Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-15
Capital Sidelights
by WILL r. KENNEDY.

the foreign-bo from the time they
leave the shores OF their fatherland
| until they are actually adopted ~
citizens OF the United States-the
bureaus OF immigration and natural
fzatton.
Uncle Joe Cannon. of long and
happy memory in Congress, points
out that. bruised and bleeding in a
southern peon camp. where he and
other hungry men had been trapped
by brutal slave-driver. Jim Davis
drank the bitter cup OF unrequited
toll. And from this utter depth, In
less than thirty years. he rose to the
office Of Secretary of Labor"
Emphasizing Secretary Davis love
for his fellows. which Is his ruling
passion. Uncle Joe" says: He can
call moro than 10000 men by their
first names. HIS father taught him
this motto: No man Is greater than
his friends. All the good that comes
friends. II you lose your friends your
enemies will destroy YOU Davis has
| stood by his friends"
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While Secretary Davis illustrates
| how the foreign-born win places OF
| high trust in the executive branch of
our government, as also did Secretary
Franklin X. Lane during the Wilson
| administration. it is interesting to
note that immigrants also have won
such high regard among their fellows
In this adopted country that in popu-
lar elections they have been selected
fare.
In the last Congress there was
! Senator knute Nelson. a former Nor
| wegian, who has represented Min
nesota in the upper house for twenty
| eight years. A former German, Rep
resentative Kahn. has represented
California for twenty-five years in
| the House. and was ono Of the most
active members of the military affairs
committee during the war. Senator
Prince Edward Island. Senator Frank
| X. Gooding Of Idaho was born in
| England. Representative Oscar j.
Larson, from Finland, represented
Minnesota in the lower house. Illi-
| House-Representat Adolph J.
| SABBATH. who has served sixteen years.
| q native OF CZechoslovakia, and Rep
resentative NJ. Alfred Michaelson.
| born in Norway. New York con-
| tributed four naturalized representa-
| tives-Petersen of Denmark. Meyer
| London of Russia, Fairchild with six
| years of service) of Sweden, and the
late w. Bourke Cochran, who had
served fourteen years, from Ireland.
Representative Sinclair Of North Da-
| kota was born in Canada, Repre-
| sentative Mclaughlin of Pennsyl-
Vania In Ireland. Representative
toight OF Wisconsin in Germany, and
| the delegate from Alaska, Dan A.
sutherland, was q former Canadian.
New men elected to the Sixty
eighth Congress will continue to vary
tho trades. callings and business rep
resented in the personnel Of tho
House. Representative Scott Leavitt
or Montana was q forest ranger and
, national park superintendent Repre-
| sentative Harry c. Garfield is en-
gagged in the furniture manufacturing
business and also in the retail fur
niture business. Representative Will
| liam p. Connery. 1r.. of Massa chusetts
was on the stage. and took active
part In the white rats" strike.
Representative Connery is gradu-
| ate Of Holy Cross College, Worcester,
Mass. and not at all averse to telling
| a good joke on himself. During his
| first year in the show business" he
says. ne was playing in Chicago with
a musical comedy and was singing
one evening a former college mate
called to offer congratulations, ac-
| companied by his father and sister.
The very courteous 'old gentleman,
agement possible. told Connery that
he had as fine an Irish brogue as I
ever listened to-"
Representative Clarence Cannon.
, who comes into the seat occupied so
long by Champ Clark, the "old war
horse" Of democracy, from the ninth
Missouri district. was parliamentarian
for Speaker Clark and continued for
some time as parliamentarian to
Speaker Gillett. The latter, in auto
i graphing a photograph for Cannon.
sistant, Clarence A. Cannon. parlie-
| mentary clerk Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, with best wishes Of Fred
erick II. Gillett" In tho next Con-
gress Speaker Gillett will find Repre-
| sentative Cannon anything but
, helpful assistant" for Cannon Is
! looked to by the democrats to stir
up all the trouble he can as an ex-
pert parliamentarian.
Cannon won first honorS as essay
writer. debater and foot ball captain.
He has been parliamentarian Of tho
House under both democratic and re-
clerk Of the democratic caucus Of the
House in the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-hfth,
sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Con-
crosses. He was parliamentarian Of
San Francisco in 1890. He was editor
of two editions Of the Manual and
Digest Of the House. He is author Of
"a Synopsis Of the Procedure OF. the
House of Representatives" published
by resolution Of the House. He is
editor and compiler Of the presidents
of the House of Representatives by act
Of Congress approved by President
Harding March l. 1921.
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His father was left an invalid, with
only a small tract of land and one
horse, after the raid OF the federal
armies In 1866. SO Representative
William F. Stevenson Of South Caro-
lima grew up to work on the farm
with all his might during the crop
season and continued to do SO until
he was nineteen years old. II know
what 1t was to go to mill on sack
Of corn on the back Of q horse or
mule and to do all the mean chores
that a country boy on q poor farm
has to do" he says. But besides be-
school teacher. He recalls that he
attended the very meagerly sup
ported school in the winter time"
When he went to high school he was
taught by his brother-in-law.
Representative Stevenson believes
that these rugged experiences Of his
youth were q blessing in disguise.
for he comments: "All OF which has
been of great benefit to me both in
giving me. a good constitution, en-
abling me to Withstand strains for
days at a time. and also giving me
the view of the countrymen as to
things in general and to comprehend
their ideas and aspirations" ,-
One notable case in his law prac-
tice was that Of winding up the
affairs of the South Carolina state
dispensary, which litigation involved
the sovereignty of South Carolina
and practically a million dollars.
This was successfully conducted to