Evening star., 1926-03-26
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

happiness, health and the homes of
the humble and helpless. 1t is high
time to halt"
William Gibbs McAdoo fioated in
and out of Washington this week.
seeing politicians. but not. he avowed
and averred, talking politics. The Los
Angeles lawyer insists he's a candi-
date for nothing in the world except
the honors, joys and emoluments
which accrue from his practice as an
attorney. McAdoo visited the Capitol
and saw friends in the House and Sen
ate Office buildings, but left the i'm
preston that his only real business in
the East at this time Is to attend to
some legal business. "Ar' Smiths pet
aversion may not be candidate in
the sense OF an acknowledged asp1r-
ant. but nobody thinks he would run
away in 1928 from any Democratic
presidential lightning that seemed in
danger Of striking him. McAdoo will
he SO years old next October. but
doesn't look 1t, or anywhere near It.
Straight, slender and strong as an In
dian. he gives no physical sign OF need
to quit the strenuous life OF politics.
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American prohibitionists have just
acquired a distinguished ally on the
other side of the Rio Grande. 1t is
Sonora Natalia Gales, wife of the
President of Mexico. Sonora Gales
has just accepted the honorary presi-
dency Of the Womans Christian Tenn.
perance Union in her country. Mexico
is almost as wet as the gulf that bears
Its name, but both President Gales
and his wife are ardent drys and pub
licly advocate abolition Of drink as one
Of Mexicos most urgent needs. Pulque,
which is derived from the Maguey
cactus, is the liquor Of the country.
Vice President Dawes has just made
the interesting discovery that his
late father, Gen. Rufus r Dawes,
camped as soldier in the Union
Army on the identical spot where
Mr.. and Mrs. Dawes now live In
Washington-Meridi Hill. The Vice
President the other night was piling
through a book written by his father,
entitled Service With the Sixth Wis
consin." The book consists of a diary
and letters written by Rufus r.
Dawes, then captain of K Company,
9Th Wisconsin Infantry. One chap
ter narrates the march of the reg1-
ment in August, 1861, from Baltimore
to washington. 1--WE reached the
Capital at daylight" said Capt. Dawes.
"ard, after marching to the City Hall
Park, later in the day went to
Meridian Hill, where we established
our camp, a few rods from Columbia
College, then being used as hospital
for the wounded from the Bull Run
battle. This camp, called Kalorama.
was, as indicated by it's classic name,
indeed beautiful for situation and for
it's magnificent view Of the Capitol
and the CITY," That same view is
the one enjoyed, these moonlit nights
and clear days, by Vice President
Dawes from his home on Meridian
Hill.
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Representative John D. Fredericks
of California Is one of the very select
few who do not aspire to reelection
this year. Capt. Fredericks, who Is
Los Angeles spokesman in the House,
has never been comfortable in the
capricious atmosphere of Washington
and claims to be classic example OF
the superior climate Of his home
town, where he is always well. He
stuck it out at Washington this
Winter as long as his health would
stand it, but went back to Los
Angeles several weeks ago. Fredericks'
district, numbering the million and
more Inhabitants who populate Los
Angeles several hundred square miles
of area, is said to be the biggest In
the country.