Evening star., 1926-09-24
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

appeared, unknown and unWelcome,
to contest for second place on the
ticket He was prevailed upon to re-
nounce his candidacy, but too late
to prevent his name going on the bal
lot. But weeks before primary day
it was broadcast that he was not a
candidate and the voters We're urged
to disregard his name. Yet he was
nominated by a handsome margin.
After some hectic hours and some
hectic statements he filed formal
declination of the nomination. 1t was
then offered in due form to the man
originally picked for the place and
who had been defeated by the fluke.
The latter huffily refused to accept the
place and the harmony program of
the Bay State Democrats is a bit
shaky in consequence.
Primary results appear to have set
tied the question of the number of
women who will be members of the
next Congress. In all probability
there will be four. The three women
IN the present Congress, Mrs. Edith
N. Rogers of Massachusetts: Mrs.
Mary Norton of New Jersey and Mrs
Florence P. Kahn of California. were
all renominated, and rhe election of
all three appears assured. The new
conner TO Congress, to make the
fourth, Will be Mrs. John w. Langley
OF Kentucky, wife Of the former Con.
gressman now serving time in the At.
l1nta Penitentiary for participation in
conspiracy to violate the Volstead
act. Ills w1fe's nomination last month
and her prospective election is hailed
as "vindication" by the voters of his
district. 'i-'
THANKS to the enterprise of the pub.
Hclty department of an electric re.
1rlgerator concern, Washington CORE
spondents received the story-and
generously printed it-that Mr.. Cool
logeS White House ice box is being
equipped with electric refrigeration.
NOT TO be outdone, the bathtub manu-
1acturers come forward with some in
teresting facts about White House
bathtubs. We learn that an achieve.
ment of President Fillmore. which
story books usually fail to record. is
the TACT that he installed the first
bathtub in the White House. This was
in 1850. The bathtub issue was q
major question in those DAYS and feel
1ngs ran high. In PHILADELPHIA an
ordinance was proposed prohibiting
use of bathtubs between November
and March as a health safeguard, and
Boston went step further by making
bathing in patent tubs legal only on a
doctors prescription. The White
House bathtuD stemmed the tide of
popular alarm, and the Fillmore tub
remained in the White House and in
use until dozen years ago, when Taft
ordered it replaced with a modern out.
tit. Perhaps Taft found the tub too
small for his comfort, although that is
doubtful. as the early tubs were of
huge proportions. The very first one
/ in the L. S. A. was installed for Adam
Thompson In Cincinnati in 1912. It
was of mahogany wood lined with
sheet lead, and was I feet long and
feet wide. 1t weighed a ton.
The Ku Klux Klan has blossomed
out into a business organization. and
its Washington headquarters now the
home office" of the order, comprise
several suites Of lavishly furnished Of
fees in centrally located downtown
office building. The Klan's former
headquarters here were very much
sub rosa" tucked away obscurely
without any identifying marks. The
new offices are resplendent with much
gilt lettering, and manned by a corps
of we'll dressed men and women. Klan
political activity in State and national
politics is hereafter to be carried on
in the open. In addition to the regu-
lar program of the order an insurance
business is to be developed.
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