Evening star., 1923-03-11
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL T.. KENNEDY.

trand Old Lady of the Civil War"
and who has been a leading spirit in
charitable and social service activities
Tor many years, won a notable victory
on her deatbbcd, as she neared her
eighty-fifth birthday anniversary. In
cidentally, Representative Edward
King Of Illinois clinched his reputa-
ton for rescuing statutes beloved by
the people for their historic associa-
tion from the depredations of self
styled art critics and esthetic enthu-
siasts.
Representative King. after a three
year contest, finally succeeded in hav-
ing the statue of Lincoln erected by
the people of Washington restored to
its pedestal in front of the courthouse
after the federal beauty doctors had
removed it as ''unsightIy." This Lin
coin statue had the distinction of
having been the only one OF the mar
tyred President carved by an artist
who knew him.
So, when Mrs. Logan received word
from the South Park commission in
Chicago that they proposed to remove
st. Gaudens' famous equestrian
statue of her husband, noted soldier
and statesman, who was the origina-
tor of Memorial day, from the Chi
cago lake front, she appealed TO Rep
resentative King to help her make her
dying fight.
Tho reason ascribed for the pro-
posed removal was that this park af-
forded gathering place for social
istic and archistic soap-box orators
and their following. In the base of
that statue a tomb was provided for
tho remains of both Gen. and Mrs.
Logan.
Mrs. Logan first made her protest
personally 10 John Barton Payne,
president of the Chicago park board,
which was fathering the change; to
Gov. Small and Mayor Thompson. and
then she had resolutions passed by
tn" Illinois state legislature. when
had originally erected this statue,
"one Of the finest of its kind In the
world, dedicated by the state TO one
of it's foremost civil war heroes dis
approving OF any change or alteration
IN the statue.
Representative Frederick Lehlbach
Of Newark. y. j., on the day Congress
adjourned, told this story Of a cobbler
in his home town:
This shoemaker was an artist At his
trade, was living contentediy and IN
fairly comfortable circumstances.
when out Of a clear sky one day a
fortune of some $4,000 was left to
him. He promptly locked up his shop.
bought himself some glad rags and
q bundle OF railroad and steamship
tickets and started out TO see the
bright lights and travel along the
glad way. A couple of years later he
woke up one cold winter morning to
find his fortune had flown.
Then he hurried back 20 Newark
and opened up his old cobbler's shop.
put on his leather apron and resumed
the work of earning his bread by the
sweat Of his brow. So he stuck 10 MS
last for several years, and again came
an important looking mfssive, which
another estate. even larger than the
one he had squandered. AGAIN ne
threw aside the shoe on which he was
working and impaled his awl in the
opposite wall. AS he tore on ms
apron sd go throush he Sshfs all that over again"
And" concluded Mr.. Lehlpach'
chat is lust how ] would nave 1eit
If we had failed to get that rerIasSln- SIN
cation bill through in the Closing Jam
OF leSiSldtlUn-
Ss r K X
The House has an interesting lhsu-
tuition known as 1.-The soldiers roll
which carries the names OF fourteen
old soldiers who are on the pay roll as
doorkeepers. -Four names were wipeu
by death from the SOLDIERS ron
during the last year, and they nave
been replaced by four other veterans.
This soldiers roll had It's genesis
in q resolution offered ffty-four years
ago by Gen. Logan, which dlrec'eo
the doorkeeper of the House 10 re-
tain in service during the vacation
Of Congress all crippled soldiers then
in his employ, and that they be per-
mitted to return to their homes dur
ing the vacation without loss of pay.
1t became the practice to provide Tor
the fourteen such positions IN like
manner until the Forty-fourth CON
EresS when an act was passed making
AN appropriation of $4,000 TO pay
fourteen crippled and disabled SOL
diers" from December 5. 1875. to June
80. 1876 At the same session an ap-
propriation bill for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1877, provided that
the fourteen messengers on the SOL
the current year at n compensation
not exceeding $1,000 each" Thus the
roll was made annual instead of ses-
sional.
In the Forty-fifth Congress a pro-
viso was added requiring that said
Army" Then in the Forty-eighth
Congress to the appropriation item
was added the following substantive
provision: "And hereafter messen-
gers on the soldiers roll shall not be
subject to removal except for cause
Since that time there has been no
change in the law.
This roll. as originally, has always
remained under the control of the
doorkeeper. who has exercised the
authority to make appointments to
moval being with the House. A con-
troversy arose early in the history
of the soldiers roll as to which po-
litical party was entitled to credit
for its establishment. The facts ap-
pear to be that Gen. Logan initiated
the movement. and the proposition
was later broadened through acuui-
escence of members OF both parties.
Both Gen. Garfield (republican) and
Representative Holman (democrat).
respectively, claimed credit for the
movement.
The fourteen Union veterans now
on the Soldiers ROLL" each Of whom
has distinguished war record, are
Burr Maxwell. James H. Shouse, Da-
vid Beattie, Henry r. Thorpe. M
Amos, Thomas II. Mckee, Elnathan
Mead, Joseph Cassiday, Aaron II
Frear. J. Il. Richmond, James Lima
han, Henry T. Duryea, L. B. Cousins
and W. c. Allen.
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Some people have been amazed re-
Gently by the discovery that some
senator's and representatives "haye
their price"-that when they are
asked to make speeches before some
organization they expect to be