Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-01

Utah, Arizona, Washington, Oregon
or Iowa? We are told the trip is
to be free from political considera-
lions and the senators from those
states already are enlisted in the
cause and using their influence in
behalf of the plan, The president
is needed in other states where there
is opposition.
Naturally, therefore, the president
in making this western trip will visit
particularly Illinois, Wisconsin, Ida
no and California. OF course there
may be other states where the sen.
ators have not yet declared them.
selves, notably Nebraska, Minnesota
and the Dakotas. All the time pos
sible should be given to those states,
and such others as are represented
by senators who are members of
the foreign relations committee and
who are opposed to his idea.
Will Mccormick See Light?
1t may be that since the recent
mayoralty election in Chicago Medill
Mccormick has seen the light and
will be good. And over in Wiscon.
sin, what a good time the president
would have! La Follette's friends,
naturally would turn out by the
thousands to give him a hearty well
come-offering to him a splendid op-
portunity for conversions. In Ida
no he would be enthusiastically re-
ceived by Borah. They could sit
upon the same platform and fight
it out. The president is indebted
to Borah for so much that he is due
it to Idaho to make her q visit.
Out in California, what an oppor.
tunity is presented to the PRESIDENT
Hiram is away and the president
could get in the first lick. He has
the press Of that state with him,
so the president could make hay
while the sunshines." The people
of California are impressionable yet
progressive, and there the president
could get off to a flying start.
If this is to be a real fight, why
not play it in strong way? The
west likes strong characters. That
is why Roosevelt and Wilson and
johnson and Borah have large fol.
lowings in that section.
OF course, politically, it is little
risky for the president to go into
California. But Hughes did it. IT'S
true that at that time Hughes and
Johnson were both candidates, one
for the presidency, the other for
the senate. While the trip to Cal
ifornia finished Hughes, that Incl.
dent Of history should not deter
the president.
While it is true Johnson now op-
poses our entrance into the inter-
national court, he is not a candidate
for senate, nor is the president a
candidate for reflections So, with
Johnson out of California and Hard.
ing not caring about his candidacy
for second term-in fact, having
already ostracized all of those gentle.
men who were formerly his closes
friends because they unwisely men.
toned his name as q candidate for
e-election-there should be no com.
plications about visit upon his part
to California.
People Admire Punch
The thing that many of us want
to see done is, since the president
has taken 81 position, for him to
follow it up and follow it up in a
Roosevelt-Wilson style. The Amer.
lean people admire nothing more
than they do a courageous leader
with a punch and decision, unafraid
to do battle with his opponents any
where and under all circumstances.
If the president will carry his
fight into the camps Of those of his
own party who oppose his policies,
he will display trait that the
American people admire and by so
doing he will rehabilitate himself in
his party and win greater respect
from the American people.
(CODyright 1923 21St Century Press)