Evening star., 1934-08-17

Walmsley is Huey's bitterest political
enemy and Huey is now fixing to have
him removed from Office and, possibly
sentenced to prison. There is almost
nothing that he cannot do with the
powers which are being voted to him
these few days.
Mr.. Hoffpauier joined Mr. Testers
squak against Huey's lobbying, but
turned the trick against him by insist
ing that the reporters were unauthor-
lied persons, too. Moreover, he said
they were guilty of damnable abuse
of the privileges of the House in send
ing out lying reports.
Mr.. Lester withdraws his request In
order to protect the freedom of the
press.
Joe Hamiter got the floor again and
again the threat of armed revolution
was heard.
You are going to cause plenty OF
bloodshed before you get through" :"
says he.
Freedom at Stake.
The people of the State seem unable
to appreciate the meaning of the pro-
ceedings which are wiping out the
freedom of their courts and elections
and inching upon the freedom of their
press, or perhaps they are just in
reckless mood, carried away by the
eloquent and mischievous bearing of
their own Hitler. There are not more
than 200 spectators present and there
is no telling, off-hand, what proper
ton of them are lobbyists.
Huey is tired of Washington and
the United States Senate and is COM
ing back home to elect himself Gov
ernor again in the next holding of the
solemn referendum which. no doubt,
he can do very easily, God sparing him.
He has not had drink since the
adjournment of Congress in Washing
ton. DRAINS never did him any good.
He often over-spoke himself when he
was looking through the bottom of a
glass and on one memorable occasion
about a year ago in a dressy but ne
cesSarily exclusive club on Long Is
land, he was popped in the eye by
manners. The Senator went on to
Milwaukee where he appeared the
next day wearing shanty on his
eye, claiming that he had been
ganged by a crowd Of low characters
But it never was necessary to gang
Huey. In a physical fight conducted
according to the American tradition,
he could not lick hen butterfly with
a flit-gun and the accepted explana-
ton of the famous battle of the gents
room is that he spoke out of turn at
moment when he did not have his
bodyguard at his elbow, and was
socked in the eye, even as any one
else.
Lets Mercenaries Fight.
The Kingfish is only 40 years old
and is about as we'll off physically as
most men of his age, but does not
think it advisable to engage personally
persons who desire to pop him on the
eye. He has discovered that mer-
cenaries can be hired for moderate
sums, and at the expense of the tax
payers to represent him in such con-
tests and therefore refers such chal-
lengers to his bodyguards. He calls
them his thug men.
Der Kingfish's war is a long and
complex story. but it might surprise
you to learn that the ordinary citizens,
such as you meet on trains and just
anywhere, do not share that loathing
for him which Is expressed by people
at distance who form their opinions
from their reading of the newspapers
and political reviews.
Huey is recognized even in Wash
ington as one of the smartest-Sleeve
statesmen this country has developed
and a flrSt-claSs lawyer. He has
low-doWn familiar way of Grating to
the ordinary, folksy type of citizen
who is easily flattered, and he some
times goes off into the far country of
his State and sleeps in his clothes,
right on the cabin floor with the
humbleSt families to demonstrate his
humility. Arising in the morning, all
rumpled and towSeled and bleary-eyed
to water his face and eyes under the
pump and partake of whatever there
is for breakfast, he sells himself be-
yond challenge as the friend of the
people in that vicinity.
Moreover, he has bribed them with
concrete roads all over the State. free
bridges instead of toll-ferries, and free
text books for the school kids Al
though he has taken care of his
friends out of the public funds, he
has delivered certain appreciable re-
suits which help to explain his COM
plete command of the State govern
ment. Nobody has yet been able to
prove that Huey took care of himself.
(Copyright, 1934)