Evening star., 1925-11-09

Aiders and abettors of "Al'' Smiths
presidential fortunes in Washington
are carefully analyzing the signifi-
canoe of the recent Virginia State
election. The ku Klux Klan concen-
| trated it's attack on the Democratic
candidate for State treasurer, John
| Purcell, a Roman Catholic. He was
elected, but ran about so per cent be-
hind the rest of the ticket. The votes
| he lost were almost exclusively Demo-
cratic votes What the Smith people
are trying to figure out is whether the
| New York governor, as a presidential
! nominee in 1928, could carry a typical
| ly Southern State like the Old Domin-
! ion by a safe, if reduced, Democratic
majority, as Purcell did, or whether
no Southern State would be safe for
| Smith candidacy. There is talk of
| sending the governor into Dixie in
| order that Southern Democrats may
| inspect him at close range. His
| friends are ready to match "Al's" per-
sonality against religious prejudice.
and give odds on the outcome in his
| favor.
Col. William Mitchell has found his
| first publicly avowed supporter in the
! United States Senate-Arthur Capper,
Republican, Of Kansas. The farm
editor-statesman told an audience at
| the Kansas State University. in Law
renee, the other day that he thinks
! Mitchell is ION the right track" and
| that he (Capper) will support him to
the extent Of the Senator's powers.
Perhaps it's senatorial courtesy that
! inclines the leader Of the farm bloc
| in the colonel's direction. Mitchell's
| father, the late John l.. Mitchell, was
| a member of the United States Senate
| between 1893 and 1899, during parts
of the Cleveland and Mckinley admin
| istrations. It's the ancestral seat in
| Congress, from the State of Wiscon-
sin, that the flying colonel is said to
| have his eye on. There's been talk
| that conviction of an officer by court
martial would debar him from hold
| ing civil office under the Government.
| Authorities consulted by this observer
| say there is no ground for such an
assumption.
One of the things you hear about
at the State Department nowadays
! is that our ministry of foreign affairs
| has never run more smoothly than
! under the suave hand of Frank B.
Kellogg. He has just entered upon
| MS nlIllH lllOIlIll III lIlS SiiAp
and his subordirates vouch for the
statement that he already commands
| a loyal, devoted and harmonious or
ganization. They smile at the epithet
of Nervous Nellie" which Kellogg s
political foes occasionally visit upon
| him. If they dared be so familiar, the
Secretary of States young men would
dub him "Courtly Frank" for they
say there's never been more force
| full or more courteous and considerate
boss at the department. Kellogg
comes early and works late, except
on the couple of days week he
steals away for an afternoon of golf
with Associate Justice Sutherland,
Senator Hale and Judge John Barton
Payne. Golf, he says, is keeping the
Coolidge premier fit for his endlessly
| arduous job.
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When Sir Esme Howard, Brit.
| ish Ambassador, drove up to the
| White House offices last week to
present Arthur Henderson, former
| British home secretary, to the Presi-
! dent, his Britannia majesty's envoy
arrived in a Detroit made limousine.
It is as new as a freshly minted dol
lar, for it Is a 1926 model not yet