The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-19
coUzENS SHOULD MAKE A GOOD
SENATOR.


The appointment Of Mayor Couzens
of Detroit to be United States senator
in succession to Senator /. N. New
berry was approved by the newspa-
pers which believe business men are
to be preferred for membership in the
senate. The Detroit papers, however,
feel that the mayor made mistake
in retiring before he had completed
his pledges to the citizens Of that mu-
nicipality to make the operation of
the street railways a success. Other
papers echo a similar belief and there
also is genuine interest voiced con-
corning the alignments which the new
senator will make when he gets well
Ion the job"
The fact that Mr.. Couzens will
bring different views to the senate
than are entertained by most of his
party leaders moves the Dayton News
Dem.) to ask whether the SENATE
will rob him of his alertness, indie
pendence and business sagacity." To
which the Flint, Mich, Journal Und.),
replies by recalling that he has
grown in the few brief years of his
spectacular career as mayor of De-
troit into an almost nationally known
aid Qnd), suggests that with Cou-
zens and the Good Grey Schoolmas-
ter Ferris, in the senate, Michigan
bids fair to come into her own. That
corner of the senate will need neither
prodding nor watching" The Mem,
phis News Scimitar holds that " he
is not only an individual upon
whom fortune has smiled, but he has
been found capable of every RESPONSE
bility and has responded to every de-
mand of good citizenship. He ought
to be a credit to his state" So far
as the Detroit Free Press (Rep.), is
concerned, it insists Mr.. Couzens
has deserted" the city which ac-
cepted his promise to stay with the
municipal transportation system I'M
til it was a success, and Gin becoming
senator he is breaking faith with the
voters of Detroit. In Washington he
will not be supporter of the presi-
dent; he will be an opponent of the
president, and he wiz be a nullifier
of the will of the voters of the state"
The NDetroit News Und), in turn
feels that whatever the scheming
minds of the politicians may guess as
to the political or other motives of
Governor Groesbeck in naming Mayor
Couzens it remains the incOntroverti-
BILE fact that by so doing the gov
ernor of Michigan has dealt a heavy
blow to the cause of reform in the
government of American cities" al
though the News highly praises the
capabilities of the promoted mayor.
The Ann Arbor Times News Qnd.),
believes the appointment was "a pop
ular choice"
eff Senator Couzens is strong
enough to become an outstanding fig
ure for good in the senate" the Nor
folk Ledger Dispatch Qnd. Dem.),
says his appointment will be a
blessing to him and the country. The
fear is that he, like many before
him, may become absorbed and as
simulated by those who control the
actions of the worlds greatest DELHI
erative body Nevertheless Mich
igan and the country profit by the
of Couzens for New
berry," the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ind. Dem.), asserts. 'If so active
a citizen is content with service in
the senate James Couzens ought to
Time alone will tell whether he will
suggests the Albany Knickerbocker
Press Qnd. Rep.), although it holds
there is much to indicate that his
service should be useful" while the
Mobile Register (Dem.), argues he
has been always and effectively on
the side of the people" The view
point OF the Akron Beacon Journal
,Rep.). is similar, because it consid-