Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-05-17
WASHINGTON
DAY BY DAY
From Our Special Correspondent

Washington, May 1.-THE keynote
of the 1922 campaign for the election
of 435 members of the House and 81
members of the Senate will be sounded
at Indianapolis next Wednesday with
the opening of the Republican State
Convention there and the adoption of
a platform.
Senator James f. Watson, of In
diana, will be the keynote speaker at
this, the first of the Republican state
conventions. Not only this, but Sena-
atOr Watson will take with him to
Indianapolis suggestions" for a plat
form that will be put in order after
the Senator confers with President
Harding, Senator Lodge and other
leaders in the party. 1t is certain,
therefore, that the suggestions" Wat
son will take with him and the sub
stance of the speech he will make will
have been approved beforehand by the
administration and will represent the
administration viewpoint throughout
The President and Mrs Harding
will hold a reception on Wednesday,
June 7th, for all disabled veterans of
the World War now hospitalized in
this vicinity.
Veterans from the Soldiers Rest at
Culpeper, Va, will be brought in mo-
tor vehicles to the White House. 1t
is expected that the United States
Marine Band will furnish music dur
ing the reception, which will be held
on the lawn of the Executive Mansion,
weather permitting. After the recepe-
tion by the President and Mrs. Hard
ing. the veterans will be taken on
sightseeing trim of the National
Capital and then furnished supper by
Col. Charles X. Forbes, director of the
Veterans Bureau.
New mating on the Senate floor,
laid down during the weekend recess
in place of the heavy red carpets, has
changed the whole appearance OF the
Senate chamber.
When the Senate convened today
Senator Nicholson, of Colorado asked:
"Was the straw mating placed on the
floor out of respect to the farm bloc?''
That inquiry, practically the first
speech made in the Senate by Senator
Nicholson, caused ripple of laugh
ter.
Considerable opposition to the mat
ting has developed among the Sena-
ators. They say it makes the cham
Der too noisy since il is nailed tightly
to the bare floor while the carpet was
laid over heavy padding which acted
as a noise absorber.
Heavy footsteps are audible while
the glare is hurtful 20 the eyes of the
gallery gods. There is also a great
temptation Sbr the pages to use the
chamber as skating rink.
Workmen have started in tearing
down the National Theatre here which
for more than third Of century has
been one of the leading playhouses in
Washington. A new theatre will be
built on the site to cost half mil
lion dollars.
The National Theatre was opened
in 1885 and always has had legiti-
mate attractions Following the col
lapse of the roof of the Knickerbock-
er Motica Picture Theatre in Jan
uarv with the loss of 100 lives. the
National was closed for a time until
,ome alterations were made to re-
duce the fire risk. The theatre then
completed the season. but the Incl
dent led to a decision to build a new
theatre alone modern lines, which will
I.
Half Of Washington declared today
that voluntary daylight saving has
been huge success. while the other
half. refusing to go to work an hour
earlier without moving up the clock,
vigorously insisted it was a nuisance.
Considerable confusion resulted, nat
urallv and it will be some days be
fore Washington as a whole will be
able to tell whether the scheme is
working. Meantime, efforts will be
made to have the -Cavlight saving
scheme made general. President
Harding has declared that he will sign
a Congressional resolution making
the District Of Columbia if it is sent
to him He does not expert the pas
sage OF such resolution however.
Another week before the appoint
ment of a postmaster at Alexandria.
This was the information received by
the Gazette CORRESPONDENT today af
ter inquiring among the powers that
be as to the situation. 1t seems that
neither Representative Bascom Slemp,
Republican dictator of PATRONAGE in
the Old Dominion. nor Joseph l.. Crup-
per. Republican State Chairman, and
who will practically name the sue
cessor to Postmaster Smith, has had
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