The Washington times., 1922-07-14

known tniS TOAD WILLIAM HAND.
quite well. He is among the men
who seem to be able to know
animals. Quite fierce ones in the
zoo in Rock Creek Park will quiet
down for him: and a sick wild parrot
has been reported to have sat on his
shoulder and squawked her troubles
into his ear. Senator Smoot's power
over animals will go down into local
history adorned by many remark.
able TRUE tales, and some not true.
Ex-senator Vardaman OF Miss,
issippi has thought up one Of the
great issues of the campaign. He is
running to get back to the Senate.
He says that the father-or grand.
father-of one of his opponents voted
for a negro for public office In the
sixties Of the last century. This
charge is reported to have burst
with a loud noise> The father-or
GRANDPA that he voted
for the negro but says that the only
alternative presented to him at
that time was to vote for an inter
Looping carpet bagging Northern Re
publican. Therefore he voted for
the negro. Acquitted.
One OF the grand spectacles OF
Washington nowadays Is Senator
johnson Of California conversing
with visiting constituents on the
subject OF the Four-PoweF treaty.
Constituents favorable to the Four.
Power treaty seem somehow to ar
rive in the Senator's office to as
sure him Of their views. These views
seem often to include the two follow
ing propositions:
First. We are unswervingly for
the Four-Power treaty.
Second. We are unswervingly for
Johnson.
Johnson seems to thank them for
the second proposition and then
spends a couple OF hours bawllng
them out on the first one. The root
OF the Four-Power treaty. according
TO Johnson, Is cowardice. I heard
him once denouncing the cowardice
OF the Four-Power treaty to a gasp
ing constituent who on getting away
from him said:
well. we've got the Four-Power
treaty and we've got Johnson. I
claim that with both Of them we're
all right"
A number OF Californians who
visit this town and who are against
Hiram Johnson's international poll.
cies, but who nevertheless seem de.
termined to get themselves repre-.
sented again at Washington by Hi.
ram Johnson's own decisions and
own judgments, whatever they may
be. Is one of the notable current
tributes to public mans individual
independent personality.
Sherman Whipple, in Massachu.
sets, running for the Democratic
Senatorial nomination against Sen.
ator Lodge. is bearing out exactly
the estimate made OF him in these
columns. He comes of conservative
antecedents, just as Woodrow Will
son did, but he Is taking the side
OF the poor and Of the weak on
progressive reforming grounds, Just
as Woodrow Wilson did in New Jer.
sey in 1912.
Information reaching Washington
directly from Mr.. Whipple indicate
that he intends to continue to base
his attack on Mr.. Lodge principally
on the argument that Mr.. Lodge Is
he preventative of ideas which have
permitted the present enormous in.
lustrial suffering among the masses
Y lnt peOpie IN mdSSacnuSettS with.
out any effort to combat its causes
Mr.. Whipple may be on his way
70 being one of .the most pugna.
cious known types of progressive
the progressive with a mental back.
ground OF stern conservative train.
ing.
That young, or youngish, rising
white hope of our stern conserva tives
the senior Senator from the State
of New York-James w. wads.
worth, jr.-may look with some sat.
isfaction at our summer military
training activities. They are a bit
larger and better because of him.
His work on their behalf as chair.
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