Evening star., 1923-10-09

1t is not the "enemy's country" now.
Magnus Johnson has invaded the
east and the least is his'n. the
! senator from Minnesota seemed ac-
cording to most editors who discuss
his first trip to Washington via Ne"
York and Philadelphia, to be a real
human being. When he called at the
Capitol and explained he wanted to
get acquainted and draw his pay
| check" bond of sympathy was Gre
ated that probably will mean mucn
| to the farmer-senator when he act
ually gets down to business in what
once was characterized as the "Rlcn
Mans Club" OF course there Is natural
criticism of the addresses of the sena-
tor, especially his suggestions Tor the
reform of the Federal Reserve Board.
Rut 1t is of distinctly more friendly
character than advance criticisms be-
fore the senator left the west indicat-
ed he might expect.
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TT is Magnus modified, asserts
the Philadelphia Bulletin, "and> ne
has taken the pains to point out that
ne Is not SO radical, after all. and
that he respects the courts and thinks
the government machinery In the
main sound. Far from appealing TO
tc,ass consciousness. he insistantly
| has stressed the support that his own
(! candidacy, as he asserted had from
the business interests, even the bank
ere of his own state. Botn as a
| source of diversion and as an object
of anprehension, it Is probable that
che Minnesota senator will come far
short of conservative forecast" Not
only was this the fact, but tie thlro
! marty zealots got little encourage
ment from his visit east, the new
York Evening Post insists. pecause i
| aonIv in the event that both or the
ola IA rites name standpatters will he
Savnr q. third ticket Four years from
now he suggests conditions may be
different. BY that time the farmer
labor organization may be strong
s,ates TO make a presidential ticket
sJvisable. This 10 unpalatable coun.
sell for impatient reformers. but 1t
comes from a man who has the pres
4 ffee of political success" the dec
iaration of the senator that about
haIs of the existing laws should be
| tbrown into the river" Is very warm
" n, aised by the Miami Herald, which
Insists "tte redoubtable Magnus has
mt himself in line with what many
4 nf the more serious thinking people
Of the country have been saying"
The Wilkes-Barre Record likewise,
commenting on his New York ad-
dress. suggests there was a saving
feature in hts appearance. He did
not pretend to know everything. And
the measure of what he knows may
he taken by inches instead of by
Yards. according to the trend of his
1 remarks"
The suggestion made, following his
| election. that he was "a radical and
NOT only a radical. but an illiterate
| radical at that" now are recalled by
| the Rochester Times Union to en-
nhasize that "he and his fellow farm
ers have the utmost respect for the
! Constitution; that they believe In po-
1 Iftical action as q means OF exerting
their influence: that while he believes
| the Esch- -Cummins law should be
modified he is willing to postpone any
such drastic step as public ownership
of railroads until there Is general
| Sentiment on non-political manage
ment'', and to assert such a man is
i NOT radical. The new senator, the
4 baltimore Evening Sun says, has an
i open mind. But as chroniclers OF the
new. the unusual. the bizarre ard oc-
"a asionally OF the significant we had
look "a forward TO this day. Alas. Il
turns TO dust and ashes! Surely Mag.