Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

President Coolidge was uncommon
| ~ effective in his budget speech to
the Government business orga MIA
ton on June 81. His language, when
attuned to his favorite economy
theme, is unfailinGly Coolidgesque. 1t
brStles with the homely epierams OF
which he Is a master. There is l926
campaign ammunition for the whole
Republican party in me President g
pungent passa ges about Federal re-
trenchment, past, present and future.
Politicians OF all hues concede that
in Economy" Coolidge has an issue
of incomparab and almost invincihle
strength. Senators may fall in pri-
mary contests, on issues local or ma
tional, and Representatives. meet tne
same fate. But no Republican or
Democrat Of consequence honestly he
lieves that Calvin Coolidge can slip
very far. as far as the country at
large is concerned. as long rs he main
tains his ground on the ECONOMY
issue. What proposition can profess
sional politicians put forward that
goes straighter to the head and heart
of every voter in the land than this
characteristically Calvinian thrust:
What we do here reaches into every
home in the land. 1t determines
whether the taxgatherer is going to
require more money from the head Of
the household to meet the cost OF
maintaining the Government. or
whether the taxgatherer is going to
leave more money with the head of
the family to meet the cost OF main
tanning the household
Cen Lord, the director of the
budget. at whom Mr.. Coolidge threw
a whole bouquet of posies at the econ
omy feast, filled his address to the
Government officials, as usual. with
Illustrative anecdotes. Discussing the
Presidents insistence upon "eImina :
ton of unessential activities" Lord
spun this yarn:
man sold his pig. "How much
did you get for him. asked a
friend. Thirteen dollars" was
the reply. You couldn't have
made much on him at that price
the friend observed. Let me see
said the man II paid s. for the
pig. So for his pen and S. for his
food. That makes $13-iust what
I got for him. No. | didn't make
much money, but 1 had his COM
pany all Summer"
Gen. Lord suggested to the money
spending Federal officers that they
should insist on having something
to show for their expense and effort
besides the company OF the pig"
X X X 4
Nick Childs. a we'll known colored
newspaper publisher in Topeka, is a
rival of Senator Charles Curtis for
the forthcoming Kansas senatorial
nomination. He has no chance of
defeating the leader Of the Senate ma
jorfty. although 20 to 80 per cent of
the Republican vote in centers like
Topeka, Kansas City and Wichita is
a colored contingent. Childs is the
second negro to aspire to a. senatorial
nomination this year. The other ia
Dr. Norrell, an Indianapolis physi-
cian. who opposed Senator Arthur r.
Robinson in the recent Indiana pr1-
marfes. Norrell obtained only $4,000
votes In the whole State. Not since
the years following the Civil War
have colored men sat in the United
States Senate. Hiram r. Revels. a
negro, was Senator from Mississippi
from 1869 to 1871, and Blanche X.
Bruce. also a colored man, had a full
term from the same State between
| 1875 and 1881.
One of the most popular Japanese
| ever stationed in Washington. Nine.
Sadao Saburi, has just passed away
at Picking, where she was with her
husband in connection with the inter-
national customs conference now in
| progress in China. AS the wife of
the counselor Of the japanese en-
bassy, during the year or two preced.
ing the Washington conference and
| throughout that memorable season,
Nine. Sabu1 played a conspicuous
! role In diplomatic society. Both she
and her husband America nized them
selves In countless directions. They
| learned to dance our dances. drove