The Washington herald., 1920-05-09
In the Linelight
By George Ferry Morris.

By George Ferry Morris.
When in Congress Samuel W. Nc
Call was one Of the best Informed
and ablest OF the Republican lefis-
lators specializing In study OF rev.
enue problems, especially the tariff.
During most Of that long period
OF service he was q liberal and not
reactionary. At the last his
praise Of Mr., Cannon and the Re-
publican -oid Guard" alienated the
loyalty of some Of his ''independ-
entV constituents in Massachusetts,
III ne Is confirmed by the Senate
as member Of the Tariff Commits
sion' ne will come TO the task with
stores OF knowledge ana experience
that should make him valuable "a
an adviser IL not as routine deliver.
Neither his temperament nor his
age now make Il likely that he
can assume wheel-horse duties. A.
to confirmation by the Senate. II
the senior Senator from Massachu-
setts wishes to be obstructive, he
has IL In his power to delay con-
hrmation, but hardly defeat It. The
two men never have liked each
other, and there are many personal
scores to be settled between them.
Worst OF all from the Lodge stand
point was Mr.. McCalPs share in
Debating the return to the Senate of
Hon. John w. Weeks. Whether per-
sonal feeling and party ructIons
will be allowed by the Senate to
count in deciding Mr.. McCsll's fate
remains to be seen.
Selection Of Hon. EIihu Root as
the orator of the day when st.
lGaudens' statue of Lincoln Is un-
yeiled In London this summer. is
quite natural considering the source
OF the Invitation. He will not de-
pict Lincoln precisely as Mr.. Bryan
or Senator Borah would; but he is
the outstanding legal mind Of the
country, the jurist with the greatest
reputation abroad. and an unques-
toned American of the conservative
type; and Lincoln is coming TO seem
to have been a conservative; mod
crate in day Of radicalism when
fanatics North and South were
bound to wreck the ship OF state
The newly named member of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Mark winslow Potter, Is hardly
open to the indictment that has
been brought against some Of the
members Of that body. namely that
they know nothing about railroad
ing. He has been a brakeman and
telegraph operator as we'll as a rail-
way corporation president. and he
has lived in the border States be-
tween the North and the South and
also in the borough of Manhattan,
y. Y. Latterly he has been a pro-
moter OF better agricultural and in
dustrial conditions in the mountain
sections of Kentucky. Tennessee
and North Carolina A lawyer by
profession. he can hardly be a legal
list; and when discussions arise in
the commission he seems likely to
be able to say Il know" when other
men will have to say, I think"
There is to be a 2-eent piece
bearing the image and superscrip-
ton" of Theodore Roosevelt. 'Ts
well. II for no other reason than
to recognize the part he played dur
ing his Presidency in improving the
! coinage Of the nation and seeing To
il that a rising group Of artists got
some of1cial recognition. ] refer to
the designers Of medals. some of
whom now do work quite equal to
that done in France. One OF these
A A Weinman, designer OF the dime
and half-dollsr now being minted
and used. has just had the J.
Sanford Saltus medal conferred upon
! him by the American Numismatic
! Society for his achievements. The
coin that Congress has authorized
for the Pilgrim tercentenary cele-
lhRa - t.
welt will give craftsmen in this art
a chance for competitive designs
and bring fame for the winner.
Rollo Ogden leaves the New York
Evening Post to become the right
hand editorial aide OF the veteran
Charles r. Miller, of the New York
Times, who has sat on Raymond's
old tripod these many years. This
presages Miller's coming retire
ment, earned il ever one was. 1t
also tells Of readjustments on the
Evening Post, past and coming. that
will make it quite a different sheet
from the one that Mr.. Lamont
bought a few years ago. / well
recall the advent of Ogden to the
place that Godkin and Horace
White had made famous. and the
surprise 1t caused. for he had not
r, been trained in the lower ranks OF
| journalism. He came up the tube"
as il were, out of the ranks of
the Protestant ministry. being will
ing to make the change because OF
his sharp dissent as a modernist
from the doctrines of the Presby-
terian church as they were being
da6pad hy the ma iorifv ~ the time
of the Briggs controversy. The
Times will get a man of good judg-
ment, fairly progressive ideals. and
clear writer; but to say that Mr..
Ogden has maintained the Godkin
tradition for brulisrcy, pungency
and combined literary art and po-
lemical power would be to say
what even his best friends will not
claim.
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