Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-02

John @. Tilson, Republican floor
leader in the House, emerges from Inc
strife and storm of the Seventy -nrst
Congress with the plaudits ana the
whole hearted good will OF his not al
ways harmonious cohorts. Renomlnateo
unanimously and with cheers al tne
Republican caucus last week, MS po-
Sitio1 as uarty leader in the new Con-
press is secure, however insecure Re-
publican control may prove 10 Pc
Whatever the fate of the Speakersnlp'
the place of the Connecticut YANKEE al
the Hoover court is not in question. MI.
Tilson will continue as the adninlstra-
TONS right bower in the lower orancn
of Congress. He has toiled increasingly
and unfinchingly to effectuate tne
Presidents wishes with respect 10 leg
islation. His loyalty has never Wa tas ~;
THE extent of his success Is attesteo py
the final record, which from the Re
n1Iblican standpoint Is far better than
thew had at first dared to hope. In the
House Mr.. Tilson stood almost ATONE
against the bonus loan bill. Deserted py
his comrades-in-arms, he could not stay
the legislative avalanche. But ne wen
down to his defeat with coiors nytne
and with heightened rather than olInl Il
ished prestige and favor at DoIn emu 30, %
Pennsylvania avenue. He made no VIZ
principle for expediency.
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In the retaining Of John w. Davis,
one-tine Democratic presldental
tandard bearer, to lead in the courts
the Senate's attempted recall ana
custer Of Chairman George OTIS smith
of the Federal Power Commission,
Senator Walsh of Montana and his Eel.
low crusaders upon the Power ITuSL
have secured the services OF reputeoIy
the best legal brains at the New YORK
bar. Had Mr.. Davis name been ere
sented to the Senate as Hoover noml.
nee for judicial or other appointment
the fact that as counsel for the Elec-
trio Bond & Share Co., one OF the
biggest and richest Of the public utility
proIlps. he successfully defended them
In the proceedings instituted by the
Federal Trade Commission TO compel
them to submit books and accounts
might have been raised against MN.
Though the case is still pending on
collateral issues, the New York courts
sustained Mr.. Davis clients in their re-
fusal to give the Trade Commission
carte blanche access to their flles IN
connection with the commissions pub
lie utility investigation. Apparently,
however, Mr.. Davis has not thereby be-
come persona non grata" with his
party colleagues in the Senate.
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The threatened Alabama senatorial
election contest has mater1anzed ana
the Senates Election Committee al
lotted $4,000 to make a start on IL.
The Caraway Lobby Probe, Committee
has come to life again and received a
renewal of it's charter. The Nye Slush
Funds Committee is still rampant. The
Blaine post Office lease probe has barely
started. The Glass banking inquiry
continues. All of which goes TO prove
that there is no closed season on sem
atorial Investigations. Winter and Sum-
mer, Spring and Fall, it is all the same.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas
came back from Chicago last week with
the tale of close shave he received
in a Windy City barber shop. The ton
serial artist was in conversational mood,
and the subject turned to prohibition.
! Stropping the razor with vigorous
strokes, the barber, in language which
was profanely emphatic, allowed, IF
ever get my hands on that blankety-
blank bird Sheppard who wrote the
blankety-blank prohibition amendment,
what a job will do on him." The
| Iather concealed the momentary blanch-
1 ing Of the Senator's cheeks as he ST.
lently swallowed any audible response
and with strong self-control suffered
himself to be shaved by the murder
ously inclined razor-wielder and es-
capped from his peril unscathed and
undiscovered.
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For the dozenth time In as many
months Ambassador Dawes. at London
once more is called upon to deny that
he is proposing to resign. Barring "un-
foreseen circumstances, he says he ex-
poets to remain in his present post for
another two years. The Chicago Worlds
Fair, due next year, can manage with
out him. Headship of the Republican
| National Committee, inferentiaIly, has
! no allurements for him. He likes Lon.
don and London likes him, and despite
stock market defation and the shrink
ares "a the bank accounts Of the rich