Evening star., 1927-11-11

How weirdly prohibition has mussed
up party lines was proved for the
| hundredth time in State and munich.
pal elections on November 8. Politi-
| cal drys and political vets in Wash
ington are, therefore, alike deriving
satisfaction from the days results.
Kentucky elected a Republican wet to
the governorship after having a year
ago elected a Democratic dry to the
United States senatorship. Detroit, as
sopping wet a community as there is
in the whole of dry America, turned
out of Office a mayor confessedly hos
tile to prohibition enforcement. Ohio,
ancestral home of the Anti-Saloon
League, bans the kangaroo courts,
espoused by the drys for more drastic
punitive measures against bibblers and
bootleggers. Although the parties are
split a dozen ways over prohibition,
authorities like Senator Borah insist 1t
remains the paramount political is
sue before the country. Borah de-
clares it must be grappled with, and
to a finish. sooner or later. just as
Abraham Lincoln came finally to grips
with slavery. In the IdahOan's opin-
ion, prohibition is a definitely consti-
tutional question, and, because OF
that, is a definitely political issue.
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Washington's favorite political in
door sport is detection of straws
showing how the Coolidge 1928 wind
the Coolidge -will-run camp shouts
I'VE told you So" If the President
does that, the Coolidge will-not-run
outfit exclaims, I'VE told you So"
Just now one of the things being
| watched for. as a sign of the Coolidge
| times, is the vacancy on the Federii
Trade Commission. BY law, 1t must
be filled with Democrat. The man
| who left the vacancy, j. f. NuEent.
! former United States Senator from
| Idaho, Is a candidate to succeed him.
self. He Is Woodrow Wilson pro-
gressive Democrat. He represented
the Middle Northwest on the commits
sion. IL reappointed, politicians will
interpret his selection as a sign that
Coolidge is making an unmistakable
bid for Western progressive good will.
Nugent stood shoulder to shoulder
with Huston Thompson. former chair
man Of the commission. on anti
monopoly policies. Senators Glass
and Swanson of Virginia are backing
! John Garland Pollard, williamsburg
lawyer, for the commission appoint
ment.
"Young Charlie" Taft, son of the
| Chief Justice of the United States,
made a tremendous hit as an orator
upon his recent appearance at the
| jubilee meeting of the Washington Y.
| NJ. C. A. II he wins his first big
case, as public prosecutor of Hamil-
ton County at Cincinnati-the trial of
George Remus, bootleg king, for mur-
der-Taft's admirers predict he'll
vault overnight into national prom
inence, with high Ohio honors and
then national distinction, later on.
within his reach. Charlie" who's
lust turned 80, has begun just where
his celebrated dad started-in the Gin
cinnati prosecutors office. Like his
progenitor, the youngster has de-
veloped a flair for politics, skill at the
bar and talent as a public speaker.
James Montgomery Beck, Repre-
sentative elect from the Ware district
of Philadelpnia, mas many cidiLnS 10
distinction, but none so unique as the
nrobability that he'll be investigated"
almost before he takes his seat In the
House. Two or three days before the
recent election the Common Pleas
Court of Philadelphia decided that a
member of Congress must have an
actual. and not merely a formal.
domiciIe in the district which he es.
says to represent at Washington. For
the past three or four years Beck has
lived in a home of his own at Wash
ington. In addition, he maintains a
Summer place at Seabright. n. sJ.