Show STEWART S WASHINGTON LETTER ER ONLY IIA TO OTE ron roil CHANG I- I Illy fly lly B JL HIR I IA 1 I WASHINGTON Aug 29 Wash Wash Washington ington has an Idea that Vice Pres Pre President President ident Dawes will come back for tor tho the next session of ot congress consider consider- considerably considerably ably chastened Ills His demand for a change of ot the rules has been sized up here I all along as a I. I bid for the reputation reputation tion of ot a Il regular heller heller a a chap I who jumped right Into the tho midst of ofa I 1 Ia a a. bad situation which others had deplored for years rears without Yo being ablo able to do anything about it and straightened it out In Jig time Very few politicians believe Dawes cared much about the sen sen- senate senate senate ate rules in tn and for tor themselves ono one way or the tho other They rhey think he simply wanted to create a I Ilen len sen sensation I cation by doing something strenuous ous and the senate rules were handy I The trouble is the vice vico presidente dente dento performance requires a II cli cli- climax climax max In order to be bo Impressive and there isn't going to be any an That's generally agreed Nor or up to late date has it proved pro a popular attraction The public hasn't h en enthused enI enthused I over it It certainly makes I no hit among tho the senators and andi j i President Coolidge and his advisors regard it with cold Indifference They dont don't like Dawes very ery well anyway Senator Moses Moses' estimate that 20 o oIs Is the maximum number of ot votes tho the Dawes Diva scheme will get Is con con- considered considered considered here to bo be high If IC any any- thing Conditions at the recent Ku Klux I gathering in Washington were Ideal for tor pickpockets and the cleanup j I they made must have run Into fan fan- fancy fanI fancy cy C figures It lt may seem as If it would bo be bohard bohard I hard work frisking a II man through a 11 long flapping Clapping sheet enveloping his from neck to ankles but It didn't seem seeni to bother this gang of ot crooks They simply got them them- themselves themselves themselves selves up In till full Klux regalia and an 1 it was Impossible to spot them ex except ex- ex exCept right In tho the act of ot going through a a. victims victim's pockets All but buta butI a couple COulle of ot v very vry ry clumsy ones were too slick to get caught at that I The crowds were furnished ready readymade readymade readymade made and as IS nearly all the ans- ans men were sero from Crom out of town with more or less expense money avail avail- available available able the dips probably made a fair haul from front almost everybody very body they tackled Dozens of losses ex ex- exceeding exceeding apiece were reported There undoubtedly were wore many times more who grinned and bore boro their misfortune without holler- holler hollerIng Ing Ing for for what good did that do A year ear ago this time lute there were many signs of a 0 coming political party part realignment as aa conservatives and liberals rather than Republic Republic- Republicans ans and Democrats There are few such signs now n now w. w Tho The leaders are petting r ready reach for the 1926 con con- elections on as regularly Republican and Democratic lines as ever er In history But Hut the old split spilt still lies under the surface Sooner or later its it's I bound to widen I |