Evening star., 1926-05-31

Oratorical honors at the John
Ericsson memorial celebration In
Washington belong to Gustaf Adolf
Crown Prince of Sweden. lie proved
a more attractive speaker than any
of the Americans who participated
in the festivities. although English
is their language, and swedish tna'
Of the future ruler at Stocknoim
These observations refer mainly 10
the Crown Princes delivery, Whicn
was resonant and eloquent. His com
nsnd Of our tongue is perfect. His
accent Is that of the cultured English
man. He SAYS America" as Lord
Balfour or Mr.. Lloyd George would
pronounce it. Even II there had been
no amplifiers. Gustaf Adolf's fneiy
chiseled words would have runs out
with bell-Iike clearness for many
hundreds Of feet in all directions.
The Viking Prince has an oratorlcal
mannerism that struck this writer as
worthy of emulation in the United
states Every time he referred to
the President. and whenever ne men
toned Washington and Lincoln, ms
right hand was snapped to the salute
"a pretty touch. and one that stlinu'
lates patriotism whiie inspiring
reverence.
That hanging in effigy Of the Sec
retary of the Interior and the com
missioner of reclamation In Nebraska
last week has a political background
that Is ominous. The Midwest ana
intermountain country are as sore
.t Nashington as the corn belt Is.
The big issues beyond the Missouri
River are irrigation and reclamation.
Compared to them, things like the
world Court are political nea Dites'
The Western irrigationists ana recia'
mationists, whose name Is lesIoH'
find the Coolidge economy program
living athwart their path, ana tney
don't like it. States like ldano,
No ellington. oregon. California, Utah,
Colorado. wyoming. Nebraska and
Montana have ditching and dredging
schemes afoot, calling for hundreos
Of millions of dollars Of Federal 1un9s
in aid. Men and measures that WIFI
hold them are highly unpopular. =, ~
II well within the range of proDaDliii,,
ties that the disaffected regions VIII
voice their Indignation at the lorth-
Gaming congressional election.
Speaker LongwOrth went up 70
philadelphia the other night ana tolo
the Union League, citadei OF s'anu a.
not Pennsylvania Republica nism. that
he ia for Ware for United States SEN
ator. first. last and all the time
"N;clxn and "BilE' have been fellow
members Of the House of Representa-.
tiyes for q good many years. and
I,ongworth never deserts g. pal. III
the 1928 presidential race Is free.
for.all. the Speaker will be In 1t, ana
there will be many politicians whose
friendship, in that witching hour, VIII
be less valuable than that OF the man
upon whose shoulders the nantes OF
Matt Quay and Boies Penrose have
lust fallen. 1t is just possible that Mr..
Lopgworth, who is a good judge OF
distance, thinks 1t isn't q bit too soon
for an ambitious young Republican
like himself to think of his future.
4 4 4
President Coolidge's Amherst chum,
Dwight w. Morrow. has joined
Charles Evans Hughes in the leader
ship of a movement to underwrite
81, ,OO0, 900 endowment for historical re-
search. The scheme Is officially spon-
sored by the American Historical As
s0ciation. Former United States
Senator Albert ]. Beveridge of Indi.
ana is chairman OF the national en-.
dowment committee. Historians, the
promoters of the enterprise say. find
1t difSicult to gather the necessary ma.
terial from first and unimpeachable
sources. 1t Is held to be the duty
of the American people to provide
them with the opportunities historians
now lacks An income from . fund