POLITICAL NOTES

A carbuncle on the neck of Senator David A. Reed prematurely ended the Senator's speaking tour in Pennsylvania. He had just begun a swing around the state with Senator Pepper "to get acquainted with the people." He entered the hospital at Titusville. "Next year the American people will elect a President of the United States, and, to insure the complete restoration of such a government as Lincoln demanded, the people would do well to stand squarely behind the greatest exponent and champion of popular rights that has loomed upon the national horizon in the last 40 years--William Randolph Hearst." Mayor John F. Hylan of New York in the Forum. Added Mr. Hylan about Mr. Hearst: "By his battles against the so-called classes he has antagonized both the wealthy and those of high social standing, and, of course, there is no place for him in exclusive circles." "The Great Eliminator" is the title bestowed on William Randolph Hearst by the New York Tribune. Its argument runs as follows: Hearst mentioned Ford for the Presidency and that put Ford out of the race; Hearst mentioned Senator Reed and that eliminated Reed; Hearst has only to mention a few others and there will be none left but W. R. Hearst himself. IllJohn T. Adams, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, is opposed--tacitly if not overtly--to the World Court. Frank A. Munsey, newspaper magnate, is very openly and explicitly opposed to the World Court. Mr. Adams made a flying trip from Washington to New York, saw Mr. Munsey, hurried back to Washington. Only two people were the wiser for the trip. June 18 is the date of the Minnesota special primary which precedes the election of a successor to the late Senator Knute Nelson. The candidates at the primary include:

Republicans: Governor J. A. 0. Preus, ex-Governor J. A. A. Burnquist, Representatives Thomas D.

Schall and Sydney Anderson, ex-Representatives Earnest Lundeen and Halvor Steenerson, Oscar Hallam, Victor L. Power, Martin J. Martin. Democrats: James A. Carley, Francis C. Carey. Farmer-Laborites: Ex-Representative Charles A. Lindbergh, Dr. L. A. Fritzche, Magnus Johnson. Former Representative Lindbergh, a Farmer-Labor candidate in the Minnesota Senatorial primaries, used an aeroplane to make a stumping tour of the state. His son was his pilot. But the aeroplane was disabled and Mr. Lindbergh had to finish his tour by rail. Senator La Follette is resting at the Battle Creek (Mich.) sanitorium before going on a speaking tour. "I'm not sick," he declared. "I am here because I don't want to get sick!" Henry Ford told how the Volstead Act should be enforced:" Turn the Volstead Act over to the Army and Navy for enforcement. They haven't anything to do in peace time anyhow but go through a few drills and idle away their time cruising or maintaining social relations at some isolated post!" A Zero Mile Stone was erected south of the White House. It marks the beginnings of the Lee and Lincoln Highways as the golden stone in the Forum marked the beginning of the great system of Roman roads. The Chautauqua Circuit put on the road this summer the largest number of men ever to test political acoustics from its platforms. Following the trail blazed long ago by William Jennings Bryan will be: Senators Watson (Ind.), Harrison (Miss.), Willis (Ohio), Brookhart (Ia.), Lenroot, (Wis.); Representatives Dickinson (Ia.), Shreve (Pa.), Tincher and Hoch (Kan.); Ex-Governors Allen (Kan.), Brough (Ark.), Harding (Ia.), Carlson (Colo.), Ex-Senator Gore (Okla.); Ex-Representatives Patrick Kelley (Mich.), Martin A. Morrison (Ind.), Jeannette Rankin (Mont.)--first Congresswoman. Old favorites include Josephus Daniels and William C. Redfield (Secretary of Commerce under Mr. Wilson). Besides Miss Rankin, there will be two other women of prominence-- Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen (daughter or W. J. B.), and Mrs. Annie Dickie Oleson (unsuccessful Minnesota Democratic Senatorial candidate last Fall).