The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-29
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There is passage in the Aeneid when translated by the useful interlinear by means of which this writer perused that classic, reads;
 Gan in heavenly breasts such resent ment dwell?"
 Under no possible construction could the breasts of Senator Reed of Missouri and Senator Moses of New Hampshire be regarded as heavenly. The quotation, however, instantly suggested itself when the resentment entertained hy these | statesmen" against the League of Mi tion sand all wio espoused or still es- pouse that cause, made itself. during the Box investigation, discernible to every eye.
 The attitude of Mir. Reed and Mir. Moses was not that of dignifed senators bent on ascertaining the truth, but that of prosecuting attorneys bent on obtain- ing conviction
 There wns apparent what was regatd. cd as a predisposition oh their parts to lay traps through clever inquiries to in volve and enhbarrass witnesses. And at times it appeared that tfey were deter mined to use, if necessary, their iqnuisi- torial powers actually to browbeat. k Theoretically, members of Gt investi- Enting committee are unbiased judges. Practically, however. many members are partisans. And, parentheticnlly, it is seemingly difficult for lawyer coming to congress to forget that he has ac- quired new dignity and is no longer engaged in the business of convicting de- fendants or securing the relense of clients involved in some police court scandal.
 Now, Mir. Box may be a dreamer of dreams, and as impractical as other dreariers of dreams have proved them selves to be. Perhaps, his efforts to bring about world peace is Utopian and quixotic. Perhaps, he did have an idea that if his plan met the approval of tho people, the senate would be impressed. Perhaps, he is even proved to be mar plot, meddler In affairs the concern of which is not his.
 But certainly he has committed no crime. And certainly it has not been ueHloHbtFuteu tiluU III HHy rehpectS ne mas conducted himself other than as gen tleinnn does.
 Therefore, in the opinion of observers. it was entirely gratuitous for Reed and Moses tD insinuate by their questions that Box declined to declare tn. amount of his personal fortune he had expedited for fear lest such declaration would de- grade him.
 \ No less oppressive were the senator's when Miss Lape took the stand She was grilled as severely as if sllr had been criminal, or suspected of shielding q criminal.
 In one instance she declared that she could not produce all the letters that had been transmitted to her by her em- ployer, Mir Box. Some of them. she said, had been written with pencil and regarded by her as unofficial.
 Mir. Reed, nimbly, as usual. made the curt remark that a pencil of itself Could not make q letter unofficial which. 1t is altogether certuin, Miss Lape knew. and followed that crushing remark with the insinuating question
 If those penciled letters were not of ficial what were they?"
 Oh, well. this is the day of the eternal triangle, it is said certainly the day when the suggestive novel appeals to the bulk of human kind
 And perhaps Miss Iape was not tlee,j- ly humiliated. And perhaps there was reasonable excuse for Mir. Reed.
 But that resentment tO which refer ence was made will certainly kill Some senators if it is true that hatred, long nurtured is fatal.