The Owosso times., 1922-02-03

II learned man. He has degrees from
northern, southern, eastern and mid
die western universities. lie has writ
ten on all sorts of subjects of mo-
ment. He is Il member OF learned So
cleties without number. His election
to the senate completes a trio of SEN
ators who are known as scholars In
politics.
Until Mr.. Peppers entrance into the
senate the scholars formed Al duo or
duet. whichever the word is. and 1t
was compOsed of one Democrat and
one Republican-SenatOr John Sharp
! Williams, Democrat, of mississippi.
and Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican,,
from Massachusetts
II may seem invidiOus to pick out
only three men from the United States
senate to dub as scholars in politics.
for of course there are other men of
educational parts in the upper house
or congress. but these three men seem
| to stand In sort of an "educated
field" by themselves.
1t probably is not necessary to say
much about the scholarly accomplish
ments of Henry Cabot Lodge. lie is
an author whose books are widely read,
and Of course his political career Is
well known. His books have been
largely of an historical and biogrnph
ical character. He has MS many ne
grees as the new cOmrade from Penn
| Sylvania and he belongs To So many
societies of learned nature that II
would take page of manuscript I"
set them forth.
Williams Is "Most Graduated"
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi
through his speeches. He sometimes
Is called the 'most graduated" man
In political life. He is a scintillating
speaker, n man who. as Il colleague
has put 1t, constantly strikes sparks
from his BRAIN" Senator Williams Is
graduate of the Kentucky Military
institute. the University of the South.
the University of Virginia and the
University of Heidelberg. Beyond this
he took law courses at the University
of Virginia. and at Memphis. Tenn.
1t Is said of some men that they
know a lot about everything. 1t can
not be true, of course. but one feels
after having looked on John Sharp
Williams and after having heard him
speak that he knows everything abo.t
everything. He certainly has member
ship In the trio Of scholars in politics
by right.
The scholars in politics sometimes
add exceeding interest to Il debate and
frequently not little humor. the lat
ter not so much by what they cay as
by the circumstances attending the
case. Once on Il time when Senator
Williams was I'm the house of repre-
sentatives he entered into debate
with an Indiana representative whose
name has gone from my memory,
on the comparative merits of
the writer's of Kentucky and of
Indiana. Mr. Williams. the Mississip-
plan, seemed to he ADLER to carry the
cudgels in behalf Of Kentucky than
any representative Of that state then
present in the house. There are men
today who remember the beauty OF
Mr.. Williams characterization and H.
lustration of the writings of james
Lane Allen, author of "A Kentucky
Cardinal" "The Choir Invisible" and
other stories.
When TiIlnan Corrected Hoar.
Touching the matter of humOr, an
I'm an elder day between
Senator George Frisbie Hoar and the
late Senator Benjamin F. Tillman was
not without amusement. although the
subject matter was the Book of Books.
George Frisbie HOar was accounted
the best Bible student in congress. bur
this accounting wns done without
knowledge Of the Bible lore Of Ben
jamin f. Tillman. The Massachusetts
senator. in endeavOring to make a
point. quoted passage from the Old
Testament. Instantly Senator Tillman
was upon his feet asking If the sena-
tor from Massachusetts would yield
for question. The senator from
yielded. Mr.. Tillnan
asked him If he was sure Of the accur-
acy of his quotation.
"Of course" was the quick and per-
haps entirely satisfied reply.
Then the South Carolina senator
said: II think the senator from Mus
sachusetts is in error" and he gave
the quotation as he said he believed
it appeared In the Great Book.
The matter rested there for few
but Senator Tillman sent Il
page for Bible and later he stood
upon his feet to read the quotation
and 10, the former senator from South
Carolina was right and the scholar sen
ltor from Massachusetts was wrong.
Anxious About Treaties.
officials cannot entirely hide their
anxiety today. lest all may not be
well with the treaties which are to
result from the present international !
'onference when they have been placed
in the more or less tender care of |
fhe senate. Their worries are mani.
fest and they reflect Il condition which
doubtless exists within the White
House.
The treaties are one thing and the
egislation is another thing. hut today
hey are bound together in n bundle