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Washington, Aug. ellis colleagues
in the senate are watching with keen
interest the battle being waged py
Hiram johnson for denomination IN
California. Senator Johnson has been
perfectly sanguine of the results OF the
primaries, but nevertheless and not
withstanding. he thought it just as wen
to 20 home and see that everything was
all right.
They tell me to stick here in wash,
ington and the folks back home VIII
look after you said the senator to
some of his close friends before he de-
parted for the west. Several senator's
already have been looked after. The
Lord helps those who help themselves
Senator johnson loves a battle TOO
well to remain idle here in Washington
while his friends were looking out tor
his interests in the old bear state. III
There is a head to crack, Senator hiram
wants to be the first one there to give
it a wallop.
About the only attack being made
upon Senator Johnson by his opponent,
&c. C. Moore of San Francisco. who was
head of the Pan-Pacific exposition IN
1915, is that his mind does not run
along with President Harding 6. Inc
a~nti-Johnson people are trying to make
the issue. an administration and anu
administration fight. claiming that the
friends Of President Harding would IKE
to have Senator Johnson beaten. ley
have attempted to make relationship
between Johnson and the president the
issue in the primary fight.
"Copies of a statement issued by w.
B. Mathews, one of the johnson sup
porters in southern California. de-
~nOuncing this issue. have been received
in Washington. The statement is IN
the form of a letter addressed to Sen
ator Johnson's opponent and among
other things says:
you must know. as ! do. that the
relations between the president and
Senator Johnson are most cordial. that
the president consults the senator on
nearly every important national ques-
ton and that he was voluntarily ex-
pressed his respect for Senator John
sons sincerity in those instances when
they have not been in agreement IN
matters of public policy.
"You undoubtedly know also. as any
one at all acquainted with official
Washington must know. that the bril-
liant successes achieved By Senator
Johnson In obtaining the highest pro-
tective tariffs ever placed upon Cali
f%ornia's principal product can only
mean that he enjoys to the fullest de-
gree the cooperation and support of
the republican leaders of the senate,
for they are the men whose votes and
influence enabled him to carry his phe-
uomenal tariff program through
Senator Johnson, by the way. has
never forgotten his fealty to the pro-
gressive party of 1912. In all the of
fetal senate documents he calls himself
republican and progressive.
Speaking of political Washington.
another thrill this week. 1t came with
the announcement that William Jen
nings Bryan is TO campaign in Nebraska
this fall in the interest Of the cadidacy
of his brother. Charles Bryan. for gov
ernOr. and to advocate the reelection
of Senator Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock. The
healing of Hitchcock Bryan differences
in Nebraska is one of the outstanding
political Incidents of this very unusual
political year.
A notable figure Of the war passed
into the background the past week with
the retirement of Gen. Harry l.. Rog-
ers as q~uartermaster of the army.
General Rogers had served in that
capacity during a large part OF the
war. being recalled from France in
1913 to assume the heavy duties and
responsibilities of the great supply
post. His friends inside and outside
of the army made a strong but use
less fight for his reappointment.
1t has been said of General Rogers
that with the exception of General
Pershing himself there is no army
officer better known among the men
who served in France. His feeding and
clothing of the vast overseas army,
1000 miles from its base. was a feat
such as the world had never known
before. General Rogers va picked by
General Pershing from among the
younger officers Of the army to 60 to
France on his merit and record in the
way that Pershing picked all of his
generals. regardless of age. position or
political influence.
When he returned from France to
become quartermaster general, Gen
eral Rogers brought with him the in
innate knowledge of the man direct
from the field Of battle. He made to
the then secretary of war. Mr.. Baker,
tw%enty-one recommendations for i'm
provements and economies in addi-
ton. Secretary Baker opposed them
at first but afterward adopted nine
teen of the twenty-one suggestions