Evening star., 1928-04-04

Two-thirds OF the "long" session OF
Congress has now gone by. with far
more matters OF moment unaccomplish-
ed than achieved. Prospectively only
two more months are left In which TO
transact unfinished business. for ad-
iournment by mid-June, in time Tor the
national convention. is probable. None
but optimists expect major legislative
action in that interval. Even II Con-
gress enacts pending measures dealing
with farm relief, Muscle Shoals, tax re-
duction. Mississippi flood control
and Boulder Dam. 1t Is lar from
certain that President Coolidge
would approve them. 1t happens
that the White House Is opposed 10
practically all existing congressional
proposals concerned with these issues
II the President were candidate for
reelection things might be different.
But Mr. Coolidge finds himself In the
unusual position of being able TO do
lust what he pleases and to govern MS
conduct strictly according to his con-
yictions. The result. as regards many
pressing affairs Of state. Is likely 10 oe
stalemate.
In Jim" Gallivan OF Massachusetts,
most yociferous wet. just as the Senate,
in Frank B. Willis. was bereft OF It's
outstanding dry. The Boston Demo-
.rat. who was In his eighth term In Con-
press, specialized In his later years In
attacking the eighteenth amendment
and the Volstead act. His onslaughts
we're always couched In accents OF irony
and sarcasm. AS q wit Gallivan had
few EQUALS in either house, and he could
turn on a stream of bitter invectiVe
when the occasion moved him 10 do so.
The foreign service WINGED perceptibly
under Gallivan's tongue flashing from
the House floor last Winter. though the
Congressman twisted the facts ruthless
ly for his own purposes. Galilvan was
a newspaper man after graduation from
Harvard In 1888. but was in politics
and public Office uninterruptedly for the
80 years preceding his death. .
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Houston doesn't intend that the
visitors who will throng 1t In June shall
go away merely with vivid impressions
Of It's might as the industrial metrop~
oils OF the Southwest. The city has
an historical background that Is woven
into the woof Of the Union. The task
Of acauanting convention guests with
II has been undertaken by the Houston
Historical Society and Art League. They
purpose placing permanent markers al
the site OF Gen. HoIston's military
headquarters, the old Texan Capitol,
the French. British and Belgian lega~
tions once accredited To the Texan Re~
public, the Episcopal Church In which
Gen. Lee worshiped. and Gail Bordens
house Markers are also To be set up
at the hall in which President Ben
jamin Harrison spoke on his visit TO
Houston In 1891 and where President
William Mckinley spoke In 1901. the
residence Of former Attorney General
Gregory, the home In which Col. u. M.
House was born and reared, and the
sites In Houston suburbs where large
bodies of Texan troops were prepared
for service In the Civil Spanish Ameri-
can and World Wars. Houston and
San Jacinto" are taking their place
alongside Of Boston and Bunker Hill'
and philadelphia and Independence
Hall"
One by one lawyers In the United
States Senate seem to be making way
for Journalists II may he nothing but
coincidence, but 1t Is fact lhal
editors have been put into three OF the
vacancies filled by State governors, fol-
lowing the deaths OF ineumbents III
recent times. Senator Nye OF North
Dakota, now In the limelight as the
oil Investigation chairman. was taken
from his newspaper desk 10 succeed
Senator Ladd Last Winter Senator
Cutting OF New Mexico was called
away from his editorial sanetum TO NIL
Senator Jones aeat. and during the
past few days the Governor of Mich
igsn has appointed Editor Arthur II.
| Vandenbefg to succeed Senator Ferris
| Tha senatorial group of scribes grows
space II already included Gapper oi
! Kansas, GLASS Of Virginia. Moses nf
New Hampshire. Greene af Vsrmons