Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-17

| woman" Joel Grayson. every one
friend in the House document room
1875 and has been an employe ever
since and who is today the only House
employe for whom Congress makes di-
rect appropriation in his own name
| gives the Bible reference to prove II.
Not only members of Congress but
folks throughout the country have
! got into the habit of asking the/House
; document room for almost any
| thing they want to know. There was
not much surprise therefore when d
! Inns. dated Charleston, S. c., asking
! for the reference 10 the passage which
/ told about Noah being woman.
Mr.. Collins said he had sheard Joel
Grayson asking the question quoted
above. Now, MI. Grayson has been a
fifteen years. and he is very proud of
| his knowledge of Bible lore. He an
swered Mr.. Collins letter by saying:
| 1T is a catch question. In the TWEEN
! ty-seventh chapter of Numbers. first
verse, you will find, Whose daughter
was Noah You will note that our
present law of Inheritance is founded
on the bequest of this woman Noah
| and her sisters. 1 did not say that 1t
was Noah of the ark"
Incidentally Mr.. Grayson has known
all the Presidents starting with Grant.
| In these days of presidential booms
there is an oft-repeated statement
that no one who was ever in the Sen
ate was elected President. This
doesn't suit Champ Clarks sense of
/ veracity, because faint true" says
| tn former Speaker There is a de-
! fusion in the public mind fostered by
! people writing about things they don I
Know" he grumbles James Monroe,
John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson,
| LNy-o,,
James Buchanan, William Henry Har-
rison and Benjamin Harrison had all
served in the Senate. but no senator
| while a senator was, ever elected
President. Garfield was the only
President elected while a member OF
| the House-but we've always had SEN
ators who have been candidates for
| the presidency" he explained.
Garfield'S unique record has also
been misquoted and Champ Clark also
sets the public Alright on that. Gar.
field was a member of the House and
senator-elect when he was nominated
| for the presidency. The senator from
Ohio was then elected senator some
thing like fourteen months before ne
took his seat. Garfield was elected TO
| the Senate in January, 1880. and ms
| term began March 4, 1881. When he
was elected President he was mem
| Der of the House and Cenator-eiect'
He resigned from the House. but he
| never said he would not serve as SEN
! ator, Champ Clark explains. because
| he had too much sense to throw away
| a good six-year term In the Senate
| if he failed of election to the preSi-
dency.
Claude Weaver was formerly q
member of Congress. When he was
defeated for reelection several years
ago Mr.. Burleson appointed him post
n.
resentative Joseph B. Thompson dieo
Mr.. Weaver received the democratic
nomination for Congress. He thought
there was no doubt of that district
going democratic and promptly wired
his resignation as postmaster-to TAX e
effect at once. Some OF MS frlenos
urged that he play safe and not burn
the post Office bridge behind him, but
Weaver said his resignation was
in without any strings tied to 1T. He
was out as postmaster for good
But the election swung the other
way. The republican candidate is
coming to Congress and not Mr..
Weaver. So now the democratic
leaders in Oklahoma City are scurry-
ing around trying to persuade Mr.
Burleson that Mr. Weaver should be
persuaded to retain the postmaster
ship.
w
an efficient postmaster that it would
be hard to get any one to take his
place, and so-unless he demands aad
insists-his resignation viii not be
accepted.
King Albert has IA good MEMORY
and is as"real fellow"-so Representa-
testifies. When the king was guest
of Congress and shaking hands with
the members Speaker Gillett intro
duced Representative Newton, who
said: i've had the pleasure of greet
ing his majesty before" The king
promptly responded: oh. yes, you
were one of the congressional COM
mittee that visited me in Brussels"
Representative Newton tells humor-
ously Of that visit to the king. About
a dozen members of Congress met in
Paris and decided to visit the king in
Brussels. and when they got there
they didn't know how to greet him
whether they should say "Your royal
highness" or just Your majesty
SO they called in Brand Whitlock to
arrange this nice detail of diplomatic
etiquette. They got a message back
proper when an American greets the
King of the Belgians."
Members of the House have just
had q treat. Representative James G.
Monahan got them '.all fed up" on
the cheese that made Wisconsin
famous. He then added to the fame
Of the cheese making industry of his
district by writing it into the Con-
gressional Record. Representative
Albert Johnson of Washington asked:
us this the product that made Milwau-
kee famous?' when Mr., Monahan was
inviting his colleagues to the Swiss
cheese feast. mo that beverage will
not be on the table," Mr. Monahan re-
piled. "Sone people regard it as infa-
NOUS
Into the Record he wrote that Green
county has long been famed for its