Show MEN AND AFFAIRS A sAT AT CAPITAL CAPITAlI By R T S I T Copyright 1923 Slay May colo 19 13 Colo Colonel I net nel Alvin Owsley national commander com com- com mand mander r of or tho the American le legion lon who was waa In Washington this thia week probably doesn't know It but ho he heis haIs Is being groomed aa La a Q tot fot governor of o Texas The Tha soldier of the World war Is slowly but surely corning Into his own politically Already Aready luncheons and confer confer- conference conferences conter ence am are being held In Texas Ills comrades of ot the division or of which he was Judge are I leading In the movement to bavo him announced for tor the Democratic I nomInation which would carry carr automatic election with It It Colonel Coonel Owsley It Is la understood I ha not been boon approached on th subject though Intimations have havo been made to him and some of ot his friends believe bellevo ho will consent to tomake tomake tomake make the primary race The colo colonel nel although sUll still youthful Isn't an entire stranger to public 0 of- of office of office fice fico He lie was once the youngest district attorney In he south south- south his home homo county of or Don Den Denton Donton ton Den ton When he returned from over over- overseas overseas seas sens ho bo was appointed state elite pros pros- prosecutor prosecutor prosecutor In the court of o criminal Al ap- ap ap appeals peals pI ls lie resigned to become chairman of ot the committee of ot tho American Amerlean legion and liter lter its Ils commander The legion commander 1 how how- howe how er er e e er will wll not have havo a alko walkover er it hr hp consents to run Already there I are other othor candidates In the field one onG being another World war veteran an Adjutant General ThomasD Thomas ThomM D Barton of ot Amarillo I Barton it Il l Is said will make mako the therace therace rae race regardless of or Owsley's plan plane I The Ku Klux Blur Klan once the over over- overshadowing overshadowing overshadowing shadowing Issue In Texas Tetas politics Is loss lees in the limelight and probably probably probably ably wont won't figure In the next cam earn campaign campaign The sugar barons of New York have a delicious sense of o malicious humor asell as well ell as aa a very whole whole- wholesome whole whole-i wholesome some somo sense Benso of or fear sometimes fear After skyrocketing the tho price of o sugar su- su sugar su sugar gar to the breaking testing point point I out just how much the traffic would bear without an awful howl the the barons brought the threat or of a boycott from the es They The realized at one once they hay Ia reached the limit They feared the possible effect of a boycott The prim or of o sugar went wOnt down Then It was announced that there was to be a big parade o boycotting housewives in Now York fork This meant the movement was as spreading Again they were I Again the price of sugar ugar went dO 1 down n It receded a IL full cent I In the tho langua language e of the movies movies- movies came came the parade It was a fias- fias fiasco fias fias- fiasco fiasco co Instead ot of o Irate irato women In line linG there were about 30 The sugar fugar barons laughed a raucous cin laugh aught Did the price of sugar din din- to go do down No Rollo the price of sugar went up and it has been up ever since The Tha boycott had lost it et east Ills Its visible terrors for the baron barona Not only this but the tho barons Suc- Suc 1 turning Succeeded Buc at the same name time In turn turn- turn 1 Ing the attack from turn turn-I They told the housewives that the tho tariff on sugar eug-ar was WI to blame So the housewives left the tho barons barona and decided President they would bombard Pres Pres- ident Harding and congress K Here re Is where more malicious humor or creeps In The Increased tariff was 16 is cents a hundred pounds pound The barons Increased the thel I price a hundred pounds In other In-other other othor Word words for tor the tho govern govern- ment government and the rest for tor the barons A Andre Andro brilliant young Russian who whose whole e tatter rather a cultured I man and scientist was WILS forced 0 ou ouo of his native land when it 11 SUC- SUC SUCcumbed sun suc succumbed to Bolshevism was one the attending most moat Interesting figures attend attend- ing Washing the past work In Washington the annual session of the general convention ot of o the church Young who teachIngs teach heard something of or the teach teach- Ings or of o the tho great Swedish pher philosopher while still In Russia deel decided le t tafter after coming to America to ld 1 1 studies and noho now no ho Is a student at the new church theological school In Cambridge Mass the tho psychology of the present situation In Russia Mr said It could I summed up In the Russian word meaning never mind It Is a word rc e of o i r philosophy of life lite that of ot submission to fate and of a certain Indifference Diaco nott noff told a story to Illustrate his meaning Somebody was speaking with a D Russian farmer Carmer at the be- be beginning beginning be beginning ginning of the revolution and asked ased hint him what ho he thought of It all shoulders The farmer shrugged his ders drs Then he spoke Arc the rivers flowing the oth- oth other other oth other er wa wJ Do Do they flow How today from the outlet to the source No replied his questioner of COli course roe not Well Well then said the farmer what change has hag occurred that I should worry orr about This story said re re the philosophy ot or tho never mind The Russian worships nature When snowed In during the long winter longwinter ho he knows that spring will eventually doIs come All lie he le must do Is wait walt Spring comes and the thereto world ROCS goes on so what hat else Is there thero to worry about Some of or the l Demo Demo- Democrats Democrate Democrats crate sounded the tho tocsin of ot 1924 hero here this week when they sent aloft once more the cry of I McAdoo-Do McAdoo McAdoo Do They say that thit cry befits the Democratic rooster and would oud I carry him to the tho highest political position In the country McAdoo here to attend the unveiling of or the Alexander Hamilton statue at the I treasury and listen n to a very learn learn- learned learned ed discourse by President Harding vowed owed and declared he had not a apolitical apolitical political thought In his head In incoming Incoming coming to Washington at this time I lie Hp smiled aa as he said it too the tho vi ilia LU a n- n n thoI I |