Evening star., 1927-03-04

1t Is 0XaCIIy Two years ago, almost
to the hour, since Vice President
Dawes, in an explosive inaugural
| address, first lambasted the iniquity
OF unlimited debate in the Senate.
On that occasion he assailed the rules
| which "place power in the hands Of
| individuals to an extent, at times,
subversive of the fundamental princi-
| pies of free representative govern
ment." Dawes is deriving grim salts
| faction from recent events in the
| Nations principal palace of palaver.
| He feels that by it's filibustering antics
the Senate itself has supplied the
country will all the proof that's
needed to justify reform Of business
| blocking procedure in that body. AT
| one time Gen. Dawes thought of put
| ting In his spare time crusading for
| a change of Senate methods by taking
| the cause to the country In public
| speeches. But the Vice President has
| now come to the conclusion that the
| loquaciOus body over which he pre-
sides is doing his talking for him.
| Confidentially Dawes imparts to his
| friends that he's having the time Of
| his life on the Senate roStrum. Two
years astride it seem to have rejuve-
| mated him.
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| Col. Edward T.. Clifford of Illinois,
former Assistant Secretary of the
| Treasury and now a lawyer in Wash
| ington, is the man generally accredited
| with having put Dawes on the Cool
| idge ticket at Cleveland in 1924. That
accounts for the fact that Clifford has
| begun to be besieged by Republican
| politicians who see in the Vice Pres1-
| dent a logical candidate for the Cool
| idge succession in 1929. Cilnord
assures this observer that Dawes Is
| not aspiring in the direction OF the
| White House. The colonel, who
| learned the game of politics in the
schools of the late John w. Weeks of
| Massachusetts and Senator William
| Mckinley of Illinois, deposes and says
that he himself is a Coolidge man, as
| far as 1928 Is concerned, and for
| Dawes denomination for the vice
| presidency.
Some cordial greetings have just
been exchanged between the United
! States Marine Corps and the Royal
! Welsh Fusiliers of England. Maj.
| Gen. John A. Lejeune, commandant
of the corps, cabled the Fusiliers on
| February 28 as follows: American
Marines tender you former sea sol
| diers on, st. David's day greetings as
comrades Of 1900 in the Boxer cam
paign in North China" The com
mander of the British regiment re
piled: "All ranks Of the Royal Welsh
| heartily reciprocate st. David's day
| greetings from their gallant comrades
| in-arTns." About the time these pleas
| antr.ies were sizzling across the AT
| lantic the Washington branch or the
! American Association for the Recog-
milton Of the Irish Republic was pay
| ing a different kind of compliment TO
| the paymaster general of the Marines,
| Brig Gen. George Richards. Ob1ec-
] ton was taken to Gen. Richards al
d, legged activity in including God Save
| the King" in the recent celebration
| of George Washingtons birthday.
| Whereupon the Irish Republic sym
| pathiZers passed resolutions calling
| for the gallant generals dismissal
| from tho Navy.
| Wherever American doughboyS are
| stationed, at home and around the
| world, they're shouting the praises
| these days OF Representative w. Frank
James, Republican, of Michigan. He's
| the man who finally brought about
| the increase Of the soldiers ration to
| SO cents a day. A bill providing for
| augmented "chow" was introduced
| last December by Representative
| James. He is the ranking member
| of the House military affairs commit
! tee, which, at his instigation, made
| urgent appeals to the appropriations
committee to raise the ration. The
War Department heartily approved,