Evening star., 1926-10-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

forward to the north wall Of the SEN
ate wing. The Presidents room. the
Vice Presidents offices, halloWed by
many memories and familiar to thou
sands Of tourists, and the Marble
room, where Senators now find Sc
clusion. will likewise disappear. The
primary purpose of the alterations is
to provide sunlight and outside air for
the chamber. The same dimensions
will be retained-113 feet by so feet
but instead of the present rectangu-
lar shape 1T is planned to substitute a
semiclrcle amphitheater design.
W1sconsln's State treasurer is an in
teresting and unusual type in Amer
lean politics, Solomon Levitan Of
the City of New Glarus has been
nominated and is certain to be elected
for his third term as administrator Of
the States finances. He emigrated to
Wisconsin in his youth as a pack ped
dler, practically penniless. and rose to
eminence and aff1uence in business and
in banking. He built his name and
fortune by strict observance of an old
German motto. which in English is
Honesty lasts the longest" Per
suaded to shy his hat into the Wiscon-
sin political ring in 1918, he became
a candidate for State treasurer. His
platform was his simple promise to
administer the Office with diligence
and honesty. He held aloof from the
factional fighting. He received a
small but enthusiastic vote. Two
years later he tried again and lost by
narrow margin. Elected first in
1922, he repeated two years ago, and
Is now in the way of becoming Wis
consin institution. He says that in
politics. just as in business, honesty
lasts the longest.
Tasker L. Oddie, Republican SEN
ator from Nevada, is putting up a
grand fight" according to Nevada
reports, in his reelection campaign.
His opponent, Raymond T. Baker, di-
rector of the mint in the Wilson ad-
ministration, is rated a strong, oppo..
nent and Nevada Is rated a 'close"
State. Oddie won his denomination
contest with Mayor Roberts of Reno
by vote Of better than two to one.
He started in the day he arrived in
Nevada, after adjournment of Con-
gress in July, to make a house-to-
house canvass Of every family in the
State. There are only about 10000
families and Senator Oddie, with the
aid of trusty "flivver," promises to
shake hands with every one. He is
at it day and night, covering his terri
tory at the rate of more than a
thousand families week. On that
basis he will have rung every door
bell in the State before election day.
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Copies Of 1.-THE Tropical Sum-" with
the subtitle THE First and Only
English Language Newspaper Pub
lished in Venezuela" occasionally
stray into Washington. 1t is a new
conner in the journalistic field, printed
on an old-time flat bed press. in large
hand-set type of a bygone era. It is
packed with breezy intimate para
graphs Of the gossip and the doings
Of the American colony in Maracaibo,
VeneZuela's capital. Here is a sam
direct the particular attention Of Mr..
VIII Rogers, with the suggestion that
he include it in his The Worst Joke
1 Heard Today" series:
~. S. King, we'll known through.
out the oil fields Of everywhere as
Cowboy King driller for the V.
o. c., came to town few days
ago to have an ear specialist give
him special attention. It seems
that several days ago a party Of
visitors from the city were touring
the field. The well King was work
ing on is near the road. In the
party were several very pretty
girls, and King, being young and
almost a counterpart of Apollo,
has a keen eye for the fair sex. At
any rate the girls strolled past
his derrick. King was busy with
his work and failed to hear the
loud calls of the others ito have a
look" Afterward he learned of
the beauty parade and the calls
given him, and decided right there
and then something was the mat
ter with his ears when he could
not hear a call like that. Taking
time by the forelock, while in town
he will have his eyes examined, for,
as he says. he will take no more
chances"
(COpyright 1925