Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-18

Labor, official weekly newspaper
Of the ia ilroad labor organizations
published here, is doing valiant serV-
ice in the aid of it's political friends
and in confOunding it's political eneI
mics. In the recent Iowa primary
fight a special Iowa" edition of La
Dor, boosting Brookhart and oppos-
ing the late Senator Cummins was
mailed to 10000 Iowa voters. The
same stunt was repeated in South Da.
kota to aid in the denomination of
Senator Nye. Half million copies. of
a. special Ohio edition We're MAILED 10
voters there This issue carried
seven.coumn banner head, Send
Judge Florence Allen to the United
States Senate-Pomerene, candidate
of big business, proved faithless In
Senate" TO date. therefore. Labor
has backed two winners and one
loser. This publication Is edited by
former Representative Heating of Col
orado. Mr.. Heating was a factor in
the convention at Cleveland, which
nominated the late Senator Robert
NJ. La Toilette for the presidency in
1924 at the conference for progress
sive political action. He supported the
Plumb plan of Joint WOrker-operator
control of the railroads when Senator
Pomerene attacked the plan.
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vhe Senate taken collectively Is
growing steadily younger. With the
na ssine Of C,Immins Of Iowa, there
are now only FIVE members OF the
Senate who are past 20. and there
are at least three who are under Az.
Some one has figured out that the
average age Of a Senator "a that body
is now constituted is ST. Warren OF
wyoming. who first came TO the Sen
ate in 1890, Is the Oldest member both
in age and in point Of service. he Is
| So. but his appearance and actloh Deie
his advanced years. Gillett OF Massa-
chusetts. one of the youngest In
length OF service, Is next to warren.
GilIett Is rs. Ferris Of Michigan Is "a.
and Simmons and Overman, the TWO
Senators from North Carolina. were
both horn in 1854, which makes them
72. La Toilette. the Senate baby
Nve Of North Dakota and Bratton OF
New Mexico are the three who have
not reached 40. Present-day Senators
run to large families, too. In this re-
spect they are distinctly old shioned.
Frazier Of North Dakota, King or
Utah and Mayfeld of Texas each
boasts a set of twins. 1add, Frazier's
colleague who died last year, had two
sets OF twins.
Afflicted children have always had
strong appeal to Mrs. Cooidge's
sympathy. This is perhaps because
Of the experiences OF her young
womanhood when she was a. teacher
Of deaf mutes back in Northa mpton
For some wears now she has carried
on g. personal correspondent with
little girl in an orpha in Atlantic
City. who is helpless cripple. The
letter writing began soon after the
Coolidges first came to Washington
and has been continued ever since.
Mrs Coolidge saw her little friend for
the first and only time when the Presi
dent was in Atlantic City four years
ago. Her visit was a thrilling expert
ence for the younaster. Mrs. Cool
idge's friends say she finds real in
spirs ton in the letters from the lit
tie cripple. which are always cheerful,
And she treasures a verse the little
girl sent her which we'll expresses
Mrs. Coolidse's own philosophy:
There is destiny that makes us
brothers.
None bears his cross alone.
What we put into the lives of others
Comes back into our own
Confederate veteran. proud of
81 wears Of continual adherence to
.Ieffersonian Democracy. member of
the ku kluX Khan of the seventies.
who violently disavows the present
day 4 K X, in a letter to the New
York World makes out a good case