The Washington herald., 1920-11-16
BRITISHER Willie
LAUD PILGRIMS
Canon Burroughs an Oxford
Scholar-Judee Howy
In New Job.
ny GEORGE FERRY MORRIS.

ny 1b0h6E fEhhf nohfls.
Canon T. A. Burroughs. Of or,
ford University. who is TO he the
ofhcial English delegate at the Pl-i
grim tercentenary meeting TO be
held in the Central High School
auditorium tomorrow evening. is an,
Oxford scholar of repute. He is a
fellow and chaplain Of Trinity Coll,
lege and canon Of PETERBOROUGH
Cathedral King George also has
him for one of his chaplains and.
because OF his intellectual attain
ments he is examining chaplain to
the Bishops OF Exeter and Liver
pool In tie larger movements
within the Church Of England he
is an important figure and his ut,
terances on civic questions are
much respected by circles without
the Anglican fold. His breadth OF
view and sympathy are revealed in
the fact that he was selected 20
come to this country to eulogize tho
Pilgrims who broke from the
Church of England and whose,
polity in church government was
so different from the Episcopal.
Accompanying him on this special
mission to the United States arc
DR.. r. c. Gillie, who is PRESIDENT
OF England and Wales, and Alex
ander Ramsay, moderator of the
| Presbyterian Church of England.
They are to tour the country, speak
ing in the leading Protestant
churches OF the country under tlie
auspices Of what is known as the
Mayhower Council.
Judge Howry's job.
Ina
mississippi. formerly OF the Court
OF Claims and now active at the
par IN this city. has his work cut
out for him. He is 20 act as adj
wiser to the newly appointed and
permanent committee of the DauEb-
ters OF the Confederacy, which is
TO lobby indefinitely until the names
OF the leaders and heroes OF the
Sonfederacy are inscribed in the
Hall OF Honor and Fame in the
arlington Memorial Theater. Judge
howry was a gallant soldier in the
confederate ranks and he fought in
the moro important battles OF the
civil war, suffering wounds ana
shedding blood. Hence he can as
sumo his task con amore.
Enter Chester u. RoweII.
Undaunted by the uncertainties of
the tenure of his new once. Chester
H. Rowell, Of Fresno, Cal, will take
up residence here and begin func-
tioning as a member Of the recon-
structed Shipping Board. Incident
any ne viii get a better closeup
view Of national politics than his
long career in California journaIis-,
has permitted him to have. Noni-
nally a Republican. he is not a
machinist" type Of citizen, and
many OF the ructions. political and
economic. that have altered the Cali
fornia situation since men like
heney and johnson emerged. have
owed much of their iconoclastic
power 10 Rowells personal infiu-
ence. He is a graft-hator and de-
tector. and 4 pc pes rather tan
corporation man; and when the re-
constructed board assemblies he will
come near filling the plsce that
Raymond B. Stevens had but out Of
which he was frozen.
Mis-. RankIa's Next job.
As Miss Robertson. Of OkIahorns.
gets ready TO sit in Congress next
March, Miss Jeannette Rankin. ~
Montana who was the first wou,sA
to sit in the House of Representa-
tives. and who stayed only one tersS.
enters on her new work with t{te
National Consumers League. waES
earning women and minors are 70
be her special wards. esperialfS
where laws do not exist to proiacl
them. Miss Rankin won her eier.
tion TO the House because Of het
Erio on the voters Of Montsna who
had been moved by her eloquent
championship Of welfare" legisla..
ton; and her experience in conrress
has added to her knowledge OF how
politics on its lower plane corubats
4 social progress. She is none the
less an ideslist now. but she under4
stands better the technique OF trans.
muting ideals into statutory law.
Treasurer burke His own FL.
1 nAncIer. Il
When former Gov. John Burke. 81
North Dakota. quits the post of
}, Treasurer OF the United States on
January /, to share in administrs-
tion Of a Newark, y. J. industry. hs
will be another tbut not the Iastl
public official quitting political Of
I, fee for business. He is a modest.
clear-thinking, publicity avoiding
person who saws wood. masters his
job. and awaits new tasks calmly.
His eloquence. when he does take
the floor, is Of the older type and
his mind works logically. He has
served others for some time pafI.
and now he is going to think ot
himself for a while II he gets. rich
he won't get q swelled head. or bay
limousine. or build palace.