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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
Politics at Home
Harrison and the Presidency.

The discussion OF Mr.. Wilson's name
in. connection with a third presiden-
tial nomination has revived story re.
lating to the suggestion of a third
nomination for President Harrison.
In the contest for the republican
nomination in 1896 William Mckinley
and Thomas B. Reed were making it
warm for each other. They were
clever politicians, and each had the
support OF many as clever politicians
as himself. In fact, there was so much
cleverness engaged and so much feel
ing being aroused, some uneasiness
showed itself, and speculation about
Gen. Harrison for the emergency be-
gan.
1t ran on this line; Gen. Harrison
had shown quality when in the White
House. He. had given the country a
good administration. His defeat for re.
election had been the result of condi.
tons for which he was not responsible.
He was still in health and vigor, and
after rest OF four years would return
to the field of action in prime spirit.
Moreover, the second Cleveland ad.
ministration was drawing to a de-
pressed close. 1t had failed, and the
democracy was in a blue funk. The
eastern wing was not Tapping in uni
son with the western wing. Why not
take the country's judgment on Gen.
Harrison under circumstances that
would be much more just and favora-
BILE to him than had been those of
1892?
While expressing deep appreciation
OF the compliment, Gen. Harrison de.
ciined. He declared that the party
was entitled TO a new name. 1t had,
he said. dealt generously with him in
giving him two nominations and one
election, and he had nothing further
to ask at its hands.
The McKinIey-Reed duel proceeded,
with the result thoroughly acceptable
to the Harrisonites. and particularly
those living in the middle country
where both Harrison and Mckinley
lived.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
Washington's Hospital Needs.

Ii is doubtful if there is any single
munity more directly depends than
1lsso- rs hospitals. 1t is inevitable,
therefore, that Washington should
view with grave concern the fact that
tle city is today greatly underhos.
pitaliz d.
This fact has. within the last few
weeks, been clearly established, being
the foundation upon which the cam
paign for increasing the accommoda-
tons of Garfield Memorial Hospital is
based. 1t has been shown that eminent
medical authorities, such as DR..
George L. Vincent, head of the Rookie
Teller Foundation. and DIR. Royal S.
Copeland. former health commissioner
Of New York, and recently elected
United States senator from that state,
are agreed in the conviction that every
community should have at least fifty
hospital beds for each 10000 OF its
population. 1t is pointed out that New
York just meets this minimum re-
quircment, that Philadelphia has 56
per 10000 OF its inha bitants, Baltimore
IS and Boston 81. Washington, the
Capital city of the nation, has but 37.7
per 10. 900 Of its $50 900 inhabitants, or,
in other words. has but 1885 beds OF
it's minimum requirement Of 1850.
Tho results of this disturbing fact
arc daily in evidence. At this time of
the year. with the peak of the hospital
load still to be reached in February
and March, patients seeking hospitali-
cation, needing it with all the urgency
with which such cases are inevitably
attended, are of necessity daily denied
the care and accommodation which
they require. Particularly is this true
Of those desiring private rooms at
moderate cost.
The residents Of Washington be-
lteve that they are entitled, as a mat
ter of course. TO the assurance that
should they or one of their family re-
quire hospital attention it will be
available in their hour of need. Yet
hospitals in Washington are not built
or maintained to the extent of any
large contributions from the tax funds
Of the community. nor is there any
magic phrase which can bring them
into being overnight.
1t is well for the community to know
OF and to ponder upon these facts. 1t
is we'll for us to appreciate that dol
lars, and many Of them, are essential
to bring the hospital facilities of Wash
ington UP to the established minimum
requirement. II is we'll for us to real.
ize that our need being evident we, as
individuals who are proud to pay our
way as we go. cannot look to some
one else TO furnish the hospital bed or
room which we personally may require
for ourselves or one Of our family TO-
morrow
The authorities Of Garfield Memorial
Hospital are performing their obvious
duty TO the community in calling at
toward remedying situation fraught
with menace. Those who are engaged
in forwarding the campaign for the
necessary funds are performing a
the community so to respond to a
frank and unexaggerated presentation
Of facts as to demonstrate again it's
good judgment and it's appreciation Of
individual and civic responsibilities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

is really a happier boy than one who
does not know the organization.
1t will be the best thing that could
happen to Washington II every one Of
the 10000 remaining avaiIables were
brought in line. Washington would,
indeed, then enjoy a proud distinction.
as 100 per cent scout city. 1t would
win the biggest flag in the Presidents
collection. "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
EMAND is being made by law
authorities throughout the
country, and by leaders OF

EMAND IS being made by law
authorities throughout the
country, and by leaders OF
both political parties in the
House and Senate, that action be
taken by the Senate before the close
Of the present Congress upon the
worlds greatest law book, which has
already been twice approved by the
House.
The author of this great work,
which is the consolidation, codifica-
ton, revision and re-enactment of all
the general and permanent laws of
the United States, Is Representative
Edward c. Little OF Kansas. chairman
of the House committee on revision
of the laws. After twenty-five
months of work, day and night, upon
this very important and authoritative
book of reference by the House COM
mittee 1t was unanimously approved
by the House and stands in type to-
day, ready for the prompt printing
and binding as a. permanent volume
of inestimable value.
y Z x X
There has been no criticism of this
work, except by the Navy Depart
acts of Congress omitted, and Chair
man Little raised a laugh in the
House the other day when he ex-
planned that this deals merely with a
decision on precedence of officers in
going in to a dinner party. At the
same time Representative r. Walton
Moore of Virginia, democrat, sharply
criticized the delay of Congress in
falling to pass this measure.
To Offset this single objection, there
has been a flood of letters and resolu-
lions from the highest legal authori-
ties in this country commencing the
Little bill and expressing disap-
prevail of the delay in issuance of
this authoritative volume. For ex-
ample, John H. Wigmore, law-author
and dean of the Northwestern Uni
versity School of Law, has written
several times regarding this excel
United States" He says: az have ad-
mired the speed with which you have
made the compilation. and have
iamented the delay In taking action
upon It." He Is using this Little COM
own standard work on Evidence"
He has carefully gone through the
revised code Gas prepared by Repre-
sentative Little) and has noted all
the present laws by reference thereto.
y
The Senate has had this Little COM
pilation of all the federal laws, pass
ed unanimously by the House, for
twenty months without a committee
meeting being held upon ii. The
drive is now being made by leaders
in both House and Senate and by the
legal profession to get action in the
Senate committee. of which Senator
Richard P. Ernst of Kentucky is
chairman. Writing of the need for
action, Dean Wigmcre says:
"The interval since the last oficial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
Sights in the Churches.

MANY of the churches of the me
Afl tropolis have sights well worth
seeing that are little known. In the
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St,
John the Divine, on Morningside
Heights. there has just been set up u
new statue OF Joan of Arc, by Anna
". Hayatt, that is we'll worth looking
at. after the visitor has inspected the
twenty celebrities in stone in the bal
ustrade presented by the daughters of
Gen. Delafield. Each of these figures
represents the most notable charac-
tiers of each of the centuries
In the Chapel of the Intercession. at
Broadway and 155th street, there was
recently set up and blessed a stone
from ST. Ethelburga's Church In Lon
don, where Hendrix Hudson and his
crew took communion the Sunday be-
fore sailing for America.
Another interesting relic that has
just come to New York is the piano
used by Richard Wagner in compos-
ing "Parsivar' and THE Ring" It
was presented to Wagner by Ludwig
Of Bavaria. Just now il is being
shown at No 4S7 9Th avenue, but
eventually it will be placed in one OF
the museums.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
Strange Things Happen.

MOT long ago was talking TO a
IN spinster who lives in a quiet Con-
necticut village.
81 should think you'd be afraid to
go out in the streets in New York"
she said. 81 read in the papers about
the murders and hold-ups you have
there every day"
According TO the vital statistics
New York has an average Of one muir
der a day. but in the years I have
been in the metropolis ] never have
happened to see either a murder or q
hold-up, though I did see something
happen not long ago as the crowd
emerged from the opera A woman
with her husband was amazed to find
man thrusting something at her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
Many Paintings Exhibited.

CCoRES OF exhibits Of paintings take
- place at this season of the year
in New York. 1t is the tradition or
art circles to have them open with
Vanishing day. an invited affair
the day before the public is admitted
The last one l attended, that of the
new Society OF Artists at the Ander
son galleries, was interesting because
of the celebrities il attracted from the
society and art world At the tea
table were Mrs. William Aston Chan
Ter, Mrs. Paul Dougherty, Mrs. Efronl
-Zimbalist, Miss Elsie De Wolfe and
Clare Sheridan, while among those in
specting the pictuses / noticed Mrs
Vincent Aston. John Barrymore. Clar-
ence II. Mackay, Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer,
Alma G1uck, George Barr McCutcheon.
Al Frueh, Condo Mast and Frank
Crowninshield. Ernest Lawson had
several of his fine landscapes on view.
George Luks a painting or two and
Joseph Pennell some of his etchings.
With the many other fine pictures
shown it is a show worth seeing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

Russia will send players to this
country to instruct US in arts, select
ing as a subject for dramatic demon
stration the career Of Ivan the Ter
rible. The event should not be taken
too seriously as an incident of Lenin's
policy Of terrorizing the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

1t must be said in favor of Ireland
that she is conducting her troubles
without attempting to draw the west
ern hemisphere into them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

Genial references to Uncle Joe Can
non continue to enliven the public
prints. Whether in politics or out,
Uncle Joe is always in the hands Of
his friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

Assertion that war between France
and Germany is only a question Of
time" repeats historic phrase. The
hope that an ancient neighborly an
tipathy would be adjusted has proved
IN vain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

DR.. Coue treated a newspaper man
suffering from nervousness and sue:
ceeded in making him write legibiy.
Every composing room should give
three cheers for the doctor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

When the American troops leaving
Germany met French troops. no band
was 80 inconsiderate as TO play. when
he comes in, I'm going out"'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

Visiting Russian musicians and dane.
ers will be able to take home some in
teresting art effects If they make a
proper study Of American jazz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

The Jersey coast is reported to be
so haunted by rum smugglers that the
old sea serpent may be expected to
reappear at any moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

Instead Of having to manage cabinet
officials, Wilhelm Hohenzollern now
finds his heaviest responsibilities in
firing a cook or a butler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

France is not seeking to beat swords
into pfowshares, but may be willing
to turn them into coal shovels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

The prophets who predicted long,
hard winter are contemplating their
coal bills and confessing they ought
to be wrong,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

The income tax grows less, but does
not become more popular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

It Is hard to remember dates. but
Maryland makes no excuses for a man
whose motor wears go tag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
SOME INSIDE STUFF
ABOUT NEW YORK
BY WILLIAM JOHNSTON.

You dropped your bag" he said. Me
chanically she took il, and he van
ished. A minute later she discovered
that with him had vanished a brace
let she was wearing. The bracelet, 1t
happened, was only junk, but In the
bag that was not hers was eleve:I
dollars and a gold vanity case.
An Interesting Japanese.
a DACHI KINNESUKE came 10 this
"A country twenty odd years ago TO
be educated in an American uni
versity and has been here ever since
His education completed, he was fired
with three ambitions, to master English
more thoroughly than any other Japan
csc, to have articles printed in every
American magazine and 10 become
tennis champion. In the first two am
pltionS he was successful. but ] do not
mink he ever succeeded in winning a
tennis cup. Now, after all these years.
he is going back to Japan for the first
tlfne Tor d visit, with commissions to
write articles for newspaper, q weekly
ana a monthly magazine. More than
any other japanese, in my opinion, he
mas been responsible for diffusing real
knowledge about Japan in this country
Tor he, like the able Japanese consul
general, kvo Kumasaki, has a compre-
hension Of the American viewpoint.
which is something that most Japanese
diplomats fail to grasp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

"Dar is such a thing as misplaced
bravery" said Uncle Eben. 'Tryin' to
interduce loaded dice in our Saturday
Evenin' Club crap game ain. nufnn'
bUkA waste Of COURAGE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

Musings of a Motor Cop.
Hortense heard Of "autosuggestion
with glee,
And said. THAT is sure the suggestion
for men' ,r..
Then she sighed In regret, 81 supposed
It would give
A suggestion for some way Of parking
my fiiv."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
NEW YORK, January 1s.

NEW IOhhp january 10.
KIT is always an inspiration TO
me to attend the opera" said
the dowager sitting next TO
me In the box at the Metro
politan. ST do not mean the music,
but the list of boxholders. That list
is convincing proof that America is
still the land Of opportunity. Look at
the names. Half Of the men at least
are seif-made, poor boys who have
worked their own way to the top.
There's one for example"-she pointed
to a name well known in industry-"I
remember him when his father had
a little tobacco shop and the family
lived in two or three rooms behind
It. He used to deliver our milk. Now
they say he is worth forty millions"
Gatti Casazza at the Metropolitan
this year has introduced two limo
vations that are meeting with general
approval from opera goers. "Parsi-
fall" which used TO be almost an all
day affair, lasting from II o'clock
until 6. has been considerably short
ened. In the recent revival of Ros-
sinfs last opera, William Tell" the
delightful overture was played at the
beginning of the second act instead
Of the first, giving late arrivals q
chance to hear It. As the fashionable
hour for dining in New York is now
Is o'clock, opera box parties seldom
arrive in time for any of the first act.
Emile Coue Drinks Coffee.
HUSBANDS whose wives are always
j i insisting that they are drinking
too much coffee may find comfort in
the example Of Coue. ! was chatting
with this distinguished propaganda
of autosuggestion at a tea the other
day. when one of the ladies insisted
on his having some tea
do you drink tea and coffee" !
asked him.
Certainly" NJ Coue answered. "why
not? Tea, coffee, water. wine, every
thing. What difference does ii make?'
He is a typical middle-class French
man, short, hick-barreled, thin-leg-
ged, with a white beard and a broad
forehead. He speaks English. often
misaccented, but Ineligible. The
his simple sincerity. He believes de-
voutly in himself and his message.
Wherever he appears he is sur
rounded by a clamoring multitude.
portrait painters demanding a sitting,
clergymcn offering him their pulpits,
magazine editors insistent on articles.
society women, with dinner invita-
lions, doctors demanding his opinions.
TO say nothing of scores of people
with various ailments eager to be
treated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
Patience OverpIayed.

"a farmer has to be patient"
YES" replied Farmer Corntossel;
"but he overdoes it when he don't do
nothin' but sit on a fence an wait for
a real estate BOOM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BIZ PHILANpER JOHNSON.
Some Day Song.

Some Day Song.
The wind severe tried to spoil our
cheer
And the world seemed in all wrong.
Then the sun shone clear and a breeze
drew near
Singin' the some day song.
Then it whispered low. "All the frost
an snow
Will be meltin' away ere long.
Wen forget the woe an we'll say,
Let's go
An keep singin' the some day song"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14
Dangerous Comparison,

Dangerous Comparison.
"why don't you tell a few humorous
anecdotes in your speeches as you
used tor
"I'm afraid to-" replied Senator Sor.
ghum. CT found several constituents
going back on me because I wasn't as
good as their favorite vaudeville en-
tertainer."
Jud Tunkins says when you tell
your troubles you merely expose your
short suit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-01-14

Susan Il. Anthony often proudly re
ferred in her arguments for woman
Evening star., 1923-11-07
Puncture of PincltOt Bubble
Said TO OversEtadO,U Election
Observers See Pennsylvania Governor
Thro,cn Into Discard by Drys Who
Board Coolidge Band,vagon.

obstructing enforcement of the law.
Mr.. Mellon halls from Pennsylvania
and will have a good deal to say about
the delegation from the Keystone
state to the national convention.
Now comes Wayne B. Wheeler gen
eral counsel of the Anti-Saloon
League, and the acknowledged leader
of the dry forces in America, with
a statement indorsing not only Presi-
dent Coolidge's efforts to enforce pro-
hibition, but putting the stamp of ap-
proval on Secretary Mellon, too. Mr..
Wheeler says if the states will only
do as much as the federal government
has done, all will be well. This is
interpreted as meaning that even If
Gov. Pinchot himself would use his
state power he would get better results
in Pennsylvania.
But the most dramatic development is
the willingness of the Anti-Saloon
League to swap Mr.. Pinchot for Mr..
Coolidge. The support of the Anti
Evening star., 1923-11-07
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Straws which show which way the
national winds OF politics may be
blowing are too few today to draw
any worthwhile conclusions and
while the headquarters Of both the
major parties profess to find salts
faction in what has happened, there
are only a few things significant in
Tuesdays elections.
First, the expectation of the dry
forces that New York state would
punish the democrats for repeating
the state enforcement law on prohibi-
tion was to some extent fulfilled, as
the democrats lost seven members
and the republicans retained control.
Second, the wet sentiment showed
itself as strong as ever in Maryland
whore Gov. Ritchie was reelected
by an overwhelming majority. Both
candidates were wet" but Mr..
Ritchie was wet enough to earn the
Endorsement Of the Association OPP
posed to the Prohibition Amendment.
Third, Kentucky came back into
the democratic fold by turning out
its republican governor. James NJ.
Cox, democratic nominee for the
presidency in 1920. campaigned ac-
lively in Kentucky this year and the
final vote showed that the state went
democratic by an even greater vote
than it cast in 1920.
Fourth. the special elections to
Congress were about stand off
neither party making any substantial
headway and the contests We're so
local in character that national sig
nificance can hardly be attached to
them.
Pinchot Bubble Puncturrd,
Far more important, however, in
the realm of national politics Tuesday
than any election that was held, was
the puncturing of Gov. Clifford Pin
chot's boom for the republican presi-
Dental nomination. He had started
out to make an issue of prohibition,
contending that President Coolidge
and Secretary Mellon We're not en-
forcing the Volstead law as effective
ly as they could.
For several days Mr. Pinchot's
charges have been occupying Wash
ington's attention, particularly the
statement that Secretary Mellon was
Evening star., 1923-11-07
Saloon League to the national admin
istration Is important politically and

Saloon League to the national admin
istration Is important politically and
If, as is again and again rumored. the
democrats name wet" candidate,
the entire strength of the Anti-Saloon
League will be behind the republican
presidential nominee.
When Gov. Pinchot came to- WASH
ington and presided over the Citizen
ship conference on prohibition, 1t was
generally believed the dry" forces,
were using the Pinchot barrage as a.
means of bringing President Coolidge,
and Secretary Mellon into closer har ;
mony with the Anti-Saloon League.
program. This having been accom-
plished. the "drys" think more is t1
be gained by upholding- the federal
administration than by fighting it. :
Gov Pinchots political boom was
based largely on the idea that ths
national administration wasn't dry.
enough. 1t looked for awhile as IL
he might capture the leadership. pos
litically, of the dry" forces in Amers
lea. The maneuver by Wayne
Wheeler has checkmated that ambi:
tion, and, in the opinion of most OBJ
servers, has deprived MIR. Pinchot df
Evening star., 1923-11-07

his principal issue for . nght against
the republican executive in the White
House. He may turn to the old-time
controversy between the so-called
'progressives" and "reactionarfes,
but, having suffered q defeat on pro-
hibition, his chances today are con-
sidered 70 have been diminished by
the little statement from the head.
quarters Of the Anti-Saloon League.
Copyright, 1881