The Washington herald., 1913-11-08
With the Political Procession.
By r. D. G.


I while doing It As a loyal adherent an.
| admirer OF DAILY. friend as wen as client
Judge Dixon lamented much the failure !.
put the DAILY name on the Senate ron cai
| and died before his time after q ioni
illness He was long a familiar nsuI'
| In washington before and after his sin
gle term In the House. and his Woo"
Mrs. Ida Dixon. has made washington
her winter home since her husband
long illness and death.
/ Mrs Dixon continues Interested
Montana politics, rejoicing some that
Democrat, Senator Myers, came IN ~
the successor OF Tom Carter. but caring
more for the continued progress OF hei
State. She recently presented her nus
bands fine law library to the UNIVERSITY
Of Montana and later gave an OIL paint
ing Of the Judge which was unveiled viii
an unusual ceremony this week.
Out in ChiIIicothe, Ohio. where Presi-
dent Wilson has an uncle for whom
he was named-Thonas Woodrow-the
Republicans are rejoicing over the de-
feat OF Congressman Claypoofs orother
a candidate for solicitor. There was no
contest for Mayor. as both parues m
good behavior, but there was a rush
of Democrats to smite the Congress
man by defeating the brother all be-
cause the Congressman picked the wrong
man for postmaster.
Uncle Thomas will explain It all when
he comes on for the wedding with the
same old reference to purely local is
sue" but the Democratic member OF
Congress can sniff the atmosphere Of
trouble a year ahead Of his effort for
a third term.
Possibly the White House win, ask
Uncle Thomas why the really big and
powerful Democrats OF ChiIlicothe town
opposed Wolfe. the postmaster chosen
by Nephew woodrow, and the good uncle
will tell the whole story Of a very gen.
eral demand for some one else by the
really leading Democrats Of the town.
Tom Taggart, OF Indiana, who was
chairman OF the Democratic National
Committee In 1904. but has long since
ceased to apologize for what happened
to his party that year. is feeling better
since Tuesday. His personal friend and
candidate for Mayor Of Indianapolis was
elected easily enough, thanks to a Pro-
gressive candidate dividing the Republi-
can vote. Taggart remains the Indiana
member OF the national committee, and
will be doing things IN the next national
~AS1C
touch with the Wilson administration.
The one sad spot in Indiana to Demo-
Gratis, and especially to that fine old
warrior, Congressman Cullop. Is Vim
cennes, which for the first time in its
history elected a Republican Mayor, Gull
lop left his Congressional duties in
WASHINGTON to take part in the campaign
for a Democratic Mayor. and incidental
ly to bolster up his own organization In
the district The loss of Mayor does
not exactly threaten the Cullop hold on
things in the district. but II would have
helped nightly to have kept Vincennes
from being the only important town on
the map to so wrong.
Veterans Of the civil war are less
frequent in Congress each year, and to-
day but eighteen soldiers OF the conflict
are in House and Senate, with the
Confederates very much in the majority.
Senator Bankhead of Alabama, with
CONGRESSMAN Taylor OF the same
State, were in the Southern army
and are proud to tell Of It Senators
Bacon of Georgia, Tillman of South
Carolina, Martin OF Virginia, and Thorn
ton of Louisiana were all In the columns
Of gray. as were Richardson Of Alabama,
Of North Carolina. Talbot OF
and Estopinal OF louisiana
now in the House.
The Senators who fought for the North
are Works OF California, Con OF West
Virginia, Bradley OF Kentucky, Nelson Of
Minnesota. Warren OF Wyoming, and
Du Pont of Delaware. The House MEM
bers VINO wore the blue are Gen. Sher-
wood of Ohio, kirkpatrick Of Iowa-only
two are Democrat 7one Republican,
great contrast to .the years following
the war when every other district North
and South sought to send a soldier.
A half dozen Spanish-Americau> war
veterans are now House members, 50 the
sentiment for soldier statesmen has not
wholly lapsed.