Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-19 | Page 6 | A Washington Bystander

I I NiON BYSTANDER w By KIRKE L. L SIMPSON It WASHINGTON is a a. whimsical cal twist that puts the Republican national campaign organization in danger ot of becoming an unwilling source ot of contributions to the war chest ot of Johnny generalissimo generalis- generalis simo or of the Al Smith campaign Y Vet t tsuch such is the case caso right hero in Washington Wash Wash- ington the nerve nervo center or of the 1 drive for fOl the presidency It happens that Hoove great groat general headquarters to which the tho Republican nominee was Introduced on lila his return from flom Palo Alto is located lo- lo in a Massachusetts avenue mansIon belonging to Mrs 1111 Francois Moran a aged ed 83 It is one of two big city homes Mis 1 Moran own She occupies tile the other othel out on mOl e socially socially- socially elect Wyoming avenue There Thele was a day when Massachusetts l was the Yen very core of the residential section favored by the rich and great It still discloses loses huge piles ot of masonry many with for sale saIl signs in certain blocks ot of its wide tree treo bordered stretch sacred sacred sa- sa cred from the tho profaning touch of street car al rails Names that bulk largo large In the social or business world are connected with these castles Very rarely is there a nape ot of political political po- po prominence past or present LANDLADY SMITH FANS Having followed the march of fashion to her home farther out Irso Moran had her l avenue home on her hands when the thc Hoover forces b galt looking around for fOl u. u suItable perSonal headquarters headquarters head head- quarters for the the- nominee The former fornier for for- nier mer commerce secretary did not hot want the business of the campaign to intrude On his home borne life on S H street just It a few doors UP the hill hili from flom the biuse use to which Woodrow Wilson Vilson retired from th the White louse House and where lie he died The Moran house dose close by one or of the bus busy circle hubs ot of car and motor traffic offered a a. very suitable suit suit- I able site for Hoover purposes and it was promptly snapped up The nomInee holds forth there reserving only the most private and confidential of his conferences for his S street home and dinner table treat eat ment And not until tt It was aU all an accomplished ac- ac fact with the headquarters headquarters head head- quarters throbbing With tha Purr of machines grinding out campaign handouts and the the- chatter datter chat dat ter of typewriters and the bustle of folks coming and going on campaign campaign cam cam- business di t develop that Mrs 1 Moran l Is an ardent Smith fan Her voting residence is Virginia and she has announced her intention tion not only of voting for the New NewYork NewYork York governors governor's election but of working for it hard as all the members of her family WHERE RENT FIGURES i Rent tel for the Hooyer Hoo tens which will come out ot of war chest Dr Work Vork and his aides are busily trying to fill tUl will go into a anew anew new motor car Mrs 1 Moran avers but nay not some of it be nut ut into that work for Smith or may not the new car be used to boost Gor Als Al's candidacy What could be fairer for fore a Smith worker than so to use monc money from Hoover and Mrs Moran has al already already al- al ready done a little mass meeting work worl among amon- the on of Wash Wash- ton in Smiths Smith's behalf