The Washington herald., 1918-11-10

X. told friend when he was in the
White House. she In having "a per-
fectly corking time" His daughter.
Alice, now Mrs. Longworth, made the
most of her opportunities. in the
same position. She had different
Ideas Of a good time-but she GER
tainly had one, even as Miss Mar
garet Wilson does. Along about last
March ! happened to be in a group
to whom she was telling her adven-
lures during a Southern trip. and
there was no doubt that she enjoyed
It all-the social lionizing In all the
little Southern cities, as well as the
thrill Of singing to the great bodies
of soldiers, and being acclaimed by
thousands of men In uniform.
1t must be much the same thrill
that comes to the successful candidate
on the evening of his election, when
his followers acclaim him, and the
entire community cheers. Whicn
brings one around to this last elec-
ton.
Wasn't il an interesting election?
1t would seem to prove-well. al
most anything you want to prove.
| That 1t is not wise to say politics Is
adjourned a long, long breath
Ctp me! mat IL ING HepeS'
cans are "pro-war and anti-Adminis-
tration" on the whole that suits the
country better than being anti-war
and pro-Admlnistfation. That the
answer to What will the Kaiser
think?" is, Does 1t matter"
Washington was, as usual on cleo
ton night, a combination of keen
interest in the seats of the mighty
and stolid apathy on the part of the
man on the street. The newspaper
bulletins were watched by small and
rather listless crowds-but they were
so hopelessly inadequate that they
were more an aggravation than any
thing else.
At the White House. they tell me,
the President. at least as interested
as l. received the returns-all alone.
except for Mrs. Wilson; though Mr..
Tumulty had a group of interested
politicians in the White house Of
fees. It's the first time since he has
been in the White House that the
President and his secretary have fall
ed to go home to vote. Even at the
primaries they have turned up with
commendable regularity.
The most astonishing, and distress
ing-regardless of politics-of the
early returns was the report that
Champ Clark had been defeated in
his home district Even those who
hoped that, through the election of
a Republican House. ne might cease
to be Speaker. would have .keenly
regretted his ceasing to be a Rep
resc ntstive. The Elimination Of the
Clarks from Washington life would
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a general sigh of relief when later
returns indicated that he had pulled
through-though 1t was hard to un-
derstand how he had come to be in
danger. 1t was the general impress
sion-whlch / believe the Clarks
shared-that Mr.. Clark was unbeat-
able in his home district. So there
was a moment of dismay when the
first reports came in that he had
actually been beaten. However. It
was only the first reports, and the
final reckoning showed that he had
been returned with an even bigger
plurality than last time Which is
as il should be.
There was. on the whole. rejoicing
that Washington was to have the
Truman Newberrys back from De-
troit They were part Of the cabinet
circle-Mr. Newberry was Assistant
Secretary and then Secretary of the
Navy during the entire four years of
Roosevelt's second term-and are re-
garded as eminently desirable both
politically and socially. What fun
William Alden Smith must have had
sitting back and watching that strug-
gle for the place he had decided he
didn't want any longer! Presumably
the result was eminently satisfactory
to him. since 1t returned a Republi-
can like himself in good and regular
standing to succeed him
And, of course there were cases
like that of Mccormick VS.. Lewis
where affections, regardless of poll
tcs. were divided. People really like
the Ham" Lewises-even though thev
guy Senator Lewis pink whiskers
and his perfectly lovely clothes,
which are only exceeded by his ex-
treme personal appearance" And
they really like the Medin McCor-
micks. Mrs. McCormick-as Ruth
Hanna-grew up in their midst. and
she Is most attractive woman
though distinctly positive personal
ny that Is bound to be attractiyely
liked where she is not actively liked.
sun there was the feeling that II
the Lewises lost, Washington would
not necessarily lose them-the admin
istration would take care of them.
Whereas II the McCormicks lost.
Washington would lose them. Ana
that would be a distinct loss For
| they are young people of ideas. and
their entertaining, while 1t has for
the past two years been wartime en-
tertaining. and Mrs. Mccormick has
decided ideas as to the propriety of
functions in war time. has had its
own peculiar and delightful quality.
They have run to informal Sunday
night suppers-where one met all the
most interesting people who came to
Washington. Invitations to the Nc.
Cormicks' Sunday evenings have been
greatly in demand.
Last year they had a house up on
New Hampshire avenue, within about
block of Mrs. Stotesbury's forrnev
home. now occupied by the Secretary
of Agriculture and Mrs. Houston. Or,
rather. they had two houses, for the
scarcity of available and suitable
houses made 1t almost impossible for
them to find one that met their re-
quirements. So when they found a
house on New Hampshire avenue,
handsome, but not large enough, and
another next door to it, and exactly
like it, also available-they promptly
took them both-and were able to
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