Show WILSON NOT W AE HOW HO PARTY lEANS l Presidents President's i lent s Seclusion u Said to Explain Why Vy He Asked For Military l y Training r 01 Only V to to Get Hard Rebuff B By y David Lawrence Copyright 19 1920 O b by Salt Lake Herald Washington ton D. D C C. Feb 1 12 Team 2 Team Teamwork work Js is an essential In party part government government govern o ment and Pi President Wilson's Wilsons on defeat dc at atthe atthe the tho hands sands of or the caucus of Democrats u who refused to take his advice about universal military training Is la an ex excellent excellent ex- ex example of the thc loose connection connection tion lion or defective dec lIn lino of or communication tion between the House House and Capitol hill a circumstance that hason hason has hason on more than one occa occasion lon threatened to be troublesome ome but has hM never com come cometo to the surface surface- so clearly as In ln the vote o of to 38 s against ag a I. I White While House request The President has be been n. n secluded so much that he ho isn't aware o of what Is going on Inside his own pari party There caucus of was no real necessity for tor a a. Democrats to declare a against universal military training training- The Tho Republican leadership o of Representative had already expressed unalterable opposition opposition op op- op- op position to the scheme on the ground of expense There was moreover cr no necessity for a a. letter cr from the White WhiteHouse House t to tho the Democrats advising them themon thema on un the thc matter for on onto co the caucus was a called and the plan to hold It had d dunder been 1 President nt under way war for a week tire week the mi might ht have discovered on consulting any well informed members of or the Democratic cratic party part in the House that the preponderant sentiment was against universal sal military militar service or training training- I that has an any compulsory feature In it 1 VIl II on onI Action Positive ro But Mr Wilson without finding Inding out the situation in ia the House sent a letter letter letter let let- ter not merely merch advising that the Democrats Democrats Dem Dem- bide their time an and wait walt for the tho San Francisco convention to determine what hat shall toe Abe th the Issues of the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic party part in the campaign campal n. n but giving ing Int at the same time lime an endorsement endorsement the of-the of the universal military militar training p plan Had he failed t to cot commit m himself and n merely merel urged postponement the blow that came In tho the vote of 10 to 36 25 would have been merely merel a difference of or opinion as to the proper time to mal make e a declaration on the subject and not nt nota I a a. objection to the principle of or military training approved ed b by the President and Secretary Baker and the general staff starr of the arm army It is iR about time that the executive e branch brunch o of the tho government discovered discovers that unmerited as the opinion may be the general staff staf is hardly popular on Capitol hill Memories of or the brusque treatment r received l ed b by members of ot the House and Senate during the war when thc they used to sit cooling their heels outside outside outside out out- side the offices Cl of lieutenants s captains colonels and aro are on only 1 too fresh in the minds o of our legislators les who ho never novel forget forgot such things an anyway way But fundamentally fundamentally- tho the Democratic members of the House who are arc op opposed opposed op- op p- p posed to military training training- hall hail from Crom the west and south As 01 tho the lat latter r section members members' say their constituents constituents constituents arcs arc absolutely opposed to military military military mili mili- tary training training- largely because o of a fear that to arm tho the negro youth of the country three months of or tiro year might mis-ht make it difficult to handle said youth the other nine months Southern members mcm- mcm bers arc are alwa always sensitive c about any piece of h legislation that touches the raco question and the they arc having ha too many war post-war troubles on the race question anyway to experiment with universal military training In time of ot peace Farm Labor Deterrent As for the west the objection seems to be that farm labor Is scarce e enough h as It Il is and that tho the dislocation to a ag agriculture agriculture ag- ag caused 1 by the tho wartime conscription conscription conscription con con- is too loo recent to permit of any peace time lime scheme that tha t is even remotely analo analogous ous to the selective draff There arc are western members member of r- r course who argue in favor of or military t f training on the tho ground that it helps tho the health o of the nations nation's youth and andI andt I gives UK us a preparedness s for Cor war which t l f we didn't have when the J- J an anwar war came But the trend seems to be bej beto j J to 10 return to the same state of or suspicion susi sus- sus i about a large m military III tar establIshment establishment establishment now as the tho west had when Pre President Wilson campaigned ned for Secretary Sec- Sec rotary Garrisons Garrison's continental army and andre re reserve system Members from the tho west say their constituents arc are not nol ex exorcised exorcised ex- ex over the possibility o of another I big g war for the next ten years cars at al least because the world is In a a a. state o of eco ceo S and financial exhaustion The Is disposed dis- dis question by no means 1 posed of The Republican party Is In inI control of both branches of oC the govI gov- gov I eminent and must soon declare itself I The revolt re of ot the Republican leaders of o the House against the Senate leaders leaders lead lead- ers era on this Issue is due to the same game me line Une o of rea reasoning which western Democrat Democrats Demorat Demo Demo- crat rat have p advanced nt d Fv P g i i with wilh th the I support of oC the American Legion It is doubtful whether the plan would go through as RS n. n Republicans and Democrats fear Cear the women voters arc opposes opposed to the scheme that farmers don dout dont t want It it and that organized labor is IB far ar from Crom enthusiastic tlc about tho the creation or of a largo larSo federal force that ml might ht upon occasion bo used for strike duty President nt Disappointed President Wilson Is la unquestionably disappointed that his party follow rollow fol follow rol- rol low him Some of or his friends have Ju keen never ne believed he was especially for universal military training himself him himself him him- self though he has endorsed the idea before with the proviso pro that It would bo ho accompanied b by vocational tion His perfunctory attitude heretofore here here- had not a little to do with the calm wa way In which louse House D Democrats ignored his communication on tho the sub sub- sub sub sub- j Sect t. t Insofar as the Democrats arc are being bo- bo boIn boIng In Ing taunted toda today with having ln re rebuked rebuked re- re their leader In the Wh White tc House it was morel merely a a many o of them say difference of or opinion on one question and amI docs does not involve ol the thc entire subject subject sub sub- o of the Wilson lIson leadership as thc they argue arue will bo be e demonstrated whenever er the occasion for fOI such a showdown arises But disinterested observers cannot but bo be impressed with the tho fact that as it becomes apparent that Woodrow Wilson lIson isn't going oln to run for a third term his leadership hangs hanga s sin In fn tho balance Each Democrat In n the I House Is inclined to shift for himself this presidential year rear or at I least until untila I a candidate is nominated ted at San fean Francisco Iran Fran Cisco chIco to lead the tho Democratic party part anew I |