The Washington herald., 1920-07-06
In the LirneEgnt
By George Perry Morria


Mr.. Phillip Randolph. who has
been nominated for state controller
by the Socialist party OF New York
State. is . negro whose radical views
nave made him well known through
out the country by his editing of
the Messenger. He 10 university-
bred. states his Case" with marked
ltnteliectual and forensic power. ahd.
tet meeting ] heard him address
In this city. held in one Of the lead
ling African Methodist Episcopal
Ichurches, he got In about as seduc-'
tive plea for the Soviet form Of
government as / ever heard; and
most Of his hearers seemed to like
his reasoning.
Mr. bryans suggestion that Jus
ltice Brandeis might be a wise choice
lof the Democratic party for it's
presidential candidate Inevitably
lprovokes thought as TO when the
DAY VIII come when the electorate
lwin wholly ignore all details OF
lsectionai origin, racial ties and
religious beliefs. There are sew
ieral such barriers now which dis
ltinctly limit the choice OF nominees.
Part Of the opposition to- Mr..
tBrandeis's elevation to the Federal
supreme Court was based on racial
lprejudice and part on his record as
an opponent OF the older order in
economics and business ethics-
Bishop Herbert weich, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. a long
time popular resident of this city,
Is one of the best posted men of the
East. especially in Korea. He has
just told Bsltimoreans that Presi-
dent Wilson ranks with Washing
ton and Lincoln as the greatest
of Americans: and this though re-
sponsibie for some mistakes. Homer
! Cummings and the Democratic Ma
, tional Committee doubtless will see
to it that the speech is widely dis
tributed.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait sayi
that the reason Gov. Holcomb. OF
Connecticut. will not call a session
of the legislature to allow a vote
, on the proposed Nineteenth amend
, ment to the Constitution is because
, he Is in league with Senator Bran
degee. who comes UP for re-elec-
tion next autumn. Fearing the
J woman vote the Senator will block
, the will OF the people and the men,
bers of the legislature until his Job
for the next six years Is assured,
J Mrs Gait is outlining a fighting
campaign in the State based on the
, correctness of her diagnosis. II
|. may be remarked that Senator
wadsworth. Of New York. is in a
position to inform his Connecticut
colleague as to the squalls which
accompany consistent opposition TO
woman's will when she is function
ing politically.
Supremacy of the United States in
production of literature on the
newer occultism and on ''spiritism''
is generally conceded abroad. and
naturally foreign leaders in the
same movement are finding their
way here to get in touch with a
constituency that makes such fer
: tility possible and profitable. The
latest arrival in the country is
Violet Tweedale. the English novel
ist. also author OF Ghosts I Have
Seen"
: 1banez. the Spanish novelist, back
on European soil. says that though
women in this country do not know
the meaning Of love because the
men do not know how TO love, new
ertheless they - the women are
the happiest OF the daughters of
Eve. So much depends upon what
is meant by love" To Ibanez and
D'Annunzio. il means one thing. To
Hawthorne and Howells, quite an
other. Moreover. while not as reti-
cent as a Briton. the polite Ameri-
can does not talk love" or about
his loves" as copiously or publicly
as the Latin folk do: and 1t may be
. the fact that he is more of a doer
and less of a professor OF love that
accounts for the felicity which Iban-
ez admits he finds among our wom-
en-. To make love" is admittedly
artifice. To love genuinely. con-
stantly, and to the end, is an art.
Ibanez, the longer you study him.
: looms smaller as a man of art and
: larger as a revolutionary factor
: rich in emotional impulses, sensi-
tive to mass effects in contemporary
, political, commercial and racial con-
ficts and a great reporter" as his
articles on Mexico showed. But he
? is not a thorough Investigator OF
, phenomena. whether of mans inner
: life or his outer institutions
.