The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-05

Those residents Of Massachusetts, who
date from the Mayflower, the Concord
School, and such favored sources, feel
badly about the increase OF Irish, Ital-
ians, Jews, and others Of the more re-
cent corners. These earlier arrivals think
they can govern better, and they think
their culture Is CT higher interest. What
do they do to show they still deserve to
rule?
They send back, every six years, Henry
Cabot Lodge to the Senate OF the United
States. Lodge Is one of them: that much
IS conceded. But what has he done to
solve modern questions in which common
was marked by his Force Bill-the wav-
ing Of the bloody shirt. In one way or
another he has been waving it ever
since. Whatever he does is either
gHinst somebody or for some vested
interest. In temper he is described in
Hudibras
"....... whose chief devotion lies
In odd, perverse antipathies,
In falling out with that or this
And finding somewhat still amiss;
More peevish, cross, and splenetic
Than dog distract or monkey sick"
II the old residents Of Massachusetts
could find somebody as their permanent
representative who stood for mankind.
find men such as they found in the past.
they might with more justice hope TO
keep the lead as against the new-com-
ers. But the leader Of the Senate old
guard the rnarshaller OF the Newberry
forces, the man who. voting just before
Lorimer, was an example to Lerimer
how to vote the man who never had n
generous emotion''-if this official leader
OF the dead reaction and class interest
Is the best the aristocrats can do, why
should they rule?
We smirk a little at the prospect Of
two Of our contributors in the next
House OF Commons. H. G. Wells and
Norman Angel will bother the safe and
annoy also these labor members who rely
overmuch on words. Neither is an in
nocent enthusiast. Both are relentless
po~euers of a fairer civilization. They
Joined the Labor Party after many
years OF hard work, in which labor lead
ers and trained scholars worked in har-
mony--they Joined it because in 1917
that party emerged as the representative
OF reform to the bottom, but reform by
practical routes. The platform was
drawn up not by labor men, but by the
famous economist, Sidney Webb. When
the labor element wished to grapple
with the aiI-important problem of the
press, the man they asked for a report
was Mr.. Angel. Mr.. Angels article in
our September issue all who read it must /
wildly remember. And we have in hand
another article going to fundamentals of
self government. Mr.. Wells views are
shown in Men Like Gods more easily |
and clearly than ever before. Men OF
this type are going from the Liberal |
Party into the Labor Party because the |
Labor Party comes nearer to having an
appropriate modern program. There Is
some talk of a third party in this coun-
try for 1924. Where is Its program?
You cannot make a third party by mere-
~ saying you want one, or by merely |
that the cid parties are corrupt
and stupid. There VIII be no third par
ty OF any Importance In this country
until expert thinkers. the best labor
leaders, OF the type OF John Brophy. and
some farmer interests, such as the lead
srs described in our next issue by Will
lam Hard, are able to construct a pro-
gram on which all of them can stand.
When the sages at Paris made Poland
90 large, they did her no favor. When
The marched into Russia, and took
away territory clearly not hers, she
ldded TO her already existing dangers.
I she continues to antagonize Germany
md Russia in order to quiet the fears of
france, she will have a terrible awak-
ming.
Miss Strongs account OF the present
empsr OF Poland is reassuring, although
{ clearly marks the dangers. Let us
~ wish to that perilous land TIRE wis