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TEXAS DAILY PRE8S LEAGUE
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New York. 350 Madison Avenue.
Garner For Speaker
The American public is thoroughly convinced that
representative government by political parties it the
nearest approach to the ideal yet attained. But it has
its deficiencies.
Reprc->niative John N. Garner, who will begin his
thirteenth consecutive term on March 4. it slated -*
the democratic nominee for speaker of the house. Aj
the republicans have an overwhelming majority, re
election of Speaker Longworlh. a close personal friend
of Garner, is assured.
Garner, however, will be named floor leader of tho
democracy, succeeding Representative Garrett of Ten
nessee, another veteran, who retires upon completion
of his present term.
As floor leader of the minority party, and alto as
minority chairman of the powerful ways and means
committee, John Garner will wield more power than
any individual demoerat in congress, and the Garner
influence will be felt in the framing of the important
measures to come before congress during the special
session.
Garner is rat«d as the most popular man in the
lo*er house of congress, and If popularity and ability
were the tests, instead of party fealty, he would be
the next speaker of the house. There arc scores of
republican membsrs who will cast thsir vote against
him with a keen pang of r#gret. But the American po
litical system demands full fealty to party in organisa
tion of the various governmental branches.
Garner doe* not expect the vote of the republican
members, regardless of how close they may be bound
to him by ties of personal friendship, nor does Long
worth expect the vote of any democratic member.
The vote will bv strictly on party linos. The demo
cratic caucus, scheduled for March 1, will nominate
(lamer for the speakership, an honor he richly de
serves. and h« will receive every democratic vote in
the house.
Texas, and especially the Fifteenth congressional
district of which the Lower Rio Grande Valley is a
part, will be honored by the selection of John Garner
by the democratic caucus as the party’s candidate for
the highest honor that can be conferred by the house
That the fortunes of polities and the unwritten law of
party government assures he will be defeated in no
way detracts from the honor that will be conferred
upon him by his democrat!# colleagues.
tn the battles pending on farm relief and tho tar. If
during tho opocial session. Garner as floor leader for
the minority party, will be in position to wield tre
mendous Influence in framing this legislation, due to
the fact that there are wide differences of opinion in
the republican party and the democrats will hold the
balance of power. It Is fortunate for the country as
a whole, and the eouth In particular, that the demo
cratic minority will be guided by one whose long years
of experience as a member of the house, whose broad
understanding of national problems, and whose ability
as a statesman and national leader have fittort him .o
guide the destinies of democracy at a time when these
attributes will prove of greatest value to the American
people.
Economy In Governmental
Practice
The California Taxpayer*' Aa*ociation, in a recent
article, advocate* strongly the legalization of the pho
tographic method of recording deeds and public docu
ments. which is now being considered in that state.
This method has been tried in a number of states
with uniform success. The common system of record
ing document*, by manual means, is of necessity slow,
expensive, and. because of the human ability to err.
not entirely aaceurate.
The photographic method on the other band. >»
awlft. absolutely accurate (as it give* an • xact repru
duetion of the original), permanent, fraud-proof and
—perhaps most important—remarkably economical.
The recording of documents takes thousands of
dollars yearly of public fund*. It I* by such improve
ments as this, consistent with 'science and progres*,
that much may be done to lessen the tax problem.
‘Back to the Farm
The Rev. Edwin O'Hara is director of the rural life
bureau of the National Catholic conference. Tie i* re
sponsible for the following: “The movement from
country to city is not all evil. There are 35.000.00)
persons living in cities of more than 100,000 popula
tion. 35.000.000 In smaller eltic* and towns and a like
number in the rural district* of the United States.
*Tn the rural districts there arc i.OOO.OOO more eh 1
dran than each of the other groups mentioned. There
being more children than arc needed on the farm, it
it natural that many of them should go to the cities.”
And why not?
This is the machinery age. This is the gnso.ine
tractor age. This is not tbs age of oxen, horse* or
mules. It goes without aaying that the surplus popu
lation of the rural districts is foreccd to the city or
town. Man must have food. H» must have shulter.
He must wear clothes, lie must go where he is able
to earn with bis hands or brain* those essential* of
civilization.
| Oftk«ir IPffip®irs !
TEXAS HAS THE GOODS
. (Austin Statesman).
Austin. Taylor and other Texas cities and town* arc
supporting bills now before the legislature which
would permit a tax levy to tell the world of advan
tafes of scenery, climate and location of these favored
cities.
The law would be a farce if these cities were lack
ing in the advantages thay sought to advertise. But
Central Texas, along with the Magic Valley and other
sections, has the goods. Austin has scenery unsur
passed. Austin should ba part of the nation's winter
playground. Central Texas will be, in time, the mecea
of thousands of desirable visitors who will come here
to escape the rigors of northern winters.
Austin baa the man-made advantages to match
those bestewed by the generous hand of nature,
v It has school*, universities, colleges, churches,
playground*, lakes and streams; mouataineus hill |
country and many excellent highways. Austin has the
state government here, the institutions and depart
ments of the sovereignty of Texas, of interest to every f
citixen or visitor.
Austin’s neighboring eities have splendid advan- j
tages in common with those of the capital city and j
peculiar to themselves.
These advantages should be broadcast. Texas’ in
vitation to the people of the nation should be broad
cast, Everyone will share the advantages of a grow
ing eity and the accretions of wealth and citiscnship
by reason of the coming of those visitors who would be !
attracted by a national advertising campaign. Prop- ■
erty-owners would be benefited In proportion to the I
value of their property. So everyone should share the j
almost infinltestimal tat that would be necessary to j
make such a campaign.
The measures are worthy. They arc commendable.
They levy no burden, but only allow the city to im
pose the tax—a mill or two per dollar of valuations.
They should be passed, not merely for the benefit of
Austin, but for the lasting benefit of the entire state.
You can tell a civilized country. It’s one where
people kill the birds and then spend millions to fight
insects.—Portland Express.
Governor Smith wants us democrats to make up the
deficit. It might be better for us simply to make up.
—Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
How unfortunate that the only people who know
how to run the country should have turned out to be
magazine writers.—Calgary Herald.
Gee, it's a wonderful relief to be living in a world
that is absolutely pledged not to resort to war, unless
it feels like it.—Ohio State Journal.
FEDERAL RECLAMATION POLICY DECLARED
JUSTIFIED
By DR. ELWOOD MEAD
Commissioner. Federal Bureau of Reclamation.
(Elwood Mtad was born at Patriot, Ind., Jan.
16, 1858. He is a graduate of Purdue university.
He was a professor in the Coloralo Agricultural
college for several years, becoming affiliated with
the U. S. department of agriculture in 1897. At
the same time he was a member of the faculty of
California for nine years. From 1907 to 1915 he
was chairman of the state rivers and water sup
ply commission at Victoria, Australia, later return
ing to the University of California. Since 1924 he
has been federal commissioner of reclamation. He
has written several books and articles on Irriga
tion).
The reclamation policy of the federal government
has justified itself by the wealth it has produced and
by the influence it has exerted to build prosperous
communities in areas that otherwise would have rc- !
mained unpeopled deserts. On 17 projects, between ,
92 and 100 per cent of all operation payments have
been met, and on none of them has less than 50 per
cent of the operation payments been made.
The reclamation bureau was created to build irri
gation works and make homes on the unpeopled des
erts of the arid region. In urging this policy, Pr-si- j
dent Roosevelt said that the reclamation and settle- I
m*nt of these lands would enrich every portion of the
country; that homemaking was but another name for
nation building.
The operation of the act has amply sustained the
president’s forecast. More than tWWi.noo people live on
the federal reclamation projects that dot the thousand
mil* sons of scanty and uncertain rainfall that one*
sepaiated the humid cast from the cities and farms of
the Pacific coast.
On these projects arc 685 schools and 683 churches.
The crops grown in 1928 were worth *135.000,000. which
amount is almost sufficient to pay off in a single year
the entire indebtedness of the projects to the govern
ment amounting to 1166.000.000.
The cheap local food products which these projects
supply have helped to open mining districts and keep
mines in operation. The policy has strengthened the '
range stock industry by providing winter feed for
stock, which without this would have starved . It has
cheapened freight rates by giving an immense amount
of local business to transcontinental roads.
TTh® W®rld! asadAll
By Charles P. Driscoll
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SOMETHING TO FIGHT ABOUT
American ships should be more prominent on th ■
seven or eight seas. All Americans agree to that.
He would like to *•« American ships going every
where. coming in from everywhere, and carrying Amer
icans and American goods to and from all ports of
the world.
H hat difference docs It make who owns thf shin*
we travel in and ship our goods in? This is a ques
tion sometime* asked by the practical American.
It makes quite a little difference. The American
who travels or ships goods ahroad would like to have
the conditions of his traveling and shipping dictated
by his own country, in the making of which h» ha»
^ some voice, rather than hy u foreign country. howev :r
: 'ricndly.
Hut this is not the real reason for the national
[policy of encouraging American shipping. A- a matter
of fact, very many Americans prefer to travel on for
eign ships. Even the American Bar association trav
eled on an English ship when it went abroad to a con- j
vention Many Americans like to he on a ship on j
.which they are free from certain American laws, of j
[which they do not approve. That's the other side of it. I
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The real season why our governmental officials
wish to encouraagc the operation of ships by Ameri- i
lean owners is that a nation that trains seamen and ha.*
I many of its citizens in «en-faring life aboard their !
|own ships is at a great advantage in war.
For this reason the British government has always
nourished .'ts shipping interests, even at the expense
of other legitimate interests. The British Empire
wants to be there with the powder and shot when the
war starts, whenever and wherever that is.
As a result of this time-honored policy, the British
Empire came out of the last war with its trade-mark j
en nearly all the islands, colonies and “mandates” that
were the material prizes of the victors.
The l nited States, on the other hand, went into
the war with lots of idealism, but very few ships.
The L nited States made the victory possible, and when
the Feats of the Grab Bag was celebrated, the United
States drew out a surprise package containing thi3
mystic sentence: “No. you can t have Yap.”
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So we are training a merchant marine. H'e nr.1
encouraging American shipping. Our government helps
oat American passenger lines by operating a big shin
to Havana to compete with a big British ship.
There is talk of taking the choice piers at New
York away from the foreign lines and giving them to
the American line*. There is talk of heavy taxes on
foreign ships entering American ports. But we must
be careful, lest, in preparing our shipping for the next
war. we bring on that war prematurely.
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ROCKEFELLER’S MILLIONS!
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NedioxvaJ '
R^rn\ Outlook i
By ARTHUR H. JFNKINS
Editor The Farm Journal.
The first flurry of New Year fore
casts and business prognostication.*
for 1929 having passed, and having
been mostly forgotten by everybody,
including the forecasters, let u
make a brief adventure into the
land of prophecy.
Not only farmer;-, themselves, but
many other classes of our popula
tion look anxiously to the future,
wondering what 1929 will bring the
farming business—and with ample
reason.
Bankers, insurance men, manufac
turers, salesmen, storekeeper, pro
duce men, grain men. pacfrirs, r il
road men, politician.*, editor • ill .>
myself—all ha\e root-, tnat exten1
into the soil of the farms. All ;
hoping that 1229 will be the year
that will bring bark the ■ olid rural
prosperity of 1919, if not the boom
rtavs of 1919.
Let me admit at once that i -body
know* the first thlnjc about it.
• * *
Not even tha great organisation of
Who am I? Of v iv , ! .v
am I the dean? In the <.• • v.,
two radicals, condemned to die, do!
I take a prom.Rent part?
Where does the League of Nat i n
meet ?
What is the lopan of the .Salva
tion Army?
What arc ruminants?
“Fear rot, little flock, for it •
your Father’s good pleasure to ; vc
you the kingdom.” Where i thi
pa-?age found in the Bible?
Today in the Past
On this date. ;:i 191e'* t’.cr . ;.:;y ;■
preparing to resume a campaign
against Russia.
Today’s Horoscope
Persons born on this day are quick
thinkers, but deliberate in nctie a.
They make little of their artistic tal
ents unless they are well paid.
Horoscope for Sunday
Perseus horn on this day are well
balanced They arc inherently ar
tistic and arc great home lovers.
A PaiJv Though*
"I trust no rich man who is offi
ciously kind to a poor man."— Plau
tus.
Answer* to Foregoing Question*
1. Roscee Poundt Harvard; Sacco
and Vanzetti.
2. Geneva. Switzerland.
3. “A man may be down; but h*
is never out."
4. Animals having stomachs with
four complete cavities; rud chewing
animals.
5. St. Luke, itii, rt2. .
the federal department of agricul
ture at Washington, with the world's
best fact-gathering facilities, and
seme of the world's best Ruesners,
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| fan make more than a feeble and
timid effort at forecasting farm con
■ ditions.
Acreages planted to certain crops i
1 can be, and are, measured—but tfc« I
! volume harvested depends who’fy j
, on the weather, on diseases, and on
I in. ect pcstr.
Animals on farms, and coining to j
[ market, ran be counted and csti- \
mated closely—but who know* how
i much meat, and which meat, the a*- j
forage city family i going to buy,
> iix months from now?
i “t'vclcs‘* of production and price* j
can be painfully worked out—but
cycles hive a mean habit of ceasing ,
| to revolve, just a* we nave them
‘ nicely charted.
Word of ail, prosperity on the j
; form* depend* not so much on fare' I
.prices, as on the relative level* of j
[crop price* and price; of other com-!
j modifies. To foresee how farming j
r il! fiend thl year, we must also {
ff.--ohow most other buainessc > \
! will stand.
* • •
It is ho pel:.**, then, to try to fig
i urc fanners will get along in ltigg.*
No, not quite hopeless.
Luckiiy, no can u rally rely on n i
fairly Nibble cjj.di.iori of thing .1
: taking tlie av» rag? of tne whole 1
l i < untry, and all the various brancue*
in. far ining. Lines that are depress-j
I < *'• lik‘* Hie potato ;md tobacco -j*v
tfiuiisL; in tJCh, balance others List
;i. <‘ ! >uri hieg, la:,1 the io eder* ••
*«ef cuttle, 'lb total value of farm
production has been remarkably um
i iCM i for several year*.
Without too great risk, then fo-e.
1 we can assume that if there is a bi- :
j t'liiftr in fas in conthti ns ttiis yew.]
it will be due to si us a new i iflu
trtco. entirely outsioc the business, i
And attch a new u.iluonre will ap- '
P ••r. 1 think, in the passage by cor.- !
•'■ • • * ■! some lime daring the year,
e» two ctiofmousiy imnoitant law .
Ft first is a new scale of import ,
■ ' * ,)l* P..ric il;.ir?l products, o't I
11 higher level than ever before
known in our history, aiming t > 1
pat farm products on n truly pro
*'' ','1 F*•*''"*> The other is the new <
tan law. probably resembling'
;'i1 bill which Senator McNory «»,
< on now has pending in the son
ate.
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The new tariff law thould be di»-.
! nctiy beneficial to farm price®,
just as soon as it 'oe» into effect,
that its influence for 11123 d -
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pends wholly on when it gets
through congress.
The farm marketing bill will take'
much longer to get into action. Its
immediate * fleet w ill be psycholog
ical only, and I am not at all sure
th. t r ,m movement of prices that re
sults will be upward. Much depend*,
of course, on just what the law pro
poses to do.
All other conditions appear to me
reasonably favorable. The supply
of money and credit, the volume of
production of manufactures, the
wage scales and employment of
workmen, all seem normal.
Weighing all these conditions,
wiih others less important. I am rea
sonably optimistic for 1929 on the
farm-. The ye.-- should be as rood
as IMS, and may easily ho better.
Jf there is virtue in ih» protec
tive tariff, as applied for the first
time to raw mat'rials, 1329 may be
J much be tier.
D°
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MODERN HISTORY
There has been a movie about 1
town don© in colors which flamboy
antly relates tho story of Napoleon
and Josephine. Al ©no of the out
!jin; theaters it was used as a cur
tain raiser, so to speak, for “The
Circus,” which two youngsters had
come to see.
They were at.first bored by the
historical subject but became en
grossed in the scene where Napoleon
«rides to divorce Josephine. The ]
actor depicting the Emperor made It |
quite tragic. He sighed and acowl- j
ed and strutted about and at length
drrjped into a regr»< chair and Bur
ied his fare In h i hands, ilis !
shouidtrs heaved. He carried on I
for a long time.
Finally one of the boys turned i
to tho other and whispered excited- j
ly. "What do ya bet he kills him- :
self?”
A LONDON VERSION
A London man just batk fiom tho j
United State* rays that a little girl
on th'* train to Pittsburgh was chew
iry gum. N'ot only that, but she i
insisted on pulling it out in long:
strings and letting it fall back into
her mouth ngnin.
“Mebe!!” said her mother, in a
horrified whi rer. “Mabel, don’t do
that! < hew your gum like a little
Indy.
TRAGEDY
‘ r.dy railed th- police station. He
i" excited, rjtnoet incoherent.
'■Throw n dreg net around the city
. vr. fttclv,” «r the substance of
his sneerh.
"Whv?” asked the practical chief,
who iit; also an Elk. Old Fe'low.
f‘Tc :M. eh; mber of commerce. It. O.
T. C. and what have you.
“1 drooped i half dollar out of
tb . wirfdow,” cfir.ie the far-off.
fainting reply.
SPLENDID IDEA
‘ A on*' the idea of that ret of
♦ ref ic lights over the mantel?” in
©Hired the vonr.- man <*ullirT on
«‘aucht«r. “It’s father’* Idea.” she
< ml '(tied “The red stays on nn
1 1 It;30: th"n flashes on th*
r.R'.ker. and rt 1? the «**<*en. And.
vo i know.” *he ad iml, “Father !s a
traffic cop.”
PAGE MB. A1 EST
T ttle Marinrie w»D*e 1 into the
t*ee«tive offices in Washington.
“I want to so-'t.k to the Secretary
of the Inferior.”
“He’s bttsv nr**-. AVhy do you
wish to =ee him?”
‘ (Th. It’s cl cut a ra*n I have on
i.he in. id* of nr. tammy.”
MERCEDES
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Ml SIC CLUB
STUDIES BACH
This week’s society and club calen
dar was begun with an enthusiastic
meeting of the Mercedes Music club
which was held at the home of Mrs.
II. T. Stotier on Texas avenue. Mrs.
I. S. Chadick presided in the absence
of the president, Mrs. Florence
Knlbflcisch.
Mrs. Jack Trollinger was con
venor of the program which dealt
with the life and the compositions of
Bach. Mrs. Trollinger read a splen
did paper on “The Music of the
Church.” This was followed by a
discussion of Bach by Mrs. John
Jones. Mrs. H. E. Hager, accom
panied by Mrs. L. M. Vignes of La
Fori a rendered two vocal numbers by
Bath, and Mrs. Vigness, a piano num
ber by the same composer. Little
Misses Kathryn and Helen Teal Stat
ler, little daughters of the hostess,
gave several piano number*.
’rhc hostess was assisted in enter
taining by Mr. Harry Lawson, Mrs.
I. S. Chadick and Mrs. L S. Chadick
and Mrs. John Jones.
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| ENTERTAINS CLUBS '
Mrs. \V. H. Carlisle entertained the
Wcdne lav Afternoon Bridge club at
her home on AVednesday In Palm
j Heights Drive. Bowls and wall bas
kets of gaily colored ealendulus and
nnsturtivms o* iran-e and yellow
l lent a springtime air. In the game:
About
Newark f
NEW YORK. Feb. 12.—Robert
Benchley, Life'* dramatic critic and
clown, was with a friend who stop
ped before a store window te admire
some antique rags. .
“Aren't they gorgeous;” quizzed
the companion.
“Oh, you’re just an old rug ad
dict!” flipped Benchley.
see
heheh:
( red A1 Roth, the tie peddler,
with the one about the ham who
shivered in front of the Palace the
ater, and said to a prosperous com
rade:
"Lend me a five-spot, will you ”
“Until when?” asked the other.
“Until the Vitaphone fad dies
out,” was the retort.
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VERY GOOD. EDDIE!
Eddie Cantor, star of “Whoopee,”
says that his daughters are so loyal
to him that they insist on saying “I
Faw Down and Go Whoopee.”
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A HE YOU LITR’RY?
If you art a bookworm, or a mag
fan. perhaps the on-and-off stage
names of your favorite authors will
startle you. Gabrielle d’Annunsio
is G. Raftipagnetto . . . Clemente
Dane Is Winifred Ashton . . . Bab
ett© Deutsch is Mrs. Avrahm Yar
molinsky . . , Dorothy Dlx is Mrs.
Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer . . .
Jake Falstaff is Herman Fetzer . . .
“A Gentleman With a Duster” is
Harold Bigbie . . . Elinor Glyn Is
Mrs. Clayton Glyn ... “Search
light,” in the New Yorker is Waldo
David Frank ... S. S. Van Dyne Is
Willard Huntington Wright . . . Tom
Graham is Sinclair Lewia . . . Ralph
Irons ii Olivo Schreiner, and N. V
Not \ few of the Broadway girls V
•re getting away with a new form w*
of two-timing. That is, those gels
who have dial phones in their homes
are practicing the new stunt. When
they want to dodge the regular hp*
! friend and go wheopeeing with *■
other, they leave the phone reeel
off the hook.
Thus, should the regular b. Y.t
happen to call her, ha gets • “bu»y"ft
signal. And no natter how long he
tries to let a response, she may
always alibi: “You got a busy sig
nal. didn’t you? Well, I was in,
and them’s those!“ ,
Ho cannot prove otherwise unless /
he reads this here and learns bow
to make aura she is in or out. Ho '
merely has to call the supervU >r f
and ask: “Is the party holding a
conversation, or have they aeci-1
dentally left the receiver off the f
; hook?”
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INCIDENTALLY
Perhaps the lassies who are furl-I
oas with us tor exposing the gag I
will be glad to learn that another
of their stunts is a waste of time *
end dangerous. Never place the
mouthpiece of the phone against
your chest or abdomen when try-*
ing to keep the boy friend from
hearing you sav to your other guest:
“Gosh! It’s Harry! I told him Y
was going to Fhilly! What’ll 1
say?”
Because he can hear every word, a
anyway, the voice clearly pcnetr.it- i
ing through the body.
of bridge Mr*. John Rouse scored
high in the club and Mrs. James
Hogrze scored low. Mr*. N. L. Har
rington scored for consolation.
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SKATING PARTY
The members of the Home Eco
nomics club of the senior high school
participated in a skating party here
on Wednesday afternoon at the rink.
They acre chaperoned by Miss Mar
garet Karl and Miss Hildegarde
Manske.
The girls in attendance were
Misses Isabel Neff. Kathryn Statter,
Kihel Ward. Frances Reigh, Ruth
Haily, Anna Roisterer, Velma Fostler,
Mildred McClcllon, Georgia Reeves,
Mary Andrew:!, Dorris Perry Cath
erine Commons, Gladys Hampton,
Verna Bee Allen, Joe May Newly and
Beatrice Pierres.
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DINNER BRIDGE
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kinder of La
[Crosse. Wis., who have spent several
• winters at the Mercedes Hotel, and
l who art now staying at the Cortez
hotel in Weslaco, entertained several
.Mercedes folk at a dinner bridge on
Saturday evening. In the games Dr.
and Mrs. J. T. Hayes of Nashville,
Tonn.. made the high scores. Those
from Mercedes Ineldued Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Murray, Miss Angela Murray
r->d J. T. Baiango. Mr. and Mrs.
M. G. Black and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Long of Donna, and J. Malloy of Nash- .
ville, Tenn., completed the guest list.
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PERSONALS
Mr. and Mr*. J. L. Blankenship of
Los Angeles. Calif., arrived in Met- :
redes this week for a few days visit i
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. K.
Blsnkensbip. before going to ilariin- .
gen and San Benito to aasist in bold* ]
in* church revivals.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Poiunski of Mc
Allen, were guest* here this week
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown. *
Miss Zelma Morgan of Donna,
the week-end here in the hei< I
Mrs. A. N. Brown. |
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Deyo. Mr. andi
Mrs. John Herndon and Mr. and Mrs |
R. L. Kirkpatrick attended the danc- 1
in* recital at the Capitol theater in jL
Brownsville. given hy Miss Alva I
Daniels. The following Mercedes -
children took part on the program? s
Catherine Deyo. Ray Jtantley Tol
son. Gene Kirkpatrick and Sara Elen
Herndon.
Mrs. Fred Flynn of Harlingen Was
a party guest here this week in the
home of Mrs. James llowze.
Mrs. A. O. Reyna visited in Wilsor. 1
Tract this week a guest of her *is
ter. Mrs. Ernest Jones.
C. E. Roberts retained to Delia*
this week alter a visit here with his
daughter. Margaret Roberts, in the
home of Miss Mildred Bridges.
^ Washington
DaybooK .
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—On a
new congressman’s arrival In Wash
ington, to take his seat as a law
nicker, accommodations are assign
ed to him in the house office build
ing as a matter of court*.
Ho brings with him or hire* a
secretary, often he has a steno
grapher also and occasionally he
provides himself with an additions!
assistant or two.
A legislator needs a place to work
and somebidy to help him.
For a representative-elect, or even
a senator-elect, to open up a well
staffel official headquarters in the
capital in advance of the beginning
of his term is more unusual—un
precedented, in fact.
It suggest* the launching of some
sort of an important campaign.
• « *
This is just what ha* been done
by n niember-to-hc of th© 71st#con
gre: , which President Hoover is ex
! peeled to call together in extra aes
i sien shortly after *hc present, or ,
i 70th. congress adjourns.
U is not. however, by a congress- J
; man-elect that it has been done. It
is by a congresswoman-elect, in- j
st^ad.
Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick of
Illinois!
The best guess on Capitol Hill is
i ih-t it’* an important campaign in
deed which Mr*. McCormick ha* in
} the back of her head—nothing less
I thc.n the placing of skids under
j Cheiles S. Pencen. with a view to
i sliding him out of the senate and
taking his seat therein unto her
tel f.
I Knowing what they do of Mrs. Mc
ronnick— and they know quite a
lot. for Mr*. McCormick not only is
a daughter of the celebrated Mark
Hanna and widow of the lat* Sen
ator Medill McCormick, but an ex
ceedingly active politician on her
owe account, and well acquainted in
1 Washington—
Knowing what they do of Mrs. Mc
Cormick. there are plenty of states
men hereabouts to predict that Sen
■ter Deneen will be founJ to have
no ptrpetual franchise to that toga
of his, if Mrs. McCormick has dc
elded she would like to wear it hcr-^
••If.
Senator Deneen will be seeking
another nomination next year. The?
opening of Mrs. McCormick** head
quarters—they say she has another .
•eadquiirlers in Chicago and an or-1
Sanitation In every county in Illin
ois—is rather ominously timed.
• • •
Mrs. McCormick is not an ©rdi
nary representative-elect, who ha>
tested her political strength in but
a singlo congressional district. She
is a represcntntive-elect-at-large,
chosen by her entire state.
Moreover, she had formirable coniij
petition for her nomlnalion-atW
large—no loss a personage than*
Richard Yates, a congressman for Hi
years and a big man in Illinois.
Mrs. McCormick bent him hands
down. True, the vanquished Repre
sentative Yates subsequedtly was
given the nomination of aacthei
candidate-at-large — Congressman
.Rathbone, who had died. Neverthe
lers Mrs. McCormick had demon
strated that she could lick hii
first.
Having witnessed what hapnene
to Dick Yates, the betting in Wash
ington is that Senator Deneen b
uneasy, to say the least.
• * • *
Charles S. Deneen originally got
into the senate by beating Senatoi
McCormick out of a renomination
and Senator McCormiek died befor*
the end of his term—frotutl’ sap
pointment, some «aid.
Anyway, there be folk in tfie cap
ital who believe Mrs. McCormick hs
been awaiting her opportunity to ;:t #
even with Senator Deneen.
Ostensibly, from all accounts, th»
senator and the new Illinois ci>n
gressw'?man-at-large-elect ar© or. e\
cellent political terms, but that dartf]
not prevent many a Washingtkbl
forecast of a bitter grudge fight tJjfjj
tween them, ahead l(jy
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