Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-04-13
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.


legislative body and how a real whip
operates was emphasized in the
Chandler Bloom contested election
| case, when democratic minority
member won out against a former
member in a bitter contest for party
majority in the New York delegation
I which may be an important factor Il
| thrown into the House.
Few of those who look down on
| the proceedings OF the House from
| the galleries even realize that there
| is such an official as a party whip,
and still fewer have any idea what a
whip is supposed to do.
This sort OF whip has no snap
| especially when he acts as d bell
! weather for the minority side. The
| whip is supposed to keep posted on
what may happen in the House and
| be ready to muster the strength of
his party when an important issue is
| at stake, or perhaps to have some
| members absent themselves when
| lack of a quorum may delay action
on some measure which his party is
opposing. The job requires general
ship.
| OF course, the whip for the ajor-
ity is kept posted by the party leader
as TO when men may be released from
attendance in the chamber to per-
form other duties. But the minority
whip is always working at a disad-
vantage because he must constantly be
prepared to meet any issue that may
| arise, with the opposition cunningly
working to lead him astray when
some important issue may be raised.
fat GaId
of Arkansas has been the minority
whip in two Congresses, and is ac-
credited by leaders on both the re-
! publican and democratic sides of the
House with being the best whip seen
| in action during the memory of sit
ting members. Speaker Gillett has
repeatedly congratulated Representa-
| tive Oldfeld on his success in mus
tering a. full party vote, while Mi
nority Leader Garrett and Repre-
sentative John Garner. ranking demo-
crat on the ways and means commit
tee. himself 4. former whip, have
| given Whip Oldtield full credit for
| repeated victories by the minority on
roll call vote.
In letter OF appreciation for the
splendid services rendered." Minority
Leader Garrett wrote to Representative
OldfieId:
Throughout this entire Congress, be-
ginning with the votes upon organiZa-
| ton and running through all questions
that have partaken OF any party char
acter, you have rendered 100 per cent
service. During my ten terms OF serv-
ice in the House l have never known a
whip on either side who has more fully
measured up to the exactions Of the
place. Our party (and in saying this
express the universal feeling of it's
debt of gratitude
Representative Gamers econium
of Whip Oldfeld that he lis the best
we ever had" was won when Garner
was leading the fight on the revenue
bill in the committee of the whole
House. Oldfield brought in all but
three democrats and they voted
| soltdly. OF the three absentees. one
vas at the point Of death and did
die a few days later: another was
stricken last October and has been
bed-ridden ever since, and the third
was attending the funeral of a near
| relative in Richmond.
Representative OldfeId is now be-
ing pointed out to visitors by the
guides as the man who has charge
! of getting his party colleagues on the
1 moor and keeping them there when
! needed. and az having done that jon
! amazingly well.
| In these days when the base ball
| fever paipitates the hearts of men,
| old timers in Congress are renewing
/ their youth reminiscently.
Representative Henry Allen Cooper
| OF Wisconsin, who ranks next to
| Speaker Gillett for length of service,
now rounding out thirty years, and
| who in black broadcloth suit and
| snow-white beard is a distinsuishe ed
| figure. is proudly showing a trophy
| reminder of his erstwhile cleverness
behind the bat.
Ted Sullivan, once manager of the
St Louis Browns, sent Representa-
tive Cooper a copy OF the History of
the worlds Tour of the Chicago
with pictures OF Charlie Comiskey
and John J. McGraw on the cover.
After looking 1t through and admir-
ing the pictures of the two teams
were accorded a reception at the Vat
lean by Pope Plus Y, and again when
they were guests at the government
house in Melbourne, much to his sur
Compliments of T. p. Ted" Sullivan
to Congressman Hal p. Cooper of
Wisconsin, who broke the author
heart in catching him off first base
BY lightning throw in game It
Burlington. Wis. between the stars
| Of Milwaukee and the Alerts of Bur
! lington for the championship of Wis
consin."
Ted" and Hal" forthwith met in a
Washington hotel-not having seen
since that championship game, and
| Tied" told Hal" that nothing in all
his life had so taken the heart out of
him as that one grand peg by Halls
secret, which should be good hint
| to young catchers today-that he got
his signal to throw to first from the
third baseman.
In that game nearly half century
ago Cooper was captain and catcher
of the Alerts and Ted Sullivan cap
tain and pitcher of the Stars of Mil
waukee, who had been cleaning up
the state; Ted Sullivan was the pest
natural batsman | ever saw, says
Cooper, and he was first up, putting
| the first ball pitched in singing
| liner straight over second base. Ar
thur L. Sanborn. who died last year
after being United States judge at
Madison for twenty-five years, was
PLAYING center field. He stopped the
| liner. which was headed for a home
run, with his left and snapped 1t to
second holding sullivan iva .sn on e.. nr 81;
That took the heart out of the
Stars and Cooper's team won two
games straight and the state cham
pionship.
Cooper recalls that in going to play
these games his team rode in four
horse team for thirty-four miles and
the whole town turned out to see
them off. when they returned VIC
torious he felt as proud as Napoleon
when he came back from Italy after
] his first conquering expedition. The
| town gave them reception; they
were met at the bridge with a brass
band. On the steps of the hotel the
editor fired off a speech and Cooper
started on his way to Congress by