El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-05-08

1.-THE city council letter threatening
Ito increase the rates 100 percent II
Ithey resisted the so percent Increase
I Tactics like this are naturally attrio-
iuted TO the postmaster general him
self as the responsible head Of his de-
/ partmenL
One editor Of Influence went TO
great pains TO tell me that Mr..
Burleson was n strong personality
who got his training as criminal
InWyer and prosecuting attorney
and never censed TO tackle prob
{ lens in the same Brusque, driv-
ing way he used when he har-
4 anEued in the Texas courts
I FavOrinE the wet side OF the prOhi-
ibitiOn fight and jumping in against
Joseph Weldon Bailey, he came back
! to congress again and again from MS
district ] asked whether Mr. Burle-
| son could be nominated for the United
/ States senate TO succeed senator Gull
] berson. whose feeble health may bring
Iabout his retirement. but I was told
/ that the postmaster general had no
chance to win any elective office in
Z this state, judging by the way public
l feeling is running against him today
Puts Blame on Wilson
One shreWd observer OF affairs said
he was no champion Of Burleson; snd
believed he ought 10 be removed. bull
The added rather significantly that he
didn't think MT. Burleson took over
the cables and telegraph and tele-
phones and increased rates without
consulting president wilson and get
/ ting his approval
Making BurIeson the Goat.
They are trying TO make Burleson
1.-THE goat" was the comment OF one ed
Z itor. and he was by no means friendly
Ito the postmaster general. This
/ sounds like talk from Republicans
land anti-Wilson men. but both spe-
I cies are very rare in this part Of the
country.
The Wilson administration still
has hold on the masses, but not
the business men OF Texas This
state would never 10 Republican
but, as one man IauEhingly re-
markell you might say a Re
publican administration would
not be uuWelcOme-7
] Witness. for example. this quota
[ lion from the leading editorial in the
I Sort Worth Star-Telegram. one OF I
the ndependent-minded and most in
fluential Democratic papers in the
south:
The course OF wisdom for the Re
publican party would be TO cooperate ]
with the president in launching the
. United States as one Of the dominant
powers in world politics, dismiss the
foolish idea that he expects to run .
Ior g third term and invite his COOP :
Grafton in solving the domestic prob Z
lens OF the country during the next Z
! two years Such course would be
best for the country and best for the
Republican party. For the whole logic &
country must choose that party which /,
is best fitted TO carry on the coun- f
try's business both at home and .
abroad. Whether correctly OF not, the
country has greater faith in the Re
publcans, for the present. to solve our
domestic problems than ft has in the 4
Democrats II remains TO be seen /
whether the Republicans VIII destroy ]
that faith BIZ showing themselves in I
competent in foreign affairs
Texas Likes Wilson's Foreign Policy. 7
Texas is anticipating Republican 7
administration but il likes the VIII I
son leadership in foreign policy and Z
wants to see the ideals he has eL-
pressed carried through by succeeding I
administrations For example. the I
same newspaper which printed the
above editorial so friendly 10 the ad-
vent OF the Republican party in do
nestle affairs is on the same day
severe in its criticism OF senator I
Lodges stand in the recent Italian I
It says THE Republican party's al [
lance with the German-American al /
lance against president Wilson in l
1876 has been well nigh forgotten by
the people. but It was none the less
I one OF the most disgraceful episodes in
I our political history. II the Repub-
7 llcan party is TO follow senator Lodge
I in forming a new alliance Of this sort
las his letter 20 the italian societies
| OF Boston would lay the predicate for
lit IS starting on a mad career in
deed"
Generally speaking. Texas is
I 100 percent American. Even its
Germans, in LARGE part, sent their
boys to war ani supported the
government throughout.
They recognize here the errors that
were made in the management OF the
Z war and have no patience with the
kitchin type OF southern Democrat
I and would gladly have supported pres
iuent Wilson II be had appealed to
them as against such leadership IN
congress Although Texas returned
Democrats 20 congress. many people
here thought the appeal for a Demo-
! cratic congress was unwise and illoE-
l lcaL Texas wants 30 known that Il
never would have issued such an ap-l
] peal or elected to office men who ad-
vised the Issuance Of such a petition
/ in the midst Of war.
Texas Is prosperous. grumbling
as are other parts Of the country about
/ taxation. likes the Wilson foreign
policy very much. rrves Mr. Wilson
/ VIII direct the retur. at once OF the
te-egrapnS. telephones and railroads.
Z 20 private ownership, curtal the DOW
/ er OF the postmaster general II not
remove him. and wants our govern
lnenI 10 negotiate arrangements with
foreign governments at once whereby
present EN- bargoes against the fntro-
ducllon OF American cotton into the
markets OF central Europe nav he
lifted; and last but not least. IL Texas
IS 70 dominate any administration IL
would Ike 10 have people know If
never would have chosen all OF these
individuals who have been elevated n,
posltions Of great responsibility in the
I wilson administration. - CoDvriebt
1913, By New York Evening Post, Inc