Evening star., 1926-04-30

Heber j. Grant, president OF the
Mormon Church. II visitor 10 WASH
ington. Even though he is Demo
crat, he and Senator Reed Smoot'
Republican n, first apostle OF the church
are bosom friends. Every morning
since Grant came to town they have
been at work on the links of the
Rock Creek public golf course pc
tween the roma ntic hours Of fNe ana
seven. Although the chieftsin of a
great religious Orga MIA ton, era mt rs
.eminently business man. He Is
a director in many Western corpora
tons. including banks. an implement
house. a theater company, Il large
depa rtment store, and two or three
insurance compa MES, one Of which
bears his own name. Ora mt assisted
in organizing and promoting the
Utah.Idaho Sugar Co.. and is now ITS
president He is also president of
lions Savings Bank and Trust Co.
at Salt Lake City. Brigham Young S
successor started his business career
as messenger boy in an insura nee
office. President Grant is 20 years old
was ordained Mormon apostle at
25, and succeeded the late Joseph F.
Smith as head Of the church In 1918.
He is in Washington for the Boy
Scouts meeting. The Mormons have
their own Scout orga MIA tiOn.
Secretary MeilOE undoubtedly
emerges with enhanc reputation
from the long series Of foreign debt ne
gotiations terminated with the French
agreement. Others considered col
labOra ted and concurred. But the
master hand in all the settlements
a.
cha ncellor Of the American eXcheQuer
is fOndly known In the Pittsburgh
region. Mellon, despite his age, shy
ness, silence and passion for self
effa cement, is ss shrewd a politician
as Pennsylvania In many a day has
produced. He eschews the strong
arm methods of a Quay or a Penrose,
but his velvet glove on occa sion en-
ca ses an iron hand no less potent
than the kind those imperiOus bosses
welded. Mellon would grace the
United States Senate, but has no
hankerings in that direction. He ia
content with having triumphantIy
conducted the most colossal financial
ansa ctions in history. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury sometimes looks
tired. 1t is just within the range of
possibilities that the day when he
thinks he might lay down his burdens
with dignity has been brought nea rel.
by the supreme achievement Of his
career.
One Of the most conspicuous mem
bers of the party Of pan.American n
journalists now touring the country
Is somber. black bearded Mexica n
editor named MRnriques. He wears
not only q shock of ebony locks. but a
hirsute appendage that trails down
his bosom in jet luxuriance. In one
OF the industrial towns the pan.Amer-
cans visited this week a factory pre-
sented them with souvenirs in the
shape of safety razors. When Senor
Manriques passed down the gift line
and his hair and whiskers darkened
the horizon, the man who was hand
ing out the razor souvenirs ejacula ted
Take Three" Manriques did.
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kentucky's Democratic white hope,
Representative Alben w. Barkley. has
pitched his hat into the senatorial
ring. as rival of Senator Richard
p. Ernst, Republican. In the 1926
campaign. Barkley is one Of the
young Midwest Democrats in whom
party leaders see future presidential
timber. Not the least of his qualifics.
tiOns for national honOrs In his high
standing with organized labor, espe.
cially the railroad brotherhoods. He
is joint author with Senator Howell,
Republican, Of Nebra ska. of the rail.
road labor bill. Barlltey has repre-.
scented the. Paducah River constitu-
ency In the House for ~ years. Rail.
road men and other union men are al
ready organizing throughout Ken
tucky on his behalf. Never before