Evening star., 1926-08-25

WAYNE B. Wheeler. generalissimo
Of the Anti-Saloon League, has brand
ed as "Tinkham's Tinkle" the public
letter which George Holden Tinkham,
Bay State millionaire Representative,
sportsman and ardent wet. sent to
Attorney General Sargent demanding
that the Department of Justice In
stitute criminal proceedings against
the Anti-Saloon League for violation
of the corrupt practice act. Tinkham
has retorted that "Wheeler's sQueal'
is abusive. evasive and mendacious.
This lively repartee being finished.
attention focuses on Mr.. Sargent ana
the interesting question is;--What
reply will the Attorney General make
to the original Tinkham letter? Mr.
Tinkham, loyal Coolidge Republican
that he is, in his zeal to see the wick
ed drys" in Jail has put his party
chieftains in somewhat of a hole:
Mr.. Sargent is faced with real
dilemma. He cannot easily ignore
the Tinkham letter. If he denies the
Tinkham assertions that the Anu
Saloon League has been disclosed to
he a nolittcal organization he will be
Offering an opinion which runs
counter to the pretty unanimous view
Of the imam in the street. And II
the ATTORNEY General comedies that
the league is political in it's activities,
and so amenable to the Federal cor
,,,pt practice law. what reason can
no offer for not prosecuting tne
league officials for failure TO make
nuhli, reports of their receipts and
expenditures as the law requires?
His last alternative would be TO
prosecute Wheeler ct al. as T1nkhaln
demands. and what fine Kettle OF
fish that would be for the Coolidge
administration
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Presidert Lincoln's gold watch and
the famous Healey portrait or Lin
coin. two of the most cherished pos
sessions Of his son. Robert Todd LIN
coin, are likely soon to be presented 10
the Government by his sons widow,
according to her friends. So far Mrs.
I5ncoln has withheld any announce
ment but she Is quoted by her friends
an stating that II was her husband
wish that these priceless Lincoln
relics should become the property OF
the American people, and she INTENDS
to see that this wish is fulfilled. 1t is
anticipated that the watch Will be de-
nosited in the National Museum and
| that the painting will be hung in the
White House. Robert Lincoln told MS
friends that in his opinion the Healey
portrait was the best likeness OF MS
| father ever painted. For hall a cen
tury 1t has been on the wall In the
Robert Lincoln home here. The gold
chain which belonged to the watch Is
understood to have been lost to the
Lincoln heirs many years ago and to
be now in the possession of a wealthy
Chicago collector. An effort Is to be
| made to secure its return to the
| watch.
Paralleling the experience of Texas
with the Fergusons, when MA" was
governor and PA" who had been dis
! qualified from holding Office by i'm
! peachment proceedings, was the guild
! ing hand of the administration, Wash
! ington learns that Mrs. John w
! Langley, who is coming to Congress
from Kentucky to occupy the seat hel
husband lost when he went to Atlanta
| to serve a two.year term for partici
patins in illegal whisky Withdrawals
| from Government bonded warehouses
proposes to appoint him as her secre
| tary. He will be an assistant con
gressman" as Ferguson was assist
ant governor" Mrs. Langley hopes
to overcome the difficulty presented by
| the IaCL lndL ueT HuSDdiIu 10 Ho" a
! prison with most of his sentence still
| remaining to be served, by securing
| his pardon or release on parole. Lang
ley entered Atlanta January Is of this
year and will be eligible for parole or
September a. Already the prelimi
nary steps for parole application tc
the Department of Justice are under
way.
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Summer appears in print under q
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