Show stewart ROW OVER OVErt MEMORIAL t STiltS STIllS Us U S By Cba's I r P Slew Stewart art NEA NE Service Writer WASHINGTON WASHINGTO JanA Jan A 4 4 A A lot lol lotof lotof ot of politics la Is i mixed up in the con con- controversy controversy tro eray over the tho relative great great- greatness greatness reat- reat ness o of the late Col Cot Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson It doesn't seem as It the validity of a IL deadmans mans man's claim to the honor honorof honorof ot of a national memorial memoria ought to tobe tobe tobe be regarded as depending on whether he was a Republican or ora ora ora a Democrat but apparently that's the way congress looks at it At any rate congress rs are arc divided mainly along party panty lines on the Roosevelt Wilson Roosevelt memorial proposition If Ie it were a question of ot the memorial alone two memorials would settle seUle the matter But as was pointed out recent recent- recently recently recently ly both bolh groups want the same sIte I As Aa Washington is planned just ju tono one unoccupied spot remains II ift Potomac Park where an imposing monument will show to the very ery best advantage antage The thought they had this spot pre empted and had their plans all drawn dran but now the are making a strong drive to upset the arrangement A surprising degree of bitter bitterness ness nees Is developing out of ot the wrangle The Tho Republican majority at the capitol Is in tn a position to decide In the favor tavor and that's their Inclination but It Isn't easy to go ahead with a proton proton- pretentious memorial to their heros hero's greatness In the tho face tace of ot a formidable formidable formidable able though a minority protest that he ha wasn't as a n great as aa they think he was wa The situation probably would greatly entertain the colonel It If he could be here to see it but It en- en enrages en enrage rages rage his admirers The on the other hand are ore placed in the position o of having president's to depreciate the war dents dent's accomplishments accomplishment aj as theIr only means of combating his great reat great ne ness nen superiority to the tho colonels colonel's Naturally this In turn Infuriates infuriates ates the Both Doth sides aides realize that Its It's an undignified squabble they resent regent It Iton Iton Iton on their respective great mens men's account and yet et while the other keeps keep i It upon neither one ran lOan stop it T The e suggestion heard rd In a few tew I |