Evening star., 1923-07-15
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL r, KENNEDY.

brothers Cor sons) and spend the time
| when Congress. like school, has "let
OUT in study.
Take representative Clarence Mac
Gregor of Buffalo, N. Y, by way Of IL
| lustration. He Is a student in the
summer course at the University. of
Pennsylvania, enrolled in the course
| in finance.
Representative MacGregor is chair
! man OF the House committee on ac-
| counts and very active member Of
| the banking and currency committee.
During his summer course he will
| study the principles of sound money,
the gold standard, the monetary sys-
| tenn OF the United States, the princi-
| pies of foreign exchange and other
problems Of finance which he expects
VIII be useful to him in his legisla-
tive duties.
Although he is a man of middle
age, Representative MacGregor shows
all the enthusiasm of a college fresh
man. I'm order to get the right at
mosphere l am stopping in one of the
university dorms," the Congressman
explains.
sometimes a member of Congress
goes off on an educational extension
summer trip with his son-as wit
ness Representative Edward E..
Browne of Waupaca, Wis edward,
ST., and Edward, jr.), are in Europe
studying agricultural and economic
questions in the Scandinavian penin-
! sula. Holland and England. Edward
Jr, graduated from the agricultural
department Of Maryland University
year ago, and during the last year
has been specializing in cooperative
marketing Of dairy products under
Profs. De Vault and Gamble at the
same institution. He received his
masters degree in June. and is con-
tlnulng this study in Denmark. where
the Danish farmers have carried CO.
operation to the highest degree of
eiflciency. and incidentally pulled
themselves out of bankruptcy
representative Browne is seeing
what he can learn for the benefit of
the farmers in his district, state and
throughout the nation.
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Representative Royal johnson of
Aberdeen. S. D.. who enlisted as a
private in the world war and came
out first lieutenant with a dis
tinguished service medal, is illustrat-
ing how member of Congress can
nave very interesting time with his
boys during the summer solstace.
They "fivvered" from Washington
to Aberdeen. camping as they went.
the three boys and a bull dog in the
back seat. Every few miles a stray
hornet, yellow jacket or some bee
intruded and the boys and the dog
had sad experiences which the imago
inatton can best describe
In going through Missouri at a
fair rate of speed. Representative
Johnson ran into n swarm Of bees
and about pint of them spilled into
the back seat. IF ever you want to
see interesting activities" the rep
resentative writes, II can assure you
that pint of angry bees, three bows
and a bull dog and some luggage in
the back of an automobile would
show you a plenty"
Yes. Congressman scatter widely
during the interim between Con-
crosses. Speaker Gillet (of Massa-
chusetts). is in Alaska. helping Pres
ident Harding and three of his cabi-
net to decide what legislation for
that treasure-land they can get
through the next House and to for
mulate a longtime legislative pro-
gram for Alaska. Representative
spicuous anti-Volsteadian wet"
leader. has sought seclusion in
Africa. Representative Louis a.
Frothingham, also of Massachusetts,
is just back from Japan, China and
Korea. Representative Ernest r.
Ack erman of New Jersey is just back
from his forty-seventh ocean voyage
adorned with gold medal awarded
him at the recent London stamp exhi-
bition for the best collection of
and 10 cent United States stamps of
again on his forty eighth ocean trip.
this time to the Philippines. as a
member of the House committee on
foreign affairs. Representative Hays
busy stacking hay. cultivating corn
and harvesting wheat.
Representative Emanuel Celler of
the tenth New York district. living
in Brooklyn. has a name TO conjure
by for anti-prohibition stories
He tells this one on prohibition
officer friend. He walked along the
streets of New York and said to his
companion: What a pleasure it is
to walk along these New York streets
and see no saloons The prompt re-
ply of his companion was: 1t IS a
greater pleasure for us New Workers
to know that the saloons are there,
Lives there q man with soul 50
dead that never to himself hath said
this is my own, my native land'?"
Perhaps that explains why mem
bers of Congress are spurred to
H;cI Of I'd
picturing when they are inspired to
talk about their own communities.
But Representative Syrenus Cole
of Cedar Rapids. Iowa, has even
he is an editor and author, connected
for many years with some of the
biggest papers in that state. owner
and editor of his hometown paper.
and writer of a history of the people
of Iowa and other books
He writes: Just now we are
watching the tall corn growing in
Iowa-and here everything grows as
it did in the original Garden of Eden.
/ have just returned from 5000 miles
Of sea and land, including the noun
tains of the west and the wonders of
Alaska, but to me this Iowa of ours,
with it's hills and valleys, fields and
woods-well, 1 was glad to be in the
pulsating life again. l like grass
and trees the best of all"
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When the Sixty eighth Congress
convenes, large number of the "old
familiar faces" will not be in evil
dence. Judge w. W. Rucker. who
represented the second Missouri dis
trict for twenty -four years, was de-
feated for the nomination in the DEM
ocratic primary by Ralph +. Lozier
of Carrollton, Mo. Before being elect
ed to Congress, Judge Rucker was six