The Washington herald., 1914-01-19

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abeuf hea4ins Jann Anthony Hughss
er ccasssn n H. 1ifth district e Wet
vinuinda. eounDf1ling : hoaen eQmt1os
rsacliing q thS ouufhsra boQn1axy iins of
th6 ccmmnaNpaith. Nls tAik ~ beU
! diversina = ths HnGo sreg1oq sver
sinca Jaunm a Ipn 3 Gocond term. ard
he ~ had ssvsa elections al told. wtfh
the honor four years ago Of being me
only Republicnn chosen In the state.
While NJ has had much 70 wDrry about
In the 1nGt two yeaus outside OF pouuce'
Hughes comes back TO Washingtcn with
the eH-tlrue ssrenity, and little more
IN touch with the back counties than IN
other campaim years. Besides. there y
4 superstitiouD faith in the HUGHES luck
down his way. and he has kept out OF
factional troubles with charming diplo-
macy ana slEiIl. Born In Canada, Hughes
grew up in Eastern Kentucky. and served
8 term In the Kentucky lesislature. He
was near the West Virginia line. ana
finally moved across the river to Hunt
ington. having married Miss Belle vinson.
. loyal dsughfer OF the Guyandotte
region. Il ala not take long for James
Anthony to ret In touch with things po-
iitical In the new etate. and Il was easy
enough to reach Congress after a term
az State senator at Charleston. with .
clean record. There are several Repuh-
licans in the lower range Of counties who
would like to be In Congress-. not to
mention those who are anxious to put
Hughes out, and however confident he
may be Of coming back. he win have to
hustle as never before. and appreciates
the fact.
The native sons Of old Kentucky who
went to New York q few years ago to
teach wall Street good manners have
a state society. and It gave . banquet
Friday night with Senator Ollie James
as an honored guest The big Senator
admitted on his return that the occasion
was one really referred to In Kentucky
weekly papers as enjoyable" but the
inevitable once seeker was busy as usual
and persistent. The Senator has had
worry enough with homo appointments.
but in New York be found several am
bilious Democrats anxious for Senatorial
to places having no connec-
ton with Kentucky. A commissioner OF
is soon to be appointed and
the wonder is that the Democratic ad-
ministration has allowed vacancy to-
exist 90 long.
The job pays $500 a year. and while the
President can appoint from any State.
the place usually goes to New York and
Is looked upon rs Senatorial patronage.
Senator James found an old Kentucky
admirer at the banquet, +. X. Wallis,
who has been a New York voter for
several years without losing interest in
his native State. Wallis has been
active as a candidate for the i'm
migration commission appointment and
has mcdestly counted some on sup
port from his Kentucky political
friends. Anyhow, he didn't allow the
Hon. Ollie to become bit lonesome
while in the great city. Senator O'Gor-
man has not been asking much Of the
administration. but his private secretary.
Frank Oliver. is seeking the immigration
place and stipend with some good back
ing in the Congressional delegation. Sew
eral union labor apostles like John
Mitchell and Herman Robinson have in
dicated to the Executive that the labor
ought to be given this par
ticular place, and the Secretary of Labor
10 sdpposco " pc loE OuO VI Olu GULF
rades.
Just why union labor should claim
this appointment is not made clear and
there are intimations that the President
will make the selection, and may even
go to some other State than New York
for the commissioner.
Daniel r. Mooney is due in Washing
ton tomorrow to take the oath of office
as American Minister to Paraguay and
incidentally to assure Congressman ].
Henry Cooke, of Wapakoneta, Ohio. of
Minister Mooney has been
a State senator and a modest country
lawyer. living near the great reservoir
in the town of st. Marys.
He is the first real Democrat Of Ohio
to reach diplomatic honors. as Brand
Whitlock, Minister to Belgium, has ever
called himself an independent. The
Mooney appointment made no special
stir in Washington where diplomatic Sc
lections are frequent, but it made stir
enough in his section of Ohio. especially
among the friends OF Judge Mathers. the
Sidney judge, who has been much in
dorsed for appointment on the Inter-
state Commerce Commission. 1t does not
appear to the practical, hard-headed
Democrats of the Northwestern Ohio
region that the President can give them
two big appointments almost at once.
and the friends of Mathers are wonder
ing If Cooke and Pomerene were not
playing politics good and strong when
they united on Mooney for a modest
little post down in South America.
might have been a candidate for
Congress, but he has done enough to de-
serve appointment to something good.
and the Cooke ambition to reach a third
term will be wonderfully aided by the
novel effect Of winning a big Presidential
gift. Pomerene has another Senatorial
coming on two. years hence and
he wants the hoop pole region of the
State, usually very much inclined to
Democratic majorities, lined up for him
without a ripple of discomfort. The
Mooney selection. along with the appar-
ent working in harmony OF Cooke and
his Senator seems good politics and 1t is
not altogether certain that the giving of
a diplomatic post to that part of the
State will take the Judge Mathers name OF