Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-01
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Aluminium medals of honor are com
| ing to Bruce and Blease, the bad boys
of the Democratic minority in the
| Senate. Refusal Of the respective
| junior members from MarNian nd and
| South Carolina to join their party
| colleagues was all that prevented the
! iSenates voting 10 investigate the
| Aluminium Co. of America. Had Bruce
| aud Blea Sc lined up with the Dem
! ocrats and Republican Insurgents who
| favored the Walsh resolution. inpesti-
| CATION would have been ordered by d
ma jority of one IS to "a. The Dem
| ocratic rebels" alone We're RESPONSE
| BILE for defeat of the resolution by 80
| 10 33. The episode has another sig
mica nee than the intracta bilitN OF the
| gentlemen from Maryland and South
| Carolina. 1t reveals that on a show
| down Democrats are as reluctant to
| play The game Of Follow the Lea der
| as Senator Curtis unma ma cable Re
| publican ma jorty."
First honors in nouconlnit ia lship
and literary economy again are award
ed summa cum laude, to Calvin
Coolidge Here's his Sword prefa-
tory note to G. i5ascom Siemps new
hook ."rhe Mind of the President
dated September H. 1928:
For the comment of Mr..
Slemp on me and upon my pub
lie utterances | take no respon-
sibiliiy The relative weight ne
has given the various SUBJECTS
treated is due alone To his judg-
mir
method of grouping related quo
tations will he found an interest
ing and convenient ARA ngement
which will greatly facilitate eff
forts to find out what state
ments | have made concerning
particular subjects.
(Signed) CALVIN COOLIDGE.
charles Evans Hughes will tonight
be The guest Of honor at a. soiree OF
the Cosmos Club now and then yclept
Washington academy of immortals
Several hundred of the Capitals dis
tipguished citizens will meet him ana
expect to hear Mr.. Hughes recount in
his inimitabiy happy manner the
blessings of private life, which he Is
enjoying for the first time In 20 years
Americans, regardless of party, de-
DlOre Hughes decision. feceIitiN pio
nounced. never again to accept pubic
Office. Many of them wish he would
dedicate himself. as Calvin Coolidge
did 81 years ago, to politics as a
career Hughes adorned American
national life as have few men of his
day and generation. But he is ada
mant in. his determination hencefor-
ward to seek his compensations
spiritual as well as financial. in less
controversial realm. Hughes is in
amazingly splendid physical trim. al
though he is on the verge of his 65th
year.
Princess Eliza beth iSibesco who has
Just left Washington with her consort
the retiring Rumanian Minister to the
United States. saw America. last
lust before ending her career here.
The Viyacious daughter of the Earl
and Countess of Asquith spent most
of the Winter doing" our great West
all the way between Hollywood and
Jim" Reeds country. The princess
, awards the palm for scenic splendor
10 the Painted Deserts of Arizona.
which in her judgment. pale even the
Grand Canyon into insignificance. At
farewell dinner party in the BIZ
hescos honor some one tried to test
the princess famous knowledge of all
he ins and outs Of American politics.
So trick question was hred Al her.
Who's the other Senator from