Evening star., 1926-06-14

Practical politicians like the Penn
sylvia MIA M now on the grill before the
Senate committee on primary expendi-
ture exhibit no suggestion OF moral
scruples about slush funds. mat ls
the outstandi impression observers
get from hearing them reel of figures
that stagger an ordinary person.
Kenna. Ware boss in Pittsburgh.
| 81. .5OO.a-year road commissioner, told
Of giving $4,000 to the Ware cam
paisn with the same nonchalance that
would distinguish him IL he'd said he
| paid SIS for his hat. Nor did kenna
| turn a hair when. under jim Reed
prodding. the Pittsburgh ward leader
confessed that he'd made fortune OF
! S130,000 "out of politics" Joseph X.
| Grundy, president of the Pennsyi
vania Manufacturers Association,
ma rra ed unblushingly that he became
! responsible for a 3400. 900 contribution
to the Pepper-Fisher cause in order
! to insure a governorship at Harris
burg that would not upset the tax
laws to the disadvantage Of big busi.
ness. Senator King. Democrat, Of
| Utah. asked witness how 1t comes
that philadelphia remain corrupt
and content" The reply was that
| it's impossible to get rise out OF
| them" A Pittsburgh man testified
that anybody who spends money
enough can always carry Pittsburgh
Only about half a dozen of the "a
State prima ries for senatorial NOM
| ina tions have thus far taken place.
| 1t is as certain as weather and taxes
that candidates and managers will
watch their financial steps in the rs
or % regions in which nominations
are still to be made. Supercautfon
will extend right up to election day
in November. The Pennsylvania
dough lines, of which the country Is
now hearing. are responsible for the
rectitude with which remaining cam
paigns will be conducted. Senator
Dave" Reed Of Pennsylvania pleads
In extenua tfon Of the recent gold rush
in his State that Penn is "a nation
Of 1000 900 souls and not II small
Western commonwealth with pop
ulation an eighth the size of Phila-
delphia" There's something 10 that.
Pennsylvania Is not only popuious.
but imperial in area. Printed mat
ter and spellbinders must travel long
distances to cover the ground. Even
scrupulous campaign managers know
by experience that expenses have a
way of piIing up. But even Dave
Reeds alibi doesn't quite explain
away the Penn system OF hiring
watchers" on election day in patches
of tens Of thousands at IS and $40 a
head-depending on the sex.
When zoe" Robinson of Arkansas,
Democratic leader in the Senate. at
tended Ohio Northern University, Sen
ator Simeon d. Fess of Ohio was It's
vice president and one of Robinson's
teachers. The Arkansan. in the heat
Of Ia st weeks farm, debate. mentioned
that he once imbibed knowledge NJ
fess' feet. 81 am sorry the Senator
from Arkansas has disclosed he was
once a pupil VI mine" inierposed
Fess. Il am just as sorry about that
as you are rstorted the suave gen
tleman from Little Rock.
Judge John Barton Payne. chair
man Of the American Red Cross, viii
spend the Fourth Of July in Paris,
whittier he Is about to sail. Payne,
who became the head Of our Red
Cross in 1921 on condition that he
should not have to accept any OF the
emoluments Of the job-including a
salary and a house-is chairman OF
the board Of governors Of the World
League of Red Cross Societies. The
director general of the league, Sir
Claude H. Hill; has just been appoint
ed Governor of the Isle of Man by
the British government. The Paris
meeting IL mainly to elect his sue
ceSsOr.
Evan Il. Young. American Minister
To the Dominican Republic. is home
on his first leave from Santo Domingo
since President Coolidge sent him
there last year. Like sailor who
can't keen away from the old ship.
Mr.. rounk Is haunting the Eastern