Evening star., 1924-02-14
TALKS and TALES
With and .4bout
CAPITALS GUESTS

WHICH frequently appedTS at tle DOl-
tom of chart, explaining why this
or that nag failed 10 bring home the
Sweetmeat, means that the horse per.
formed nconsistently-going fast
over portions Of the distance and
much slower over others.
Based on the opinions of many
prominent democrats visiting Wash
fnGton, it would be difficult TO find a
moro appropriate phrase to picture
rho actions UP to date of all aspirants
in the race for the democratic presi-
Dental nomination than to say that
each and every one of them has been
running in spots"
Even the fleet-footed Californian.
William Gibbs McAdoo. who. after
beating the barrier by several lengths
and for quite some distance In the
early stages of the contest, seemed to
DE making a spreadeagle affair of it,
IS no exception. for. owing to the oily
condition Ion OF the track at the frs.
until now the field is punched with
everybody whipping"
Despite great volumes of dust kick
cd up as the contenders swung into
the backstretch. which makes it al
most impossible to decipher the col
Srandstand as if that stolid old cam
pafgner, Oscar Underwood, had his
nose in front. with Sam Ralston, Jim
Reed, AL Smith, Atlee Pomerene and
John w. Davis all eying his throat
latch.
Apparently free from the sticky going,
and with eyes blazing and nostrils d.
lated. the Mc-Adoo mustang has once
and is coming fast on the outside. VII
liam Jennings Bryan and others seem
10 be strung out. with the little two
year-old Murphree merely frisking In
There's a long. treacherous stretch
ahead, however. and from now until the
finish, which, according to those In 1.-The
hnoW,. viii & be a grueiing I1, periormance
to show signs OF running in spots"
might just as we'll quit and turn his
toes TO the daisies!
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CD until going to press, no legislator
had even suggested a motion advocating
Il bonus for superannuated oil mag
mates.
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In Oklahoma, for instance, the run
ming has been most "spotty," especially
in the race of Mr.. McAdoo, for. accord
ing to Judge r. c. Allen of Tulsa, who
arrived at the New Willard Hotel last
night, the jig is up In SO far as the
former Secretary Of the Treasury is
concerned.
"McAdoo is gone in Oklahoma" said
the tall lawyer. His connections with
the oil interests killed him outright with
onr people. He was strong In the state
prior to his acknowledgment Of repre-
Senting Doheny, and while he still has
some following. it will gradually dwindle
aS time passes on.
ITO whom will his support go,
judge
well thought of by our people. and it
would not surprise me to sec our del
cgation go to the convention with
him foremost in mind. Oklahoma will
go democratic no matter who is final
" chosen"
What did you think of President
Coolidge'S message, judge"
a mastery effort, clear, to the
poiut and absolutely safe and sane.
! have just read it and. in the main.
agree with him heartily"
II over the oncominG generation
fails to appreciate all sacrifices being
made, for it, then twill be perfectly
i'll order to slip It the "Fic. fc:'
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DESTROYS of knowing what the as-
riculturists thought of that section of
the message affecting their interests,
a visit was made to Walton Peteet,
secretary. National Council Farmers
Cooperative Marketing Association,
who Is stopping at the EbbItt.
We are much gratified by the in
terest the President has taken in the
situation" said the Chicago man,
ri 10 a r IF L., N
ing toward sound economic measures
of relief-his stand against price fix
ing. The speech indicates that Mr..
Coolidge not only realizes the serious
ness of the situation. but its economic
character. showing by his first step
that he understands it."
sir. Peteet seemed highly elated
over the success of the recent con-
sS;E he was returning to Chicago eX-
tremely sanguine of the future.
Did you ever notice, it's the little
squeak voiced rooster" who can't
turn a tune. that's eternally suggest
Ing "a bit Of close harmony?
Smiling, as always, Vance McCor-
mick, close friend of the late war
President, and prominent PennsyI-
Sania democrat, slipped into the
Shoreham, just down from New
Haven. where he'd gone to attend a
meeting of.the Yale Corporation, but
when pressed for an opinion on the
political situation, begged to be ex-
Cused, "at least for the present"
Mr.. Mccormick"
"Ffne, couldn't be better. 1t did
9ae good to run across Tad Jones'
You know last year was wonder
1ul ono for Tad-he's a great coach.
I've been through the mill and know
That coach has to contend with
He gets all the blame for a poor
season. when the truth of the mat
!. not there. Yale should have an
other good year in ath'"-i"s''
Time has been most fair with the
Former mayor of Harrisburg. Ipr ASIDE
Cormick looks as fit as ever he did
back in 1893, when he led his Blue
root ball warriors through the Har-
ward and Princeton lines. or the year
before when he was one of Capt.
Bum" McClung's chief lieutenants.
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One of the most pathetic sights on
the parade ground is the poor boob
who's been told. he resembles a. celeb
.rtty and is endeavoring to live up to
It,
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On leaving the Shoreham Repre-
sentative Taber of the thirty-sixth
New York district was encountered
on his way home to the Lee House,
and a short stroll proved that the Au-
burn republican was most pleased
with President Coolidge's message.