Evening star., 1923-12-14
TALKS and TALES
With and .4bout
CAPITALS GUESTS

the audience who might have con-
cluded from reading so much about
the q. 0. F.. it's national committee
men and presidential candidates mat
the grfzzled old opposition has can
ceIed it's preconvention assembly. an
nouncement is made here that the
time e-honored democratic get-together
will be held at the Hotel La Fayette
18th and ] streets. January 1o-16. ana
the balance of the month. if neces-
ssry, in the next year of our Lord.
Whether this serenely quiet neigh
borhood was selected by Chairman
Cordell Hull because of its close
proximity to the White House, or
merely to bolster party faith by al
lowing visiting committeeman 10
frisk their recess periods in the IA
nous park, imbibing the spirit OF
that grand old demoCrati tic war morse
Andy Jackson. who prances so buoy
antly in the center of the square.
could not be ascertained, but II is
at this hotel that headquarters viii be
established and the convention city
chosen.
AS an aftermath of the big repub-
rcan pow-wow. it might he in order
TO flash here little conversatlo
overheard III the lobby of the New
Willard Hotel between two southern
republicans, evidently from different
sections of the same state.
Did you appoint Jim to that job,
Ed?" asked the first Dixie brother
as he 'puffed his cigar.
Nope snapped back the other
Couldn't be done, Sam. The man Is
absolutely ignorant. I took the trou-
ble to quizz him myself and l FOUND
he knew nothing about politics.
Why, he thought a quorum was
place in which fishes are kept"
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And while on waste sub;s s"s. lot it
he known that. ascending - - T.
BurGe. former poliC& commissioner OF
Los Angeles. Illicit traffic in liquor can
he swept out OF existence whenever
officials seriously undertake the task.
Judges. district attorneys or pro-
hibition officials who are not in SYM
pathy with the enforcement Of the
law cannot make America dry" said
Mr.. Burse at the New willard Hotel,
where he stopped off on his way home
after a two-year big game hunting
trip in Africa. India and Ceylon. hav-
ing landed in New York Saturday.
II can see some things in America
more clearly because ! have been
away for while" continued the Cali
fornian. Il can understand that pro-
hibition is here to stay, because
majority of the states and people
want H. The criticisms one hears
most often are directed at the failure
If enforcement and not at the policy
Of prohibition.
we are treating viola tion of con-
Stitutional pro vision With too much
leniency. The Illicit trafi% can be
swept out whenever the task is seri-
ously undertaken"
NIr. Burge fiayed unmercifully the
practice of rum m-running. The mis-
use of foreign flags by rum-runners
is grave problem" he continued.
What shall we think of any govern
ment which permits its flag to be used
by conspirators who are violating the
laws of a friendly nation? We need
not ask the help of foreign powers to
enforce the laws. We can do that by
nur selves. But we have a right to ex-
pect that other countries Will respect
our policies of government.
The open advertisement of rum
running which 1 met in England is an
attack upon our institutions. 1t is
sowi.l5 the seeds of misunderstand-
ing between great neighbors. The
British government could stop this
state of affairs If it wished. England.
France and Canada must know. un-
officially if not officially. that these
shipments are intended for the SNUG
CLING trade"
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We are still on water. or, at least,
extending greetings to Ensign G. l.
Wallace of Youngstown, Ohio, who
stopped over at the Lee House before
loking up relatives in the city with
whom he will spend the Christmas
holidays.
Young Wallace, a fine specimen of
what the Naval Academy will do for
one, has just completed an arduous
period of target practice down at
Hampton roads, where he was at
tached to the good ship Utah, and
after New Year will go to the tor
pedo school at Newport. r. ]. He re-
ports all aboard the Utah as in the
finest of fettle.
And now a word from that dear old
Mississippi. Whether because of their
reputed prosperity or inability to
leave home at this season Of the year,
A1ississipians have been rather scarce
around this section of late, but one
was cornered in the lobby of the
Ebbitt House who proved to be n. H.
Daily of Jackson. for the past ten
years chairman of the Mississippi re-
publican state committee, and when
asked about conditions in his baili-
wick reported everything rosy
Like other states of the section,
in cotton prices, but according to Mr..
Daily her crops were woefully short.
Il had but thirty bales this year to
l53 two years ago." said the politi-
in price put money in circulation and
aided materially in bracing other
lines of business"
"How! about President Coolidge in
Mississippi, Mr.. Daily?"
Our people are very much inn
pressed with him. They think him
most capable official OF course,
the state is solid for the other party,
yet our republicans never give up
hope of better times coming. We
registered $4,000 votes last election
and this could be made 300, 900 if-but
what's the use OF rehashing the old
the southerner to do a little Christ
mas shopping.
And here's the. latest from Mime
sofa, as deliver ed by Frank W. Mat
son, railroad and warehouse commits
sioner of the Gopher state, who is at
the Continental, while here to discuss
with government officials an amend
ment to the packing and stockyards
act now in force in Minnesota.
Yes, President Coolidge's message
was received most favorably by our
people. You know Minnesota IS re-
publican at heart, claims TO the con-
trary Notwithstanding, and while
there is g. divided opinion on the
bonus clause in the message, I think
for the most part Minnesotans indorse
the stand of the President.
Personally, / do. I am a veteran
of both the Spanish-American and
the world wars, but don't think the