The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-13
SPLIT WITH PRESIDENT
 ON MILITARY TRAINING

washington, February 1o.-(SpeciaID l.
 And now all that remains to ba datar
 T 1taieu IS whether the democrats of tb. Icuse knew more about the no1itior ~,
 the country than the Pres.1opt ne .,D o.
 1h!eed states. For the President of the
 oniteo states, advised of a seeming m.
 "iouoih m the democrats taking confrarv position regarding universal miIita ", framing, and the democrats. desnita tb.t auslce' and by an overwhelming vote poeeeueu ,hs m form of resolution against ine proposed innovation.
 The House democrats renrosan.; - M uW.s m all sections of the United States
 %lth which they are daily in contact da'
 e,aie that they know the sentiment ot
 ene country respecting universal fra a;nirg
 anu ueciare that the President. confined tn
 ms room Tor the past four months can-
 !o. possioiy be in position accurately to
 Juuse' Tn consequence, the democrats ara
 to .7s mat they took action contrary
 oe esiuent advice. although many
 iui of the chief executives letter of nro-
 test. ieeeer or pro-
 the same time it is learned from
 lnulsputable sources thai the democratic
 nieiiipershlp spoke very frankly and very
 canoldly of the Presidents effort to con,
 eliue ms sway over his party in Con
 sress. Something was said to the ef-
 .eel that the President was unwise to
 represent his judgment as the indgroant
 of the party despite the known sttit'1ae or practically all the democrats in Con eress. And 1t is learned that one soutb- ern member declared boldly and uneo1iy- ocaiiy that he had grown tired or ro,- leWlng voices in the air. and s'hesitafino
 to take action for fear of 'breakinr the heart of the world'
 AS As iiioicated by the vote, the democrats mele pracucaiiy unanimous. Representa- tive Caldwell, to whom Secretarv Papa. conveyed the Presidents letter ,,.s.; the democrats to keep hands off, mi. sersai trainlng, which he had indorsed spoke against adopting a resolution asainst universal training. But his voice was among the very few raised in defense U. training, and it was drowned in inc ehorus :. or those voices urging the adop- ton or a resolution
 An effort was made to make # that the democrats had not purnoselv sought, by apparent disrespect. to tread oH the tender feeling of Mir Wilson rrbe resolution prepared before the convenine ol the caucus was not adopted. that is as orlginally written. Representatjve Humphrles of Mississippi declared bimseIf> opposeo . 10 universal training. but thought ,na' @ it would pc unwise to adopt a reso- ution to that effect. When he was made to understand that the democrats wo,,Id aoopt a resolution. he offered an auend- ment to that originally drawn. which while not diminishing the strength of it's statement, deprived it of anything which might be construed as a sting.
 Many democrats spoke in favor of adopting the resolution, among them be- ng Representative Crisp of Georgia, Rep- -esentative Dent and Steagall of Ala oama and Representative Quin of Missis- 1 'ippl All southernerS with the exceptton 1 'I Representative Fisher of Tennessee l supported the resolution, the vote of al, | 'tner Southern state delegations being | 
 AS concerns the wisdom of the demo- | rats making universal military training lh issue in the Senate. and in that very moment the President was advising House | ienocrats against taking position, as a 'arty. on the question. Senator McK..- ar oi tennessee exclaimed: ''I defy the epuphcan party in it's Chicago convert soh 10 write plank in it's platform fA- r. orsing universal compulsory military laining Senator Borsh, following Sen tor Mckellar, asked Senator Wads- 'crth' chairman of the committee on mil .s, .Sry ai1ars, If. under the chairman'sl Ill, boys drafted for training were ot made subject to the articles of war expecting courtmartials and punish ,eEts just as the soldiers of the regular fmy are subject. Senator Wadsworti nswered in the affirmative. This fact Iii propaoly act as another deterrent sslnst the adoption of training in the nited States.
 There is great disparity in the estima .-s aeardlng the cost of training the young zen of the United States. Representa- Ver Nondeli. republican leader. declared 'st the institution of universal military aiming would entail an additional tax