Evening star., 1923-07-29
Capital Sidelights
by WILL r. KENNEDY.

tn6 QtVlno rlBnL OF klHkS thch
Representative Calvin d. Paige of
Southbridge, Mass. would be all
spread out on a row OF Speakers
chairs, for he comes of the very first
of our SO many royal families.
He Is a direct descendant of Elder
Brewster Of Pilgrim fame and Coy.
Thomas Dudley of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony. His great-great-gr grand
father led a company of militia to
Aliens stalwarts when he demanded
the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga
''in the name Of the Great Jehovah
and the Continental Congress"
His great-grandfather. Capt. Tim
othy Paige, was one of the minute
men who fought the RED Coats" at
Lexington and Concord. After inde-
pendence was won Capt. Paige served
in the Massa chusetts legislature, for
seventeen continuous years and was
| delegate to the constitutional con-
vention of 1920, voting for that ven-
erable patriot. John Adams. for pre-
siding officer.
Representative Paige cast his first
vote for Gen. Grant for President.
He was great admirer of James
@. Blaine and was one of three
Massa achusetts delegates who voted
for the "plumed knight" in the
stirring convention Of 1884.
Himself an elder statesman. for
| more than two-score years ardent
| republican partisan, he was first
nominated for Congress by the then
democratic senator. David l. Walsh.
| And in that first campaign for Con-
gress Paige won the moniker. Cal
| the Silent" which has since been ap-
piled to Vice President Coolidge.
chusetts state legislature in 1873 Mr..
Paige was the youngest member,
while his great-uncle, Lucius r.
| Paige of Cambridge, was the oldest
| member.
The score in the House now stands
| 223 republicans, 2o2 democrats, one
! Independent. one farm-labor man and
one socialist, with seven vacancies.
DO you realize that THE life of a
| first-termer is not a mass of lilies
of the valley?" writes Representative
p. B. O'Sullivan of Derby, Conn. I'm
my short term of three months 1
have found request for answers to
1
tors Of the Encyclopedia Britain
MICA to send for a special staff Of ex-
| perts. But it's novel,. it's interest
ing. and terrifically broadening-at
| least for those who can broaden
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| When Representative John C. Scha-
fer of wauwatosa. Wis, was elected
to Congress, he was a locomotive en-
gineer for the Chicago and North
western railroad. He enlisted in the
18th Engineers. United States Army,
! in May. 1917, and served with that
payne, and in the French I'd Army, at
Verdun, st. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne.
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Senator Kenneth McKellar of Mem
phis, Tenn, is passionately fond of
music, but has to satisfy his craving
by listening to orchestras in motion
picture houses or by starting a vic
trola or pianola, and he tells why, as
4 follows:
| MY father was quite a musician.
playing on several instruments. My
mother thought I ought to be taught
music, and employed a teacher. But
my father came in one day and found
me taking lesson. Carrie, what are
you doing?' he asked my mother.
I am having this young man taught
music she replied. Then father
said: Discharge the teacher at once.
| L never heard of a man who was
worth damn as a musician
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! Although national fame has come
to Senator Edward I. Edwards of New
Jersey, principally because of his ad-
vocacy OF personal liberty and his
Opposition to the Volstead act and the
eighteenth amendment, it is interest
ing to note that his elevation to the
Office Of governor of that state was
based upon his record as controller
the fiscal officer of the state, tc
which he was elected by the legisla-
ture in 1911. following the election
|of Woodrow Wilson as governor
For the first time in the history OF
New Jersey the business system OF
the state government was complete.
lily reorganized, establishing a strictly
"pay as you go" policy. out of which
grew the budget plan and purchasing
system.
No matter how conspicuous Senator
Henry F. Ashurst of Arizona may
some day become on the politica
horizon. he realizes today that never
can the thrill come to him of having
his birthplace pointed out to rubber
meek parties by guides with mega
phones. This Is due to the fact tina
he was born in q tent while his pa
ents were on their way to Arizons
from California and there is no ten
stake, or even a sardine can left t.
mark the spot.
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For about twenty-five years Rep
resentative w. I. Swoope of Clear
field. Pa, has been stumping for tn
republican national committee. whe,
he was speaking in Herkimer, N. Y
which afterward became the scene o
a famous trial-while at breakfas
one morning a young lawyer who ha,
made a speech at the rally the nigh
before called on him. This youn,
barrister was very anxious to be rec
commended as a speaker to the ma
tional committee. Mr.. Swoope assur
ed him that he would be glad to d.
anything he could to assist him. Blu
not content with this promise. an,
displaying more enthusiastic ambi
ton and self-confidence than diplom
acy, this young lawyer, to enforc
his claim, said:
"It seems to me I should have n,
, trouble In getting on the nationa
committees list of speakers, for, II
my opinion, the speakers sent ou
from New York city are no bette
than. those we have here" Although
he had been sent out from New Yorl
city. Mr.. Swoope wrote a letter rec
ommending the young man to tn
national committee.
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