The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
HeHn Has
Old Tricks
Senator From, Alabama
Maintains Same Decorum
As in LolDer Body.
By LABERT ST. CLAIR

Tom Heflin. OF Alabama, is a
Senator now. but IL he is any diff
ferent from what he was when he
was in the House, nobody has not
iced it. About the only change
made by Tom shifting from the
House to the Senate side is that It
is easier nowadays in the press
gallery to hear members cackling
in the cloakrooms over Toms jokes
than it used to be. The Senate
cloakrooms are nearer the press gal
lery than are the House cloak
rooms.
Some folks thought that when
Tom got to be a Senator. he would
become dignified and maybe not
say a word for a day or so after
he arrived in the new chamber.
Those folks now realize that they
were wrong. A few minutes after
the Senator got under way the first
day Tom was on the job. the Ala
bama Senator was on his feet pre-
senting the credentials of Senator
Underwood, and. next, he was get
ting some memorials to Senator
Bsnkhead, whom he succeeded, in
to print.
Toms suffrage friends, who
would like very much to see him
elected to the governorship of Ice
land and be forced to sit on the joo
in his famous white Turkish tower
suit. celebrated his induction into
office by getting out printed
piece for the newspapers saying
that his suffrage record was :ust
as bad as IL could be. That pleased
Tom because in opposing wums n
suffrage in the House he tried 10
do a thor) Ugh job Of il. And h., ga
There is lot of talk going
around to the effect that Gus Kar.
ger. one of the Oldest Washington
correspondents. will be Jarding's
secretary. There may beDnothing
In 1t, and Gus says he knows moth
inS about the report himself but
the fact is that some Of the biggest
men in the Republican party are
trying to land the place for him.
Harding certainly could do no bet
yer than to name Karger.
Very few people know It. but
karger really was the Colonel
House of the White House when
tart was on the job. Taft got a lot
or bad advice, but not much of it
came from Gus. He knows the
thoughts of the man in the street.
beth Democratic and Republican.
ana while no one ever accused him
OF being a wild Progressive, he
Knows what the Progressive ele-
ment is thinking about.
karger got his start along with
Jimmy Cox as a police reporter in
Cincinnati and to this day he swing
mighty wicked left and rieht
INIT. But he also wears a dress
suit with ease an delivers speeches
with all the polish of a statesman
OF the old school. He has been pres
ident OF the National Press Club.
and a member of the board OF gov
ernors SO long that he is under
STOOD to have been sworn In first
while wearing a pair of bell bot
toned pants.
An added reason why Karger
would make a good secretary to
the President is that he could live
on the small salary the Job paws.
AT present he spends all of his sal
airy on his famous automobile
'Leaping Dandrufr, the second.
and as the Presidents secretary is |
supplied a machine in that lob. Kar-
ger would be relieved of his pres
ent largest item Of expense.
Senator Mclean, of Connecticut
sees similarity between the pres-
emit state of the United States and
mat or a man who has been ont
painting the town red.
ust like a man who has been On
-oot. 1t thinks il needs anotber
rink, but what IL needs 4, aver.
,ise."
Says Senator Ashurst, of Arj.
iona, to Senator Knox, Of Penn.