Evening star., 1925-08-05

capital of John Bulls westernmost bit
of Canadian Dominion, which squatS
serenely and picturesquely at the tip
of Vancouver Island. 75 miles off the
mainland, is still as British as Devon
shire, despite the corrupting proximity
of the United States. The city of
Vancouver itself shows distinct traces
of AmericaniZation. They're far freer
with the coin of the realm there than
in any place 1 have yet struck in the
West, for when changing a United
States $50 bill they gave me a $40
gold piece. which glittering breed of
money l thought was still in captivity
everywhere. Vancouver holds the
memory of Warren G.. Harding in af-
fectionate regard. What promises to
be one of it's imperishable traditions
is the circumstance, proudly recalled,
that it was the scene of his last public
address. To commemorate that event
a Harding Memorial will be un-
veiled in Stanley Park, Vancouver,
| where the late President addressed an
enormous open-air audience only a
few days before he passed on. The
| memorial will be monumental gran
lite bench built in the form Of an open
oval, guarded on each side with
bronze eagles emblematic of our coun-
try. 1t has been erected, after a de-
sign by a Vancouver sculptor, on a
gentle slope near the bandstand where
Harding spoke. The united Kiwanis
Clubs of North America are the donors,
and Herbert Hoover will speak at the
Hoover was with Harding at Van
William E. Humphrey, new stormy
petrol of the Federal Trade Commits
sion-ff a rockbound conservative
may be described as stormy-is spend
ing the Summer at his old home in
Seattle, which he represented for a
spell in Congress. Like hordes of
Westerners, Humphrey is an Eastern
er, for he admits, under s-exami-
nation, that he was born in Indiana.
Washington State is rather reconciled
to ostracism from the Shipping
Board by Humphreys appointment to
the Trade Commission. That former
terror of corporate malefactors rather
! specialized in recent years in making
life a burden for some of the big
lumber interests of the Northwest.
, These naturally rejoice over the era
of a squarer deal for big business,
! which, the Northwest understands,
was inaugurated with President Cool
idge's appointment of Humphrey to
the Federal Trade Commission He
is growing a scholarly beard since
Seattle knew him last, but Humphrey
finds he is still well and widely re-
membered by friends and constituents
in the Puget Sound, country.
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Leaving Washington and crossing
into Oregon, Republican politics of
somewhat more hectic brand is
encountered. Senator Stanfield, who
used to be known as "the greatest
shepherd since Abraham" bestrides
the anxious seat when he thinks of
what 1926 may have in store for him.
His election in 1920 was a good deal
of surprise, both to himself and to
Oregon for the Harding landslide
swept him to an unexpected victory
over an extraordinarily strong and
popular Democratic incumbent, Sen
ator George e. Chamberlain. With
good record in the State LegisIa-
ture to his credit, plus youth, ability
and outstanding success in the wool
industry, Stanfield went to the Sem
ate with considerable promise of a
career. 1t is plain that he's going
to face attack on the ground that he
has failed at Washington to measure
up to his possibilities and to the ex-
pectations the State pinned upon
him. There will be other charges OF
a rather more personal nature. judg-
ing by what FORMER Gov. OS" West,
Democrat, announces that he intends
to. launch when the Stanfield cam
paign is on. But absenteeism, COM
mitted when Oregonian destinies In
the Senate might have profited from
Stanfield'si more regular attendance,
seems to be the principal indictment
the Senator will have to answer, both
in his struggle for denomination and
for reelection If he worsts two or
three strong Republicans who are
threatening to Anter tip primaries,