The Washington herald., 1920-10-17
LONG RETURNS
TOCUBAN POST
St. Clair Finds Rev. Olympia
Brown Happy Over
Prohibition.
BY LABERT ST. CLAIR.


Boaz Long, United States Minister
to Cuba, who has been in this coun-
try for some time, has returned to
Cuba. where the coming election
promises to be quite gay and festive
Long will take no part in the cleo
tion, probably, save as a conciliator
between the Liberal and Conserva-
tive factions. and that won't keep
him busy more than twenty-four
hours a day. In a way Long is es-
pecially prepared for any election
troubles. During the last few weeks
his back in a hospital while noted
surgeons and others waved instru-
ments that resembled Cuban ma
chetes over him.
When Secretary Colby finally de-
clared the suffrage amendment
adopted. recently, there was no hap
pier woman in the United States
than the Rev. Olympia Brown. Of
Racine, Wis. She has been fighting
the battles of equal suffrage ever
since the days of Susan B. Anthony
and she always has been a militant
She strongly supported the Wom-
ans Party in all of its radical
moves. even marching in their dem
onstrations and standing in picket
lines when arrest seemed certain.
On the day that suffrage was
made a seeming certainty by the
Tennessee legislature, l was walk
ing past Mrs. Browns home in Ra-
cine, Wis. Suddenly there was un-
furled from the top of her porch
an enormous American flag and as
it fiuttered down. there showed on
the border a strip of white paper
bearing the words "2S, 900. 900 Wom-
en- Vote" 1t was a scream" head
line from newspaper which Mrs.
Brown had clipped and pinned to
her flag when the joyous news
came to her.
Jimmy Walker, Democratic leader
of the New York State Senate. the
boy statesman who wears loud vests
and spats and carries a cane, blew
into the White House, the other day,
to get an earful of news. When he
emerged after an hour with Joe
Tumulty. someone asked him why
he did not run for Congress, as the
Tammany braves desire him to.
Boys" Jimmy said, TIL tell you
the truth. I would feel so blamed
lonesome down here that I wouldn't
know what to do. Now I'D in
Albany, can make a speech almost
any old time and get some atten-
tion. But down here! Say, I'd be
lest in no time. And then. besides,
Greenwich Village, New York, is
just my size town. There I know
all the boys and girls and when I
take a walk it's Howdy, Jimmie >
That's my idea of good time"
Scott Ferris. who bids fair to sue
coed Senator Gore of Oklahoma he
having received something like
100000 more votes in a recent pri-
mary than did his opponent saws
that Elmer Thomas, whom he ex-
poets to succeed him in the House.
will be valuable addition to Con-
gress. Thomas. has been in the
State legislature of Oklahoma for
twelve years and throughout that
time has been on the appropriations
committee. Besides being a brainy
man, Ferris says, Thomas probably
will carry off all honols as the best
looking man on the floor. Thomas
is a big fellow with white hair that
gives him a dignified appearance.
Bill Bryan sadly announced to
some political friends recently that
he got no thrill out of receiving the
news that he had been nominated
for the Presidency by the Prohibi-
tionists.
Il guess I'd gotten used to it."
he said. you see. 1t was the fourth
time / had been nominated for that
high Office"