Evening star., 1921-12-05
Capital Sidelights
by WILL p. KENNEDY.

The self-abnegation Of President.
Harding in allowing Secretary
Hughes to take and hold the center
OF the stage at the arms parley is
lauded not only by partySleaders, but
Is being. exto!led by the visiting
statesmen Of other nations. They
emphasize that President Harding
was the real author of the Hughes
program and that in his speech
very properly have referred to the
american proposal, but instead, he
studiously refrained from any inti-
nation. He let the Hughes proposal
come as big surprise. and thus al
lowed Secretary Hughes to write his
name among the immortalS and to be
blazoned on the front page of every
newspaper in the world. This con-.
stitutes self-effacement such as has
the rulers of the world-and as the
delegates have stopped to think it
over a more sincere respect and ad-
miration for President Harding has
gone thrilling around the world.
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The Presidents official family-his
cabinet-are not always dolled up in
frock coats and silk hats. and on
their dignity. When they get to-
gether they are real human and
sometimes act like schoolboys When
they gathered for a cabinet meeting
the other day Ed DENLY called to
Will Hayes. How about the marines?"
every post card. isn't that the spirit?"
and DENLY, who was marine himself
60ring the world war, rejoined: Yes.
I'll put on a uniform again myself. II
necessary our mails must be pro-
AS they were focking out of the
meeting like schoolboys let loose At
torney General Harry Daugherty
spied Representative Mick" Long
worth and challenged him to match
cents in cash. Mick. you're
wealthy man and I insist on the
whole dollar" said Harry. and went
away proudly jingling four quarters.
There are some good fox hunters
in Congress. They generally go out
on moonlight nights. and they will
tell you that there are more red foxes
in Maryland. hardly the National
Capital, than in any other area in the
entire United States. This happy
hunting ground is about twelve miles
out. between Washington and the
have as good dogs as can be found
anywhere. They do not ride to the
hounds-it is not a riding contest. but
a contest between the dogs. with the
hunters trailing along. And they
have found that there are more dens
in the Maryland hills than holes in a
Swiss cheese. Often after chasing
fox for hours they are baffled by see
ing him dodge into den with the
dogs biting at his tail. The best of
these congressional fox hunters are
Senator ''Tom" Hefiin of Alabama,
Representative Henry B. Steagall Of
Alabama, Representative John J.
Smithwick Of Florida and Representa-
tive Albert W. Jeffries of Nebraska.
For all the enjoyment they get out
Of this sport and the invigoration of
hiking through the open country,
these members of Congress give full
credit to Buck" Bryant, a Washing
ton correspondent and champion
teller of "nigger" stories. 1t was
Bryant who discovered the hunting
ground and furnished the dogs.
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Enjoyment of the paternalistic
spirit of this government seems to be
growing, if one may judge from
letter just received by Representa-
tive Martin 3. Madden of Illinois.
But the writer made sad mistake
in addressing it to Mr.. Madden. be-
cause he is chairman of the House
appropriations committee and very
vigorous in his opposition to expend-.
ing Uncle Sans money in state or