Evening star., 1928-03-25
HARRY S. NEW CALLED
OLD SCHOOL POLITICIAN
Postmaster General Has Absorbed Party
Principles Since Birth in
HOosier State.

I
/, plane services going cheaply and cffi
. GENTLY across the continent
. Perhaps no thought today can give
Harry New, the Postmaster General
quite such thrill as this of the all
mail II was inaugurated under hi
administration. and he has lived to SCI
= continuous air service from New
York to San Francisco proceeding il
from rs 20 so hours each way, with a
lighted airwsy thus far constructed
from Chicago to Cheyenne. with 40 ali
mail pilots flying nearly 100000 mile:
in single year,
He enviSages the possibility for oul
great cities Of landing places In the
centerS OF town~~American rivals foI
the convenienceS of Croydon or LIZ
Bourget--not too wild an ambition, II
would seem.
II is not, however. as prophet of fu-
ture great developments nor as admin
iStrator of an important cabinet post
that ore thinks Of Harry New. 1t is
true that he has the trick of the good
executive for cleaning off his desk .
II is true that when he volunteered in
the Spanish War and was made assist
ant adjutant general. Sd Brigade. I'd
Division OF the 7th Corps, the division
commander, Gen. Arnold, publicly con-
gratulated him for his efficiency as
superior TO that OF any other.
Always. interest in his character
comes back to being an interest in a
HooSier Republican.
For Party Solidarity"
It is new and not always superior
political world which hss invented the
words vision" and service" and
. -ldealisn" The earlier political werl6
f he - tEo
talked about loyalty and party
solidarity"
Harry" seid a fellow HooSier tit is
significant that they all cali him
Harry 10 this dayl. would always
fight to the end inside the resolutions
+ committee or the platform committee 10
get his ideas over. But If h lost inside
the party. il the party decided against
him. he would cheerfully accept the
decision OF the party and so out and
fight for their conclusions.
Take, for instance. the question of
the Philippines He was never in favor
Of our taking them over at the time
He was naturally anti-imperialist, Just
as afteTward. he was against our going
into the League. He tried 10 prevent
the Republicans from adopting a
Philippine plank But when We did
adopt it, he went out and campaigned
Sgalnst Bryan on the issue.
I That is the secret of his opposition
10 Beveridse. Beveridge was elected to
+ the Senate by Republican votes and
then came down here to Washington
and opposed the Payne-A,drich tariff
bill That was the sort of thing that
Harry couldn't do himself and couldn't
+ forgive in others
+ On the other hand. Hoosier Repuhli-
can though he was--with all the 1imita-
tons and all the good. too. that the
/ term implies-Eew has so much of per-
F sonal sweetness and charm that many
Of his Democratic opponents. many of
those who have played the game fair
and square. have been his personal
+ friends
Incident With Ralxton.
In Indianapolis there vas an amusing
exchange Of remarks between him and
( MS Democratic successor. the late
Samuel Ralston, when New retired from
the Senate in 1922.
Il thought YOU were holding my seat
for me In Washington" RalSton said.
The first thing ! did" Harry New
! answered. was to go right over TO the
Senate and pick a nice seat for vou!''
Il guess you needed a tape measure
for that" Ralston ended.
Meanwhile the news photographers
were calling TO New to smile as they
ieTeled their cameras
Tn doing my best" n answered
DO you think I'm entitled to it?"
So that when his friends speak Of
his ties s"-hiS honesty. modesty. loyalty
they are saying nearly the same
thing. His personal qualities lie in the
realm Of the ancient standards.
he won't promise very easily" an
Indiana politician remarked but II he
Goes say II. yod can 60 hnsne and 20 20
bed. You know that Harry viii stick II
he has TO up-end one half Of the State
10 do IT,"
A story is told to illustrate this
quality
II vas whiIe he was managing editor
that, one day. a wide-eyed. blond long
nosed man came into his editorial
rooms. He vas travelling sign painter
named J. w. Riley. and he wanted To
sell some poems. New looked at them
both. He liked the poems and he liked
the man II wss the beginning os a
friendship that persisted 10 the very
end of Riley's life. New had many
amusing experiences with genius
Lifted" for Riley Poem.
Once. about 2 O'Clock in he morning.
when ne had sent the last bit Of copy
up. Riley came tearing into hts ofice
E1th his hair on end and sheet Of
paper IN his hand
Do you want tnix?" he said If YOU
Nlil print II right away you can have
OF course wznt II" Neg answered.
but the papers gone 10 press for To-
night. ] want to run II on the editorial
page In good position and Ill send il
up tomorrow night"
Riley made . grab for MS poem, but
hev managed 10 evade him.
Give il back 70 met Riley cried. Il
vent to sleep tonight. but that thing
got into nsy head and kept waking me
ap 50 ] couldn't rest and ] got up and
wrote II and there II is-~bsit you ge got
10 3yint il this minute or I'll tear IL np!'
New sent down and had the page
mats brought up lie took his own
knife and cut q section out Of a middle
page and neid the presses And Riley
the genius and his friend. had his own
gay
''The Song Of the Bullet" vas in
print before dawn
Another tale told is OF the old
SCOTSMAN with whom New had ligaed
and hunted, whose dying wish was that
his pal Of 20 yeaTs--laow Senator
should be- present at his funeral Harry
New Travelled alI tne way from Wash
lngi0n " Michigan ~ take that last
tramp With his friend
Loves Ply Fishing,
To Harry New there Was nothing re-
variable about that He was his pal
i$est n ali. be vas his outdoor friend
He mas other outdoor friends Ike
Bar" Johnson, for keB Is. With
other things base bal! fan But even
more thss base ball he loves ny-fshing
He h 81 expert And while he fisher
! Mrs. New whips the StFeanlg along with
nam 0F makes motion pictures Gf wild
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