The Washington herald., 1920-06-10
In the Lineligl1t
By George Perry Morris.

Ex-senator John w. Weeks sue
ceeds w. Murray Crane as Massa-
chusetts' member on the National
Committee. In q way II was fore
ordained. II the Republicans win
in the coming election Mr.. Weeks
may become Secretary of the Navy,
that is II a regular" Is the nominee
and the winner. II an 'indepen-
dent" Is chosen, the post Is not as
sure to go to the specialist in naval
affairs.
I hear that one OF the present
members of the Cabinet who. as q
legislator, specialized in study Of
the shipping problems of the coun-
try Is aiming to secure place on
the reconstructed Shipping Board
where he would be more at home
with the problems dealt with than
he Is now. He probably will get
what he wants from the President.
The defeat OF the waterpower bill
in the last analysis rests with the
interests that tried to enter
wedge commercializing the National
Parks. 1t is the old story OF cove
tousness finally meeting a check
Just as II was about to pull on It's
victory. and involving in its defeat
A=much larger proposition. Public
ity as to the details of the combat
and the repulse of the assault, when
II finally comes, will disclose a very
fine case of Official integrity and in
difference to personal consequences
by one of the most versatile of the
high officials of the government.
John Timothy Stone, q chaplain
Who has ths task of establishing
connections between the Deity and
the Chicago convention, will be
favorably recalled by Baltimoreans.
In his day he was the most popular
Protestant preacher Of that city.
New York City wanted him for the
Brick Presbyterian Church, but he
finally decided on Chicago as his
home, and he has made good there.
New Jersey had a war governor"
in the SOS, by name, Marcus L.
Ward, who, IL not as famous as
some of his contemporaries in office,
nevertheless did creditsble work IN
maintaining the States reputation
for loyalty at a time when 1t was
commonly described as "out of the
Union" because of its special type
of hidebound Democracy and its
large PERCENTAGE of "copperheads." !"
A direct descendant of Gov. Ward,
with the same name, has left ap-
proximately 100000 with which to
found and support a home for re-
spectacle bachelors and widowers.
who must be white in color and of
decent lineage. A sort of resort
for impecunious male gentry, sp-
parently.
The trustees of the State College
of Delaware, at Newark. have gone
to Suwanee. Tennessee and the Uni
versity of the South, for a successor
to President Samuel c. Mitchell. who
recently resigned. Their nominee
Is DR.. Walter Hullihen. who has
been dean of the Suwanee school.
and therefore has had administra-
tive experience. He is a specialist
in the classics: was born in Virginia.
and has had a broadly planned edu-
cation at home and abroad. The
Delaware Institution, a brief and at
tractively written history of which
by E. n. Vallandingham, an alum
nus and former professor, has just
appeared, is now developing at a
rapid rate especially in its scientific
departments. The States great
strides as a manufacturing COM
monwealth, fostered mainly by de-
modern type. Moreover the DUPONT
is increasing the demand for train
ed engineers. for foremen with some
technical knowledge and men of
velopments owned by the duPonts,
family has begun to pour into the
college treasury some of its vast
profits.
Mr.. Samuel Vauclain, president of
the Baldwin Locomotive Works, who
as Republican. is kicking over the
traces and refusing to play the
Sproul game in Pennsylvania poll
tics. is a clever trader. He came
back from Europe lately with an
order of $100.o00,oo0 worth of loco
motives from Roumania. This
small country, long inAoils and food.
but short in cash. paid it's bill by
giving the Philadelphian what it
had. since 1t could not give what 1T
had not, namely-cash. He in turn
sold his options to Great Britain.
Moral: there are more ways than
one OF doing business with Euro
means TODAY ~ vou on1y have the IN =