Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-30
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLiAM VILE.

uberantly enthusiastic over Smith. but,
as a good party Indian. the Raleigh
editor Is going Loyalty along. He thinks
that II the country keeps Congress dry,
1t wouldn't make any difference how
wet the White House might be. To
that end Daniels Is advising his fellow
Southerners not 10 worry about Smith,
but concentrate their energies on send
ing prohibitionists TO the House and
Senate.
Nan Britton, author of "The PreSi-
dents Daughter" that widely deplored
but extensively read narrative, has
donned war paint In REPUTATION of the
allegation In another book entitled THE
Answer To The Presidents Daughter
and Other Declarations of A Great
American" The last named volume
made Its appearance on the eve OF the
Republican national convention. Shop
windows In the immediate vicinity of
the Kansas City hotels and convention
hall were filled with IL. II didn't at
tract much attention. Nan Britton, In
a letter now being sent broadcast
throughout the country. suggests there
Is no such person as DR. Joseph De-
Barthe, whose name Is attached to the
Answer" book She alleges inquirerS
are informed that DR.. DeBarthe died
Immediately upon the completion OF
the manuscript" and that the publish
ers In Marion ARE reported to be out
OF business"
Representative Meyer Jacobstein. DEM
ocrat, of the Rochester. N. Y, district,
gives graphic insight into the daily
nf a ~
his annual report TO his constituents,
Jacobstein originated the system of rem
dering regular accounts OF congressional
stewardship at Washington. To the
men and women who sent him there he
says.
Almost every phase of human
life Is revealed in the appeals which
the daily mail brings TO my ottice
Separated families seek help from
the rigid requirements OF the imm-
grafton law. travellers wish their
passports expedited or the courtesy
of the port when returning. apph-
cants for positions seek advice and
recommendation. dissatisfied enlisted
men seek discharge from the Army
or Navy, and many former service
men come with difficult cases to be
adjusted. which often requires weeks
and even months OF time and close
sympathetic attention. In addition,
countless requests are received for in-
formation or material which can only
be secured through cooperation with
the Government departments.
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Vice President Dawes ought TO so
down to Mississippi and take the stump
for Demoerat~Senator Hubert ID
Stephens, who Is now In primary con-
test for denomination Stephens chief
claim to fame Is that he doesn't make
speeches In the Senate, but manages
10 be uncommonly effective notwith-
standing~~or because 0t~that fact The
Senator's rival for the Mississippi nomi-
nation Is Representative Thomas Web
Der Wilson, boy orator" OF Wanted
spellbinding abilities, now In his Sec
ond term In the House, stephens made
his most important Senate speech last
Spring during the Mississippi food con-
troll debate. II was six words long He
said. II will yield for q vote" The
Senator was In charge Of the bill In the
upper house and his eloquent outburst
was followed by the passage Of the
measure without dissenting vote. A
few days before that episode Senator
stephens and President Coolidge dis
ciissed finod control at the White House
II was described by an eyewitness as
a contest In laeonics,
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