Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-06-22
Washington Briefs

WASHINGTON, June Reorganization
victories in Maine and Minnesota having
been taken for granted, political Wash
1ington finds its chief interest in the
nomination Of Mrs. Anna .. Olesen,
( the Democratic opponent Of Senator
Frank B. Kellogg Mrs. Olesen is widely
known in the capital She burst into the
real limelight at the Jackson Day din
ner of 1920, at which President Wilson
and william J. Bryan parted over the
! League Of Nations issue. Next she was
found in the front Eanks Of those fighting
/ for the nomination Of William c. Nc
Adoo. and her seconding speech was one
{ of the outstanding events Of the san
/ Francisco convention.
! When the Tammany Nugept Brennan
forces brought about the nomination of
/ Governor James NJ. Cox, Mrs. Olesen was
so chagrined she blurted out tho com
ment:
We have buried our party in a beer
/ keg"'
[ Mrs Olesen Is thirty-six years old and
has a daughter fourteen years old.
Slender. with sharp eyes and black hair,
she rises to emotional heights when dis
cussing political questions close to her
heaIl. Washington will watch with In
/ terest her fight for a Senate seat in an
. " "a ~ ANAt44AHaAg AeNk1bAANAA h1N1ACs
/ As II to convince skeptical Washington
/ the recurreut rumors Of setbacks In his
( physical condition are without foundation
/ Woodrow Wilson has taken to riding
with the chauffeur on the front seat OF
/ his automobile during his almost daily
/ spins about the streets Of the Capital
| Attorney General Daugherty is finding
4 e4gf~ ~ ha ~
/ Justice very much like running a three
/ ring circus with half dozen sideshows
/ In fun blast. He began cost Of lIv-
/ ing Investigation last fall, which he ex-
pected to complete within q month. When
! he got started on It he found 1t man
size job, and has since been compelled
/ to extend the time for completion. All
/ the data collected by the Investigators
are now at hand. but Mr.. Daugherty is
/ hard put to find the time to write his
/ report.
IF like what I have written when I
read IL over" he said. the report is lust
half done. If ] don't like IT, the report
| cred that there are more figures In the
world than I ever dreamed"
The element which grows sad at any
/ suggestion Of a possible restoration OF
full diplomatic relations between this
United States and Mexico, has found
small comfort in its efforts to have the
white House snub Adolf0 De La Huerta
the Oregon minister Of finance, who I,
having undOubted success with Amer
! lean bankers and investors in New York
Something akin to panic prevailed in the
ranks Of the Mexican baiters when it was
whispered De La Huerta might come &c
Washington and seek an interview with
| President Harding. Inquiry at the
| White House disclosed no appointment
had been sought for the Mexican leader
but, it was added. the President of tn,
United States always is glad to receive
citizens Of friendly nations and that
personal call by De La Huerta would no
complicate the recognition problem.
without seeking to bring into question
the policies Of either man, comment i,
growing over the contrast IN publicity
methods OF John I. Adams. chairman o.
the Republican national committee, will
those of his predecessor. VIII H. Hays
Every time Mr.. Hays came to town thu
news bureaus learned Of It through tele
phone calls from the committees head
quarters Mr. Adams has been in the
capital for several weeks engaged in i'm
portant political affairs, yet the CORE
spondents are obliged to seek him wher
they wish to get his views.