Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-05
"kirkine the President.

The United States Senate, this week, re-
ahmed its favorite amusement OF kicking
President Wilson. and entered upon tue
sport most unanimously. The Congess
having adopted JOINT resolution yeSV
,en,l;pg for six months the life of the War
Finance Corporation, President Wilson
met il with veto, and the Senate, I'M
mediatelv after the reading of the veto
message again voted for the resolution by
:,3 aveS 20 only FIVE nays. Three Repuoi'-
,,n Senators and two Democratic Sepa-
tors were all that stood by the President IN
opcn Senate. although there would have
been other open supporters had they not
been paired. The adverse majority, how
ever. was overwhelming. and the House
Yesterday also voted heavily to eVerrloe
the veto
Rut as usual. President Wilson was
right and those Senators who voted against
him. for the servile purpose Of endeavonng
70 favor special interests, were wrong
President Wilson gave convincing reasons
why the War Finance Corporation should
not be longer kept in existence. he point
"a ont that it was created 10 meet an
emergency of the war-to facilitate safes
Of certain home products IN foreign mar
kets-and that the close Of the war enoeo
any pretence Of necessity for ats contlnu-
ance. He said il would result in additional
credit burdens, and contended that the
government should not be called upon
further TO finance private business at pub
lie expense" an argument absolutely IT
refutable. The pstion.' President VIII
son said. should resume its usual business
methods"
AGAINST this sound and practical reason
ing the dissenting Senators had nothlng 10
saw Irfaet, they had no argument. Ihey
had but miserable selfish purpose, to
serve certain interests-those especially OF
western farmers and southern cotton
growers-so as TO enable them TO ENJOY an
issuance Of profit through the operations
Of A government agency and at the ex-
pepse OF the people IncIted by this pros
meet more than half the Senate body,
Democrats IS well as Republicans set
themselves down as mere political traders
utterly without regard for the proper tunc-
tions Of administration OF interests Of the
people
In view of the absolute indefenslbiilty
n this action. il Is not surprising that some
partisan Republican Senator's refused 70
stulfify themselves by joining with me
thouehtless and selfish majority. Senators
Flkins and Sutherland of West Virginia
and Senator Keyes Of New Hampshire
we're among the FIVE who voted 70 SUSTAIN
the veto. and even Senator Penrose Of
Pennsylvania was opposed 70 the attitude
81 the Senate. Had he not been paired, be
would have been openly voting with the
minority ii support Of the President. Ano
when man of the PeDrose stamp refuses
70 ioin a movement Of this character
especially when il involved an opportunity
of kicking the President, one wonders
that any other Senator, Republican on
Demecrat. had the braaen efIoDtery tc
do otherwise
Butno harm viii come to President VII
son from this contemplate repudiatior
8v the senate. He was right, sDd ths
people. who can read the proceedings aDc
give calm consideration for his reasons
for DENYING approval cf this evil specia
legislation, will know he is right.