Evening star., 1923-09-25

Just before the members Of the
| United States Coal Commission ad-
| tourned, sine die, on Saturday, they
Imade merry with their beloved col
league. Thomas r. Marshall. They
told him they were going to petit
ition President Coolidge to appoint
Marshall to the vice presidency. The
ground for the recommendation, 1t
was explained, is that Marshall not
lonly has the necessary experience,
| but has reverted to the status of
statesman out of job. The gentle
1 man from Indiana says all the money
lMellon's got in the Treasury couldn't
beguile him back to Capitol HILL For
while Mr.. Marshall thought of prac-
lticing law in Washington. in emula-
Ition of number of eminent ex-
| amples>set by unemployed politicians,
| but he has renounced the idea. He
! finds he can make all he needs. in
lcluding good scent cigars. by writ
ling and speaking, and to those pur-
suits henceforward will devote him.
self.
| Reports recently gained currency
that when woodrow Wilson returned
from France the first time in Feb
/ lruary, 1919, Gov. Calvin Coolidge of
Massachusetts welcomed him at Bos-
ton in terms that identified Mr.. Cool
iidge as a believer in Wilson poli-
cies." This observer has pursued the
istory to its source. The closing words
of Gov Coolidge's greeting were:
| I'VE have welcomed the President
with a reception more marked even
THAN that which was accorded to Gen.
IGeorge washington-more united
than could have been given at any
time during his life to President Alb
iraham Lincoln. We welcome him as
the representative OF great people,
as a great statesman, as one to whom
we have intrusted our destinies, and
i one whom we are sure we Will sup
port in the future in the working
| out of that destiny, as Massachusetts,
| has supported him in the past"
| Charles F. Jenkins Of Philadelphia,
a leading member of the Friends His
torical Society, reveals in a publica-
| tion called "Tortola" the existence
of mysterious sealed packet in the
safe of the librarian OF Congress. It's
4 contents ndrk DdCh 70 SnC EcNOiuttOIl
and a controversy In which DR.. Will
| liam Thornton, Quaker architect in
Tortola. British Vest Indies, was i'm
| plicated Instructions are attached pro-
viding that the packet may not be OPEN
ed until January 1, 1925, after being in
| custody nearly $50 years. 1t was Thorn.
| ton, as not many Americans are aware,
| who drew the plan from which, subStan-
| TALLY, the Capitol at Washington was
| erected. In March, 1872, Thomas JET
! ferson, Secretary of State, advertised
/ for plans for the Presidents house
| and for the Capitol. Thornton de-
cided to compete, but reached Phila-
delphia (then the capitaD after the
| competition was closed. President
/ Washington liked the young Quaker's
design and recommended it to the
| commissioners as combining gran
/ deur, simplicity and convenience"
whereupon 1t was accepted.
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! Among the things the woods are
full of are vice presidential candi-
/ dates on "the Coolidge ticket A
well developed boom is-~said to be
1 blossofning in the west. for Repre-
sentative Sydney Anderson of Min
nesota, On the theory that the en-
battled farming community could USE
= fully supply the tail-end of the re-
=