Evening star., 1928-11-16

Herbert Hoover and Charles Curtis
will be chosen President and vice Prea-
ident of the United States, respectively,
under an electoral college system utll-
lied for the first time. The electoral
votes of 48 States will be sent to wash
inVton by registered mail instead OF
being brought here, as hitherto, by Spe-
cially designated messengers. An act
of Congress, which went INTO eHecC
last ycar. is responsible Tor the change s;
It's author is Representative Hatton W.
Summers Democrat. of Texas. Incl
dentally. a little piece OF glorious graft
goes glimmering. Practically ever since
the foundation of the Republic messen-
gers bearing electoral votes have been
dispatched to the District OF Columbia
at a remuneration of 25 cents a mile
for this trip to and fro. In the case
of those who had to cross large
section of the country the ton was
always eagerly coveted. Sometimes tns
messenger was himself an elector Sc
lected BY his colleagues. Often ne was
a party worker, who received MS re-
ward in the form of loy-rlde 10
Washington. Representative summers
theory. in proposing change In the
law was that the old system was a
relic of the dark ages. when such Things
as fast and reliable mails did not e%lSC.
Two famous diplomats--an American
and a Chinese--nlet under interesting
circumstances at a German embassy
dinner in washington the other nlgnt::
Ambassador Won PrittWitzs guest OF
honor was DR.. Jacob G. Schurman, the
United States Ambassador to Germany.
Next in order of rank at the lestlVe
board was DR.. Alfred SEE, Chinese MN
lister to the United States. When Am
bassador Schurman was president OF
Cornell University. 30 years ago, the
first Chinese undergraduate ever ma
circulated there was a plg-talled youtn
named Alfred SEE. He was graduated
with honors In 1901 and few years
later embarked upon diplomatic ca
reer. DR.. Schurman ana DR.. SEE nave
remained warm friends throughout the
generation which they began, respec-
lively. as professor and student. Ine
Chinese envoy is as ardent Cornelllan
as ever left Ithaca. Class reunions arc
his favorite and unfailing pastimes IN
recurring JuneS.
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Those elements which are opposed to
The passage of the 15-cruiser bill now
pending III the Senate would like to see
the Kellogg anti-war treaty ratified pc
fore the Senate acts on the naval DILL
They overlook a fact which Is likely 10
blast their hopes The cruiser bill, al
ready passed by the House. was reported
out by the Senate naval AFFAIRS COM
nlittee at the last session. 1t Is there-
fore on the Senate calendar ana reaoy
for consideration. The anti-War pact
has not yet seen submitted to the SEN
10 ~ fnit ~
Whenever it comes, it will 60 TO the
foreign relations committee, where pro
tracted discussion may ensue. Ohly
after that will the treaty be brought 10
the Senate for a vote. Senator Borah,
an ardent apostle of naval limltatlon,
rather disappointed the paciflsts IN ms
New York Armistice day speech by
declining to take part in any Slde-
tracking of the cruiser bill.
One of the most envied women In
Washington is the wife of certain
European envoy, who he's been sta
toned in the United States Tor the
past four years. She Is known as tne
champion bridge player of the CaplCai
and her income from the game IS saIn
to amount to something between Slo'ooo
and $4,000 a year.
Post-mortems on the carnage Of No
vember 6 are the order of the day
| among statesmen drifting back TO tneir
! House or Senate Offices on Capitol Hill.
One of the most diverting yarns Is
vouched for by New York Congress
mana Republican-who says ne OF
| fcred Senator Hefiin $500 not TO make
a speech in his district. The Congress
mans theory was that If the leather.
lunged Alabaman talked there ne would
make votes for Smith. The same mem
ber of the House declares that the
election results in New York state arc
no longer a mystery. Manhattan
Island" he says, failed to roll up the
anticipated majority for Smith because
business feared his election would ar
rest prosperity. Upstate the Prot
estant church vote, irrespective of its
politics. was almost solidly against the
governor. Anv Republican with vote
getting qualities which Ambassador