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THE MORNING OREGOf, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1920 3 SCRAP POMP, SAYS -ELECT PRESDEH1 inaugural Ball Is Unlikely, Friends Declare. DISPLAY IS DISLIKED Men and Women Who Wear Eve ning Clothes Weli Will Xot Easily Forego Function. THE OBEGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Nov. 5. Paramount is sues are presumed to die or be settled wi'.h every election. Not so in Washington. Here the paramount issue steps forth the day after the votes, are counted and the results announced. And the issue here is always the same. It was disclosed today in- a telegram to President-elect Warren G. Harding, inquiring if he favored an inaugural ball. The question of aji inaugural ball always transcends every other issue in the national cap ital. The reasons, pi-.rhaps, are ob vious. The president-elect politely shoved the inquiry aside with a telegram say ing: . I have, not thought about inaugu ral plans. Will not consider any pro gramme until the new year." If the friends of the incoming pres ident know anything about him there will be neither inaugural ball nor pagade. He is ah exceptionally modest person and averse to any unnecessary display. Simple Inaugural Peferred. "If Senator Harding has his way," said one of his friends today, "he will go unaccompanied to the east steps of the Capitol on March 4, speak his little piece and then get in his own machine with Mrs. Harding and have his own chauffeur drive them to their new home in the White House." One of his former political mana gers is authority for the statemeni that Senator Harding put his disap proval on every attempt to stage a parade for him during both the pre convention and the pre-election cam paigns. When he arrived in i'ort Worth, Tex., during his campaign fot the nomination he found that a grand pageant had been arranged. He took his place in the parade, but expressed regret to his campaign aides that he was not consulted before the plans were made. He succeeded in keeping all pa rades out of the campaign just closed until a few nights before the election, when he found that his visit to Cleve land involved his taking the lead of several thousand enthusiastic march ers. He did his part but again let it be known that he regarded such dis plays as unessential to political suc- Ceft' is told of him that he acquired a dislike for parades when as a youth he tooted a brass instrument in a band and saw men standing up in car riages with their heads bared on cold days as if there was something sacred about some other human, being that port 11 i voH rlfilrini, nnft'n lif Problent No Easy One. But just the same the next presi dent of the United States will not find this issue as easy to scrap as was Mr. Wilson's article 10. Washington will not let him rest, because Washing ton never takes "no" for an answer on this one great vital issue. Mr. Harding will find himself between two fires. On the one hand will be those who sell evening gowns and satin slippers with cut steel or silver buckles, and on the other those per sona who pride themselves that they "wear evening clothes well." The latter class includes not only women, but quite a sprinkling of men. With the election over and the con test settled seriously and decisively the capital of the nation now turns to lighter thoughts. Honestly, there is more interest here now in the elec tion of Miss Alice Robertson to con gress from Oklahoma than there is over the mystery of the next Wilson step on the league pact. Interesting Stories Come. The stories which come out of the southwest about this new woman member of congress are so readable that Washington folk have made up their minds that they are going to like her. Then, too, the fact that Teddy Roosevelt discovered her and broke all precedents by making her the first woman postmaster for an important presidential postoffice goes a long way in her favor. She must be a live one if Teddy picked her, they all agree. Furthermore. Miss Alice, as they know her in her home town of Mus kogee, where she runs a restaurant, has introduced something new in campaigning. The etory of how she did all of her campaigning in her own cafeteria, sitting down with her customers and eating a bowl of soup while she got acquainted, of course raises that old question again whether one "eats' soup or drinks "it," all of which may depend upon whether it is clam chowdr or con somme. The story that she had' a record of IT bowls of soup at one .dinner hour was taken with a grain of salt by women politician here. If eo, subtly suggested one of Miss Robertson's admirers, Muskogee must be a quiet town since that soup cam paign is ended. HARDING SEEKS IDEAS (Continued From First Page.) hind him in his negotiations with other powers. Friends and Foea to Meet. He also has indicated in campaign speeches that irreconcilable opponents of the league of Versailles as well as its ardent supporters would be num bered among those to whose advice he would listen. To the senate he promised to give a share of attention proportionate to its power in perfect ing treaties. Although the president-elect has never named publicly any of those he will include in his consultations, speculation of a wholly unauthorita tive character has revolved persist ently about a number of conspicuous .figures who might answer to the de scription Mr. Harding has laid down. So far as the senate Itself is con cerned this undercurrent of gossip has carried frequently the names of such republican senators as Lodge of Massachusetts, chairman of the for eign relations committee; Knox of Pennsylvania, and a treaty irrecon cilable; Johnson of California, an other irreconcilable leader, and Len root of Wisconsin, a , leader of the reservationists. Taft Mar Be Aaked. On the democratic side there has been mention among others of Sen ators Underwood of Alabama, the party leader; llitchock of Nebraska, who led the f'ght for unreserved ratification: Simmons of North Caro lina, and Robinson of Arkansas. Among tho?e outside the senate, frequent speculative mention has been made of ex-President Taft. a leader for international peace and a sup porter of the Versailles league: Her bert Hoover, another league advocate: Klihu Root, ex-secretary of state, and a participant in the recent interna tional court negotiations; Charles E. Hughes, republican presidential nom inee four years ago; Henry White, republican member of President Wil son's peace commission;. Myron T. Herrick, ex-ambassador to France; Henry P. Davison, head of the Ameri can Red Cross; ex-Senator Sutherland of Utah, and many other republicans. Lansing; Also Likely. There is a much smaller list of dem ocrats outside the senate whose names gossip has associated with the "meeting of minds.' Among them is Robert Lansing. ex-secretary of state, . and a member of the peace commission, often quoted by Mr. Harding in the campaign as disagree ing with Mr. Wilson on some fea tures of the Versailles covenant; Frank L. Polk, the state department's ex-under secretary; Chief Justice White and George Harvey, tie New York editor. There has been even less of specu lation with regard to what women would be asked for advice in the making of the new plan, for an inter national association. It is expected, however, that the senator will choose those who have been closely associ ated with public activities through out the treaty fight. It was Mr. Hays' 41st birthday and in explanation of the visit the president-elect said tonight that he felt indebted to the chairman for a birth day party and so had asked him to be a guest here. , SILK UNDERWEAR CLEW Garment Found Xear Victim's Body May Belong tq Murderer. NEW YORK, Nov. 5. A piece of silk underwear, discovered near the body of Leeds Vaughn Waters, - 49, wealthy son of Horace Waters, piano manufacturer, who was found mur dered in a hotel room Wednesday, is the only clew the police had tonight with which to solve the mystery. The underwear bore the initials of "W. H. A." and detectives traced it to a laundry where it was recently cleaned. Search was begun for the unknown man who accompanied Waters to the hotel room and who fled just before the body was discovered. It Is be lieved this man is the murderer and the owner of the underwear. SPIRIT IS UNSCATHED E SWINDLER GETS $158,000 Jews Call on Xew York Police to Get Back Valuables. NEW YORK, Nov, 5. Fifty Russian Jews claiming they were swindled out of $158,000 in valuables by a "good townsman from the old country," who loaned, money on their jewelry, have asked the police to find Israel Krum holz, money lender. Police sent a wireless message to the steamer Rochambeau, when they heard Krmholz sailed aboard it last Thursday for Le Havre. . First Woman to Visit Island. HONOLULU. T. H., Oct. 25. (Spe cial.) The first woman ever to set foot on Palmyra island, an atoll a thousand miles south of Honolulu, will-be Mrs. William Meng, wife of Colonel Meng who left for the island on the Sampan Sanyo Maru a few days ago. Colonel Meng recently leased the island with the idea of developing it as a copra plantation. s s GOV 1 X Defeated Candidate Proud -as When Fight Started.' DEMOCRACY' STILL LIVES Creed of Tarty More Needed Xon Than Ever Before, Declares Leader of Lost Cause. i COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 5. Governor James M. Cox, in his first statement since the election, tonight said that in spirit ha was "as proud as when the fight started" and that "he would not retrace a step nor yield a single Jot in principle." The statement follows: "For the first time in ten years the republican party is in complete control of the legislative and execu tive branches of the national govern ment. Therefore policy as to statute and administration is with it. Its task is no .longer that of the critic, but the constructor. Political Sabotage Impossible. "It is my hope and firm belief that the democracy of the nation will not attempt political sabotage. The coun try has seen quite enough of that. We are in the midst of an emer gency and the nation's every resource should co-ordinate in behalf of the things that are helpful. So long as government exists the principles of Thomas Jefferson will be the center about which human hopes will gather. "Talk of a new party is absurd. One might as well discuss the de struction of human emotions. Pride Has Not Been Humbled. "As essential as it had been to the welfare .of the country in the "past, the creed of democracy is more need ed now than ever because recent events have made it distinctly the American party. - "In spirit I am as proud as when the fight started. I would not re trace a step nor yield a single Jot in principle. ' It was a privilege to make the contest for the right in the face of overwhelming odds. "There is a distinct difference be tween defeat and surrender. The flag of democracy still flies as the sym bol of things more enduring than the passions and resentment that come with the aftermath of war." LAW FIRM TO FORM Three Clarke Employes to Be Part enrs When Office Term End. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 5. (Spe cial.) Three men employed in the county courthouse will form a law partnership after January 1, when they go. out of office. The name of the firm will be Back, Hall & McMullen. Judge R. H. Back of the superior court of Clarke county, is completing his eighth year as judge, and will be senior member of the firm. He is a graduate of the Boston University of Law and has been in Vancouver since 1903. Joseph E. Hall is serving a. term as county clerk, but was elected county attorney November 2, and will hold that office for two years at-least. He was admitted to the bar in 1918 and has been a resident ot the county for the last 26 years. He was in the gen eral merchandise business and . was postmaster at Brush Prairie before coming to Vancouver two years ago. Dale McMullen was graduated from the University of Oregon law echool In Portland in 1917 and during the war was lieutenant. Before and after he has been secretary of Judge Back and court reporter. He will be dep uty county attorney under Mr. Hall. TO AID PEACE HERBERT HOOVER SATS DUTY OF REPUBLICANS IS CLEAR. Post-Eleotion Statement Outlines Former Food Controller's Ideas of Party Obligations. . STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo Alto, Cai., Nov. 5. (Special.) The repub lican party will contribute America's part in elaborating a plan for an as sociation of nations and will eliminate any infringement upon the freedom and sovereignty of the United States. Such is the substance of a statement made by Herbert C. Hoover, at his home on the Stanford campus, this afternoon. He added that the party would procure "the protection that we ourselves need from being involved in future wars." His statement follows: The overwhelming victory marks the turning point in the republican party from an attitude of necessary criticism to one of responsibility for future construc tive work. Our entry into the league on the basis of any military obligation is certainly dead, as the major tight has been around the Implication of article lO. - On the other hand, the platform of the republican party pledges the party to an agreement among nations to preserve peace, and Senator Harding's oft-repeated statement pledges him to promote "a society of free nations or an association of free nations, or a league of free nations and aided by considerations of right and justice so organized and so participated as to make the actual attainment of peace a reasonable possibility," in which he "will take and combine all that Is good and excise all that is bad In both organizations." (Hague court and league.) The party has other very great tasks the reorganization of our federal govern ment, a proper budget, readjustment of taxation, the regrouping of departments, the reorganization of the shipping board, all of which are sadly needed, if we would secure efficiency and economy In govern ment. We are in critical need of wise legislation and a wise policy to meet the needs pertaining to agriculture, trans portation, foreign commerce, housing, employer and employe relations, and a score of other pressing issues sadly neglected and demanding solution. K4ssss-04 AGED VOTER CELEBRATES Former Vancouver Bailiff Born Same Day as Harding. VANCOTJVBR, Wash., Nov. 5. (Special.) A. Collings, 40 years bailiff of the superior court of Clarke county, until he resigned a couple of years ago, celebrated his birthday election day. Senator Harding also celebrated his birthday November 2. 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