Evening star., 1925-06-08
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

President Coolidge very obviously
has his heart set on bringing Mime
sofa back into the regular Republican n
fold for keeps. 1t is a long time since
the Gopher State has shaken down
within 81 period of a few months two
major plums like the Secretaryship of
State and the Solicitor Generaliship.
Doubtless the appointment of William
d. Mitchell of st. Paul to the place re-
Gently vacated by James NJ. Beck
was timed for Mr.. Coolidge's visit to
the Twin Cities this week. The Farm
Labor party Is by no means defunct
in Minnesota. But the defeat Of
Magnus Johnson last year by Thomas
D. Schan, a regular Republican, in
dicates that the organization is no
longer invincible. When Henrik
in the Senate. is up for reelection in
1928 there Is sure to be a fierce G. o.
P attack to unhorse him.
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Herbert Hoover will have an un-
official helpmate at his own vine and
fig tree in running the Bureau of
Mines. That adjutant is none other
than Mrs. Hoover, who was a student
in metallurgy at Stanford University
when her husband was studying min
ing and engineering there in the early
eos. After their graduation the
Hoovers collaborated in a translation
ever since has been a standard text
book in schools of mines Hoover
would rather dabble in mining affairs
than any of the multifarious activities
that engage his inexhaustible energy.
He was a mining engineer of recog-
nized merit at 81. Between 1895 and
1913 he practiced his profession In
the United States, Mexico, Canada,
Australia, Italy, Great Britain, South
Africa, India, China and Russia.
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Mai. Sherman Miles, statuesque son
and heir of Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who
has lust been assigned to the artillery
school at Fortress Monroe after three
wears as military attache at Constan-
tinople, is the author of a book on the
Gallipoli campaign. 1t VIII SnortIy
make its appearance in England. 1t
is a compilation of articles which have
already appeared in the United States
Artillery Journal. Maj. Miles MADE
exhaustive personal studies of the III
starred British campaign to crusn the
Turks at the Dardanelles. Gen. Sir
Ian Hamilton, who commanded the
British Army in Gallipoli. read Miles.
manuscript and pronounced 1t one OF
the most authentic accounts OF CALI
poll yet produced.
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member of Philadelphia ruling
family, Edward Biddle, has found 1t
necessary to clear up a controversy
about Washington's tomb at Mount
Vernon. 1t appears that some Penn
svlyanians have recently been claim
ing that the designer and donor of the
tomb was the architect, William
strickland. Mr.. Biddle now intro
duces a communication from Strick-
land to Henry Clay, in which John
Struthers of Philadelphia is described
as "the sculptor and donor of the
tomb. "It is with great pleasure that
I dedicate to you," Strickland said to
Clay, "a detailed account of the re.
moval of the remains of Washington
from their original frail tenement at
Mount Vernon to an imperishable sar-
cophagus composed of solid block of
Pennsylvania marble"
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President Coolidge is punctiliously
regardful of the vested rights of
United States Senators in the matter
of Federal appointments. A cabinet
member at the head of an executive
department usually has full discretion
in tie selection of subordinates. A
recomme ndation is made to the Pres.
ident, but before 1t Is formally and
finally acted upon. Mr.. Coolidge in.
variably consults the Senators, II they
are Republicans, from the home State