Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-09

ment, Mr.. Wilson's malady is trombosis, and
the person or persons oSeri3g tF5 :nforma-
tics go on to explain that the patient is be-
lieved by his physicians trganlcally
sound" The prediction is also ventured that
within month there will be in the White
House a perfectly competent working
president"
All good Americans will hope there is good
warrant for this prediction. The country
was never more in need of perfectly COM
petent working president than in these agl-
tated times; besides there is a general wish
for Mr. Wilson's recovery based on sheer
human good will. That goes, perhaps, with
out the saying, but in spite OF the Baltimore
papers assertion that it's information comes
from Authoritative source" there will be
a general hope that it is mistaken, for
thrombosis is not the kind of malady which
justiies the optimistic tone of the above
quoted comment. 1t was a thrombus that so
suddenly carried off Colonel Roosevelt,
man of much greater constitutional vigor
than Mr.. Wilson. A thrombus is a blood clot,
occurring in the veins, or in an artery, or
even in the heart.
If it is true that President Wilson's con-
stitutionaI condition is such to have pro-
duced thrombosis, they are not real friends
who urge upon him a third term candidacy
1t will be sufficient tax upon his strength Che
is in his sity-fourth year, to serve the re-
naming fourteen months of his present
term.-Pittsburg Press (Ind.)
HOW MANY REDS READ HISTORY
It would be interesting to know how many
of the thousands of alien Reds now under
arrest have any knowledge of the long his
tory of self-government; of the painful strug-
giles attending the movement; of the reason
for written Constitutions; of the theory ana
practice of majority rule and the limitations
placed upon it, and of the rights WHICH are
guaranteed to minOrities.
The United States government was form
i Init
great charter it is possible for persistent ma
iorities to undo all that has been done ana
create a system wholly new, but they must
act at all times RI obedience to law. IL
majorities are thus held to the observance OF
constitutional methods, it follows as matter
of course that the same restrictions apply to
minorities The minority, safeguarded in It's
true rights as against q lawless majority, en-
gage in lawessness at it's peril.
Nothing but ignorance amounting to crime
could fix in the mind of anybody, foreign OF
native born, the idea controlling the Russian
Reds in this country that their blatantly pro-
claimed revolution is possible by violence
New York World (Dem.)
LLOYD GEORGE A POOR MAN
LLOYD George has been more successful IN
shaping the course OF an empire on Wn!0A
the sun never sets" than he has in providing
for bim,,elf and dependents against the
nroverbial rainy day The English premier
is poor man; out Of office tomorrow, ne
would have to return to his desk in the small
law office Of his brother.
England has voted great rewards 10 neI
,orooe of both the army and the navy, and
has honored them in many ways, ana yet
not one of them had a more important part
in directing affairs to victory than the neS 1i
of the government who out OIL OHlce "oulu
Io ort If nocket money. There seems to be
species of ingratitude in the British rule
If failing TO attach a pension to premier
ship Yet there are big things for% Lloyu
George to do, even if the elections go against
him, as they some day will
Andrew Carnegie was very fond or the III
tie Welshman and expressed his personal al.
miration while leaving him an annuity OIL
$40 600 a wear. There is the doubt that he
will accept this gift as there is that he would
permit his name to be added to pension
list. He would work for his bread, and Ger
tainly something will be found Tor MN TO 40
co long AS he is willing and able to do 1T.
Then what? AS Lloyd George says, who
cares Boston Post Ind Dem,J