Evening star., 1926-06-02
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
KI FREDERIC WILLIAM v lie.

t.XplosionS are fureShadoWed When
| the Daushertv v Miller alien property
trial is on Some s-nsa tional ruinofs
are living about Washington AS to
'Beans are going {" be spilled mat
will make Teapot Dome look like
piker" is one of the oIninous descilp
tious applitd to coming events by an
aut hority who claims t" be the Gus
! todiau Of inside Information. United
States Attorney Buckner of New York,
WHO secured the indictments of Daush
! ertv and Miller, il quoted as deter
/ mined to heN to the line. let The
! political chips fall where they may.
! The Young Federal counsel III lhe
metropolis is credited with polltlcai
! ambitions He has friends VINO De
| lieve the impending proceedings VIII
start Buckner Oh the high road that
! Charles Evans Hughes first Travelled
! under somewhat similar ciftuh-
| stances.
| overwhelmingly the high spot in
| the aftermath OF the swedish crown
! Princes visit to Washington is the
/ discussion aroused by MIR. Coolidge
amazing eulogy OF. Irvine l.. l-ehroot
| in the Ericsson speech All poht''
ciaus asr-e that the White House IL
| I.ow In the Wisconsin senatorial hsh'
mn tu It's executive teeth and eye
! hruws. "A learned lawyer. blessed
| with great ability. possessed ol hlSh
! character a seasoned parliamentarlah
with a record Of prominent leadership
! In the lesislatnr of his own State
! and 1n the Congress Of the tnlteu
! States. a man endowed with the ola
/ Morse spirit. true American VIC
/ senior Senator from N1sconsin. II
/ vine l.. Lenroot." That's almost ex
/ uberance in the case of an oraiorl'al
| te,nperance advocate like CALVIN Cool
id.e. There are no other cases on
| record in which he has gone tie iilii'
| in boosting h candidate lot the 9e,
ale. The La t'ollette-Blai people
say il viii no longer he possible Tor
the President to claim he Is keeping
ha nds off the Wisconsin contest
" * X
| The Swedish Americans Who came
| to Washington for the Ericsson teie
! bration founded the John f1ficssoh
! Republican League Of America "F
| fore they left town-an event 'h"'
causes Democratic leaders I" accuse
them of base ingratitudr. The r.r''SEo''
number of the AnericaIi-ScandlhaN wan
Review Of New York recently SAID
! "1,uriously enough. all efforts uii-
| der Republican banners 10 DilhE
| about the erection of JoHi Et
son memorial produced no Tangible
| results. These failed to ensue uhtli
| Democrats and Democratic au-
minislratiun took the matter III
| hand The palm " achieNeiile's
finally passed to Democrat VI
| Swedish descent IN Ne" 1oIh'
man VI political experience -
Adolph Eckberg. 1t was the Demo.
| cratic Congress Of 1916 that voted
| the sum Of $35 900 from the Ma
| tional Treasury to erect Il s''ltanie
| memorial to the inventor or the
| Monitor. All honor to Congress
| man John J. Fitzgerald of Brook
| lyn. official sponsor Of the Dill.
At one Of the receptions In the
Swedish legation for Crown Prince
| Gustaf Adolf, ID buXom ana puoo,hs
American matron. when she feacheu
his royal highness' place in the recelF
ing line. exclaimed, prince, l heard
a man say at the f-rltssof !,
today that if we Americans couid
raise royalty like you he wouldn't
mind at all if the United States had Il
| king" That amused the statl,esque
Gustaf Adolf no end. do tell that to
nv wife," he calculated. Some eii'
inent SONS and daughters of Uncle
Sam, who never before brushed
shoulders with the purple. came very
nearly putting their foot in it royalty
after the dinner for the swedish
visitors at the White House. y" one
may ever sit while royalty stands.
| Eut Americans aren't so particular.
So one or two OF them were about to
| exercise the sovereign democratic
privilege Of depositing themselves in
chairs before the Crown Prince and
prineann. sat deWnrA discreet tan- an