Evening star., 1925-03-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Constitution in words OF one syllable
The Representative in question was
the orator Of the evening. He start
ed in to quote the preamble of our
Magma Charta--"We, the people of
the United States, in order to form a
more perfect union" and all the rest
of it. He had gone no further than
those opening words when he found
it necessary to haul out q copy of
the Constitution and read the rest of
the preamble. When his turn was
finished, the official in charge of
the class said: "Mr. Congressman.
we've 20 fellows here who can recite
the preamble to the Constitution by
heart, although not a one of them is
yet a. naturalized citizen-
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Inauguration visitors who want to
see American statesmen of the hour
as Washington envisages them from
day to day-that is, in all their max ed
frailties--can indulge in that pastime
by looking in at the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art. There Robert James
Malone. caricaturist, is exhibiting his
collection, entitled Our Statesmen" ="
a galaxy of 80 or 40 cartoons that
depict the Nations best known men
with relentless truth to life. Taft,
Moses, Hughes, La Toilette, GiIlett,
Edge, Curtis, Willis, Pat Harrison
Borah, Caraway, Pershing, Cummins,
Smoot, Ashurst, Watson, Robinson,
Bryan, Warren, Glass, Hef1in, wads-
worth, Copeland, King, Brookhart,
Dawes, Pepper, Longworth, Swanson
and Overman are among the cas-
tigated Jim" Preston, Commander
in-chief of the press gallery" also is
lampooned.
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Medill Mccormick, though he would
have resumed private citizenship this
week through departure from the
Senate, by no means intended to lead
a life of political seclusion. The late
illinois Senator was by training, tenn
permanent and prediction a news
paperman. 1t was his plan, some of
his friends say, to devote himself
intensively to Journalism. Once in
a. while they thought he had It in
mind to make himself sort of
American Lord Northcliffe, at the
head of great chain of newspapers,
through which he could WELD po-
lticai influence and eventually mount
to more prestige and authority than
he ever achieved before. Medill used
to like to say that Ruth" (his wife)
W IS the real politician of the fam
fly." In a very literal sense that was
tIue. MaTk 1anna'S daughter is
bound to be heard of in politics in
her own name and right as time
goes on.
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Senator James W. Wadsworth. tr
of New York, crowned c. o. p. boss
of the Empire State when he NOM
mated Ted" Roosevelt for governor
last Fall, is having his organization
troubles. They spring from a charge
that he isn't enough of a boss New
York Republicans apparently want a
boss whol bosses. Wadsworth is ac-
cused OF. leaving too many things
and too much authority to under
bosses and not running the show guf-
ficiently himself. His vicissitudes
are said to be mainly upstate, whence
he springs. rather than from Man
haitian Islsndway. Upstate New
York is dry, too, and Jimmy wads-
worth is politically wet. The Demo-
Gratis talk Of pitting the young Loch-
invar of western New York Democ-
racy, Representative Meyer Jacob
stein of Rochester, against Wads-
worth for the: Senate in 1926 Jacob
stein made a miraculous reelection
run last November, winning by 10000.
while Coolidge was carrying Roch.
ester by $4,000. ~