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however, both the New York Senators
being vigorously opposed to him.
Mr. Colby's name has been connected
frequently here lately with the boom ',
for Herbert C. Hoover for the Presi- ;
dency, and many wondered to-day if
this had anything to do with his selec- ;
tlon by the President. Those attempt- ;
ing to trace this connection bave been
thinking that Mr. Hoover was the
President'-- ciioice for his successor.
They couple with the report that Colby
has been for Hoover the fact that Colby
joined If over and Barnes a few months
ago in the purchase of "The Washing?
ton Herald. "
Fills Wilson Requirement
There is general agreement on every
I.and that Vi\<i President at least picked
a m-in whoso mind "would go along
willingly** with -tjis own. Mr. Colby
has remarked to friends within the
ia?t few months that he thought Pres?
ident Wi'son "towered so above every
one else" that he would not be properly
appreciated perhaps for half a century.
Mr. Colby added that for this reason
very often it would be impossible for
most people to understand the Presi?
dent's actions, but that he was ready
tc follow the President ant^ accept his
judgment on any question,
A Democratic politician to whom Mr.
Colby expressed this view repeated it
to the Tribune corrcspi?^ent to-night,'
as. showing that Mr. Colby would abso
lute'y till the bill of requirements for
Secretary of State as indicated in the
Wilson-Lansing correspondence. T'.iis
particular politician, incidentally, is
fine of those who is pleased with the
volhy appointment, regarding Colby as
,e "bully fellow."
D'ptoruatists Surprised
The President's admiration for Mr.
Colby has been manifested several
?times since the 191G campaign. He ap?
pointed Mr. Colby to tho Shipping
Jpoard. although he knew the appoint?
ment would mean a political light and
"would not please most of the Demo?
crats. The President sent Mr. Co'by
to London, late in l'.U?, as one of the
Allied Shipping Commission, which had
to do with the tremendously important
problem of handling the shipping de?
spite the submarine menace in such a
way as to keep the supplies from Ameri?
ca flowing to the armies fighting Ger?
many. The President summoned Mr.
Colby to Paris during the peace con?
ference as one of the "shipping ex?
perts."
Diplomatists in Washington, while
most guarded, in their comments, of
course; were as much surprised as any?
one else. A diplomat of a very im?
portant embassy asked a fricad what
ne thought of the new Secretary of
State.
"Who is it?" inquired the friend, a
newspaper man who had not heard the
news at that hour.
''Mr. Coolidge," said the diplomat.
"But Great Scott, Coolidge is a Re?
publican. Do you mean the Governor
of Massachusetts?" inquired the friend.
"Let me check up," said the startled
diplomatist. In a moment he apolo
t'i^td for his error and said the name
had slipped him. that it was Mr. Colby
who had been appointed.
There was mucn discussion in Wash?
ington to-night, in view of the fact
that the Senate may hold up confirma
':->n of Colby'? ?nnoi^tment for some
time, as to whether Mr. Colby can or
Wi.i assume his duties prior to action
by the Senate in confirming him. The
tone of his statement wa- taken to
mean that he did not expect to. It
was pointed out that when George
Rublce was appointed a member of the
Federal Trade Commission he assumed
office dospite the fact that ho was ap
pointed when tho Senate was in ses?
sion, and continued to hold office for
more than a year, holding alternately
regular and recess appointments, until
ho was finally rejected by the Senate.
Storm of Protest
The appointment aroused a storm
of protest in the Senate, and formal
statements were made by Senators that
they would oppose the confirmation.
It has been customary for the Sen?
ate to act upon Presidential nomina?
tions for Cabinet positions Immedi?
ately, but when the nomination of Mr.
Colby was received the Senate ad?
journed without going through the
customary formality of referring it to
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Senator Moses, Republican, of New
Hampshire, declared to-night that an
investigation would be held. Other
Republicans also said they would de?
mand an inquiry, and it was said that
Senators Loelgc, Knox and other Re?
publican leaders also favor an inquiry
before the nomination is acted upon.
The movement to reject the nomi?
nation is being led by Senator Cahier,
of New York. Senator Caleler and Sen?
ator Wadsworth, of New York, fought
the appointment of Mr. Colby as a
member of the Uniteel States Shipping
Board, They have calleel a conference
of New York Republicans rind of Sen- |
ate loaders to discuss plans for fight
i'^ his nomination as Secretary $f
State.
?senator' Wadsworth,' who organized
the light against Mr. Colby's appoint?
ment to the Shipping Board, said early
to-day that he was not disposed to op- !
pose his confirmation as Secretary of
State because he did not feel that he
should interfere with the President's
selection of a Cabinet.
Comment of Senators
Senators of both parties severely
criticized the appointment privately,
while some'. Senators openly de?
nounced it.
"I have yet to learn that Mr. Colby
is better qualified to be Secretary of
State than he was to be a member of ?
the Shipping Board," said Senator
Calder. "At a time like this we ought
to have a man of the highest type and
qualifications for that important posi?
tion. It looks as though he will never
Le confirmed."
Comment of other Senators follows:
Senator Sterling. Republican, of
South Dakota?I cannot comprehend
why the President selected Mr. Colby,
except on the theory that he will have
that degree of pliancy which the Pres?
ident seem? t? require of his Secretary
of State. The times are out of joint |
- -or the President's head is.
Senator Moses. Republican, of New \
Hampshire?I trust the new Secretary i
of State measures up to the standaret ;
(?emanded by the President in his cor- i
respondence with Mr. Lansing.
Senator Colt, Republican, of Rhode '
Island?No one seems to like it.
Senator Kenyon, Republican, of i
Jowa?I am inclined to believe that j
the appointment is a very bael one, and ;
that the Senate should hesitate before !
confirming it.
Senator Shields, Democrat, of Ten- '
nessee?Who is he? I thought he was I
a Bull Mooser. I don't understand it. I
Senator Ashurst, Democrat, of Ari- I
zona?It would be impossible to find a \
better man. I
Predict Rejection of Crane
Tho nomination of Mr. Colby was re
ceived perhaps less favorably by Sena- !
tors because it followed on the heels j
of the nomination of Mr. Crane to be
American Minister to China.
Rejection of the nomination of Mr.
Crane was predicteel to-day, and some i
Senators expressed the e>pinion that
the nomination would not be sent to I
the Senate in view of the. opposition to j
Mr. Crane.
-The ?selection of Mr. Crane was re?
ceived by Republicans in the Senate as
a personal affront to Senator Knox, of
Pennsylvania. Mr. Knox when he was
Secretary of State under President !
Taft recalled Mr. Crane while the hit- j
ter was on his way to China to take;
up the duties of American Minister
and at that time issued a formal state- ,
ment, saying he did so because Mr.
Crane had "talked too much."
Both Mr. Colby and Mr. Crane for-1
merely were stanch Republicans, and
both left the Republican party as the
result of the Progressive split.
Mr. Colby led the fight for seating
the Roosevelt delegates to the Repub?
lican National Convention of 1912.
Mr. Crane joined the Progressive
ranks and later the Democratic ranks
the sanr* y**?. He contributed $80,000
to the Wilson carrT?lign fund that y?nr
and is also said to have contr?Vnft??i
$S0,000 for the reelection of Senator
La Follette, of Wisconsin, when the
latter was unacceptable to the leaders
of the regular Republican organization
because of his radical policies. Mr.
(rall? also supported President Wilson
for reelection in 1916.
Colby Jfidely Known as
Lawyer atui Politician
Originally a Repitbican, Then a
Founder of Progressive Party,
He Supported Wilson in 1916
Bninbridge Colby, while always en?
joying honorable mention for various
important offices in the party which he
chose to follow for the time being,
' was never nominated for high office, ex?
cept in 1914, when he was the Progres?
sive nominee for Uniteel States Sena?
tor. Mr. Colby's political career has
been active ane? elastic. He started as
a Republican, joined the Roosevelt
Progressives and later became an ar?
dent Wilson Democrat. He was one of
the founders of the Progressive party.
In 1906 he was Republican leader of
! the old 29th Assembly District in this
'? city.
After the Bull Moose had been laid
I
awny In the political burying ground
Mr. Colby put his heart and soul in tho
cnmpalgn for the reelection of Presi?
dent Wilson. He became one of tho
"seven Uitle Progressives" who acted
as an advisory committee to Vance Mc
Cormick, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee. Mr. Colby took'
the lead in outlining ways and means
for resuscitating the Moose, and worked
hard to turn whatever Progressive vote
was l?ft in the country to Wilson. Mr.
Colby frequently came in close contact
with President Wilson at the White
House during the 191G campaign. His
activities in behalf of the President
were rewarded later, when in July, 1917,
Mr. Wilson appointed him a member of
the United States Shipping Board.
Counsel for Many Inquiries
Mr. Colby has enjoyed an enviable
reputation as a lawyer since he began
practice in this city in 1802. His repu?
tation as a forceful advocate and en?
thusiastic pleader for any cause he
represented before the bar of justice
is nation-wide. Prior to bis appoint?
ment to the Shipping Board ho lnid.be
come known as an expert in maritime
law. He had handled several impor?
tant maritime cases necessitating a
careful study of shipping in many of
its features. His advance in the legal
profession was rapid, and he figured in
many important cases. One of his first
c ionts-was Mark Twain, whose tangled
affairs in his publishing venture Mr.
Colby straightened out.
He has acted as counsel for many
local investigations, notably the
Thompson legislative investigation of
the Public Service Commission four
years ago. Many startling revelations
were brought out by Mr. Colby as
counsel for the legislative committee
until he resigned because of d.(Ter?
ences with Senator Thompson, its
chairman. Mr. Colby hns been an ac?
tive worker in civic affairs of the city,
and has taken a prominent part in
many local campaigns. His most re?
cent activity in this respect was as
chairman of the Non-Partisan Judi?
ciary Committee, which successfully
managed the campaigns of Justices
Joseph E. Newburger and tho late
Richard H. Smith in the last city
election.
With Wilson on Treaty
While Mr. Colby has made thousands
of speeches in recent campaigns and
at numerous dinners and public meet?
ings, he has seldom referred to inter?
national affairs as related to this coun?
try. Mr. Colby has stood firmly with
the President and the Administration
in regard to the ratification of the
peace treaty. Speaking last month at
the dinner of the National Retail Dry
Goods Association in this city he said:
"We are in more senses than one a
self-centered and provincial people.
We are a little too fond of vaunting
our greatness, without much patience
or disposition to examine the true ex?
tent and measure of ?i. We have
made so far a spectacle <>f ourselves
as a nation in tho way we have hesi?
tated and stumbled and delayed in the
ratification of this enlightened treaty
of peace. I have spent three days in
Washington; three of the most de?
pressing days I ever spent there. 1
liave gathered the impression from
sources that I regarded as dependable
that the treaty of peace to-day may
almost be said to be dead. That was
depressing. My heart and thought go
out to that great man who sees the
product of his vision, of his brain, of
his hand, underestimated, misprized,
despite fully used, aye, brought even to
the verge of rejection by his people.''
Opposed Prohibition
Mr. Colby has been a consistent and
vigorous opponent of prohibition. Urg?
ing . the repeal of the* Eighteenth
Amendment, in a recent public speed
he said:
??A great discussion, a great debate
is soon to open in the Supreme Cour
of the United States, involving thi
validity of an amendment which ha:
been proclaimed to be opposed to th<
Constitution. Th'is discussion wil
rank with the?greatest discussion o
our history; it will take its pine
alongside of the great debates in th
Senate in the time of Webster an?
Clay and Calhoun. it will take it
place alongside of those great lega
arguments that fed up to and precipi
tated the war between the states.
"Realize that the Eighteenth Amend
ment has been described as a r?volu
tion in our government.. Are we read
for a revolution, or shall we add her
to those blessed distinctions betwee
the power of the state and the powe
of the nation that distinction whic
has elone so much to promote our con
tentment, so much to preserve the bal
anee between our widely separated an
dispersed and differently intereste
communities'.'"
Career of Colby
Reviewed by Prest
Following ?s editorial comment fro:
New York evening and morning new:
1 papers on the appointment of Bail
bridge Colby as Secretary of State 1
the President:
The World
There could be no more comple
defiance of custom and precedent thi
the selection of Bainbridge Colby
succeed Robert Lan.-ing, and the
count be no more complete justificath
' for disregarding those- standards tin
the. President's own experience in a
hering to them in the past.
Mr. Colby necessarily will be an e
p?riment as Secretary of State, b
most of his predecessors have fccen e
periments, Men are- not born
diplomacy; they acquire it, and R
Colby's career as a Foreign Minister.
I before him; but he has qualificatio
; from which much can be expected ev
: during the bri< f period for which
is appointed, lie is an able lawyer,
brilliant public speaker, an intelligo
student of history and a fearless cha:
: pion of human freedom and of lib(
a'jsm in ??ovrrnment. His mind will
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along with the President's, bccnuse he
believes that Mr. Wilson's policies, In
the main, are the policios from which
the American people and the world nt
large have the mont to hopo.
The Sun
Tho nation is startled by Mr. Wil?
son's appointment of Bninbridge Colby
as Secretary of State at this juncture
of our crucial international affairs;
the Democratic party is shocked,
humiliated, that among all th? tried
and true Democrats of the country
there was none to fill this first oflice
in the gift of the President.
The Times
The appointment will not be received
with enthusiasm by the Democratic
party. Not long ago Mr. Colby was a
Republican, then he was a Progressive
of such firmness of conviction that he
clung to the fragments of that party
and what was left, of its Drinciples
after their great leader hael discarded
both as instruments that had served
his purpose. Four years ago he be?
came a Democrat. Recent converts
have been called to these high places
by Presidents of both parties, but
such appointments have never given
joy lo the faithful.
If there was any political reason for
eheiosiug Mr. Colby it was not. a wise
one. Just what his political principles
are it might be difficult to determine,
but the country will be very much sur?
prised to learn that he is a conserva?
tive. Yet the country itself is conser?
vative; the evidence of its conservatism
i.s marked, and every day becomes more
impressive. The Repuolicans, confident
of victory and diligently attentive to
signs of popular feeling, have taken
their position as a party opposed to
radical innovation:-, and experiments.
The Democrats will make no headway
by pursuing an opposite course.
The Evening W ?rid
The choice comes as a surprise to those
who remember Mr. Colby as a Progres?
sive of Progressives, energetic worker
for Theodore Roosevelt in 1912, and
himself a candidate for Governor e>f
New York in the Progressive state con?
vention eif tin' same year.
An able and successful lawyer. Mr.
Colby lias also been a stanch defender
of the Constitu? ion against invasion by
national prohibition or any other move?
ment to restrict personal liberty and
stuto rights.
The Globe
The country knows now what quali?
ties President Wilson demands in a
Secretary of State. They are not such
as most of us would think desirable!
whan this nation is engaged in the
nnPt important international under?
taking in history; but it is for the
President to choose, and no one else.
That Mr. Colby is competent to be the
sort of Secretary of State the President
requires few would have the temerity
to deny.
The Mail
If he is to be in fact Secretary of
State, we may look for a record of
achievement; if Mr. Wilson is to con?
tinue to be his own premier there will
be no other result than that, which lias
followed seven years <;f Wilson. What
that record is tiie country knows; each
can judge for himself.
The Broeiklyn Eagle
Known as a man of independent
convictions, Mr. Colby's careo- in his
new position will be everywhere
watched with interest. . . . We do!
no* think the President intends to
loosen in any single respect h i s con?
trol over department affairs and for?
eign relations. If Mr. Colby is not
pware of this he has learned nothing
from the amazing experience of his
im m eel i ate predecessor.
The Brooklyn Times
Just what ability Mr. Colby may
show in the high office of Secretary
of State remains t.; bts seen.
President Wilson has not allowed his
state secretaries much latitude. Mr.
Bryan parted from him reluctantly,
and Mr. Lansing was . . . notified
that his absence from the Cabinet was
pre fcrable to his presence. Mr. Coiby
may be more fortunate than his pre?
decessors. He will have a shorter time
i- serve, and during that time the af?
fairs of the State Department will he
conducted by the President himself.
Colby Hack From Capital:
Wont Add to Statement
Bainbridge Colby returned to his
home, -1?) East Sixty-sixth Street, front
Washington on the Congressional Lim?
it?e, last evening. He said he had noth?
ing to add at this time to his state?
ment issued in Washington.
When asked if he and the Pre-nient
were in accord in their views concern?
ir.;,' the. league and the peace treaty,
Mr, Colby said that mighf be; inferred,
from his appoi ni merit.
"What are your present political af?
filiations?" he was askeel.
"1 Jin ft r t.i mako no further .--tate?
me nt at this time," he repeated.
Mr. Colby said he was called to
Washington Tuesday night and told
that Mr. Wilson was considering him
for the post. Yesterday morning, he
?rid, he was told definitely of his ap?
pointment.
Mr. Colby's attention was called to |
a passage in an address which he do- ?
liverod before the National Retail Dry!
Goods Association on February 19.
Stenographic records of that uddresaj
quote him as saying:
"I have just spent three days in (
Washington?three of the most de-!
pressing days 1 ever spent there. I
have gathered from sources I regard as
dependable that the treaty of peace
to-day may almost, be said to be dead."
Mr. Colby said that he had spoken
extemporaneously on that occasion, but :
did not believe he had said exactly
that.
Apparently Mr. Colby at one timo .
had little sympathy with the dilatory !
tactics at Washington and note writ- ;
>ng practiced by the President prior
to 'our entrance into the World War. j
At. a meeting of the Progressive Na- j
tional Committee In Chicago in Jan- !
nary. 1916, he said:
"Has the true voice of our country |
yet been heard? Better than a third
or a fourth or a fifth note from our
State Department, each excelling its j
predecessor in rhetorical finish and
dialectical refinement, are, it seems to !
me, such rugged words as were spoken j
by Grant at Fort Donelson: 'No terms
except unconditional and immediate ,
surrender can be accepted. I propose?
to move upon your works Immedi?
ately.' "
Speaking at a dinner of the Mining !
Engineers in February, 1918, Mr. Colby ;
said:
"1 believe that America has at last i
really awakened. The last six weeks, I
think, have seen a totally different
spirit abroad in the land. We've
turned the corner; of that I am sure.
The news from now on its going to be
brighter and better."
Speaking at the dinner of the Sphinx
Club in this city on October 4, 1919.
.Mr. Colby predicted that, the. peace
treaty finally would be ratified with
some harmless reservations or ex?
planatory amendments.
"The Republican party is embar?
rassed by the protraction of its op?
position," said Mr. Colby. "Isolation
did not help the United States at all
when the World War broke. We might
better be forced to send If) 000 or
20,000 men overseas sometimes than
to be obliged again to raise an armv
of 1000,000 and send half of them
over."
nines'- of his dautrhter brought Mr.
Colby back to New York. He will prob
rbly i"turn to Washington in a few
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