"
Then 1t Is going to be some time
before he gets back IL any such
deadlock like that happened, Abe"
Morris said. because | see where 1t
says In the papers that Mr.. Wilson
won't come back until he has signed
the treaties of peace with Germany
and Austria, and France and Eng
land won't agree to finish up the
treaties for Mr.. Wilson's signature
until they know that the United
States Senate will ratify them and
the United States Senate won't ratify
them until they are finished up and
submitted to them signed by Mr.. VIII
son, and then l didn't read no more
about 1t, Abe. because l begun to
get dizzy"
II very often get that way myself
nowadays when l am reading in the
newspapers, Mawruss," Abe said, I'm
particular when they print them full
texts, like the full text of the league
of nation government or the full
text of the Presidents message. For
mer times when the papers had In
'em straight murders and bank rob-
berries from the inside or out, Nav
russ. and you sat opposite somebody
in the subway who mad to move his
lips while he was reading, you took
II for granted that he was an ignor-
ammus which had to hear them simple
words pronounced, even il IL was by
his own lips. before he could under
stand them. Mawruss. and when you
read where President Wilson says
with reference TO telephone and tele-
graph rates. Mawruss, there are
many confusions and inconsistencies
of rates. The scientific means by
which communications by such instru-
ments have been made full use OF.
understand me. you could move your
lips, your scalp, Heaven and Earth.
Mawruss. and still you couldn't tell
what Mr.. Wilson was driving into"
well. glanced over that mes
sage myself, Abe" Morris said
and the capital is was sticking
up all through 1t like toothpicks
on e cashiers desk of an armchair
lunchroom, Abe. In just a few
lines, Abe. Mr.. Wilson says L hesi-
tate, I feel. l am conscious. / trust
| may. / shall, / dare say, / hope
and l SHALL and when he started
to say something about woman
suffrage, he undoubtedly begun with
May / not but evidently when
he showed the first draft to Colonel
House or somebody. they said
Why do you always say: May
not and after discussing such
substitutes as 'Doch allow me-. If
you amt got no objections and
You would excuse me il | would
take the liberty Abe, they decided
to use: Will you not permit me- Sc
therefore. that part of the Presi-
dents message which talks about
woman suffrage says: Will you not
permit me to speak once more and
very earnestly of the proposed
amendment to the Constitution. and
so forth, and that. to my mind. is
what give President Wilson the idea
that it might be a good thing tc