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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
Congressional Control.

There is renewal of interest in the
case of the Michigan senatorship, de-
cided, it was thought, in November
Evidently, Mr.. Ford is NOT satisfied.
His friends, probably at his instance,
are moving for the preservation of the
ballots cast at the election. This would
seem to argue that they have hopes of
recount, and that it will result in his
favor.
1t was very exciting campaign. The
republicans, ordinarily, are very strong
in the state, having majority of any
where from fifty thousand up. Their
candidate for the Senate this time had
only some ten thousand the best of the
poll.
The republican majority in the next
Senate will, on the face of the returns,
be only two. Hence, should Mr.. New
berry be denied his seat, the repnb-
licans will have an eyelash hold of only
one; while. should Mr.. Ford be seated
their majority would disappear, and
the tie vote bring the Vice President,
a democrat, into the equation.
There is still another risk to run
the risk Of death. That risk, of course,
always runs. Sometimes death takes
a heavy toll of Congress. 1t has taken
a heavy toll of the present Congress,
the Senate suffering more than the
House. Among the victims were an
octogenarian, Mr.. Gallinger, and a
physical giant of forty-seven, Mr..
James. Comparative youth, therefore, is
no guarantee against visitor who is
as little a respecter Of years as of per-
sons.
Should the republicans, with their
slender majority, begin the. session
with control, and then in the midst of
their work lose control by the loss of
members, situation would be created
bringing legislation, if not to a halt,
to state where compromises would be
more than ever necessary. For a SEN
ate controlled by democrats could not
be expected to accept as passed the
measures of republican House.
Upon the whole, we may expect an
exceedingly interesting two years as
respects Congress. The card will be
unusually full. The measures will be
unusually important. A presidential
campaign will loom. Both parties Will
be at their best; and should Mr.. Will
son lead his party again, the third
term issue will at last be definitely and
directly tried out.
Should not the country, in way,
profit? Where both parties are forced
thus to walk chalk, and carefully
calculate every step taken, should
there be great danger of disaster?
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twenty-ffth year. He has made an
excellent record during the war, tax
ing his part as far as conditions per-
mitted in the actual work at the front.
He is modest, CAPABLE and very popu
lar with the British people, having
many of the qualities of his grand
father. Should he come to the United
States there viii be a revived mem
DRY of the visit here some years
ago of Prince Henry of Prussia,
brother of the former Emperor of Ger
many. But the cali of Edward Albert
Of England will be the occasion of
sincere welcome that will stand in con
trast with the acclaim elected by the
Hohenzollern, whose purpose. it is now
perfectly we'll understood, was that of
a propagandist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
AT HOME
The President and Congress.

President Wilson will soon be deal
ing with republican Congress. He
may not find the task easy. 1t may
appear that dealing with democratic
Congresses has spoilt him. He has had
his way on Capitol Hill ever since he
entered the White House. His party
has yielded to him in nearly every
matter Of legislation, often seeking his
advice before proceeding, or altering
its course at his suggestion after start
ing.
Presumably, change will come now.
The republicans are not likely to seek
his advice, or even take it when offered
unless thoroughly convincing.
If the President should care for a
pointer or two he might train. his eye
ON Albany, where a similar situation
exists and action is in progress. The
governor is Of one party, while the
legislature is controlled by another
party. There is good deal to be done,
and if anything of value is to be ac-
complished agreement must be reached
between the opposing officials. And
politics in New York is played accord
mig to Hoylc, and up to the bilt.
Gov. Smith has this advantage over
the President: He has been a legis-
lator, and is familiar with all legisla-
tive processes, formal and informal
He served term as speaker of the
assembly. He has been in the majority
and then in the minority. So that in
dealing with a hostile legislature he
will be familiar with the ground.
Mr.. Wilson, on the other hand, has
never been member of a legislative
body. He knows Congress principally
from his reading, and from communi-
eating on the outside with individual
members. The more intimate touch
has not been his
No President ever got along with
Congress quite so well as Mr.. McKin-
ley. And this arose from the fact that
he had served several terms as a mem
Der of the House, and knew all the
congressional ropes. As member he
had been very highly esteemed by both
sides, and thus enabled to become a
past master of the art of drafting and
passing measures.
When he reached the White House
all this stood him most valuably in
hand. A glance at the Record told him
more than appeared there to the aver
age reader. In any matter he had in
hand with Congress he knew how best
to proceed; and he communicated with
both friend and foe with complete I'M
reserve. He scored many times, and
in many important things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

Treasury Department. He had only a
local reputation then. He is now one
OF the widely known men of the day.
The lure of New York will show ma
terial growth as result of the war.
Lawyers and fnanciers in greater num-
bers than ever before will feel it from
IA distance. As a money center, the big
town should hold the worlds suprem-
acy. Where coin is, business of all
kinds is, and where business, itiga-
ton.
As another result of the war, we
shall probably see many shakeups in
politics, old leaders passing out, and
new leaders coming in. New issues
will develop new men; and when the
new men arrive they will make play
for full control. youth will be serv-
ed"; and politics is often heartless
game.
But there will be New York, larger
and more alluring than ever; and the
retired statesmen can Chit the trail"
The rewards of success are large, but
not easily secured. "Youth will be
served" in the professional world and
in the business world as i'll the polit
zeal world. The life in all three
worlds is strenuous to degree.
A bigger and more prosperous New
York will mean more active and
more prosperous Notwithstanding
that everybody desires. And when
peace is firmly established, the race
and chase will be lively beyond prec-
edent, and test the staying power of
all entrants.
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New York and the Presidency.

All rumors about MIR. McAdoo and
his future locate him in New York
Now he is to be the head of great
banking institution, and now a men,
Der of leading law firm. But whether
banker or lawyer, he is to make home
in New York. From New York he
came, and to New York he will return
This supports the popular belief that
Mr. McAdoo has not retired from poll
tics; that, on the contrary, he is still
to be reckened with in that field, and
maybe in larger measure than ever;
that, indeed, he may be heard from
again as early as 1920, and at that
time as an aspirant for the presidency.
New York, always highly impor-
tant factor in American politics, and
sometimes the dominant one, has taken
on increased Importance as a state
from the war. Her metropolis has be-
come greater money center than
large substance and experience, it is
likely to become the money center of
the world, wrestling the scepter from
London.
This is bound to have an influence
beyond the domain of finance and bust
ness. The domain of politics will feed
it. More than ever the successful lead
er in New York politics, whether of
one party or the other, will have con-
siderable prestige in the national coun-
ellis of his party. If he aspires to high
office himself, his aspirations will have
consideration. If he appears as sup
porter of the aspirations of another, his
support will be very valuable.
The weight of New York at political
national conventions has long been
felt--from the beginning of such
bodies, indeed. Often the prize there
bestowed has gone to New, Yorker.
The instances are familiar. In half a
century Seymour, Greeley, Tilden,
Cleveland, Roosevelt, Parker and
Hughes have received presidential
nominations. Mr.. Cleveland was nomi-
mated three times, and elected twice
Roosevelt twice, and elected once. So
that it is easy of calculation that New
York will be in evidence again in 1920,
the more active because of greater i'm
portance, and not unlikely with the
desire to control both conventions.
Mr.. McAdoo as politician is of
rapid growth. Six years ago he was
unknown outside of New York. His
part in the first Wilson campaign intro
duced him to the political world. But he
went at bound into an Office of large
national consequence, and since then
has played an important part in ma
tional affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
Millions Needed for Humanity.

President Wilson's request for an
immediate appropriation of 100000
900 for the purchase, transportation
and distribution of food for the lib
Grated peoples of Austria, Turkey,
Poland and western Russia will be
promptly granted, without doubt, and
: this essential work Of suecor put into
execution at once.
1t is in the last degree necessary
that the United States should provide
to the utmost of its ability for the
maintenance, of these peoples, SO hard
hit by the war, SO helpless in the grip
Of privation, bereft of their ordinary
means Of sustenance, without adequate
governmental agencies for their care.
Millions Of them are on the verge of
absolute starvation and it is needful
that the utmost haste be shown in the
dispatch Of food to them.
Only through the agency Of the
United States can this great work be
dome. We have thrown into the con-
hict the full measure Of our military
strength and have devoted our means
to the end Of rescuing the world from
the grip of cruelty ambitious power
without conscience in the execution Of
it, schemes Of domination and without
1omorse in the hour Of failure. Our
work, however, is not completed. We
owe to the victims Of this war what
ever is necessary to keep them alive
until they can re-establish themselves.
This ID duty just as much as it was
our duty to go to war to preserve our
own rights and to check an evil men,
aeing the peace and happiness of the
human family.
In the lands mentioned by the
President in his cabled message Of
acquisition there is today but the
semblance of organization. Austria is
in virtual dissolution as government,
and the various groups of people for
merly rnled from Vienna are in the
most extreme: straits for the bare ne
cessities. Of life. The cruelty misgov-
efnsd and often prosecuted people Of
Turkey have suffered unspeakably and
are dependent upon us today for the
most msager means of subsistence. In
F6isnd and western Russia the devas,
tstion of war has been terrible. In
dustries have been, swept away, the
.means. Of support Of the people de-
.stlpged, farms stripped Of implements,
homes. wrecked, entire communities
wiped ont Of, existence. Repatriated
prisoners Of war are wandering about
in disorderly groups, seeking whatever
they may find to support themselves.
An organization is being formed to
conduct this immense work of relief,
under the direction of Herbert
Hoover. But Mr.. Hoover and his as
soeiates of the allied countries who
arc 10 manage the enterprise cannot
proceed without means, and it is to
the end Of supplying them with the
Necessities of life, to distribute quick
y among the starving millions, that
this fund is asked. The American
people win, as the President says in
his message, grant this requisition
through their representatives in Con-
sTess without hesitation, and with
thanksgiving that they have the means
wAerewith this splendid work Of res
enc can be carried into effect.
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's1919"

When January brings along
A calendar brand-new,
Your memory sings the same old song
1t sang a twe1yemonth through.
At last you get the matter straight,
And with precision fine
You hasten to set down the date
And write, "one, nine, one, nine"
When Wilhelm is by fancy led
More letters to begin,
He thinks about the war he said
That he was bound to win
The figures then with caution great
He sets upon the line.
He shudders to observe the date
And writes, "Wons Nein! Won't?
Nein!!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
MaryeIs of Nature,

"The euttlefsh," remarked the zool-
ogist, "when it becomes agitated scat
tiers ink and slips away in the dark
ness" --,.
"Wonderful" exclaimed the man
with spots on his vest. "The fountain
pen of the seal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

A slight suggestion of profanity in
Mr.. Hoover's instructions to Prussian
food grafters may invite polite criti-
cim. Yet his directions were punctual,
explicit and accurately addressed to the
immediate needs of situation. The
freedom from red tape commands his
communication far more than its rug
tgedness Of rhetoric can possibly cab
for censure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

Possibilities Of nautical COMPETE
ton broaden All Sir Thomas Upton
wanted was a little yacht race. Secre-
tary Daniels contemplates the POSSIBLE
ity of contest to determine who shall
have the biggest navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
Figuring the Finances.

"Why don't You go into politics."
"Can't afford it," replied the cautious
citizen. at has become almost custom
for statesman to leave Office poorer
Pm in debt now"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
Alleged Army
of Invasion.

Polish committee at Lausanne is al
legged to have styled "a tearing raid"
Several towns are reported to have
that Berlin is menaced by this ex-
petition. Members of the Polish rep
resentation in this city, however, are
inclined to doubt the authenticity of
the reports. or at least to question
the identity Of the military force as
that of the Poles. There Is no con-
ceiyabIe reason for an invasion of
grievances exist, the consideration of
security dictates a strict concentra-
ton of force within the area claimed
as Polish. Posen is part of that ter
ritory. and If the present military
expedition is directed by the pro-
visional government at Warsaw. in
all likelihood its purpose simply is to
define the bounds Of the state before
counter claims can be established by
Prussia.
A very distinct reason exists against
any offensive action westward by the
Poles. They are menaced from the
epst and in all probability Will need
every available man and gun to safe
guard their frontiers and perhaps
their very national existence In that
quarter. Bolshevik and Ukrainian
forces are in possession of part OF
eastern Galicia, or Austrian Poland,
and Lemberg is their goal Lemberg
is the key to this region. which holds
the chief natural resources of Polish
territory, and the Poles regard it with
particular concern as belonging dis
tinctly to their natural area.
One theory held here regarding the
Posen expedition IL that IL II IL Ac-
tuaIiy Of Polish composition it's pur-
pose is to establish a line OF cornmu-
nication with Cracow. in the south. as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

The average European is becoming
so ilnbued with ideas Of democracy
that he fails to see any particular hu-
mility in Wilhclm's willingness to ac-
cept the title "count."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

The ex-kaiser's alleged loneliness
may be due to the fact that so many
people to whom he enjoyed writing
letters are no longer available as cor
respondents,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

The influenza, after creating much
hardship and apprehension, runs its
course and disappears. Bolshevism,
though malady of the mind, may pos
sibly do the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

As student President Wilson has
had an interesting opportunity to COM
pare modern Roman splendor with the
descriptions handed down in classic
literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

Some of the senators are probably
enjoying more opportunity to express
their views here at home than would
have been at their disposal had they
tgone to the conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

If Paderewski can quell the tur-
bulence he has taken under cohsidera-
ton, he win be greater musician than
Orpheus himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

It is intimated that something more
than a few New Year resolutions will
be needed to establish a satisfactory
relationship of railroad stockholders,
the government and the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
Another Problem.

Among the problems which we see
That vitality concern us
Is this: 81 wonder what can be
The matter with the furnace2"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

The fact that Mr. McAdoo is anxious
to retire from official life does not pre-
vent him from being obliged to listen
to a great many railway troubles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

In discussing his plans for the i'm
mediate future Mr.. Creel exercises the
privileges of censor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

Senator Lewis, while favoring kid
gloves for formal attire, does not al
ways disdain the oratorical brass
knuckles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

Fighting has been suspended and
there is every confidence that the dis
cussion can be SO managed as to pre-
vent it's renewal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
Economical Girl.

'Is she economically
every. Uses her summer furs for a
skating costume"
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Interchange of
Surplus Goods.

in interchange of surplus production
has taught them to depend upon each
other for supplies. This advantage,
born of the war, must be nourished
and the United States must persist in
holding first place in South American
trade which she has wrested away
from Germany. This cannot be done
If the handling of American goods
is to be intrusted to German agents
To offset this the United States is
preparing through the Federal De-
partment of Commerce, and through
associations formed under the Webb
Pomerene act for cooperative de-
velopment of export trade. to estab-
lish responsible, reliable, efficient
American agents in all the principal
markets OF South America.
The United States consul at Auav
paIo, Honduras. has just recommend
cd that the United States should find
Americans to replace the German
Commission houses and similar trade
centers.
II should be remembered that Amer
lean trade enterprise, in spite or the
German intrigue, has made some
marked success in pioneering into the
South American countries. Those who
have travelled over the various repub-
lies bring back the conviction that as
a whole American business interests.
through square dealing and persist
ency. have done quite as well as Eu-
ropean countries in developing trade
with South America along we'll va
ried lines that seem to assure a con-
tInued market
While there is a ready and promis-
ing market for practically any ex-
portable surplus In the United States.
one of the most gratifying features
Of the commerce exchange has been
the way in which cotton manufactur-
ers, both In the northern and south
ern states. have gone into this new
field by sending personal representa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

Poland is earnestly inclined to make
a separate war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
High Cost.

anyway, coal has not continued to
60 up in price"
81 don't know about that. The way
our janitor collects tips in freezing
weather, coal would figure at about
% cents a lump"
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Funds Asked to Complete i
Washington Monument. =

which for years had stood in an I'M
finished condition. In The Star of De-
cember 30. 1858, is printed an appeal
by the Washington National Monu-
ment Society 'to the pastors of the
religious congregations of the United
States" asking them to cause collec-
tions to be taken up in their respec-
tive churches on the Sunday imme-
diately preceding the next 22d of Feb
ruary, and pointing out that a very
small sum from each congregation
would in the aggregate insure the i'm
mediate resumption Of work on the
Monument. and with the aid expected
from other sources it was hoped that
in few years it would be completed.
The Star said:
THE shaft has now reached a most
conspicuous height and must be COM
pleted to it's full proportions. The self
respect of the American people will
not permit it to remain in its present
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-05

While the birth of the new state
of Czecho- Slovakia came upon the
world somewhat as a
An Ancienf surprise, the develop
Heritage. distinct national or
ganization was one of the fully ex-
pected results of allied victory over
the central powers. It was but the
regaining of an ancient heritage. and
yet, although the Czecho-Slovak gov
eminent has been recognized form
ally by allied powers, that of Po-
land remains beyond the range of
official acknowledgment. with the re-
suit Of grave difficulties confronting
the Poles in their efforts to establish
an autonomy, and much danger to
their enterprise.
The reason for this difference is not
hard to understand. Czecho- Siovakia.
or the Bohemia of Austrian domin-
ion, is distinct entity. with well
defined boundaries and with practi-
cally no rivals for authority. Poland
remains to be defined terrftorially
and there are sharply conflicting
claims to the various areas included
broadly by the nationally aspiring
Poles within their frontiers.
Whether the Poles must await the
determination of their area by the
Paris conference or will be compelled
by immediate circumstances to set up
their own boundary stakes may rest
upon the events of few days. If
Prussian pressure from the west con-
tinue the Poles may have to fight for
the land which they regard as right
fully constituting their own country.