The Washington herald., 1914-01-09

tULIIlCA kkOCESSIUN.
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While Charles J. Faulkner. legal resi-
dent OF West Virginia, and busy iaw.
nan. admitting sixty-stx years OF nonest
endeavor on earth, he recalls MS poy-
hood association with the son OF Louis
Napoleon. who met death later In Africa
Senator Faulkner was q lad when mis-
father was Minister TO France under
Buchanan, and Napoleon was the great
figure OF Europe. 1t was quite the natural
thing for the son, Of the American MIN
lister to become playmate OF the french
Emperor's son. who was year or TWO
the elder. The prince had the most
wonderful playhouse In the world.
Every toy ever devised was In his sec
ton Of the Tuileries gardens or In the
palace. They did not have aeroplanes.
automobiles, or even telephones In those
Gays or the prince imperial would have
had them TO the limit Of inventive power
or improvement The Senator sighed q
moment az he told OF happy boyhood
days with the HER to the throne OF
France and then unmarked that. after
all. the time had passed rapidly and he
still lacked four years OF the prophetic
prescription OF threescore and ten for
the average man.
He modestly rsfrained from remark
ing what occurred to those In his
circle; that since those days Of boyhood
In an Emperor's garden he had held high
ONCE. including dozen years in the
Senate. There was quick jump from
the banks Of the Seine to the waters Of
the Potomac as the talked turned from
princes to politics. and especially the
cant ever causing apprehension In West
Virginia. Senator Faulkner expressed
much Satisfaction over the appointment
of his fellow-townsman. Stuart Walker.
to be United States attorney and COM
plimented the political wisdom Of Presi-
dent Wilson in needing the political
segacity and general, longheadiness Of
Senator Chiffon. While Senator Faux
ner did not SO remark II was added by
others that the appointment OF Walker
was the best bit Of politics to Chilton's
credit since he came from the Kanawha
region to Join Clarence Watson in the
Senate. The good politics of the Walker
appointment, apart from the high stand
ing of Walker himself, is in the notable
fact that the powerful Watson organiza-
ton In the State can only approve 1t
and be thankful that some one opposed
to the Watson domination In West Vir-
ginia politics was not appointed.
A secret meeting OF Ohio brewers was
called recently. possible for the purpose
Of finding out why 1t had been handed
to them and the business generally by
legislators at Columbus and Washington
In spite of the expensive lawyers and
lobbyists ever on the job at either place
The beer makers of Ohio have been CIV
en- the worst Of II year after year and
wonder why their paid legislative agents
are SO powerless. II Is easy enough to
explain at the Washington end, as the
supposed lobby in behalf OF beer has
operated along kindergarten lines
II some Of the big. broad methods of
railroad magnates' lawyers and the
retinue Of trained managers in behalf of
big industrial interests had been en-
ployed by the brewers they would not
have been in the calamity zone today.
crying out against oppression and perse-
cution."
The Ohio brewers can only blame the
inefficiency OF their lawyers and lobby
lists at Columbus while in national legis-
lation the brewers were thumped hard,
not so much because their paid agents
that members of Congress fear the over
whelming prohibition sentiment in prac-
tically every State of the Union. Just
thirty years ago Ohio led the fight for
taxing saloons 500 and 500 a year.
Now the license Is 1000 and hard TO
get at any price. Since then high license
and prohibition have prevailed the coun-
try over with statesmen in Washington
willing to talk about almost anything but
the liquor traffic.
Steubenville, a town where Edwin n.
Stanton lived before he was Lincoln's
Secretary o. War. and where the fighting
McCooks grew up. has until this term
for Congress in the famous John A. Bling
ham district. Justin Moore and Marshall
Duvall, both highly esteemed citizens of
Steubenville. were seeking the Repub-
lican Endorsement of Jefferson County.
Now comes word Of Justin's withdrawal,
giving Duvall the pleasure of trying to
defeat the rugged veteran. Gen. d. A.
Hollingsworth, Of Cadiz. The operations
Of Duvall 90 not worry Hollingsworth
quite SO much as the possible getting
together on q single candidate in the big
county of Columbiana- The Hollings-
worth hope Is for a hal dozen candidates
in the big industrial county. lately taken
from the old Mckinley district in ex-
change for Monroe, the Democratic
stronghold. given to George White, Of
Marietta, to insure him a third term.
1t was a hard blow at Francis. who
has twice carried the Hollingsworth dis
trict, but then White has also carried
a Republican district twice, and besides,
stood in with the Gov. Cox "machineH at