Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1920-02-23


ment or to peevishness incident 70
his illness may never be known, but
| his course has been one that he can
i'll afford.
Minneapolis Journal: Did ever
king on throne. or emperor over
realm, dismiss a minister in 50 ar
rogant a spirit or with such show
Of childish petuIance?
indianapolis Star: If the Presi.
dent was incapacitated, as Lansing
AYERS, then the cabinet should have
done. not less, but more.
Seattle Post-Intelligence II the
irritation displayed by the President
is sample Of his attitude toward
other members of his official fam
lily, it is easy to see where they are
going to lead a dogs life from now
on.
Providence Tribune: The Presi-
dents i'll health has doubtless in
creased his natural disposition to
righteousness and his peculiar IN
ability to work with others.
Manchester Union: Col House
offended and has passed into the
oblivion of Wilson dislike Now
Lansing disappears, Others viii,
follow. The process OF endeavoring
to bludgeon this country into &C
ceptance OF the treaty has begun.
Portland Oregonian: He is the
state, When he is i'll, the nation
must also lie abcd.
Boston Herald The episode re
veals the tremendous handicap I'M
der which the country has been Ia
boring in recent months, both in the
administration Of its troubled inter
. nal affairs and in its peculiarly
I complicated international relations,
through having in the White House
man too sick to perform the du-
ties of his office
independent.
Sun and Now York Herald: The
nation must be astDunded that no
where in the Presidents letter is
there the slightest reference to the
interest welfare and safety of the
public
New York Globe: If we are to
believe that the President entirely
knows what he is doing, we must
also believe that some deeper hid
den reason lies behind this.
Ell Paso Herald Mr.. Wilson is
either too small and jealous of
prerogative that he cannot even ex-
ercise that he is willing to sacrifice
the best interests Of the country
to his own vanity, or he merely
took small excuse to get rid of
man who dared to differ with him,
vet remained in his cabinet to help
him.
Seattle Times: The causes of
their disagreement die much ders
er than the incident chiefly refer
red to in the letters. Possibly the
facts have only been limited at in
these communications Other SEN
sations are to be anticipated.
Fresno Republican,; No man
above the grade Of a rubber stamp
can afford to accept appointment
as his successor.
Peoria Transcript. The Wilson
Lansing schism shows conclusiyely
that the constitution or the statutes
under it are defective in that they
do not supply the procedure by
which disability" in the president
ial office may be determined indie
pendcntly OF the incumbent.
Chicago Evening Post: We may
hope that presidential irritability
has satisfied itself in finding a vic
tim and that we will be spared any
further demonstrations Of a like
sort.
st. Paul Pioneer Press: To say
nothing of the whitening effect of
this incident will have henceforth
on the political influence of the
president, the influence it will have
upon his cabinet as an administra-
tive machine viii be unfortunate if
not utterly demoralizing.
Rocky Mountain News: The act
of the President was petulant and
high-handed and will receive gem
eral condemnation from all but his
partiSans.
Detroit Free Press: Nothing
Woodrow Wilson has done since he
has been in the White House has
injured his standing among Ameri-
cans more than lis treatment of
Robert Lansing has injured it.
Port Huron Times-Herald: One
can scarcely blame the President
for his firm determination to sail,
the ship of state himself until It'll
safely reaches the harb0r to which
he set out to guide il.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Other
cabinet officers who are clinging to
their posts: why don't they resign?
Secretary Lane. Who has already re.
signed. is the only man who has the
courage to avuw his full participa-
ton in Mr.. Lansing's course and to
stand by the former Secretary.
What sort OF men are the other
members of the cabinet.
Bridgeport Post: The Presidents
habit OF going it alone is the cause
of all the trouble he has got into.
and at the same time this quality
made him president in the first
place, and made him a great presi-
dent In the second place-and there
you are.
Springfield Republican: The af-
fair has been most unfortunate in
its windup, and handled So harshly
as it was in the last stage the Presi-
dent suffers more in public opinion