Show National Men and Affairs Governor Ritchie Fortunate Man As Candidate Wild Bill Donovan Tale of The Unknown Civilian Borah Bo ah Makes Washington Smile By WILLIAM WILLIA I MARl HARD Copyright 1927 Consolidated Press Association Ritchie of or Maryland Is Isan Isan isan GOVERNOR G an extraordinarily fortunate man manas manas manas as a a. candidate for a a. nomination for president The most diligent Inquiry falls fails to reveal rc any opinion that he has ever expressed regarding our foreign forel n affairs Senator Reed of Missouri has expressed continuous opinions against the League of Nations and has thereby earned the vehement hatred of ot multitudes of Gover Gover- Governor Governor Governor nor Smith of New York on the other hand and also aiso Vice President Dawes and Governor ex-Governor Frank O. O Lowden and Secretary ex-Secretary of State Charles Ev Ev- Evans Evans BYans ans Hughes end Secretary of Com Corn Commerce Commerce merce Hoover In 1919 and 1920 spoke of ot the league so favorably that now their critics who think that this country Is league anti-league are finding great pleasure in reading their records to I them Governor Ritchie however In Inthis inthis this matter and In all such ouch and simi simi- similar similar similar lar matters has no record whatsoever Watch Wat b him hirni I Colonel Wild Bill Donovan who Is one of the and most genial of characters and end who Is assistant to the attorney general is one distin distin- distinguished distinguished distinguished WashIngtonian who ho has not yielded to the idea that New York City Is the haven ha and reward of successful Washingtonian office holders lIe He has bought a farm In the Genesee valley alley In western New Ne York far tar from New NewYork NewYork York City and when his term of of office of- of lice Ice Is up he proposes to go back to the practice of law in his e town ton of Buffalo For this Interruption In Inthe inthe the tho practice of making Washington a away away away way station on the road to the glories of Manhattan Island nd much local grat grat- gratitude gratItude gratitude Is expressed A talc tale that must be anonymous A bureau chief In tho the government here was to be retired from his post It was found that he lie had no money The head of his department was rather shocked How had It come about that this bureau burem chief In the course of so many years eals of service ed had saved no money Inquiry among amon friends frends at last revealed the reason The bureau chief had no children When the United States entered the great war he was depressed by feeling that he had no son to send to the front He determined to do something thereupon on for soldiers' soldiers children He took over the care of French orphans In such numbers that the savings of his old life passed to the French scene be behind be- be behind behind hind the battle batlle front And nobody here knew of It till years cars afterwards In Inlew view lew of such occasional happen happen- happenings happenings ings during the great war there might be a little tie obscure monument some sonic day somewhere bOm where to The Unknown Civil Civil- ian One of the spectacles that seems to tobe tobe tobe be extremely Impressive to the coun coun- country country country try and that furnishes Washington with wilt largo large amusement Is Senator Borah of Idaho conferring with his fellow tellow progressives of of the senate senale on matters of approaching legislation IE If there Is anything that Senator Borah Borsh Insists upon calling g himself It Is a cag W Wt e progressive e And gt then t If IC there t Is I anything that he Insists upon doing doln during senatorial roll calls It Is yoUng voting against the pet Ideas of the senatorial progressive group The McNary- McNary Haugen bill Is U only the latest tion Mr Borah could not help being against t It it Most Moat senatorial progressives progressIves are In favor of making the gov gov- government government government do more and more things in inthe Inthe Inthe the private business field Mr Borah Is ls as much against that tendency as Mr Coolidge Is lie He Li L an govern antl ment ownership man through and through Some Borne day when Mr JJr Borah isn't closeted closet d with his fellow progressives tires some canny conservatives will grab him and run him for president |