Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-18

| Senator Pat Harrison. Democrat. OF
Mississippi. has been nominated for
| President Of the United States. He Is
| the standard beare: OF the Alfalfa Club,
| that rollicking organization OF Wash
| ington good fellows, who periodically
| anoint their own candidates for the
White House. Harrison bowed TO his
honors at the recent annual banquet
OF the Alfalfans In as scintillating
| speech as ever excited local riSibii-
| ties. Reporters are never professionally
present at Alfalfa national conventions.
but the Mississippian's selection Is re-
Rarded so epochal an event in the club s
history that this scribe has been spe-
ciaily authorized TO break the news. II
! accept the nomination" said the honor
able Pat. from this representative as
| semblage of the bonehead and sinew
OF the Republic. As for the party OF
| Old Hickory, 1t Is SO full OF nuts that
| the squirrels can have II as far as I'm
| concerned. AS for the Republican party.
| IL has appropriately selected for its Of
| fetal emblem the only animal with
| ivory in its head-an animal which has
difficulty In moving either forward or
backward, and which Is most graceful
when II is turning over. Alfaltians. away
| with the old parties! One has been
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has been brewed into impotent dcspera-
toni"
Sir Henri Wilhelm August Detcrding.
| director general Of the Royal Dutch
| Shell oil interests now at war with the
| Standard Of New York. Is Dutchman
by birth, but a Britisher by adoption,
King George knighted him In 1920 for
Dcterdings services 10 the British gov
eminent and navy during the World
| War. Americans who know Sir Henri
| describe him Ms foeman worthy OF
against him. He's man well over 90.
| with a shrewd eye and a 2est for fight.
Kid-glove diplomacy Is not In his line.
| He would be called "hard-boied' In
| this country Deterding's methods have
| more than once brought him into con-
| fiict with British financial magnates.
and the prediction Ii already ventured
al Washington that he may clash with
them over the hostilities he has pro-
voked with the Standard Oh Six or
eight months ago Sir Henri visited the
| United States. The Standard group
| In New York gave banquet In his
honor. In the trade the function was
| looked upon as love-fcast Lady
| Deterdng IL the daughter OF the late
Russian general. Paul Kondayaroff.
| Herbert Hoover Is Individually be-
coming the Senate's candidate for the
presidency at least on the Republican
| side of the aisle. Four members Of
the upper house are already publicly
on record In the Secretary OF Com
merce's favor Moses of New Hampv
shire. couzens of Michigan. Edge of
| New Jersey and Shor,fidge Of califor-
MIA Senator Arthur Capper OF Kan
sas II. Of course. tor his friend. neigh
Dor aud colleague, Charlie" Curtis.
| hut The farm statesman from Topeka
IL well known udmirrr OF Hoover.
Commenting The otfscr day on "a,ir.
| plus overhead and lost motion Ia bust
ness" Cappef wrote IN his weekly
| paper; Luckily We have In America
! il David Tor this Goliath Herbert
| ii00ver has attacked this waste giant
IN il particularly practical and deadly
| manner"
| Representative Albert johnson, Re.
| publican. III Washington. has jist lost
u night upon which the enterplialng
chairman nt the House immigration
committee had for Ao,me time set his
heart He wanted 5000 900 apprn"
prlatlon 10 strengthen the patrol sefs'
Ice on our Northern and Southern
borders and generally 10 combat immi-
grafton b0otlegeinH Hut tho genties
man from the coast Was denied recngnis
lion from The Speakers chair at
| psychoi0Ricai mnment during the de-
bate on his proposition, ana u fell by
The wayside, Ills whispered on Capitol
| I'M that the Republican powers that he
| are little minded NJ this sitehlnn hnur
the eve III presidential campaign
unnecessarily 10 rutiia the immigration