Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-09-08
PANORAMA OF EVENTS IN
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
By Peter Keegan


grinding out the nations business
ike an old-timer New political
jobs come easy, however, to the
sandy-haired Vermonter who is now
the President of the United States.
He has been running for office or
holding office ever since he was old
enough to vote, and has never known
defeat in any Of the seventeen
political campaigns in which he has
participated.
It is the '1ow down" in Washing
ton that Coolidge will be the
Republican nominee for the Pre-
sidency in 1924, just as Warren
Harding would have been if he had
lived. Hiram Johnson has been
the only thorn in the flesh of the Old
Guard, but the chances of the Fiery
Californian are waning and he pro-
badly will not even be candidate.
The third-party talk which flared
up just after Magnus Johnson was
elected to the Senate from Mime
sofa has died out One reason is
that it was mostly talk anyway, and
the other is that S enator Bob"
LqFollette, the leader Of the pro-
s. essives, is in Europe, so they have
10 one here to make noise for them.
New parties always thrive on
noise-and they also need money
If vocal effort was the only re-
qurement, the palm Of leadership
would go to Magnus Johnson with
out a solitary objection. They
say here that when he talks in an
ordinary tone he can be heard for
half mile. This has led the
Sergeant-at-Arms at the Capitol to
assign him an office with vacant
rooms on all sides. Other senators
were afraid Magnus would start
debating speeches and wake them
up.
The regular Sunday attendance at
the Calvary Baptist Church has
fallen off considerably That was
where the Hardings worshipped.
The Coolidges, however, 90 to the
First Congregational Church, and
the trustees have had to buy extra
chairs to take care of the crowd.
Washingtonians never get tired of
looking at the President, regardless
of who he is.
The President is sticking to his
habit of getting up and going out for
a walk at $3.50 in the morning, but
he has no companions except the
faithful Secret Service guards
When he inaugurated his morning
walks as President he was trailed by
n score of newspaper correspond
ents, but the novelty soon wore off.
There was not enough excitement
The correspondents now stay in bed
until a reasonable hour and depend
on the Secret Service to notify them
If anything happens to the President.
Among members of the Cabinet
who walk for exercise is Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon, who sticks
to the habit despite the fact that he
was knocked down one morning by
speeding motorist while crossing a
busy street, Mellon brushed off his
clothes and forgot it.
The official status of DR.. Charles
f. Sawyer, the Marion Ohio,
homeopath who became a Brigadier
General, is puzzling the War De-
partment and the Veterans Bureau.
Although his chief is dead, Sawyer
still remains "the Presidents
physician" but President Coolidge
has a doctor of his own, Major
James f. Coupal Of the Army
Medical Corps. In the meantime,
Sawyer has taken a hand in the
affairs of the Veterans Bureau, be-
ing Chief of the Federal Hospitali-
zation Board. but Director Frank 7.
Hines declines to admit that the
General has any authority The
puzzle may be solved by Sawyer's
retirement
Mayor of New York has a cold