The Washington herald., 1919-10-01

New CONSERVATION was added to
that already worrying Eastern
Standpat Republicans yesterday by
the declaration OF David Lawrence
premier political writer. After a
trip through the West. Lawrence
says:
So II the pence treaty is de-
fented, Ii L. Hiram johnson who
will get the credit or dIscredit.
II he wins his fght many Re-
publieanx In the West will re-
gard him ms the most likely
figure for President on the Re-
publican ticket, lnrgeIy because
Of the sheer force of His abiI-
fty to swing the Senate In his
favor.
Wonder how Senator Jim Reed
feels about this? He started out
as the bell wether treaty opposer.
He was suddenly dropped. The
speed with which he was let go is
comparable only to that with which
one lets go of a hot potato.
David r. Francis. Ambassador TO
Russia. who was a Cabinet officer
and is mentioned as the successor
of Secretary Redfield, was given a
grand reception on his return to
st. Louis Friday.
The entire speech of the Ambas-
sador was devoted to an exposition
OF his experiences in Russia. He
declared that the league of nations
is the saving feature of the situa-
tion.
Il cannot understand how an
American laborer." declared the
Ambassador. can permit the Boil
shevik spirit in the United States.
The idea which the Bolsheviki rep
/ resents tears down everything that
the honest workingman stands for.
The Soviet government in Rus
sia practices deception. cannot
see how the parlor or upper-walk
Socialists in this country can de-
fend them.
Russia deserves the considera-
tion of the American people. not
withstanding conditions which exist
there today. and we must do our
best to help them. 1t is impossible
to establish peace in the United
States while disorder exists there.
We must aid them in getting back
stable government"
Mrs. George Bass, Of Chicago. who
has had probably a wider experience
! as a political campaign manager than
any other women in the country, is
sure to become prominent figure
in Democratic circles in the next few
months. She will have an important
part in organizing women voters OF
the country. for which the executive
committee of the Democratic National
Committee has already prepared.
In the 1916 campaign. operating from
Chicago, Mrs. Bass did remarkable
work for the Democrats, and it was
largely due to her efforts that ten OF
the twelve States in which womer
were then voting were carried fol
Woodrow Wilson in the Presidential
election. She then gained a knowledge
of the conditions in these pioneer
| suffrage States which she has at hel
finger tips, and she can rattle on
facts and figures as to the situation
and conditions in Colorado. for in
stance, in an amazing way.
Mrs. Bass was very active in wal
work. speaking for the Liberty loar
and other drives, and more recently
she visited seventeen States, speaking
in favor Of the league of nations
She contends that she discovered the
true situation in California many
weeks ago and informed the President
at the White House that the women
of the far Western States were ali
eager to see the much talked of COW
enant adopted. -
At the recent meeting Of the execu-
tive committee of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee in Atlantic City
Mrs. Bass reported on conditions as
she had found them and made the
suggestion which later led the com.
mittee in executive session to decide
to admit women to the party counsels
on an equal footing with men,