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Show H THE CAP IN THE M CABINET H Mr. Li. M. OarrUon doubtless tin- H presses Mr. Woodrow Wilson as a H i most foolish person. Tho former re- H tires from an eminent position ot H honor and trust rather than partlcl- H l pnto In a mistaken solution of tho H ( t I preparedness problem which "would H ' prevent If not destroy tho opportun- H Uy to procure measures of real, gon- H ulno national defense " Tho latter H can coucclvo of no principle nnd no H ' raeasuro whoso success bo desires H ' lnoie than his position and his ro- H nomination. H h President Wilson was as lrrovoca- H bly committed to tho continental ar- H my proposal as was his Secretary of M War. Tho plan was drawn by tho M t Secretary, but tho President nccopt- M ed It and made It bis own. Ho has B advocated It and defended It. It was BfJ J us profoundly his policy ns any of BfJ tho other solutions ot national prob- KfJ Icms ho has offered. But he has H demonstrated In Its behalf nono of H ) the Itrmucss that distinguished tho BfJ ll curlier years ot his administration HBf becauso tho opposition to It Is In his HB own party and ho yearns for rcnoml- M i Tho continental army policy Joins H tho others tho President has wolcom- H 'j cd In basto and abandoned at lelsuro M , when expediency called. It has enter- H ed tho discard with watchful watting, H J freo trade, freedom ot tho ocas, H utato's rights, nation wldo prcsiden- H 1 tlal prlmarlos, ono presidential term, M tree passage for American coastwlso H I ships through tho Panama Canal, H I peace at any prlco, too proud to fight tho now freedom, and so on, ad In- H flnltum, ad libitum, ad nauseam. M Secretary Garrison's retirement Is H ' moro serious than the mero with- H drawal of tho only important member H of tho government who seemed to M ' comprehend tho necessities of nation Hj nl dcfcnBo and to ho sincere in seok- tng to supply them. Ho alone res- IbbV BBBBBBBBmT BiLiiiiiiiiisL cued the cabinet from hopeless mediocrity, medi-ocrity, lie alono aroso above pettifoggery petti-foggery and parochial politics In considering national questions. Ho nlone gained and hold public confidence confi-dence In his Intelligence and his sincerity. sin-cerity. The remainder of tho cabinet cabin-et could sit comfortably In tho slnglo chair ho has vocated. Herald Republican. |