Evening star., 1926-03-17

Alanson 4. HOushton, American
mba ssa dor to Great Britain. who has
arrived in W sshinston for consuits
ton with the President and Secretar.
Of state. is a graduate OF the House
Of Representatives. He also typif1es
the American business man In mates
ma anshtp, for in private life he IL .
GLASS manufacturer. HOu9htOn was
serving his second term In the House
from the Corning. a. y. district when
appointed envoy 10 the court OF St.
James in 1928. Although the Amba g.
sador's father brought him up to per-
petuate the family gIsss business.
HOughtOn was given an education that
almost predestined him for diplomacy.
After leaving Harvard he took post
graduate courses in the Universities
Of Goettingen. Berlin and Paris. Har-
ward 'ss men remember Heughton as
poet OF distinction. No America
sent TO Europe In recent years has -
speedily or signally won his spurs
among Oid World statesmen.
A contributor to these obserV ions.
who may or may not have in mind
President COolidee's sphinxike atti-
tude toward the Tariff Commission In.
vestigation, writes:
The other evening ! ran across
these words in CarIyles lectures on
heroes dante. Lecture . let
us honor the great empire Of silence
once more-the boundiess treas
ury which we do not Jingle in our
pockets or count up and present
before men. 1t Is perhapH Of ell
things the usefulest for each of us
to do in these loud times"
=
So,,t herners. especially Nhginians,
and particularly sons and daughters
of the Old Dominion who live In
the immediate vicinity In question. are
immensely interested in the fate Of
the bill for purchase by the United
States of the Bull Run battlefield.
Representative r. Walton Moore Of
Virginia has introduced the bill In
the House and Senator Claude A.
Swanson OF Virginia is sponsoring
It in the Senate. Manassas. itself i'm
mortal In the ishting annals Of the
Civil War, is only few miles from
the old Henry house, the Stone house
nd the Stone bridge. a nd soldiers who
took part In Bull Run fought In and
around the town.
Capitol Hills best guess now Ia ths t
Congress will be gathered to ito more
or less devoted constituents by June
! at the latest. The House expects
to fold up its tents by May 10. but
the Senate, for the purpose Of holding
the English impeachment trial, 10 ex-
pected to carry on for another fort
night. Statesmen of high and low
degree will be chafing at the leash a.
Midsummer approaches to wade into
their state and district campaigns.
In many sections Of the country. with
primary elections already held, tho
ca mpaien will be in full blast by July
OF August. Representatives a nd Sen
ators alike, with very few exceptions.
are candidates to succeed themselves.
They wish to embark upon the elbow
greasin and hack ala pping neces-
stiles Of the sea son with the least
possible delay.
~
James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor
has thus far lent little or no encour-
agement to his friends in PennsyL
Vania who want to run him for Gov.
| Clifford Pinchot's mantle ana shoes.
| If the time comes when Jim the
| Puddler" will have to give concrete
| consideration to the question. the
| choice between continued national
! service at Washington and State
| duty in Harrisburg will cause him
much heart.searching and head.
! scratching. Since Davis name began
to figure in the Penn guhernatorial
situe tion. he has been the recipient Of