Evening star., 1921-04-20
THEIR HUMAN SIDE
BY WILL p. KENNEDY,

Edward NJ. Martin of Ohio, who
as tally clerk recorded the vote in
the republican national convention
that nominated Harding and again
recorded the votes of the electoral
college that confirmed Mr.. Hardings
election. has been sworn in as jour
| nal clerk of the House to succeed
the late Herman A. Phillips The
House journal is the official record
of the business of the House and
has to be approved by the House.
whereas the Congressional Record is
! merely transcript of the debate
oratory. verbiage, etc. that consumes
the time of the House. AS assistant
journal clerk, and later as journal
clerk, Mr.. Phillips kept this official
record for fourteen years and was
considered the best journal clerk the
House ever had.
Mr. Martin has been tally clerk
since the republicans have been in
the majority in the House, and as
such, under the direction of the
clerk. William Tyler Page, has in
stituted two important reforms. For
the first time he got out a calendar
showing the comNlete history of
every bill in the House and Senate.
IL ltNtIe any SiiHS that
of Coc->-ess are worried about it is
that tt.sy shall be recorded as voting
right ds evcry roll call. Mr.. Martin
got ou3 .niividual voting records
and supplied each member with
copy, showing how he voted on each
dex toward the end of the session.
AS chief tally clerk in the repub-
l.can national convention he beat
the adding machines. He took the
vote, on the tenth ballot, on which
iarding was nominated. He made
a copy of this for the committee and
presented the original to the Presi-
dent.
William Overdue Of Illinois has
been made enrolling clerk of the
House. He was assistant enrolling
clerk some years ago, and when the
republicans returned to power they
called him back. He was originally
Joe" Cannon. Mr.. Overdue succeeds
D, z. Hemstead. who resigned. He
nSEeS the final draft of House bills
ard delivers all messages from the
Aeuse to the Senate
The "Rogues' Gallery" at the Capt.
tol is sadly depleted these days, but
will be filled up again with mugs"
within a week. The "Rogues' Gal
lery" is in the office of the sergeant
alarms and covers the walls facing
the cashiers cage. 1t contains the
photographs of all members of Con-
gress, with their autographs. 1t is
for the purposes of identification. The
pictures of the III old members who
did not return to the Sixty-seventh
Congress have been removed and the
pictures of all the new members have
been ordered to replace them.
World war veterans in Congress
have just formed a permanent social
organization known as "the Veterans
Associatior>" Representative Roy G..
Fitzgerald <f Ohio. who enlisted in
combat division and went to France
as captain, has been elected preSi-
dent. Representative John E. Rankin
of Mississippi is permanent secretary.
Representatives. Hamilton Fish of
New York, Ogden L. Mills of New
York and Louis A. Frothingham of
arrangements for a celebration at the
University Club. April 81. The veter-
ans voted to enlarge the organization
to include veterans of the civil war,
of thei iSpanish-American war or any
war in which this country was en-
gagged against a foreign foe.
Secretary Hughes Of the Depart
ment of State. Secretary Weeks of
the War Department and Represen-
tative Samuel f. Winslow, chairman