Show Written for Joy Norman Thomas of Marion Marlon 0 O nominee of ot the Socialist party fo for president of eft the United States doesn't really expect to move Into Int the White House on March larch 4 4 1929 A million votes Is the high highwater W watermark water te ter mark nark so far scored by a Socialist for president and that record was wa was achieved by bv the party's long time idol dol Eugene V. V Debs When Then Debs fIrst ran in in 1900 the Socialists rolled up fewer than votes HeadIng Heading Head- Head Ing ng the ticket t again In 1904 1004 he lie re received received received re- re over In 1908 there was a slightly heavier Socialist vote for or president and In 1912 1012 Debs' Debs total was vas In the 1916 1016 election the he party's fortunes slumped to votes But when Debs ran against Harding and Cox In 1920 he mounted to his peak peale of As the Socialists Indorsed in 1924 it is impossible to estimate what portion of ot Fighting Bobs popular vote of can be al allocated allocated al- al allocated located to them New York Wisconsin Wisconsin Wis Wis- cons in Illinois Minnesota Ohio and California are ordinarily the principal pal strongholds Socialism isn't isn communism Presidential Nominee Thomas Princeton man and Union Theological seminary graduate is violently anti antl communistic Representative Nicholas J T. Sinnott Sinnott Sin Sin- nott Republican lIcan cf Oregon Oreon whom President Coolidge has Just appointed appoint appoint- ed to the United States court of claims is a long lanky son of ot the state that has sent him o o 0 congress cong for the Past eight terms lIe He is famed in the annals of ot his Alma Mater the University of Notre Dame from which he was graduated ed in the cia class of ot 1892 Long Defore Defore De- De fore the Four Horsemen gave the Fighting Irish fame Sinnott was not only a football star at Notre Dame but the holder bolder of ot its all allaround allaround around athletic championship He carries a gold medal which attests his prowess on the diamond on the track in the swimming pool in the boxing arena and on the gridiron Sinnott gave promise thirty six years ago of becoming a a. congressional congressional orator for he was was' class valedictorian valedictorian valedictorian val val- at Notre Dame In 2 As chairman of ot the house public lands committee the Oregonian has been beena a potent factor in contemporary legislation on Capitol hill bill His colleagues colleagues colleagues col col- col- col leagues in the house rejoice at a promotion In public service which will keep the other othel NickS Nick a resident resident resi resl- dent of ot Washington Representative e Melvin Melvln J. J Maas Republican of 0 Minnesota Who vho wants congress to turn the searchlight searchlight searchlight search search- light of Investigation on the pacifist lobby against national ial defense is a fighting veteran of ot the World war He enlisted In the marine corps ImmedIately Immediately immediately im Im- Im- Im mediately upon the outbreak of the hostilities and served in the aviation branch overseas for ten months He HeIs Heis Heis is now a captain in the marine corps reserve This is Maas' Maas first term in the house hous of oC which he is a baby member being still under SO 0 lIe He Is an Insurance man by sion I Senator Democrat of ot Iowa Iowa- recently had a a. controversy on the floor of or the upper house vUth ith a I southern member who las as never learned to pronounce the name of ot the corn belt commonwealth Iowa colleague and pet aversion Senator Brookhart once discovered that even eyen the tho cultured French have their troubles trying to master the pronunciation of Iowa Brookhart was calling at the French Trench foreign office two or oc three thres years jears ears ago In the course of giving Europe the he once once- over OYer He lie never carries cards so he Identified himself when a secretary asked him to do so by scribbling his name and addres on a n. scrap of paper Presently ho was ushered into the foreign ministers minister's presence and cordially gre greeted ted as Senator Brookhart of Jo The Fr French It t ppe pears rs pronounce J Jo and Jo the tho same Bame wa way and wa as vali At least that's what happened to the Hawkeye state the day lay Brookhart Brookhart Brook Brook- hart turned up on the Qua dOr d'Or dOrsay ay One One of ot the farthest out In front candidates for the presidential nomInation nomination nom- nom nation on a certain ticket evl evidently needs a press agent At last weeks week's I convention of the league of Amerl Amen Ican lean Pen Women said candidates candidate gracious spouse took her place democratically democratically dem dem- democratically among the hoi hol polloi a at luncheon instead of an in invitation in- in to the table A woman across from her at table wanting to impress a guest shed she'd brought to the luncheon whispered That lady opposite In dark clark blue yonder is Mrs It fell fel flat her husband running for some sort of office was the la laconic laconic la- la conic rejoinder C S C I Everybody in politics Republican and Democratic alike is waiting to see how the Pennsylvania G. G O. O P P. cat Is going to jump at Kansas City That Is to UI say curiosity concerns the preference of Uncle Andy Mellon Mel Mel- lon Ion If little straws are indications of the direction the Keystone wintIs wind wint Is blowing perhaps wiseacres will wil divine something significant in the stumping of Indiana by Governor John S. S Fisher on Herbert Hoovers Hoover's behalf l Fisher is one of ot the Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican big guns that'll be 1 barking banking in the Hoosier land between bet now and primary day on May S. S The governor was one of ot the Mellon Mellon- Reed Fisher r combination that fought the Yare Vaie organization in 1926 He le is supposed to go along with the Mellon machine pretty religiously To a man up upa a tree it would look a bit as If It the treasury chief feels kindly t toward vard Hoover Senator-elect Senator v Senator- Senator eject is what a Capitol hill bill wit calls him hint Bill Vare Yare is accounted a Hoover man C C C Counting of unhatched chickens is Washington's favorite indoor sport nowadays so its it's not surprising to find political prognosticators prognosticates nam- nam In ins inz the members of the next presIdents presIdent's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's cabinet Men Ien and women who see Al Smith in the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House after March 4 1923 are far far- resourceful In that tHree tHree- tion They know for e. e that John W. W V. V Davis is to be President Smiths secretary of ot state and that Owen D. D Young is to be secretary of the treasury In the same ad ad- ad ministration They're also p picked Smiths Smith's ambassador to the court of St. St James lies He's to be John Davis' Davis law partner Frank L. L Polk former former for for- mer of oC state it would take the full length of ot this column to catalogue the persons person who are going to tobe be in President Hoovers veis official household C C C Heads of oC all the wise men in the state department are going to be put together during the next few months to decide how Dr C. C C. C Wu Yu foreign minister of the natiOnal na na- ional Chinese government Is to be received when he comes to Washington Wash Wash- Ington in July The United States has no diplomatic relations with nationalist China Wo We continue to todo todo todo do business only with the so-called so central sentral Chinese government at Peking Peking Peking Pe Pe- Pe- Pe king of ot which our accomplished educated American friend Dr Ai Aired Alfred Al- Al Alfred fred red Sze has been the minister here since March 1921 One solution may maye 19 e for Dr Sze to act as Intermediary diar diary in presenting Dr Vu Wu to Secretary Secretary Sec See Kellogg Another way N. N ett t of ot the he dilemma might be te for Mr Ir Kellogg Kel- Kel logg g to see Dr Du privately and informally but not officially Uncle Sam Sani has a bill for damages against nationalist China due to Injury jury to American life lite and prop- prop ert Copyright right 1928 1920 |