The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-08-12
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1919
ON THEIR OWN LEVEL

President Wilson might have had
better success with the Senate had
ne followed the outline as, laid down
by the following: in the New York
Telegram, coming down to the same
plane of the Senate, joshing the SEN
ators along a little, showing his con-
tempt frankly and speaking to them
thusly:
May l not tell you that you boys
hand me a big laugh? I've. missed
YOU poor simps more than anything
else since I've been away on my, out
ing. / don't suppose there's more
than a dozen of you ever had the
gumption or the, price ITO take
jaunt across the Atlantic and see
how the real swells live. But more
of that some other time. At present
I'm going to present a few facts in
words of one syllable hoping that it
will pereolate into the comprehen-
> sion of some Of you human disap-
pointmepts.
As to the Peace Treaty and League
of Nations. I gave you the dope on
. that before left, but I'll just repeat
H-again for. the benefit eff those Sen
ators. over on the left Of the house
whose memory isn't good for more
than a week-what might be called a
"weak memory. Thanks boys. l
thought some of you would appreci-
ate that one. Made it up coming
over on the boat. I've got flock of
them may spring on you Later.
To begin with, I wish to impress it
upon you dullards that you haven't
got much choice n this mater of
whether you will or won't ratify the
.-Feace TIE. .ty and my League of Ma
tions.-get that my? It's all mixed
up like. mess of spagetti-hot stuff
that: going to burn you if lou get to
mo..tsEiag With it, Say; Ole man
Fall, it won't hurt you to get s5.he
of tais, and cut out that awning.
Kinda funny how some Of you fellows
never seem to have had any rest un-
til it happens to be your turn to talk.
Well, as was saying when Fall inter-
rupted me, the people are with me on
this League stuff. None Of them
know much about it-and I must con-
fess there were so many things IN
Paris I hadn't seen before that PlI
have to brush up on it q little bit
myself; but they all get the general
IDEA. That mo more wars" slogan
was another good one l put across.
Better than the "too proud to fight"
or che kept US out Of war;, though
they were good, too, at the time. }.
won't give much for the political fu-
ture of you lads if you're boneheaded
enough to go through with that round
robin idea. Say that was immense!
almost believe that at times you
half-wits have a sense of humor, too,
or YOU would never have come across
with that one.
Sit down, Lodge, or I'll put you
down. I'm a different proposition
from that pacifst they pried you
loose from during the war. If l
ever get my Mary-Ann started to-
ward your chest it'll take me half
day to pull my fist out, and I've got
too much to do to waste my time IN
that fashion.
Say, boys, the old White House
looked pretty good to me when l
got back. You know it seems kind
Of a pity to me that couldn't have
rented it out to some one while l was
gone. 1 haven't been getting much
use out of it, and need the money.
The people of this country seem to
forget that while the presidents sal
ary ,as remained the same, physchol-
ogical prices have gone up. That's
little matter I'll take up with you
later.
What's the idea Of the grin, Borah!