El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-25
Press Generally Backs Lansing and
CrfticiseS The President Severely

the president. who is the only leader
OF All the people. has demonstrated
anew his strength and VIII lead them
Backs the President.
Columbia state. The president has
done nothing that the executive o. a
private corporation would not nave
done
Youngstown indicators The
correspondence f. painful 10 read,
and one wishes thar Mr.. Lansing
had mnde IL unnecessary 10
terminating long since relation
which everT observer knew could
only grow more disastrous the
longer II continued
DAYTON News; IL has been apparent
for a considerable time that Mt.
Lansing was not in sympathy with
the presidents policy That alone
should have prompted Mr. Lansing 8
resignation on his own initiative long
Raleigh News and Observer: Those
who have observed the difference IN
the viewpoints Of president wilson
and secretary OF state Lansing have
wondered that the break between
them did not come sooner
Republican Comment
New York Tribune: The whole
country must have read the letters
with a heavy heart and sense OF IN
certainty as 70 the future
Omaha Bee. That the incident VIII
widen TIE cracks that have appeared
In the fabric OF the administration s
machine IS the only certain thing
Philadelphia Tnquirers What
use. after all, has woodrow VIII
son for n cabinetf EEOtism such
rs he unfortunately possesses Is
/ Pbiisdelphia Press: The CORE
spondence shows woodrow Wilson al
Buffalo Evening News: II they
are not TO be permitted 70 convene
without the presidents summons, we
must have immediate. assurance tnen
that the president is able 70 summon
Faithful Servant Gone
Minneapolis Tribune. The admin
istration OF the government has sur
[ fered for months because OF tht
/ presidents disability. and now mos
I faithful and loyal servant, Tor. doing
what IL was plainly his duty to do
] is unceremoniously kicked out OF OF
4 Canton Repository: President
Wilson shows about as much re-
speet for the cabinet he invited
TO advise with him As he dis
played in ignoring the senate
St Louis Globe-DemOcrat- Ihi
o irritabiity Of a sick man might b,
7 set up as an excuse were II not FOL
the fact that the same unwillngnesl
. TO lELAAaA any AAAE NaAAANAAA IL A-A n AAA z
in his official family has been ire
Quently revealed ia The past
Portland (Me.) Express. Thl
presidents political as well as medica
advisers would do well to keep hin
for 2 little longer in state OF in
T uOcuous desuetude.
What Might Have Been
Springfield Union: Many compiled
Z tions would have been avoided hat
the vice president functioned in tn
presidential capacity until such tim
as the disability OF the president Weri
Hartford Courant; The excuse
given so often. that Wilson is al
invalid and should not be held re
lsponsibIe, carries with It the acknowl
Iedgement OF irresponsit -lity-
Syracuse POst-Standurds The
president has lost n secretary
whom he could IN afford to lose
He cannot get another combining
LnnsinE's ability with tolerant
temper
Reno Gazette: Little sympathy vii
be felt for the retired official j
the face OF known disagreement wit
his chief he held on ld on until tn
people long ago reached the conclu
sion that he thought more OF IN
pomp and circumstance OF an Off
cial career than he did Of his ow
4 shabby Reward.
Idaho Statesman: Unless other 1act
are given out. the public wiz fee
that Alr. Lansing. VINO did what n
thought he should do in an emergenc
has been stability rewarded for faith
ful service
Sioux Falls Argus Leader: To
feeble to do anything himself n
president viii not permit anybod
else TO. and the country suffers a
the result
Des Moines Capital; We imagln
the sympathy viii be largely wit
AIr. Lansing.
SteubenviIIe Herald-Sfnri He
does not want advisers but
mannihzins and faddiEts.
Knoxville Journal and Tribune- tn
president has made a big mistake, No
( so much in making the removal q
{ in the preteXt given
! Sioux City Journal. The presider
overloolzs one decidedly 1mportaI
feature Of the law in attempting
! estop members Of the cabinet froi
consultation Congress has impose
Z on TIN various executive department
Z Of the government duties which be
{ come theirs without passing TO thel
through the hands Of the presiden
Thinks IL Leagues Friend.
Akron Beacon-Journal. It Ehoul