El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-31

: Now the Post Amir.
Now, his chief assistant, Louis r
Post, with the red whiskers, who
I told US one day at noon down in the
Sheldon how to be red bloOded
Americans and win the war, Is on trial
/ before congress for being more than
/ friendly with the anarchists ana the
I bolshevistss and naturally, II IS ag-
gravating. It is Just one thing after
another for Mr.. Wilson-this Mr. VIII
son. not the other one, for he is for
ONE thing all the time-and the path
I Of the secretary of labor Is no more
pleasant than a trip through the
south would be today for congress
man Martin Madden, Of Chicago, who
called Robert E Lee a traitor to his
country and got called a liar by all
the Democrats in the house IN one
breath
Baker, esLittIe Sunshine
But TO get hack TO Mr.. Baker. They
have called him a friend Of the con-
scientious directors and slackers so
long that it is old and gets no fur
Their nowadays than a baseball thrown
by a woman. The war was won with
out very many accusations Of inef-
ficiency and when a Republican con-
gress tells him TO dismiss "unneces-
sary clerks in the war department"
he forthwith orders their dismissal
and smiles.
There are those who believe Mr..
Baker was just cute" enough during
the war 10 saddle a lot OF stuff onto
independent boards so when IL was
all over he could smile at the probes
and the Investigations and keep his
temper. For instance, the notorious
" incompetent shipping board; the
Wasteful housing board" Of wash
ingt0n; the rotten aircraft board OF
early war history, and lot Of other
things
These were ali war activities that
the secretary Of war might have been
asked to handle. but Mr. Baker got
boards created for this and devoted
himself to winning the war with the
military. He accepted responsibility
for things overseas and he got away
with Il" in fine shape At least ne
won the war, and, as nearly every
got pretty good food and pretty good
care and none Of them were lost en-
route and all that sort Of thing. there
are a lot OF people at home who won
Baker. Hence. he smiles and receives
visitors in the same old way and is
happy.
For a time his name was mentioned
for the presidency, but apparently ne
didn't cause it to be done. for he
didn't raise any big fund for cam
paign expenses and he didn't have TO
admit spending $4,000 70 advertise
himself. as senator Poindexter has
u =
all in all. Newton Diehl Baker has
every reason to smile. he is not even
deep in the politics OF his own state
Out there in Ohio, Gov. Cox
and sfhe Wets1 seem TO have
things their own way The see
. Rotary Of war Is notable for his
dryness, when Refreshments OF
liquid nature are under consider1-
ffon, and, Ohio being considered
rather @Wets IN sentiment there
was little use IL was said, TO
have him exert any undue IN
nuenee in Ohio in the Pre-eon-
ventfOn campaign
He didn't want 20 get into the fight
and play into the hands Of Mr. Bryan
by making a dry" campaign and II
was certainly TO the advantage Of the
administration for him 20 let things
president getting as much support as
possible from the Cox vets in the
end It has been a happy position for
the secretary OF war
He likes Fl PasO.
I saw him today and he was beam
ing Just as he beamed at the Paso
del Norte banquet when he told US
OF FL Paso how surprised he was to
find such a fair city He repeated
this when I visited him here IN his
luxuriously leather upholstered oI1lces
in the state. war and navy depart
ment building. He was just as cor
dial and just as smiling as when he
was at FL Paso.
Il was certainly surprised Mt
the beautiful city j found at Fl
PnsOs1 he said. Il was not pre-
pared fer IL. I have often COM
meufed upon IL since that time
Ny visit 20 FL Pnso,1 he coutiu-
ned, aTas one Of the very pleas
ant experiences Of my trip around
the country"
Then he asked a lot OF things about
e Paso and its people and when
asked. rs there anything we can 90
at Fl Paso for your he said: No,
everything IS running fine down
Troops Health Better.
He wanted TO know II we were stiu
regulating disorderly houses and e&-
pressed pleasure when told that FL
he could find anywhere in the coun-
he said the health Of the troops at
FL Paso had been improving Of late,
50 far as Venereal diseases were con-
He asked If we had been having
any more trouble with Mexico ana
showed an intimate knowledge OF
everything at and around Fl Faso-
So far as Fl paEO Is concerned
the city would be lucky II New
ton DiehI Baker OF Cleveland
Ohio, should continue long time
rs secretary OF war, for he knows
Us now and he likes Us and they
can't tell him any more that FL
Paso f. a collection OF sand dunes
that IS here one day and there
the next depending upon the
shifting Of the Winds for he
knows better.
A commenter in one OF the wash
fngton papers calls attention TO the
fact that Washington has a lot Of
queer signs The prize probably be-
longs. he says, 20 a shop IN Four
teenth street emblazoned "Headquar-
department shack, vintage OF the late
sixties, now has painted over the
door Society Of Oldest Inhabi
tants." Obvious TO accomplished
facts. offices are still maintained by
a concern whose windows are let
tered: National Association Op-
posed 10 Woman Suffrage"
American visitors 10 London al
ways smile. he says, at sign that
has been up for years in Shattes-
bury avenue tailor's shop window:
-Gentlemen's Trousers Cut Down 10 1
Fit Their Sons"
A sign that attracted my at
tention in the capitol e. this, on
one elevators AFor members OF
congress and the press e1elu-
siTely."
Arthur Brisbane prints this in his
ditoriai column in the Washington
American plants. mining and