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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24

Nebraska days. Gen. Dawes served
at Pershing's elbow from September,
1917, until long after the armistice.
1t was In vigorous defense OF the
Army's money-spend1ng activities that
Dawes got his "hell-and. Maria" rep
utation before a committee Of Con.
gress. That unambieuous outburst
grappled Dawes to Pershing's soul
with stronger hoops of steel than ever.
There has just been issued from the
Government Printing Office in taste
ful bound form the memorial address
delivered in the House of Represent.
atives in honor of Julius Kahn. late
Representative from the San Fran.
cisco district of California Few
eulcgies Of the sort were ever marked
by more sincere affection than those
which his longtime colleagues In Con.
gress spoke in recalling the ties which
united them to the member from the
Golden Gate. The volume includes
the remarks of former Speaker Gil.
lett and of Messrs. Longworth. Mad
den, Garrett. Bacharach, Hill. Sher-
wood, SABBATH and Of Kahn's fellow
members of the California delegation.
A lifelike portrait Of the author Of
the World War draft law adorns the
memorial volume as q frontispiece.
The book ends with an excerpt from
the Congressional Record. reproduc-
ing the Kahn memorial proceedings in
the United States Senate.
Representative Fred A. Britten, Re
publican, Of Illinois, isn't the only
member of Congress facing q fight
with good-looking woman in the
approaching congressional campaign.
News from Ohio is to the effect that
similar duel confronts Senator
Frank B. Willis, Republican. His
prospective opponent Is said to be
Judge Florence E. Allen. Democrat.
of the Ohio Supreme Court, who is
credited with aspirations to be the
first woman elected to a seat In the
United States Senate. Judge Allen.
who was born in Utah and Is IN
married. began life as a musician,
became an editor, later lawyer and
then degenerated into an officeholder.
She has made a splendid record since
elected Judge of the Ohio Supreme
bench in 1928. Senator Willis ID
strongly intrenched in the favor of
Buckeye voters. but 1t is conceded that
Judge Allen might give him q real
contest. It ought to be a musical
contest, IOr the SENATOR, as a size uN0,
Is something of a violinist.
X X
Some Of the Nations teachers gath.
cred in convention at the Capital City
over Washington's Birthday thought II
presented the unpatriotic spectacle OF
an underflagged community. The
Stars and Stripes were plentifully In
evidence. but not nearly so universally
as might have been expected In the
District of Columbia. Within one or
two squares of the same fashionable
residential street this observer noticed
the homes of three distinguished mem
bers of the United States Senate who
forgot that it was February % and
failed to display Old Glory.
Copyright. 1926)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24
District Equities.

Senator Phipps. the leader In the
fight for recognition Of the Districts
tax surplus. without whose able and
unyielding advocacy that recognition
would never have been obtained, APP
peared yesterday at the Senate Dis.
trict committee hearing to plead for
equity in the expenditure of that &C.
cumulated tax surplus. At the same
hearing at which he appeared the bill
charging the powers of the National
Capital Park Commission was under
consideration. What Senator Phipps
said concerning the equities in con-
nection with the expenditure of the
Districts accumulated tax surplus Of
the past carries over into and applies
pertinently to expenditures Of the Dis
trict's current tax money in connec-
ton with the commissions fine work
Of present and future park develop
ment at or near the National Capital.
The situation is known to all. By
the law creating the park commission
expenditure of $1,100,O00 a year. a
penny a year for every man, woman
and child in the United States, was
authorized. When authorization of
actual appropriation was made the
bill provided in effect that pennies
amounting to more than $500. 900
should be collected from the less than
half a million Americans Of the Dis
trict roughly $1.25 instead Of a penny
apiece). and over 100000 should be
collected from the 100. 500, 900 of non.
District Americans Tor small frac-
ton Of penny apiece).
When, however. appropriative &C
ton came to be taken, the actual ap-
preparation was made under the Dis.
tr1ct appropriation bill dominated by
the temporary lump-sum payment
plan. inequitably construed, with the
result that all the pennies for this
national-local project came from the
local taxpayers and not even the frac.
ton Of the penny from the other 109,.
100000 Americans.
1t is inconceivable that this viola.
ton of equity and the specific terms
OF the park commissions organic act
should not be quickly corrected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24

Of Congress to make research into
executive and judicial conduct, either
as a guide to legislation" as was
stated yesterday, or as a means of as
containing whether misconduct has &C.
Cured which may lead to impeach
ment. But there is no warrant for re-
view OF executive actions in usurpa.
Of the Department of Justice and the
grand juries and the courts through
which 1t operates In the administra-
ton of Justice.
The cloak OF guide to Legislation"
has covered many legislative inquiry
that has been in strict propriety an
invasion of the executive and judicial
functions. The oil inquiry of 1924
was of such q nature. The aluminium
Inquiry appears to be Of the same ma
ture. The true purpose of them has
been to discover attractions Of law for
the purpose of prosecution. not for
the purpose of legislative correction.
II an executive officer or a judge
ottit iAttpASSiit VA udtSp Va AAeAo
committed malfeasance in office. ii is
the right and 1t is the duty of Con-
gress 10 impeach him and try him.
To that end 1t must proceed In order.
with an inquiry by the House as the
first step. Should the House be un-
willing to take such a step, the Senate
mas no prerogative Of initiative. The
conduct Of inquisitorial inquiries. not
truly as q guide to legislation" Is
beyond Its constitutional right. The
direction Of prosecution by resolution
is likewise usurpation Of the executive
and judicial authority. Congress may
by resolution properly provide the
executive with means to conduct
prosecutions, by authorizing the en-
ployment of special counsel. 1t can.
not in strict regard for the Constttu-
ton direct such employment.
Such are the issues of this present
discussion. which goes far beyond the
question Of the proceedings in the
aluminium company case. 1t goes to
the roots of the constitutional estab-
lishment, which Is q more important
matter than whether q certain cor
poration has been favored unduly In
the administration of the law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24
The Powers of Congress,

In respect to the division Of the
Government into three coordinate
branches the Constitution Is explicit.
The first three articles definitely es-
tablish them. All legislative powers
are vested in the Congress, the exec.
utive power is vested in the Presi.
dent, the judicial power Is vested in
the Supreme Court and such inferior
courts as Congress may from time to
time ordain anG establish. That would
seem to be clear and explicit But
from the beginning of constitutional
government differences of opinion
have prevailed regarding the precise
limitation Of authority and preroga-
tive.
Yesterday in the Senate this Ques-
ton came under discussion in connec.
ton with the aluminium inquiry. Sem
ator Cummins took the ground that
the Senate has no authority to direct
prosecutions or, through inquiries, to
usurp the functions OF the Depart
ment of Justice or the courts. He re-
ferred 10 the procedure in the oil in
vestigation of two years ago as an in
stance of such trespass.
Congress can create new executive
departments and bureaus and can dis
continue them. 1t can prescribe the
organization Of each department or
bureau. 1t can likewise create new
courts subordinate to the Supreme
Court and can dissolve them. But
when the departments are once Gre
ated and while they are functioning,
II cannot direct their operations, nor
can 1t direct or control the operations
Of the courts once created. 1t can,
through Impeachment by the House
and trial by the Senate, pass judg-
ment upon the conduct of executive
officers and Judges, and, in case Of
conviction, it can dismiss them from
the public service. The Senate can
veto appointments to office, either
executive or judicial, but 1t cannot
direct them.
1t "a undeniably within tho power
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24
The Aqueduct Bridge Piers.

A bill for removal of the piers of
the old Aqueduct Bridge is pending in
Congress, and 1t should be passed at
this session. There has been delav IN
Its consideration, and the Secretary of
War in a letter to the chairman of
the House committee on military af
fairs urges the merits of the bill and
it's prompt passage. Army engineers
concerned with the relics of the old
bridge believe that there is some dan.
ger that the piers may fall, and there
is no doubt that they obstruct nayiRa.
ton and that in a time Of heavy ice
and high water they might cause an
Ice jam. The Aqueduct piers, closely
spaced. have contributed to many seri.
Gus ice jams and floods, and the old
niers, with those of the Key Bridge,
form a greater obstruction to the river
than was the case before the building
of the new bridge.
The Secretary of War tells the com.
mittee that the Army engineers have
found that considerable mortar has
been washed from between the stones
of the piers and that "in some cases
the stones have fallen out. leaving
cavities" Two of the old Aqueduct
piers tend especially to block the open.
ings between piers Of the Key Bridge.
One important thing to be considered
is that the abutment at the Virginia
end of the old Aqueduct projects into
the river about SO feet beyond the
abutment of the Key Bridge, causing
a shoaling OF the water between the
Virginia abutment and the south pier
Of the new bridge. 1t Is desired that
the new bridge with the least possible
stoppage. Another thing is that the
grading and protection at the Ill at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24
Regret Government Appears
As an Inconsistent Prude

of decency. These same gates, i
seems. did not bar the British earl who
was the partner of the countess. Ii Is
this favoritiSm, it seems, and not the
worse laundering of the department IL
assuming the role of censor of per
sonal morality, that has caused all the
fuss The suggestion that moral
turpitude is moral turpitude and what
is fair to the woman is fair to the
man" is advanced by the Albany Eve
ming News. with the added comment:
America would be busy indeed if it
tried to draw its skirts away from all
such who enter this country. And IL
has much TO do at home"
The Newark Evening News thinks
that morality never maSqueraded In
a shabbier dress than when dealing
with the Countess of Cathcart and the
Earl of Craven" while the Louisville
Courier-Journal asserts that the
United States is placed in the position
of the intolerant prude, the moral
snob," and Europe naturally regards
their action as international bad
manners"
To the Danville Bee at is the
spectacle of great government
bending to a small and ugly incident,
making fish of one and fowl of the
other--in other words. a brief act Of
peckSniff1an drama that is not only
unfair TO the victim but ridiculous
and unnecessary"
why should the countess have
been questioned when the earl was
not" continues the Omaha World
Herald. "She certainly has the right
to be faced by the complainant and
to know why the complaint was
lodged If we haven't gotten into
this absurd predicament too far may
the good Lord preserve US from ever
getting into another like it,'' The
New York World also emphaticaIly
condemns the action: Nothing 81
nauSeating In its shameless hypoc-
risy, nothing so intolerable in down
right stupidity, has turned the laugh
Of Scorn on the United States for Il
long while" The Rock Island Argus
shoulders at the possibilities opening
up, were all tried and true Americans
with past obligated to leave the
country"
But the Milwaukee Journal remarks
that "the countess knows her stun"
and refers to the fact that she FIRE
quently mentions. casually. the title
of her forthcoming production in all
this publicity that she has been get
ting free, and which she could have
got In no other way than with the
Government assistance" The Nash
villsH Banner argues that when
woman secured equal rights man be-
came liable for equal wrongs" and
that in this instance sit was clean
cut case of guilt by both"
While the need of reforms at Ellis
Island is suggested by the Ann Arbor
Times News, this paper believes that
"in the meantime 1t Is well that there
be no distinction as between foreign
ranks" and the Springfield Repub-
lican maintains that mo overlooking
sympathy need be spent on foreign
visitors, however highly placed in
society, whose sex escapades do vio-
Ience to proper legal and social safe
guards" The Aberdeen Daily World
also calls attention to the fact that
the countess wrote a play embody-
ing her experiences with Lord Craven
and she came TO the United States
to market her produce. She intends.
in other words. to capitalize her ir-
regular life"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24
A Measure of Justice.

In 1870 Congress passed an act
which established the basic pay of
officers of the Army. Navy, Marine
Revenue Cutter Notwithstanding such
officers that upon retirement they
should receive seventy five per cent Of
the pay Of the ranks at which they
ment. That was, If ever a legislative
action can be so considered, q con-
tract. By some twist of legislation
perhaps inadvertence. perhaps design.
an act passed In June, 1922. contained
limiting clause. the effect Of which
was to deprive the older officers. re-
tired prior to July l. 1922. Of the full
compensation promised them by the
act Of 1870.
Severe hardships were suffered by
many retired officers. some Of them
entirely dependent upon their retired
pay, by reason of this reduction from
seventy-five to fifty-nine per cent of
the active pay. 1t meant a reduction
Of about twenty per cent of the pay
they were receiving. In the case of
an officer getting $4,000 a year In re-
tired pay 1t meant a drop to 1880
And that was at a time of rising
costs in every line Of living necessi
ties. It meant privation for many
men who bore the honorable scars Of
service and who wore proudly the
decorations Of q supposedly grateful
Government.
Ever since then efforts have been
made 60 correct this costly mistake.
During the last Congress the Senate
unanimously passed a bill to restore
the original scale of retired pay. The
House failed to act. Already this
session the House committee on mil
itary affairs has favorably reported
a similar bill, and it Is now awaiting
passed by the House it will be again
passed by the Senate.
Every consideration of justice and
regard for the sancuty Of a contract
demand this legislation. 1t will not
fully correct the inequity of the
change of rate. for some of the Of
ficers who were hard hit by the act
Of 1922 have passed away. But it will
relieve those who survive, and even
If there were but a single one remain
ing it should be done 1t should be
done even If all were gone, as a be-
lated atonement for a grievous mis-
take.
Recital Of the records and services
of some of the men who were thus
suddenly and without justification de.
prived Of a large fraction of their re-
tired compensation would add to the
urgency Of the plea that this injustice
be corrected. But whether they were
veterans of the Civil War, or of the
Spanish.American War, or were by
circumstances denied the opportunity
to serve in any war. these retired Of
fcers should be given the pay which
was promised them f1fty.six years ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24

the Virginia approach to the Key
Bridge cannot be finished until the
Aqueduct Bridge abutment has been
removed.
The only commercial value Of the
Aqueduct piers Is that their stone
could be used in constructing retaining
walls for new parkland made from the
river marshes There was a plan to
use the Aqueduct masonry In the
building of a retaining wall for the
land to be made from the Eastern
Branch between Benning and the Dis
trict line. When it was suggested two
or three years ago that the piers
might serve for some kind OF new
bridge the engineers promptly disap-
proved the plan because the piers were
unsafe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24
City Planning and Park Extension.

The bill to enlarge the powers and
20 change the organization and name
Of the National Capital Park Commits
sion was intelligently and helpfullv
discussed at the Senate committee
hearing yesterday.
On the one hand the merits of the
project as a whole were conyincingl5,
presented and generally conceded: also
the necessity of quick action to save
for the extended park system some
essential tracts that may otherwise
be lost, and also, written between the
lines. the obligation in civic loyalty
to appreciate duly and to welcome
heartily the rendered public spirited
and self sacrificing services Of national
experts in city planning. and also to
accept and utilize thankfully the en-
thusiastic labors in Capital upbuilding
Of other conspicuous national Amer
leans.
On the other hand with equal vieor
and effect the necessity or desirabilitv
OF modification Of a project heartily
approved In principle was urged. 1t
was argued that the new commission
created by the bill would possess two
distinct powers and functions, one of
suburban street planning and park ex.
tension, and the other Of continuing
administration of certain municipal
functions now largely exercised by the
District Commissioners; that the two
sets of functions logically required diff
ferent kinds of men to exercise them
most effectively; that the two commits
sions now merged in the bill should be
separated. and that in the case of the
commission which, as a modification
Of the present form of local govern
ment, would substitute for the officials
now in charge of coming, the public
utilities and traffic regulation, the leg
islation should be carefully consid.
cred. and that in respect to the latter
commission there should be no unit
rule to prevent minority from con-
tnuing to express its thoughts to Con-
gress as an appellate court, even aft
er 1t had been outvoted in commission
The Star believes that the Capital
community favors heartily in princi-
pie the proposition of the bill and de-
stres its speedy enactment; that on
the planning expert commission it has
no claim to distinctive representation,
but If there is to be a fractional re-
organization of the city government
II desires all the representation it can
possibly get.
The trend today is toward greater
participation by the voteless Capital
community in its municipal govern
ment, or at least toward the giving OF
greater consideration to its advisory
representation in respect to such gov
eminent.
The two civilian Commissioners
must by law be identified with the Dis
trict at least to the extent of three
year residence preceding appointment
The Engineer Commissioner is often
as he Is conspicuously today, appre
ciative of and responsive to communi-
ty sentiment concerning it's local af-
fairs.
Any permanent change in the local
government, even fractional, will
doubtless receive thoughtful considera.
ton In enactment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24

he does not speak often, but when he
does, 1t is after careful preparation
and with grasp of the subject which
makes his remarks worth hearing He
opposed the leaders of his party on
both the World Court and the tax bill,
but that is not new experience to
La Toilette. During the campaign in
Wisconsin last Fall, when he was a
candidate for election to the Senate,
Senator La Toilette made his position
clear on these issues. Senator La Fol-
lette, like his father before him, is CIV
Ing much attention to economic issues.
He put through the Senate a resolu-
ton calling for the income tax returns
of the anthracite coal operators. He
has resolution providing for an in
vestigation of the so-called bread trust
and food monopolies. He does not
scatter his fire, but rather concen-
trates it. He has been called upon to
preside over the Senate several times
during his brief service. On one oc-
casion when the debate became heated
and Senator, under the rules, was
called upon to take his seat because
he was "out of order" the youthful
Senator kept his head and handled the
situation like veteran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

| Az it was late in the afternoon,
Mary closed her Office, and the two
girls went shopping. For several
hours they roamed G, F and other
streets, going into shop after shop.
A soda with whipped cream engaged
their attentions for half an hour.
1t was going on 5 o'clock when
switched on the light. The char.
woman, Mrs. Hennessy. had been
around already. Mary saw, by tho
absence of papers on the floor.
| Mary was trying to make up her
mind to which charity she should give
the proceeds from her machine. and
abstractedly leaned down TO peer at
the mass of coins which Uttered the
floor behind the cardboard
OH she cried. ooh"
| The blood rushed to her pink cheeks,
then surged out Of them. She felt
| suddenly miserable. Some one had
| taken her treasure, in her absence.
| leaving not a nickel behind
'"They--they were not ordinary
nickels," said Mary to herself. with
something suspiciousIy like tears
cleaning in her starry eyes. TIT
| isn't the money, but what they repre-.
sent
twenty-five portions of Peace, at
| mon Sense. at 5 nickels q plate; As
slices Of Kindness, at / nickel: 8
Hopes. helpings of Courage, 81 serv-
| 1ngS OF Spirituality
And now they are nothing but
| nickels again."
Mary stepped into the hall. Far
| down the corridor she saw an open
| door. and heard the swish Of Mrs.
Hennessy's mop. Mary walked down
Nd L. 4.
How do you do, Mrs. Hennessy,"
smiled Mary Rogue.
How do you do. miss" puffed Mrs.
Hennessy, red faced, returning to her
| labor.
This is very hard work you do.
| Mrs. Hennessy," said Mary, with a
| sympathetic smile, as she tripped
| across the wet floor In her little
| brown pumps.
You'll get your pretty shoes all
wet" demonstrated the charwoman.
Mary stopped and looked down at
the big bucket Of soapy water.
do you have to carry that
| around?"
why. yes, miss-of-of course"
It's too heavy for you" said Mary.
| leaning over and lifting the bucket
| by the handle.
The woman swayed back on her
knees.
Il never knew water was 80 heavy"
went on Mary, putting the bucket
| down.
"Maybe-maybe it's the SOAP" said
Mrs. Hennessy.
1T must be something" agreed
| Mary, and she calmly tipped over the
| bucket.
Mrs. Hennessy screamed as a
| flood of soapy water spread out, little
| waves OF froth bearing down upon
| her.
"Oh, I'm so sorry" said Mary. peer.
| ing into the bucket.
Mrs. Hennessy began to weep.
why, how strange declared Mary
| Rogue. Il never knew one put nick
| els in the water TO wash floors. No
wonder you manage to keep things
| so nice and shiny"
| She drained the remainder Of the
| water. and started off with the
| bucket.
III return II to you in a moment,
| my dear" she smiled back at the
forlorn Mrs. Hennessy.
Then you amt going to arrest
me?" moaned the woman.
For goodness sake, no." called
| Mary, smiling like an angel. What
| do you think have a virtue machine
| for, Mrs. Hennessy?"