A Washington plumped for a Roosevelt last week. Upon the New York Governor at Albany called Rev. Richard Blackburn Washington, a Hot Springs (Va.) Catholic priest, whose father was the last member of the family born at Mt. Vernon. Father Washington's great-great-grandfather, John Augustine Washington, was the first President's younger brother. Opined Father Washington: "Governor Roosevelt strikes me as the type of man with whom the good of the nation comes first. He is the same sturdy American type as George Washington. In fact I believe George Washington and Franklin Roosevelt...
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