The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-16
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
President Begins Vacation,
Fairly Pleased With the
Record of Congress.
BY EDWARD w. PlckARD

BY EDWARD w. PlCkARD
CENAToRs and representatives have
~ scattered to their homes or to
summer resorts, following the adjourn
ment of congress and President and
Mrs. Coolidge with their encourage
have gone to the secluded camp on
Lake Osgood In the Adirondacks
which is the summer White House.
The Chief Executive jumped into his
vacation with unwonted eagerness and
celebrated its first day by catching a
three-pound pike for dinner. His camp
Is quite isolated but it is expected
that he will entertain good many
visitors who will be put up in the sew
eral cabins attached to the house.
Before starting for the north Mr..
Coolidge ran down to Philadelphia and
delivered a Fourth Of July address to
10000 people at the Sesquicentennial
exposition. His speech, which dwelt
mainly on the unimprovable excellence
of the foundation principles of the
American government, was perhaps
rather platitudinous but studious and
well phrased.
vXIASHINGTON correspondents re-
wv ported that the President was
fairly well satisfied with the record of
the first session Of the Sixty-ninth con-
gress. It's main achievements were the
reduction of taxes, the funding of war
debts and the approval Of the world
court resolution. All these measures
were urged by the administration, and
they also were supported by most of
the Democrats in congress. In the
matter of farm relief legislation the
President did lose out, but he is not
dismayed by this nor greatly disturbed
by the rumbles of party revolt in the
corn belt. He believes his opposition
to bills for price fixing will be vindi-
Gated in time, and he doubts that the
Republican farmers will join with the
Democrats in attacking the tariff. All
in all, the President believes the Re-
publican party has nothing to be
ashamed of and should not be consid-
CACQ do OCAHS OA lAlC 0ClCLolNSy anu
while he continues to hold aloof from
all primary contests. he will, as head
Of his party, do his utmost to help it
win victory in the November elections.
CENATOR CAMERON of Arizona
" successfully killed by filibustering
the resolution to limit primary cam
paign expenditures of candidates for
senator to $4,000. The Reed COM
mittee made public the names of con-
tributors to the Anti-Saloon league
and the Association Against the Pro-
hibition Amendment, which were given
1t in the course of the inquiry into the
Pennsylvania primary. The John D.
Rockefellers, father and son, were the
most liberal givers to the dry cause
during the last eighteen months, hav-
ing contributed S60.500. Chairman
Stayton' of the wet organization said
1t had collected approximately $780,
900, less. than half of which had been
contributed directly to the national
association by sympathizers or allo-
Gated to It by state subsidiaries. The
largest contribution-$5, 200-was from
q Mrs. Van Gerbig of Connecticut.
The investigation into the Pennsyl-
vania primary was practically COM
pleted and the committee separated to
meet again in Chicago on July 26 for
the purpose of inQuiring into the ex-
penditures during the Smith- Mckinley
senatorial primary contest. Senator
Reed hopes to unmask at that time
some Of the influences behind the
world court resolution, which is as OBJ
noxious to him as prohibition.
IMPOSITION to ratification of the
~ Berenger settlement of the French
debt has grown tremendously in
France and during stormy session of
the chamber Of deputies Premier
BRAND said the cabinet intended to
wait and submit the entire foreign
debt program after the British prob
lem was settled and when certain
ameliorations in the American accord
were definitely established. Franklin
nouillon attacked the Berenger agree