Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-14

in the recent dinner of the Washing:
on-Wakefield Memorial Association.
The stars Of the evening were those
Demosthenian twins-Senator James
A. Reed of Missouri, and James NJ
Beck, former Solicitor General OF the
United States. Their speaking styles
are entirely different. Reed is fiery
and dramatic. Beck is partial to
beautifully phrased imagery Quota
tions from the classics roll off his
silver tongue with musical fiuency
Beck scored neatly on Reed, who had
just been clarifying the sanctity OF
the Constitution, about which Uncle
Sans former attorney knows thing
or two himself. II have listened with
absorbing appreciation" said Beck, "to
the panegyric just uttered by my
gifted friend from Missouri. But I
wish he might have remembered to
reassure us that the sovereign States
or the Union are empowered under
the Constitution to select their own
United States Senators without the
advice and consent of the Senate"
mere were many illusions at the
Wakefield dinner to the literary out
givings OF the day which specialfze
IN traducing the memory of George
Washington. Mr.. Beck set the han.
quet company TO handclapping and
cheering with his reference to "gaI-
bage historians" He expressed the
view that lin the field of biography.
there ought to he a law forbiddinr
dogs TO enter cemeteries"
Every day since the McNary -Haueen
bill has been stirring up the animals
on Capitol Hill, the maiIbags OF Sena.
tors and Representatives have con.
tanned facsimile letters signed by Syd.
ney Anderson. president of the Milers'
National Federation, with headquar-
terS at Washington. Anderson was
hlmsef a member OF the House for
seven or eight terms from the first
district OF his native Minnesota. and
ranked throughout his long service as
an authority on agricultural Condi-
lions. especially in the wheat belt.
In l921-22 he was chairman of the
Joint congressional commission of agri-
cultural inquiry. and later became
president of the Wheat Council of the
United States. Anderson is an uncom-
promising foe OF McNary .Haugenism
His daily letters to members OF Con
gress have narrated the arguments
against surplus legislation from every
conceivable point of view. Many peO-
pie think that if President Coolidge
vetoes the McNary Haugen bill it will
be on the ground that his appointive
power, with respect to the supervisory
board. will be unconstitutionally cur
tailed. Anderson's charge is that "the
board is to be of the farmer. by the
farmer and for the farmer" irrespec-
tive of the interests of the grain
trade. millers, consumers or the gen
eral public.
Nicholas Longworth may have taken
a leaf out of the copious political note
book OF his famous and strenuous
the late Theodore RoOse-
relt. in mailing preparedness to the
[.ongworthian mast. Some of his
friends regard it just within the range
Of possibilities that Mick" may plan
20 elevate national defense to the dig
nifty OF his paramount issue anent
1928 and the ambitions the ruler sof
,ur lower house of pugilism is saifsto
cherish. The Speaker is not lacking
n political nerve and independence.
lie smote the Coolidge naval economy
program hip and thigh one night. even
hough he knew that he and princess
Alice" were invited to dine at the
White House the evening after.
(Copyright. 1871