Evening star., 1923-05-06
Capital Sidelights
~ WILL r. KENNEDY.

son IL always q serious writer. devot-
ing himself to world-importAnt ques-
tions Of politics or history, which IL
convention Of editors from all over
the United States in Washington last
week when an ardent admirer OF Mr..
Wilson's. himself fond Of the hunt
and outdoor life. apropos Of q visit to
Washington's homo at Mount Vernon,
read to his fellow editors the follow
Ing extract from Wilson's life Of
George Washington:
washington loved horses and dogs
with the heartiest sportsmen OF them
all. He had a great gusto for stalk
Ing deer with George Mason on the
broad forested tracts round Gunston
Hail. and liked often to take gun or
rod after lesser game when tho days
fell dull: but best Of all he loved q
horses back. and the hard ride for
hours together after the dogs and 4
crafty quarry-a horse 1t put a man
to his points to ride. q country where
the running was only for those who
dared. His own mounts could no.
where be bettered in Virginia. There
was full blood Of Araby in his noble
Magnolia. and as good hunting blood
as was, TO be found in the colony in
his Blueskin and Ajax, Valiant and
Chinkling. His hounds. he bred so
new'd. SO sanded.' SO matched in speed
and habit. that they kept always tune
and pace together in the field. "A cry
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nor cheered with horn than theirs
when they were let spend their
mouths till echo replied 'as II another
chase were In the skies Twas first
to the stables for him always in the
morning, and then to the kennels"
Where Is "Me1ico's vermiform ap-
pendix. and the Achilles heel Of the
United States?"
Illustrating that oratory has not
ceased to flower in the United States
Senate, Senator Henry F. Ashurst.
who came into that body when Arizona
was admitted into the Union as a state.
gave this picturesque description Of
the peninsular Of Lower California
Senator Ashurst has been called "a
marvellous performer on the player
plano OF life'' by a clever writer. ex-
planning that this requires leg work,
hand work and head work.
When only ten years OF age. young
Ashurst wrote in his geography
FROM f. uHfsa W.n sss'ss ns
ten years old he flung his English
grammar. slate and spelling book
through the window OF the Flagstaff
public school and forthwith threw his
y, H,,y
ing broncho and rode the range for
four years as a cowboy. lie was sue
cessively and successfully d clerk
ca shier in frontier store. a deputy
sheriff. hodcarrier, lumber jack. a
newspaper reporter. a law student, a
member Of the Arizona legislatures and
later speaker OF that body, a member
Of the territorial council. district at
torney. practicing lawyer and United
States senator. twenty-eight years
his geography as boy Of ten.
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Representative Charles Brand of
Crbana, Ohio, says he has quit worry
ing about excessive railroad rates,
which have been regulated upward by
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
and about the high prices of coal.
agreed upon around the mahogany, and
about the lofty price of lumber, be-
cause of the disappearing timber land
disappearing into the hands Of the
few.
He is now wondering what's to be-
come of his dog when he comes back
to Congress. Speaking of his dog.
Representative Brand says: "He's the
fifth member OF our family. He's an
affectionate collie with brown eyes that
tell you exactly what he thinks OF you.
He must be good looking, for every
body turns around to look At him. We
went away on a vacation and left him
behind last summer. and when we got
back he had cried so much that he had
Washington don't warm up to a dog
a little bit, and We want to live in a
hotel. so what's to become of Toga
We can't go back on a good friend
! It's not done in politics.
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When Representative Everett Ken,
Of Bangor. Pa. comes into the mex
| Congress he will be able to engage
in debate on the coal problem with
| first-hand authority. because he pait
all Of his expenses while studying
| law by selling coal in car lots te
manufacturing plants. Besides this
he worked for some time as a ma.
| chinist. vice benchman and construct.
ing hoisting machinery. He taugh
| an ungraded country school and wal
| later principal OF ono Of the fines
| school buildings in his home city
He has been counsel for eleven mu
county.
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Capt Shooting" Bob Lilly wor
fame in the Confederate army. II,
and his son were great admirers o.
Thomas Jefferson, founder of tn,
democratic party. So when a grand
son was born, June 8, 1878, he wa.
i named after the great author OF tn,
Declaration OF Independence. Tha
Thomas Jefferson Lilly is now com
ing to Washington to represent tn,
fifth West Virginia district in Con
gress. His boyhood days were spen
o.. on a a,f, farm; nj, IN losEing camps and Il
ness from the ground up. The bur
den OF maintaining his Widowed
mother and three younger brother,
fell largely upon Thomas Jefferson
| Lilly. That's the reason he acquired
very little education until he becam,
a man. Then he divided his time be
tween work and school until he va
able to teach in the rural districts
He has been a practicing lawer fo
twelve years-farming on the side
| Representative Lilly is very fon,
of the farm. He owns two farm
! near the city Of Hinton, one Of which
| is devoted exclusively to the dair.
business and poultry raising and tn,
other to general farming.
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The newspaper profession is wei
Represented in Congress. The me,
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