Evening star., 1925-01-30
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM EILE

pletion Of four full years at the State
Department an appropriate ter
minal' at which to lay down public
duties once and for all.
II is many a day since Washington
or the country at large has ever wit
messed such a battle of legal wits as
that between Attorney General Har-
Ian Fiske Stone and Senator Thomas
j. Walsh of Montana, on the Wheeler
case in the Senate judiciary commit
tee. Stone is the best legal mind in
the administration. and Walsh is con-
sidered the first lawyer in Congress
It was an intersectional matching of
brains, too. Stone typifies New Eng
land intellectual traditions. Walsh
"a native of Wisconsin, incarnated
the vigorous mentality of the West
ern prairies. President Coolidge is
immensely pleased with the manner
in which Stone comported himself
The Attorney General is the ap-
pointee in whom Mr.. Coolidge no.
tortousiy takes his principal pride.
He feels that events at the Capitol on
January rs amply vindicated the pro-
motion of Stone to the United States
Supreme Court
II ~
no love lost between the medical uni
verse and the Christian Science
Church, yet Senator Royal S Cope
land OF New York. a doctor, was the
most eloquent advocate of square
deal. for Christian Science publica-
tions in the pending posta1-pay bill
He told the Senate 1t would probably
find 1t strange that physician should
stand up and plead the cause of
Nhy-tC tIrrn G,s<x
cause of "the noble work" Mrs Eddys
church Is doing throughout the world
Senator Copeland declared he felt i'm
PEELED to do so. He made reference
to the Democratic convention edition
of the Christian Science Monitor in
New York last June and July, and
said it gave "a fairer statement of
what was going on than any partisan
newspaper gave"
One of the units in President Cool
idge's inaugural parade may be the
historic Ancient and Honorable Artil-
lery Company of Boston. Some of its
members are past the marching age
and may be assigned the task of form
ing special guard of honor before
the presidential reviewing stand in
front of the White House. News
Client and Honorable" without recall
ing classic typographical error, and
lts fateful consequences, on the oeca-
sion some years ago when the COM
panys British namesake and pro-
eenitor visited New York City. The
occasion was convivial. A newspaper
compositor, either in devilment or by
mistake, made one days account of
the visit refer to the Londoners as
bottle Scared" veterans. They pro-
tested. Fhe editor said he'd make a
correction next day. Again the COM
posltor played havoc. He made the
correction read "battle-scared" vet
Grams.
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One day recently when Representative
Thomas l.. Blanton Of Texas was tear
ing passion to tatters" ON the floor of
the House, according to his inimitable
custom, Representative Richard N FL
lott of Indiana, one of the lobby Joke
smiths, remarked-"Blanton must have
had letter from one of my constitu-
ents.''
OF course, he was asked "how's that? ?"
and he explained-"Well, when we had
little difference of opinion around here
over daylight-saving l got a letter from
character back home who was great
ly exercised on. the subject He wrote
me a vigorous letter and wound I'D like
this Dick, ,-1-Rant- you to get up In
Congress and paw the air and below
like yellow bull in fly time"