The New York herald., 1922-08-13

week, ana DeiicVo uiQ 30. nut PAc~
sumably they'll both be coming back
when the House reconyenes next week.
One infers that Nicholas Longworth
Ia pretty solid In his home district and
that Washington Is In little danger or
losing one of its most popular Congress
sional couples.
Not Returning Joyousiy.
II must be admitted that as a whole
the House is not returning toyously 10
the capital In fact, 1t had planned.
since the Senate had not finished with
the tariff, to enjoy period OF three
day adjournments, and continue TO de-
yota much Of It's time and attention %
its fences. But that program didn't
appeal to the President. who told them
gently but firmly that he wanted them
on the job; and SO they're all coming
back But the House membership y
more than 500, and for less than 200 OF
them is the primary agony over. and
there have been so many unexpected de-
feats among those who have finished
and been fnished-that the rest are
mora or less in a "blue funk"
OF course there are some-oniy rev
like Uncle Joe Cannon, who are not
candidates for denomination and who
are or enjoying the summer. The Can
nons-Uncle Joe and Miss Helen Can
non, his daughter. and some or the lie
Seures (another daughter and her fam
ily) are motiring up In the White Noun
tains, Breton Woods way, and having
a happy carefree time. And there are
others like Speaker Gillett and Floor
Leader Frank Mondell who are not
worrying about their State primaries
Gillett being regarded as impregnable
In his district and Mondell a candidate
without opposition for the Republican
Senatorial nomination. The primaries
don't bother them-the election may
especially Mondell, who wants to sue
ceed Kendrick in the Senate, while Ken
drick doesn't want to be succeeded. So
the primaries holds no terrors for Rep
resentative Mondell. He expects to be
in his place when the gaval falls next
Tuesday, and Speaker Gillett expects to
be here to WELD it, even though their
State primaries are still ahead OF them.
Others are not SO fortunate. They
have to work for the nomination. Hav-
ing II they will have to work still harder
for the election. Quite the hero of the
Senate just now Is Senator Reed OF Mis-
souri,, whose spectacular fight for the
Democratic nomination to succeed him.
self has been watched with the kcenest
interest Missouri has one Republican
in the mere matter Of tho Democratic
nomination everybody has been inter-
ested in the fight between Reed ana
Breckenridge Long, some time Third
Assistant Secretary OF State. The Longs
have always had a big house here and
entertained a whole lot They had the
MacVeagh house until last fall. when
they bought Mrs. John b. Henderson's
big house at Sixteenth and Park road.
Therefore the Longs are likely to spend
most of the season here anyhow. Peo-
Pile don't buy that sort of house un-
less they mean to live in 1t.
The New York primaries are still In
the future, and Washington was not
particularly interested in them until 1t
realized that New York was trying to
rob It of two of It's very incest junior
"cabineteers," the Theodore Roosevelts
and the Mayhem WainwriShts. Appar-
emily 1t wants the Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for It's ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
and has it's eye on the Assistant Sec
retary of War as a successor to Repre-
sentative Hustled of Peekskill, who
seems to want to retire. or course,
sending him to Congress would not
eliminate the Wainwrights, so that
wouldn't bs 60 bad. But the Roosevelts
are entirely too popular here for Wash
ington to consider with equanimity the
prospect of their being transplanted to
Albany. However. neither of the gem
tlemen in question has as yet announced
himself as a candidate for any New
York office. New York's Senatorial
election--as I remember 1t Senator
Calder's term is expiring-for some rea-
son doesn't seem to be attracting any
great attention. One hopes that there
will be no change, for Mrs. Calder
Is one OF the Senatorial hostesses who
would be missed.