The Washington herald., 1917-10-16

Rare tales are going the rounds Of
the capitol With relation 70 lawyer
activities before the exports admin
istrative board. II 70 said that pick
ms has been good. thank you" with
the lawyers. and that not IN many .
day have they been able 10 slip over
any Juicier cuts than they have under
the operation Of this new law.
One Senator who made an Inquiry
found that licenses Foverninr the en-
port Of some 600 separate Articles.
each requiring a license. OF course.
were obtained after one very au1bi-
tious firm had obtained from 80 10
IS per license for their work Their
work. OF course. consisted In only
watching and wsiting-and more walt
ing than watching. II was only a
question OF the matters taking their
routine course-and. TO think. the
lawyers received pay for that
Hauls Of this kind have been very
sdroitly made. II "a claimed by the
one who looked around q bit And
there has been a certain amount OF
circumspection In the process-more.
In fact. than is apt to be shown ~
with It in the future.
The activity could not have been
prevented. The board, Of course. was
not TO blame. for II did not know that
It vas being used for such purposss-
The initial discovery, IL In said IVES
made by one shipper from New York
who had been held mp. but who ulti-'
mately took the matter Of license
issuance 10 the board himself and
was materially astounded when he
found he could attend TO everything.
and, In fact, that a 1o-yesr-old mes
senger boy could almost have done
so. His trip TO Washington cost him
some money. but. as he remarked
afterward. IL also saved SOME
money.
Miss Rankln's Case.
Judge Evans and Jeanette Rankin.
both Of whom now represent Mon
tana in the lower house of Congress,
find themselves in the same district
for next years election
The probabilities are, in view Of this,
that they will run against each other
for the honor. Indications are. sc-
cording to the stories from Montana
that the race viii be an AFFAIR of some
ardor, and that neither side viii let
up until the last vote Ia In and
counted
Judge Evans lie said TO be a very
popular man with his people and has
the knack Of running campaigns with
little friction, and in such a manner
that his workers do their utmost for
him from the drop Of the hat On
the other hand. Miss Rankin ts known
to be q vigorous campaigner. and. in
addition to having the beneht OF a
term in Congress, has some Of the
advantages which come from being q
member OF the weaker sex
Thus far in the advance Of the cam
paign, II Is stated, the belief Is that
the woman vote Of the district will
decide the race. Judge Evans IA said
TO have decided this some time ago
and Is working along lines which his
followers think will enable him TO
more than break even with Miss Ran
kin among the women. The hope Of
Miss Rankin's friends, however, Is
that she will be able to capture the
greater share OF the vote when she
actually gets on the stump for her
campaign tour, no matter IL up 10
that time Judge Evans and his CO.
horts have been able to persuade a
number OF them to oppose the repre-
sentative Of their sex.
Just now It appears that the most
formidable weapon used against Miss
Rankin will be her vote on the war
measure. This may. however. not be
utilized to as great an extent later on
as some OF the Evans leaders now
maintain. Last April IL was thought
that this would be enough TO defeat
Miss Rankin. Her position on that
is better understood as the days go
on-and many who actually opposed
her on Il a few months ago, are now
said TO believe that had her vote been
needed to pass the war resolution Il
would not have been denied. Among
her political opponents there are some
Of the wise ones who insist that II
would not be wise 20 lay too great
stress on this action Of Miss Rsnkin's.
for they realize that she might benefit
on account OF Il, not only among the
pacifsts Of Montana, but even among
many OF the supporters Of the war
resolution