The Washington herald., 1920-04-04
In the Lirnelight
By George Perry. Morris.

The candidacy Of Senator Hoke
Smith. OF Georgia, for the Demo-
cratic Presidential nomination has
q State but mot q national inter-
est. and 10 leading to some surpris-
ingly candid denunciations of him
by party lieutenants. Amliated
with Senator Reed. of Missouri. he
is not bettering his reputation
thereby, and as some Georgians de-
clare. already he has put an end
to any hopes Of reelection to the
Senate. At one time 1t appeared
as II he and the stormy petrel-
Of Georgia politics. Thomas E.
Watson. would coIlaborate in an
anti-Wilson drive, but the terms Of
the coalition finally caused Mr..
Watson to recede. He Is still in
the hght but not rs a partner OF
the conservative Senator.
Persons who have seen "Pru-
nella" and The Chinese Lantern"
played will be glad to 60 and hear
Lawrence 'Housman. the English
playwright and poet, as he tours
the country. This Is his second II
not third visit to this country. and
yet, mirable dictu. he has no book
on America to his credit. He Is a
shy, modest, non-assertive person,
quite averse to being lionized or
interviewed. To meet him at his
best get a closed circle of inti-
mates or admirers together and let
him talk He will reward you
A recent mayor of Boston, James
N. Curley. announces that IL the
Democratic party endorses the
league of nations and goes into the
campaign SO aligned. then he will
become a Republican. though hith-
erto an ardent Democrat Mr. Cur
ley in this attitude is leading many
I of his ish-American friends to a
dificult position where IL the two
HISTORIC parties should favor the
league. whether amended or un-
amended, then they and he would
be somewhat stranded. He would
not get very hearty welcome from
the Republican leaders in Massachu-
setts.
The Republicans OF Minnesota
have chosen as the leader to fight
the Nonpartisan League, especially
in its persuasion Of women voters.
Mrs. Manley J.. Fosseen, the wife of
a prominent labor leader and legis-
| lsI"r. and formerly a teacher. She
claims to know all the woes and
u StIc"s Of the laboring portion
of the population and to have SYM
{, with the r,assaa he
clines to go in for the State social
ism for which the Nonpartisan
League stands.
Teh vi Hsieh, delegate from the
Chinese Returned Laborers' Associa-
tion, who has been in this country
negotiating with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor officials, speaks for
nearly 250.000 Chinese who have
seen the world since the war open
ed, and whose labors in France and
elsewhere in Europe won them the
admiration of onlookers of all coun-
tries even though il led to no formal
recognition in the way of medals
and decorations He is but the
forerunner of other delegates from
these progressive artisans and day
laborers who are coming to the
United States. They want to get
insights that will help them to raise
their own and their host of asso-
ciates' status during the coming
years of China's reformation and re-
construction.
The North Pacific Coast shipping
interests have a candidate for the
place on the Shipping Board recent
ly left vacant by the retirement of
Henry NJ. Robinson. of San Fran
cisco. 1t is Judge Shackleford. of
Tacoma. They argue that since the
Pacific Coast region is now rec
ognized by navy officials as deserv-
ing special attention. a like con-
sideration for the vast ship building
interests that center in the State of
Washington must be shown by the
national marine officials