The Washington herald., 1920-05-21
In the Linelight
BY George Perry Morris.

lW " S @hAASASiit II
BY George Perry Morris. II
Sir John Frazer. N. p. now in
tie United States. says that his study
Ct the so-ealIed 100 per cent patriot"
in Great Britain and the United
States has led him to believe that
he is 80 per cent provinciaIism, 80
per cent offensiveness to. other
nations. 10 per cent Ignorance. and
the remainder may be an honest
article" This Scotchman seems to
have the usual shrewdness OF his
race.
There were about 900 words in the
inaugural message of John M. Par
ker, the new governor Of Louisiana,
who ran in 1916 as candidate for
Vice President OF the Nation with
Roosevelt as the pace setter. In sub
stance his message to the people
was: We have played too much
politics and too little common sense.
and We are paying the penalty"
Rev. Percy Grant. of the Church
lof the Ascension, New York City.
probably never would have had his
trouble with Bishop Burch nor been
Icurbed in the management of his
Z he haA al
lover in his analogy between the
and the deported radicals on the
Buford transport in 1920. Another
clergyman, Rev. Charles z. Park, of
the First Church CUnitarian). of
Boston. is looking for similar trouble
Ievidently. He says that he does not
see how any honest man can deny
the obvious analogy between the
Separatist Puritans of 800 years ago
and the so-called Reds Of today"
/ For four years more Washing
ton will be the official residence
of Bishop William +. Mcdowell of
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The general conference now in ses-
sion in Des Moines has settled that.
and wisely. He combines the per-
sonal qualities and official Qualifi-
cations which make il matter
of strategy as well as justice that
. he should be kept at the National
Capital. No bishop of his church
now has quite the same standing
with the other large Protestant
denominations that he has: and he
is representing his church on more
of the national and international
religious organizations than any
other Methodist clergyman. Charm
ing in manner he can be resolute
: in action. Keen in administration
of clerical tasks he also is spiritual
in mood and atmosphere" The
leading universities of the country
welcome him as a ft teacher of a
religion of today and tomorrow
Loyal to the duties of his denomi-
, national office he yet finds time to
, plan for the largest international
enterprises Of aggressive Christen.
dom.
I Clyde Bruce Aitchison. upon whom
4 the Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion is said to have laid the CHIEF
burden of dealing with the trans.
M
OF the costly snarl. is another Pa.
cific Coast man who has been test.
ed in Washington and summoned
TO responsible national duties. Al
lowan by birth and education ht
settled in Portland. Oregon. in 1908
/ and two years later was honoreC
: with appointment as secretary of q
r commission to revise the tax anc
Ia -f -
I experience thus gained and the abil.
0 ity shown in the work won him q
place on the Railroad Commission
b and then on the Public Servic,
S Commission, of which he was twice
= chairman.
Conversant with problems oi
e State supervision and control oi
railroads he Was a ratIral chsice
for the Inte.' State Commerce Com.
mission, when, in 1917. President
E Wilson felt it necessary that tn,
. far West should have representa-
, ticn. Mr.. Aitchison is a man witt
la phySicae ard temPeramsn mt that
enable him to carry big loads with
): a minimum Of fricticr and worry
!. He loves nature and music, and es,
4 chewS social frills.
Is il not about time tnat talk anC
. gossip. # they will go on, turI
: from President Wilson to LIoyC
George. His state of health. sounc
or unsound. is quite as Mt sub
j~ctt of az -imonious tittle-tattl,
Anything happt ming to him woulC
> deeply stir Europe and have its re
. flcx influence here. 1t is known tina
he is far from we'll: and that at tn,
recent conference with NJ. Miller
T and at Hyeth, he showed marked
t weakness compared with his Nigo,
= at the Paris Conference OF 1858
He has critics who would like tC
e see him die suddenly. just as there
0 are Americans who would note th'
funeral Of Mr.. Wilson with thai
same subtle nGliciOusness which L
5 lockwood Hujr showed when ask
t cd IL he were going TO Wendell
e Phillips funeral. No" he said
{ but l approve of it"