The Washington herald., 1913-12-05

| J. Henry Cooke is one member of tn,
Ohio Democratic delegation In Congress;
who comes back TO business hoping thai
his district will be given a big Fedora
appointment before New Years Day
Cooke is modest. but not timid, and he
has taken hold of Congressional business
in a way that has appealed to his district
hitherto inclined to the two terms anc
OUT folly, so that he promises to break
the hoodoo and show what a Congress.
man can accomplish II given the chance
The patronage proposition that interests
| Cooke just now is the possible appoint.
ment of Judge Hugh T. Mathers on the
Interstate Commerce Commission. The
judge is from Sidney. and before going
on the bench was active enough In poll
tics to please the most fastidious. and
dangerous enough to give Congressional
! candidates much to think about every
four years. In fact, when the word passed
that Judge Mathers would appreciate the
appointment on a big Federal commission.
other ambitious Democrats in the district
breathed easier and approved Senator
Pomerene's demand for the MathSs Sc
lection.
II might mean much for Cooke to have so
important a place given his district, and
II is not forgotten that Ansberry, in the
adjoining district, rejoiced in the selec-
tion OF Salzgober as Pension Commits
sioner very early in the Wilson admin
istration. Ohio has never had a MEM
ber OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, and II seems about time for so
great a State TO connect with such an
important body in an official way.
Besides the Cooke Congressional dis
trict has not been much in other years
OF Democratic domination at Washing
ton, even though Senator Brice was pow
erful during the last Cleveland term.
Brice was a legal resident Of the dis
trict, and never lost touch with affairs
at home. even II his business kept him
much in the East.
Senator Pomerene is indicating Politi-
cal wisdom and a looking ahead to a
second term in his effort to favor the
Democratic section Of Ohio with big ap-
poIntments. The Cooke district Is about
the most reliable Democratic region in
Ohio, and in a Senatorial primary could
swing things heavily for candidate who
had done some swinging in the matter
OF patronage during Democratic domina-
ton at Washington.
Congressman Kent Of California, who
rejoices in being a little different from
any one else without any one else car
ing very much. is proud to put himself
down as an independent" without ex-
planning why he feels impelled to do IT.
Recently he discovered that the Monroe
doctrine was an obsolete proposition, and
wondered why he had not thought OF II
long ago.
The Kent discovery" was due to read
ing a book by Hiram Bingham. a Yale
professor. who declares the Monroe doc
trine a worn-out shibboleth and the ma
tion foolish in maintaining it, The Cali
fornia statesman thinks so much OF this
book that he has sent a copy TO every
member OF Congress, supplementing the
gift with the explanation that he thinks
the distribution a national duty.
Meantime the Monroe doctrine is do
ing business at the old stand without
even threats of a shaking up by a
Democratic President.
The first callers on Gov. Glynn before
he had finished breakfast were George
Winthrop Fairchild and William NJ.