Evening star., 1924-09-25
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE.

Democrats have been lamenting
that they haven't had their share of
the breaks Of the campaign. Every
thing has been coming Calls way
wheat prices, Dawes plan and other
acts OF a political providence. But
the Daugherty-Davis correspondence.
Democrats aver. has at last given
them a break" and a big one. A
Davis leader told this observer that
the opening which Daugherty pro-
yided Davis. and of which the candi-
date has taken such deadly advantage,
is worth $4,000 in campaign funds
The way he puts it is that it would
have been worth that much In Demo-
cratic publicity and propaganda value
to put Daugherty back on the front
page" Davis managers long de-
plored that the public seemed deter
mined TO forget Fall, DauGherty and
Forbes. Along come the former At
torney General and hands the Demo-
Gratis the revamped issue on silver
platter.
Since the Republican convention at
Cleveland and until the present cpl
sode Harry Daugherty has been
vrapped in a Seclusion that was very
agreeable to the Republican high
command. At one time 1t was feared
that his dismissal from the cabinet
would cause Daugherty not only to be
a sulker, but a wrecker of party
prospects in Ohio. But he was ef-
fectually suppressed at Cleveland.
when he lost his fight to make Louis
r. Brush, the purchaser of the HARD
ing newspaper at Marion, Repuoilcan
national committeeman. since then
Daugherty's influence in Ohio has
been regarded wholly negligible, and
the organization he once dominated
has been Loyalty behind the Coolidge
cause. "Harry's" reputation Tor party
regularity is proverbial, but he blum
dered into the Davis affair in a way
that causes moro than one head TO
wag in doubt as to whether 1t was
accidental or designed
No political contest anywhere in the
country is watched in aShlnGton
with livelier interest than BIZ
Whites candidacy for the governor
ship Of Kansas. The man VINO toia
the world whats the matter with
Kansas" has been fighting shy or
public Office for twenty-five years
In the Kaw country White is known
as the only patriot who ever refused
a rostmastership. Once, in Mck1n- =
ley's time, the editor was designated
as a compromise candidate TOT tne
Emporia post office. He hot-footed IL
10 washington to plead personally
with Mark Hanna against the rate
about to overtake him IN the name
of party harmony. Hanna escorted
him to the White House. White beg
gad the President to be let off.
"Weu" said Mckinley. solemnly,
well see w hat can be done about 1t
The Emporia scribe's protestations
prevailed, and never until now was
he persuaded to banker for oH1clal
honors White might have been Gov
ernor of Kansas, or United states
Senator or a diplomat, or n Jobholder
in Washington, for his State ana va
rious Presidents have tempted him
in vain.
& = X
Human migration" is the sug-
pestiye title OF a worldwide survey
now engaging the attention OF the
National Research Council at Wash
ineton. 1t is in charge OF DR.. ROB-
ert M. Yerkes, psychologist, who IS
chairman of the councils research
information service By the time the
survey is finished it will be the last
scientific word on the problem OF
emigration and immigration. Causes
and effects, not only with regard to
the United States, but all countries.
all races, all civilizations and all
eras, beginning with the Exodus, will
be diagnosed and discussed. DR..
Yerkes was one of the War Depart
ment's scientists during the World
War. He has written a couple OF
books dealing with Army mental and
psychological tests between 1917 and
1919.
DR.. Charles E. Sawyer never took