Evening star., 1924-11-10

a s1ap-on- the-back politician. but
those whom he liked and trusted
were always sure of a cordial greet
ing and a share of his confidence.
Some claimed that Mr.. Lodge was
vain man and that he liked adula-
ton. That was true to some extent,
particularly in his latter days, but
unless it came from his real friends,
f1attery made little impression on
him. 1t was not on the public plat
form or on the floor of the Senate
that the real Lodge was seen. 1t
was in his committee room or In his
hospitable home that he revealed his
true friendly nature.
A man who had the same butler
for a quarter of century and the
same servants for even longer
period. must have been a kind
hearted employer All of his private
secretaries regretted to leave him.
and when they accepted better posi-
tions he still retained their friend
ship.
Happy With Friends.
On his 10th birthday there appeared
in the Boston Globe a brief story OF
his career. He wrote to the authors:
"Growing old is not a pleasant proc
ess and as the number of ones birth
in such expressions of affection and
kindnesses as are contained In your
account. 1t means great deal to me
to know that have friends like you
who are glad that l am still here"
The one ambition of Senator Lodges
life was reached In 1918, in the second
term Of Woodrow Wilson. when the
Republicans got back control of the
Senate and he was made chairman or
From that moment the stubborn tight
against President Wilson and his
League of Nations started
1t was said that Mr.. Lodges oppo
sition to the league was due to HIS
personal hatred of Woodrow Wilson.
Mr.. Lodge always denied this. When
Mr. Wilson died, Senator Lodge was
appointed a member of the Senate
committee to attend the funeral, but
he was missing and it was said that
he was i'll with a cold After the fu-
neral, Charlie Groves, Washington
correspondent of the Globe, and l
called at the Senator's home to in
quire about his condition. AS we
stood in front of the log fire Mr..
Lodges relations with the dead ex-
President were broached.
Opposition Political.
My oppc sition to Mr.. Wilson was
political, not PERSONAL said Mr.
Lodge, but l am sorry to say that
he cordially disliked me and be-
lieved that I disliked him. l op-
posed his league without reserva-
tions because l believed that 1t was
bad thing for the United States.
His attitude was Take it or leave it
Sign on the dotted line A majori-
ty of the Senate. exercising its con-
Stitutional rights as to the treaty.
making power, refused to follow his
dictation and the country backed us
up in the election of 1920 by a seven
million majority"
Mr.. Lodge then related what he
termed the dog incident" to illus
trate the feeling he believed Mr. Will
son had toward him.
"One morning as l started for the
Capitol l saw a dead dog lying in
side the hedge in front of my house"
said the Senator. The collar of the
dog indicated that it belonged to
Admiral Grayson. President Wilson's
physician. l left instructions to the
butler to call up the admiral and
inform him that his dog was dead
The admiral and Mrs. Grayson came
over and arranged for removal Of
the carcass. They said they felt very
badly over the loss Of the dog, be-
cause it was a gift from the Presi-
dent, and the children were greatly
attached to it,
Wilson Quoted Wrongly.
That afternoon a story appeared
in the papers in which Mr.. Wilson
was quoted as saying that he was
sorry for the dog, adding that he
would not have a dog of his die in
the front yard of Senator Lodge"
Checking up on this story through
Joe Tumulty, the Presidents secre-
tary, l found that the President prob
ably never heard of the incident and
that the offensive statement ema-
mated from the executive office instead
of the White. House-proper proof
that misunderstand nding might often
be avoided if the principals would
get together and talk over matters.
But Woodrow Wilson and Henry
Cabot Lodge could no more get to-
gether, than the North and South
poles. They were of two different
schools of politics and thought
Wilson had a world mind-Lodge's
was American. Selfish, many claim.
The kind that would help Armenia,
but put America first in every
though, word and deed. Self pres
ervation was the corner stone of Mr.
Lodges foreign and domestic policies.
Perhaps that is not altruistic, but 1t
makes for the preservation Of Amer
lean independence, and. as an Ameri-
can with several generations back
of him, Mr.. Lodge offered no apollo
gies for his course. Il
Copyright. 1920