Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-14

It begins to look as If the Woodrow
Wilson old guard were leading the re-
| volt against the effort-as one OF the
/ anti-co-operationistS puts ito hand
the Democratic party over to the Hoo
yer administration. At any rate, 1t Is
three members Of the last Wilson cab
| met who are in the forefront Of the
harmony" opposition. The deadliest
attacks on the seven self-appointed
guarantors of Democratic good behavior
on Capitol Hill have come from Senator
| Carter Glass of Virginia. wilson's sec
ond Secretary of the Treasury; jose
plus Daniels o; North Carolina, Secre-
| tary Of the Navy iTc;n 1913 to 1921, and
cambridge Colby OF New York, the last
Of wilson's three Secretaries OF state.
It's now plain as q piEestan that the at
tempt to deliver q administration
Democratic bloc in Congress will be a
tall order. Joe" Robinson, one Of the
signers of the declaration Of depend
ence, and Pat Harrison are said TO BE-
about the only Dixie Democrats ready
to play ball along coalition lines.
George of Georgia registers emotion
second in warmth only to that Of Glass.
! There are others. Congress will not be
| in session very long next month before
the lid, in both Houses, will be blown
| of with bang that will rock the dome.
II
What Democrats are saying in Wash
| ington just now boils down To this.
| They have been in the wilderness for
nearly 10 years. They have just won
! the first national elections to 60 their
way since 1915. Having faith in the
i habit of history to repeat itself, they
believe that 1892, following events of
November 4, 1880, is to be their year
Of destiny. They envisage the position
of President Hoover. They consider
that he has probably only one sure-fire
chance of succeeding himself. That
chance, Democrats contend, Is based
upon a successful program OF construc-
| tive legislation during the next Two
wears, coupled, as nearly everybody ex-
poets that it would be, with revival
| of good times before the next presiden-
| tial election. All this being so, the
coldly calculating Democrats argue, why
should they put their broad shoulders
| to the Hoover wheel and help to propel
the Californian's now somewhat stalled
chariot out of the mud and onto the
smooth, hard surface leading toward
another Republican victory?
| "
All the shreW 4 heads in politics are
| not confined to She Democratic party.
Would Jim" Watson, at the end OF
/ White House conference called 70 con-
slider the Siren Song of the Seven, nave
| succumbed to its seductive strains II
there wasn't catch IN 1t somewnere-o
ask the Doubling Democratic Thomases?
! BE all these things as they may, the
! Thoughts lust hereinbefore set down are
/ those which are fitting through the
minds of Democrats unSympathetic 10
! the idea Of voluntarily bending their
| necks TO the Republican yoke. An
other way of epitomizing the emotions
of the Glasses, Danielses, Colbys ct al.
| Is to say that from their STANDPOINT
politics is politics and not poliyanna.
One of Americas diplomatic repre-
sentatives in foreign capital now nome
on leave is telling good story on MINI
self. He's been at his post about year
Just before leaving it last month the
envoy remarked to lady at dinner In
- that he was proud Of having
conquered at least four words OF the
Language of her country. He proceeded
to reel them of for her benefit. What
do you think ought to learn in my
second year?" he asked. III were
YOU" the fair dame replied. I'D try tc
learn to pronounce the four words
learned the first year"
Who's the cabinet ofiicer about whom
the following yarn Is being spun oyer
i washington teacups? It appears thai
he was recently alarmed at the dead Of
might by noises which he thought enaa-
mated from q burglar trying to break
into his house, The police were tele-
phoned for. When trio Of bluecoats
arrived, they were greeted by the butler
J who SAID, False alarml Il was only
sicns. trying 10 get an audience with
him"