Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-23
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

New England. The short skirt and
the disappearance of the cotton
stocking have, between them, played
havoc with a once thriving industry.
The development of the South's tex
tile industry has also hurt New Eng
land. Dixie mills are said by author
tiles to be more up-to-d date in
methods and equipment than some
Massachusetts and New Hampshire
plants which so long monopolized
the manufacture of cotton and
wooden goods. The Department OF
Commerce has established an ad-
visory office in Congresswoman Rog-
ers' bailiwick, to see if it can't help
alleviate conditions.
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One of the tit.bits OF political infor-
nation extant in those political circles
still circling in Washington concerns
a reputed offer of Senator James
Couzens, Republican Progressive, of
Michigan, to back" Senator Borah
for the presidency. Couzens is said to
have told his friends that he's ready
to spend million" to put Borah in
the White House. The Michigan
statesman, who piled up huge for
tune out of his business partnership
with Henry Ford, intensely, admires
Borah. He is a good deal wetter than
the .Idahoan, but Couzens believes
that the Demosthenes of the Senate
stands for so much in the realm of
constitutionalism, clean politics and
good government that prohibition diff
ferences are of minor Importance.
What discourages CouZens and other
| Borah fans is their realization that
cfo nd
as far as an organization is con-
cerned. In these practical days, no
body gets anywhere in politics with
out an organization, even with a
northumberland back" of him.
Congress is adjourned, but the Con-
gressional Record, like the brook,
| babbles on. The time.honored system
of Extension of Remarks" is respon-
sible These remarks" are the un.
delivered speeches of statesmen and
are published for the purpose of being
| franked to constituents. Representa-
| tive Brooks Fletcher, Democrat, of
Ohio, recently extended himself sew
eral thousand words on the burning
issue of 1.-THE Tragedy of Misunder-
stood Youth" TO make certain that
/ MS dissertation WOulu IlOL pass III
| noticed by casual readers of the Rec
| ord, Mr.. Fletcher scattered some ar
resting subheadings through his re-
marks" Here are some of them
''Why Old Folks Knock Young
| Folks; Human Nature Does Not
| Flip-Flop in a Generation Going on
a Verboten Spree in the Slum of the
( Imagination" and What Happens
I When We Lift the Lid Off of He'll
| Mr.. Fletcher is a Marion, Ohio, Demo
crat. The latest appendix in which
EXTENDED remarks" appear. has
reached page 1920. But the Sum
rner recess is young.
| X v y
Senator George w. Norris. Repub
lican Progressive, of Nebraska. is go
| ing to take the stump for William B
/ Wilson, Democratic candidate for the
| Senate from Pennsylvania. In Sep
| TENDER and October, when the fight
on Ware will be on in earnest, the
| Nebraskan will campaign all over the
State. August is going to be cele
brated by the miners of central Penn
sylvania as Wilson Day." From
1900 to 1916 they held such a day
| each year in honor of the successful
conduct of a long strike in 1899 and
1900. The celebration was discon
tinued during the war and has not
been renewed until now. The commit
Itee in charge Of Wilson Day" has
asked Senators Norris and Glass tc
deliver addresses.
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