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Limiting County Warrants
failure of the legislature to place a limit upon
the amount of county warrants that may be issued,
as proposed in the measure introduced by Represen
tative Quinn of Beaumont and defeated In the hous?
Saturday, will not arouse much enthusiasm among
Texas taxpayers.
The major opposition to the bill revolved around
the proposal that counties be limited to 825.000 in
issuance of warrants, which legislators argued was
entirely too low7, and would be Insufficient to meet
contingencies. This could have been corrected by
arrangement of a sliding scale, which would have
permitted issuance of warrants upon a basis of pop
ulation—$1,000 to the 1,000 population, or some sim
ilar amount.
There should be no necessity for Issuance of war
rants In large amounts, except In cases of disaster or
similar emergencies when large amounts of money
might be necessary Immediately. The present cus
tom of financing county paving or similar programs
by warrant issues, is, to say the least, decided1}7 un
aatisfactory to taxpayers in those counties where It
la practiced.
It is very rare that a county paving or other Im
provement program is of such pressing necessity that
It would be Impossible to cal! a bond election. If the
Voters are In favor of the proposition, they will 11
Jiance It; If they are not in fa7or. It should rot lv»
financed. The will of the majority should prevail
In county financial affairs as well as In the election
of officers.
Several years ago Cameron county was faced with
a contingency to meet the requirements of the state
tick eradication law. and warrants were issued in
the amount of 850.000. over half of which have ho«m
retired. The commissioners’ court should have the
power to authorize such Issues, but only in a case of
emergency.
Paving and flood control programs in Cameron
county have been financed entirely by bond issues.
On January 31. the outstanding indebtedness o? the
county was $6.257 758 03. and of this amount $2 000 is
In 6 per cent warrants, $24,000 in 5 r*r cent warrants,
and the remainder in bonds bea-ing interest at the
rate of 4 1-2 to 5 1-2 per cent, the majority bearing
6 per cent.
There are few counties in Texas In which the tax
Jjayers are not willing to finance improvement pro
grams. and there U no occasion for commissioners’
courts Issuing warrants bearing hlch Interest rates
except In cases of emergency. Had the legislature of
Texas seen fit. to place a reasonable limitation- upon
warrant Issues it would have eliminated much of the
abuse of the power vested In the commissioners’
courts and would save for taxpayers of the state the
hundreds of thousands of dollars which represent
the difference between the warrant and bond inter
est rates.
Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg has been sub
jected to much criticism, but the recent decision of
a number of distinguished Americans to recommend
the secretary for the Nobel peace prixe on the eve
of his retirement directs attention to his record
which, aside from his negotiation of the treaty for
renunciation o fwor. represents diplomatic achieve
ments equaled by few American secretaries of state.
The retiring secretary will bequeath to his suc
cessor better relations with Mexico than have existed
at any time sinee the overthrow of Profino Dtai;
an impending settlement of the long-standing con
troversy between Chile and Peru: a tranquilired Nic
aragua. and conciliation treaties with all Lattn Amer
ican countries with the exceutoin of Argentine.
These are merely the outstanding achievements of
Secretory Kellogg Throughout his tenure of office
he has shown remarkable Judgment in the selection
of aides. In the handltng of delicate diplomatic ques
tions. and especially in connection with the Mexican
controversy, which a few years ago threatened to dis
rupt harmonious relations between the two republics
The question of protection of American Interests
In Mexico and of oil rights in the southern republic
came to Kellogg in the form of indefinite and un
finished correspondence when he took office. The
problem which had arisen out of agrarian legislation,
the aeirure of American-owned haciendas, and the
status of American stockholders in Mexican corpora
tions and of American corporations owning Mexican
property were unsettled and potent with misunder
standing.
What Ambassador Morrow has done in Mexico
since his appointment by President Coolidge through
Secretary Kellogg is familiar to all. The Am-rtcan
government has reached agreements with Mexico
over the oil controversy sufficiently satisfactory so
that 95 per cent of the oil production of Mexico todav
is under the new laws and regulations. Because of
the power and Influence the oil companies wield in
the United States, the readjustment of that dtfficultv
is an outstanding achievement of the secretary of
Mate's department.
But the most important feature Is that Ambassa
dor Morrow has been able to overcome a great deal
of the miatrus' and prejudice which has so long ex
isted between this country and Mexico. Secretary
Kellogg showed good Judgment, not only in the se
lection of Morrow for this Important duty but also in
giving the ambassador free rein. While Kellogg has
maintained close contact with Morrow, the latter
has shaped his own policies, and the present good re
lations and elimination of national prejudice is the
result. *
American prestige in diplomatic circles has at
tained new heights in the past four years, not only
on the western hemisphere but also in Eurooe and
Asia. A ©onflnned opponent of secret diplomacy.
has. by insisting on taking all
into his confidence, succeeded ii.
degree rati ’.! preiur. ar
‘jyto this he has aided in eiirn
^|pl4 It is an achievement
_ honor of receiving the
jgobd^^B* Hbdtnf international figure
a - |qTg of peace
Oftkor Paip®irs
riAF.D TO PLrO THE LIQUOR LEAKS
(Beaumont Enterprise>.
Commissioner Camp of the customs bureau may
not be an incurable optimist, but he qualifies for that
designation if he thinks that doubling his patrol of
350 men along the Canadian border will make any
difference to the liquor smugglers. If the request of
the prohibition and customs bureaus for additional
funds is granted by congress, it 1s proposed to in
crease the number of prohibition agents and customs
inspectors.
What could 750 federal agents do to stop the flood
of liquor flowing from Canada into the United States,
assuming that the present force of 350 men is
doubled? If the full force of 750 men were concen
trated at Detroit, they could not stop the smuggling
of liquor from Canada to the United States at that
point. And the Detroit sector is only part of the ter
ritory that must be patrolled by a handful of federal
agents.
It is so easy for rumrunners to transport liquor
from Canada to the United States, and so profitable,
that it would take an army of prohibition agents and
customs inspectors to stop the “leaks” at the wettest
parts of the Canadian border. While efforts are con
centrated on this phase of prohibition enforcement,
thousands of miles of coast und other boundary lines
will invite the liquor smuggler.
He will steal into coves, of which there are hun
dreds, scattered along the southern shore of the Unit
ed States; he will cross the Rio Grande with contra
band liquor; he will slip into California from the Pa
cific. And Dr. Doran, prohibition commissioner, tells
us that when liquor smuggling is cut off at one place,
the output of “moonshine” liquor increases.
Prohibition enforcement is a big job. Congress Is
just now beginning to realize what a big job it is. but
is not yet willing to appropriate enough money to
make prohibition enforcement effective.
Tk® World Mid All
t’j Charles t*. Driscoll
CHICAGO WILL DEMONSTRATE
Chicago is a step or two ahead of New York in
getting Its giand opera company into large, modern
and suitable quarters. Next fall the Chicago Civic
Opera will open its season in the most magnificent
opera house in the world, and of course, the largest.
The building will be forty-two stories high, and there
will be plenty of room for the real music lovers with
in the auditorium.
New York may do even better some day. But
while New York is talking about it, Chicago docs it.
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That reminds me of the coming World's Fair in
Chicago, which will be the greatest exposition in
| history.
The Chicago fair of 1893 Is still the outstanding
exposition cf all time. It will be so far surpassed by
the new World's Fair that it will appear as a mere
street carnival by comparison.
The exposition of 1E93 had a profound effect upon
American life. Out of it grew a new appreciation of
architecture and landscape gardening. It stimulated
| American interest in travel, in art, and in anthro
pology. It introduced to the American people many
new ideas that have since become part of American
life.
At the next Chicago World's Fair there will be
many innovations that need to be popularised. For
instance, moving sidewalks.
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Moving sidewalks are altogether practicable now.
There’s no mystery’ about them. Your city engineer
can have one installed for you in 90 days, at your
| order.
Du* the people haven’t been sold on moving side
walks. Moving stairways, operating on the same
principle, are in use in all large cities.
The rer.t Chicago exposition will demonstrate how
the moving sidewalk can speed up pedestrian traffic.
In all large cities there is much walking to be done
by shoppers and business folk. In New York taxicabs
have become so bady jammed—S3 000 of
them alrendy in the streets—that persons who want
to get to their destinations quickly often get out and
walk.
Moving sidewalks will do much to make life easier
i;i the big cities. Watch Chicago demonstrate.
CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES DECLARED MORE
CONSERVATIVE
By STEPHEN LEACOCK
Political Economist and Humorist. *
• Stephen Butler Leacock was bom at Swan
moer, Hants. Canada, Dec. 30. 1869. He was ed
ucated at Upper Canada college, the University
of Toronto, and the University of Chicago. From
1891 to 1899 he was a member of the staff of Up
per Canada college and was later on the faculty
of the graduate school of the University of Chi
cago for four years. He Is now head of the po
litical economy department of .McGill university
at Montreal. He has written many humor stories).
America nuniversiiies and Canadian universities
jin the main are very much alike. We give the same
degrees, the same courses. But when we examine
I them in detail we find quite a striking difference.
Our universities cover less latitude, have less di
trection of study than you have here in America. In
i my own school. McGill university, all of the lectures
arc compulsory. Even the fourth year students are
i nailed to the seats. But on the whole students like it.
It has always been customary in the past to wear
caps and gowns, but this tradition has recently died
out. Although an attempt was made a few years
ago to revive it. the students now wear ordinary
[clothes to classes. In my day. a cap and gown cost
about 3125, but now that they coat about $12. the
! students might as well buy a coat and a pair of pants
Another difference between the two systems of
schools, is that we don't carry things as far as you
do down here. McGill university is net completelv
j co-educational. The law school and medical school
are still kept for men only.
But we have, like you. the perpetual temptation to
put in practical studies in our universities. We call
a ccuiae “Salesmanship" instead of “Political Eecon
omy” We were recently asked to Include a course on
hotel management and another on the selling of life
insurance, but we haven't come to that yet, They are
hard to keep out. though, few the students seem to
[like the* catchy names.
Many students come to college Just to get atmoa
jphere. says a dean at Columbia. Maybe that’s why
so many get the air —Schenectady Union-Star
The Kellogg treaty can’t work, however, If the
munition factories do—Publishers Syndicate.
We are anxious t6 have world peace, but see no
reason for fighting over it.—Dayton Journal
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4 GIRL WHO MADE
MEN LIKE HER
O 1929 by Central Preaa Aaacmtloa. fee.
, READ THIS FIRST: j
Betty Brown la forced by the i
| death of her parents to dance lor j
! a living. She drifts away from all
! her girl friends. Men attracted to
t her seek her society for reasons
j that are not good. Several of them I
suggest the easiest way, the last J
being Andy Adair, the son of a j
rich family. She is out of work j
and nearly out of money. His1
proposition is couched in such a!
glamour of love and happiness that •
j «hc considers it. when the automo
bile in which they are riding is
i wrecked. She comes to her senses
} in a hospital. Some one supplies
j doctors, nurses and a private room,
and Betty assumes this is Andy,
only to discover later it is George I
Harris, an old friend who thor- j
oughly disapproves of her dancing.
Andy Adair does not come to the
hospital or inquire as to her wel- |
fare.
(Now Go On With the Storv>
• • •
CHAPTER XXXIV
Betty had ample time for re flee- |
tton in the ten days which follow-1
ed her automobile accident. The i
injury to her right knee was trif- |
ling. It was thrown out of Joint. j
i only slightly, and by the time the j
cast was removed from her left leg
! the right was almost well. For ten
davs she lay with a heavy plaster !
cast on the left. It was impossible I
for her to turn in bed unless the
nurse lifted the cast; despite the j
ad iustlbility of the hospital bed, it
was most tiresome lying in one
position.
At the end of the ten days, i
which seemed ten weeks, the doc- j
' tor removed the cast. The leg was j
still stiff at the knee, however, and !
! when she tried to sit up, it stuck j
straight out. The doctor told her |
this was to be expected, as it had j
been in one position so long. He
said flexibility would return to it ;
j gradually.
The only ray of sunshine in those j
' long davs in the hospital was a
I box of flowers from Harry Ford. I
i She was bitterly disappointed that (
| there was no message on the card.
She had allowed Harry to kiss her.
I and while she did not love him. she :
had supposed this happy-go-lucky
j boy to be one of her best friends.
Now it seemed that his friendship
I was but casual.
1 George Harris came every day.
Betty's keen appreciation of what !
he had done for her made her for- j
get his slow, methodical ways. She
: w ondered if all the careless, happy
people were bad. and all the sad
; and solemn ones good. Did one
; have to be serious minded to be
j good? Was it impassible to laughl
I love and live without violating the
social conventions? Her own ex
perience seemed to Justify her
; doubts.
She had never been what is
| called a “bad ’ girl. All she asked
of the world was to be allowed to
dance and make her living in the
onlv wav which seemed open to her.
Yet peopel took it for granted she
! was immcral.
One of the interns had stopped
in her room from time to time to
exchange greetings: he appeared
! interested beyond the routine of his
work. Visiting hour* were over at
nine; he stopped in her room the
first night after the cast was re
moved. Just after visiting hours.
“How is the beautiful lady's beau
tiful Lg?" he inquired, cheerfully.
“It is all right. I suppose." an
swered Betty. "I have progressed
a little, anyway. The cast is off."
-Let s take a look a see what
we can see." He pushed aside the
covers casually. He looked at the
knee and felt it carefully, and then
said: “Put out the other, and let's
see how much this one is swollen."
Betty uncovered both legs that he
might make the comparison. He
ran his hand first owr one knee
and then the other. Then he re
marked: “There were never two
prettier legs in this hospital!"
Betty covered her legs quickly
and said: “I think that waa rather
unnecersarr"
“Not necessary but rather invol
i untaryl" he laughed.
• •*
Betty had ample time for reflection after the accident.
‘Good night!” replied Betty. |
coldly.
"There is no hurry. We both
have to stay here all night.”
“I think you better go. Your
other patients need you. I don't.”
"There is nothing particularly
pressing. How is your pulse?” He
took her hand as he spoke.
“It is getting a bit fast ” Betty
pulled away her hand. "That is
because I am getting angry!”
“About what?” He grinned, im
perturbably.
"It isn't necessary to explain.
Will you please go?”
"Not untU I have found what I
have done to make your ladyship
angry.”
“I don't care to have you stayj
now, or to come again unless I ask
for you.”
“Ah. I am being high hatted. I
see. As you won't accuse me. I will
answer your unspoken charge of (
undue familiarity. How do you
get that way? You were a profes
sional dancer before you came here, i
You made a business of displaying
your body in public for money.j
didn't you?”
“I did not! I danced for mv
living, which is very different!”
"Is that so?" he drawled.
'Would your dancing have attract
ed a large audience of women only?
Could you have made it pay If you
had worn long skirts and full
bloomers?"
"I don't care to discuss it with,
you "
"I don't blame you. You think!
people came to watch you dance I
because of your art. Yet only
shapely girls ever make a hit danc
ing! Why are popular dancer; al
ways young and pretty girls? I
don't know whether you are trying
| to deceive me or yourself. Sex
1 appeal is the real appeal of danc
ing *
"Will you please go?” cried Bet
ty. Impatiently.
“Sure I will!* he laughed. “No
! use to get on your high horse with
me, kid. You aren't the first
dancer I ever met You all have
an exhibition complex. As I know
what that leads to. you aren't put
ting anything over on me!”
Betty reached up and pressed the
button which called the night
nurse He waited, smiling, until
the girl came Then, in his moat
professional tone he asked: “Nurse,
get Miss Brown a glass of orange
juice, please.”
Betty opened her mouth to pro
test, but as he left the room with
the nurse she thought better of it
and said nothing. She thanked the
nurse for the orange Juice, and
then lay miserably awake for hours.
So this was the admiration she
sought and received for her danc
ing! Just sex!”
As she reviewed her experiences
she had to confess that all the men
she had met through her dancing
thought as did this young doctor.
At dancir.g school she had been
taught that dancing was art of the
highest type. This intern reduced
It to its lowest meaning. She fear
ed he was right, although she re
sented his familiarity bitterly.
Had she been a school teacher, a
stenographer or a millinery, this
man would have had a different
attitude toward her! He would
have taken her virtue and refine
ment for granted. With a dancer
he thought the worst
These humiliating reflections end
ed with the thought that her danc
ing days were over, as were her
acquaintances with the men she
had met during those days. The
girls she knew who darced for a!
living were not what this man
thought. But they were interested
in no one who did not dance; she
would lose track of them now. and
felt no need to defend them or
herself
She must make up her mind what
to do for a living. Oeorge Harris
had told her not to worry; he had
her future all planned. But she
was worried; she feared that fu
ture involved being married to
George!
She had no doubt that Andy
Adair had deserted her. But in
spite of everything, she cared more
for him than for any other man.
Even careless Harry Ford meant
more to her than George. Thoughts
of the hum-drum, well-ordered,
methodical and unsentimental life
she would lead as George's wife
made her feel that she would have
been better off if she had been
killed in the automobile accident
She felt caught tn a current of
events which were dragging her In
evitably toward marrying Oeorge
Harris She felt bound to marry
George If be wantedjwc, the hard
at -^*7 faced. If
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—In This i
Town of Ours; Mr. Malevinsky, the
lawyer, is representing Norma Tal
madge in the so to voce manner . . .
Richard Dix and Regina Cannon,
the phemme moom pitcher recorder,
are Garbo-Oilberting . . . Mrs.
Henry Jacobson is having it Reno
vated so she can be welded to Oscar
Hammersteln. 2d 'who is also)
. . . The Daily Mirror has pur
chased the International Newsreel
Louis Brooks, who became a
movie celeb when she wedded Ed
die Sutherland, the director, is Job
hunting since she had the seal
broken . . . Dorothy Parker is that
way about a lad who owns a rac
coon farm . . . The Sunday Ameri
can recorded that Mrs. Eugene
O'Neill is arranging a Mex divorce
via the Arturo del Toro route . . .
That same news was first chron
icled here, a dozen weeks ago . . .
Philip Schuyler and Editor and
Publisher have parted . . . For an
arm rest, pull out the center cush
ion in the rear of the new Checker
cabs. »
H. B. Swope, former executive
editor of the World, is in back of
a combine to sell exclusive news
to broadcasting firms . . . Ziegfeld
will only hire bruettes for “East
Is West- ... A Cambridge 'Mass.)
NO. HUM!
Nurse: "Whom were you operat
ing on today?”
Orderly: “A fellow that had a
golf ball knocked down his throat
at the links.”
Nurse: "And who is the man
so nervously in the hall? A rela
tive?"
Orderly “No. that's the golfer, a
Scotch gentleman. He's waiting for
his ball.”
SYMPATHY
A small boy was told that he must
write to his grandmother a letter of
symoathv on the death of her hus
band. This was the letter, adorned
with many blots, that eventually ar
rived:
“Dear Grandma: What a pity
about poor Grandpa! Please send
me some stamps. There Is a new
bov here who squeaks If I hit him.
With love, from ROGER "
MONTERREY GAS LINE
ROUTE BEING CLEARED
ROMA. Feb. 25.—Engineers in the
service of the gas company who are
under contract to furnish the city
of Monterrey, N. L.. Mexico, with
gas arrived here today from Al
da mas and state that over 300 men
are now engaged in clearing the
right-of-way for the pipe line be
tween Cerralvo and Roma and that
the work will be completed by
March 15. They are also authority
for the statement that the laying of
the pipe line will begin on April 1.
INSPECTOR TRANSFERRED
ROMA, Feb. 25—Immigrant In
spector W. B. Hopkins. Jr., son of
Judge W. B. Hopkins of Corpus
Christ!, has been transferred from
Roma to Del Rio and Inspector
Simmons of Del Rio has been as
signed to duty at Roma. The trans
fers are effective on March 1.
this was the fiddler she had to pay
for her dancing she would pay; but
not willingly.
There seemed nothing else to do
but marry George No matter how
much she railed at fate, she could
see no other way out. It was a
comfort that George had confidence
in her! He said he had known all
the time that she would come
through. He. at least, did not think
she was a bad girl.
Before she married George was
it her duty to tell him that she
had seriously considered allowing
Andy Adair to furnish an apart
ment for her? She had not done
so. but if the accident had not hap
pened. she might have.
In the wee small hours of the
morning she made up her mind to
do her duty as she saw it She
would show George that she appre
ciated his sticking by her by mar
rying him. if he asked her. Having
i made up her mind, she turned on
her side and cried herself to sleep.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
bootlegger is authority for the ■
statement that lie averages sales of fl
16 cases a week to the young ladies fl
at Wellesley Collitch . . . Vivadou J§
is marketing a compact for men I
with mentholated powder. Goodie, ■
goodie! fl
Joan Lowell, author of I
of the Deep" (Simon & I
is the squaw of Thompson Bu- M
chanan, the playwright . . . She is I
a stock lead in Nawleans . . . John fl
Anderson, the big Whalen-Traffic- fl
Plan-Idea Man, has peddled a fl
piece to McCall’s which recently ■
changed 300.000 subscribers . . . fl
The spat manufacturing racket was p
never better . . . The provincial ■
dudes, it sppears, just discovered fl
them . . . The J. P. Cluett of the ■
Judge staff is the son of the collar fl
and shirt man . . . Those clocks fl
that don't give the time, in front fl
of jewelry shops, are pointed at fl
8-somethine because that's the fl
hour when Lincoln died. fl
Prod Stone has shelved his fl
crutches . . . Betty Compton will fl
transfer from "Hold Everything" I
to Para flickers for a ten-week job fl
. . . One of the cigarette magnates Ifl
who backed a show and then ■
stranded it last yr. is in a sanl- fl
tarium. with six months to live . . . I
Karl Decker has deserted Suba for ■
Paree. where 50 million Yankeea fl
go wrong . . . Ted Claire walked fl
off the Paramount estate Batdee be- fl
cause his ditties weren't tooted cor- fl
rectly, he said ... A dressing- fl
room fist fight followed . . . Mar- fl
jorie Josetine poses for the “Be- fl
cause She Loves Nice Things" ad. ■
Groucho Marx wires that it is a 1
bellboy over at the Astor . . . That I
fascinating ta-rah-ta-ta on those fl
French auto horns are the first fl
four notes of Rimsky-Korsakoff's .1
“Scheherazade" ■
Gmlfe Bag J
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Who am I? What is my profes- JB
sion? From whom was I recent? flB
divorced? '
What is the feminine of peacock? ■
Who was the first vice president fl
of the United States? fl
Who is the president pro-tem of %
the United States senate? fl
“And he Bald, The things which I®
are impossible with men are pos- fl
sible with God.” Where Is this I
passage found in the Bible? fl
Today in the Past £j
On this day, in 1913, the 16th H
amendment to the United States pj
constitution (Income tax) was pro- fl
claimed ratified. fl
Today’s Horoscope 1
Persons bom on this day are cau- 1
tious in their movements and very jl
restless. They are slow to anger 3
and their wrath lasts but for a yi
moment. fl
A Daily Thoorht 1
“It Is costly wisdom that is I
bought by experienceRoger fl
Ascham. ■
Answers to Foregoing Questions 1
1. Michael Strange; authored* 9
John Barrymore. j
2. Peahen. fl
3. John Adams. fl
4 George Adams. |fl
5. St. Luke, xvttl, 27.
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Daybook
CABINET PERSONNEL AN
AMAZING MYSTERY
By CHARLES P. STEWART
WASHINGTON. Feb. 23.—If
President-elect Hoover can keep his
cabinet personnel as much of a
mystery as he has kept it up to
date, until after he actually has
been inaugurated, he really is a
wonder.
President Coolidges secrecy con
cerning the position he would take,
in the event of an attempt to draft
him for a renomination, was con
sidered remarkable. After all. how
ever, it was not so extraordinary
Mr. Coolidge had to consult nobody
else as to is own intentions. Be
sides. it is possible that he him
self did not know Just what he
would do if hi* party named him
again by an overwhelming major
ity.
Mr. Hoover, on the other hand, in
the matter of his cabinet selections,
has had to consult hundreds of
folk; and by this time he must have
his mind made up pretty definitely
—upon most of his portfolios, at
any rat*.
• • •
To have refrained from telling
anyone in plain terms, “I am go
ing to appoint So-and-So,” need
not necessarily have been any very
surprising performance on the
president-elect's part.
He may easilv enough have
avoided even one binding promise.
Nevertheless, shrewd politicians
are marvelously good gueasers. And
so many of them have seen him!—
and so many of them must have
discussed the cabinet question with
him!—concentrating, each one hia
every faculty, upon ills vis-a-vis'
slightest quiver or shade of expres
sion!—and such ample opportunity
has been allowed them, to get to
gether and exchange impressions!
—that It is perfectly amaatng they
have not yet framed up a tolerably
reliable slate, among them.
• # •
This assuredly has not happened.
Otherwise, the tentative list would
have "leaked" long ago—probably
vaguely at first, and subject, for
awhile, to corrections here and
there—but at the present late date,
pretty accurate.
To think of such a piece of In
formation as reaching any politi
cian's ear. without being shouted
from the housetops shortly there
after, would be enough to over
strain the strongest imagination.
• • •
The fact is. three men are con
sidered practical Hoover cabinet
certainties—
Andrew W. Mellon. Henry L.
8tlmson and Dr. Ray Lyman Wil
BM|.
Secretary Mellon undoubtedly Is
sure enough to remain at the head
of the treasury department, for •
year or two. to be worth betting
: on—to give odds on. Indeed.
Stlmson and Wilbur are favor
ites. above several score of other
supposed possibilities, only because
of Stlmson‘s resignation from the
governor generalship of the Phillp
- tries, and the leave of absence ob
tained by Wilbur from the presi
dency of Stanford university.
However, even assuming that
they are to become cabinet mem
bers. the theory that Stlmson is to
get the state and Wilbur the inter
ior portfolio la pure surmise.
Maybe Col. W. J. Donovan
be a Judicious long shot for
ney general.
All the rest?—the merest l<
And going to stay so, they
until Mr. Hoover lays hii full
batch of appointments before the
senate. In a bunch, after ho al
ready is president. j
It will bepalpitating moment
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