Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-02-11
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Senator Carter Glass of Virginia
exemplifies the new sign of the polit-
ical times in Washington-the readi-
ness of Democratic members of Con-
gress, especially in the Senate, to
speak right out in meeting on the
Roosevelt legislative program. The
President remains the master of the
situation. He has ample support in
either house to impose his will on
major controversial occasions. But
F. D. r. is confronted by spirit
of rugged independence that has been
conspicuous by its absence on Capitol
Hill during the past two years. There
is notably less reluctance among
Democrats to take the bit in their
teeth. The rubber-stamp atmosphere
is not so omnipresent. "Yes-men"
are fewer. Current insurgency on the
work relief bill symbolizes the new
state Of affairs. 1t will probably have
its counterpart when economic secu-
rity is up for action. Washington is
wondering If the present session will
find Mr.. Roosevelt content to calm
the troubled waters merely through
the gentle methods of CONCESSION and
Cancellation, or whether he will wade
into them on occasion with big
stick. Whatever betides, the impress
sion is taking root that honeymoon
days are waning and that the admin
istration from now on is often going
to have to fight for what it wants.
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Discussion is again current as to
whether the late Cecil Rhodes idea in
founding Rhodes scholarships at OK
ford is working out. 1t was the ia
nous empire builders" hope that his
grandiose scheme would breed among
its British, American and German
beneficiaries race of young men who
would go In for public service as 3
career. especially as international
statesmen. Washington contains a
notable galaxy of Rhodes scholars.
They include Erwin D. Canham of
the Christian Science Monitor, Er-
nest K. Lindley of the New York Her
aid Tribune, Raymond P. Brandt of
the st. Louis Post Dispatch, Felix
Morley, editor of the Washington
Post; Charles D. Mahafie, member
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion: Dr. Stanley K. Hornberk, chief
of the Far Eastern Division of the
State Department., and William T.
Stockton, assistant general counsel of
the Home Owners Loan Corporation.
There are now in private circulation
in Washington copies of the poem
entitled ITO Rush Drew Holt, My Son.
Newly-Elected U. S. Senator" written
by the 84-year-old father of
West Virginia's boy solon, DR.. M. S.
Holt, who Is still in active medical
practice at Weston, w. Va. The
poem Is dated Thanksgiving, Novem-
Der 20. 1884. Here are the first two
verses:
Now is your time for reflection
Upon Nation in distress.
Corporations need correction,
They put it in this mess.
You should not feel elated
With undue ecstatic Joy,
Because you're elected
While yet you're call'd boy.
The concluding verses read:
The credit that is yours alone
Was your youthful preparation.
You sowed good seed and it has grown,
And the fruit is your election.
Now. If to self you'll still be true,
You will not betray the people,
As leader they have chosen you.
May you rest beneath Fame's steeple.
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Admiral Cary r. Grayson, who has
just been appointed chairman Of the
Red Cross, has frequently been men
toned for high honors in the Roose-
welt administration. He Is one Of the
Presidents Oldest friends in Washing
ton, dating from Wilson days, and
might have had, it Is believed, a
cabinet office, an sadorship or
almost anything else he wanted. At
one time he rated as . strong pros
pect for one Of the District Of Column
IL ttvne With his Iono