Evening star., 1924-03-09
Capital Sidelights
az WILL p. KENNEDY.

nam OF Massachusetts, who theY efofe
can with good grace warn Congress
against growing careless toward the
Constitution and the fundamentals Of
our government.
He is a member Of the Society OF
Mayfower Descendants and he could
not be, a member without the estab-
lishment of a certified documentary
record from the Plymouth colony, the
Investigation being made by the So
ciety itself. He can prove his right
on fiVe counts, for five of his ances-
who signed the compact in the cabin
OF the Mayflower, November II, 1920.
which occasion the famous historian
Bancroft calls "the birth of popular
constitutional liberty"
Besldes being original settlers and
pioneers In constitutional liberty,
Representative Tinkham's ancestors
LOOK a conspicuous part in the ear
LEST wars; Sergt. Ephraim Tinkham
l1606-16S5) fought under Capt. Niles
standish in King Philips 1.-THE first
lndian) war. James TinkhAm (1745-
1850, great-grandfather Of the pres
ent congressman. was a revolutionary
var nero. serving first as a private in
Col. John Cushing's regiment, and
later was a member of Lieut.. Jonah
Washburn's company, Col. Ebenezer
sprouts regiment.
jeremiah Tinkham, I'd (17I3-17S0).
great-graat- grandfather of the con-
gresham. was also a revolutionary
war veteran. Jeremiah Tinkham, the
80 tlI90-1SsO, fought and was cap
tured and escaped In the war of 1912.
preventative George Holden Tink-
nam is the son of George Henry
Tinkham, born in Boston October IL.
1897, and Frances A. Holden of BoS-
ton.
On his fathers side he traces his
the separatists who came over in the
Mayfower and who died in Plymouth
In 1888. Peters daughter, Mary
Brown. born at Plymouth in 1927.
married Sergt. Ephraim Tinkham,
who was born in Ashburnham. Eng
land: in 1915 and landed in Plymouth
in 1880. This pioneer Tinkham served
under Miles Standish, captain of the
plymouth colony, and participated in
the King Philips war. the principal
Ephraim Tinkham became a very
prominent citizen both in civil and
miiitary'life and headed several inn
portant commissions. He was one
of the twenty-siX men who in 1862
bought from the Indians the territory
comprising the town of Middleboro.
He and his wife died the same day,
May IS, 1885, and were buried in the
same grave.
Their eldest son Ephraim married
the granddaughter of Francis Cook,
who also came over in the Mayfower,
and his son John married the great
granddaughter of John Howland, an
other Mayfower pioneer.
Ebenezer. the second son Of the
original Sergt. Ephraim Tinkham, was
born in plymouth September so. 1861.
He Was one of the first three set
tiers Of Middleboro. was selectman for
eight years and first deacon of the
church.
From 1920 down to 1900 Mr.. Tink-
hams forebears lived at Middleboro,
formerly part of Plymouth, when
jeremiah. the Sd, grandfather Of Rep
resentative Tinkham. established him
self in Boston. He was sea cap
tain and in the war of 1912 was cap
tured by a British frigate and was
one of the few survivors Of the
"hulks of DaFtmoor." He crossed
the ocean ninety-six times and lived
TO be nlnety-one years old.
On his maternal side Representa-
tive Tinkham harks back to Ilichard
Holden. born in England in 1909,
whose progeny settled in Watertown
stoneham. Maiden. Marblehead, Wo-
burn. Billerica, Mass, between 1920
and lS4l.
His maternal ancestor. William
Monroe of Lexington fame. was
youngest son of a Scotch baron with
of England claimed descent from Hol-
den Count Of Flanders. a knight of
King Arthur. They use the same
coat of arms as Representative Tink-
hams branch.
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Senators Lodge and Hefiin in a
serious hour of the nations travail
over loss of confidence in administra-
tion leaders may amuse their col
leagues and get themselves carteoned
by Ieciting parodies. An Adam Rede
and a Chauncey NJ. Depew years ago
established regulations which MEM
oers of Congress generally have since
been striving with lesser talent to
emulate by Frightening the tedium
of legislative routine and monotonous
speechmaking with amusing stories.
There is today in the House one
man by talent and experience fitted
to make his point more telling by an
| apt story that would register his
argument unforgetably upon the
minds of his fellow members. but
who. through force of peculiar cir
cumstances, must hold in check his
witty tongue and be always very
serious
That is Representative William p.
ConneTy. jr.. of Massac chusetts, some
time since a headliner in vaudeville
and more recently promoter of musi-
was color sergeant in the world war.
"Over there" with his gift for tell
ing stories and singing parodieS he
sent many an anguished comrade to
meet death with smile.
"Connery is a bright young fellow,
got a lot of sense, but We don't want
to have a funny man in Congress-"
was the only argument against him
when he was elected. Connery took
that criticism very seriously to heart
affair. he is the storm center of the
merFymaking; hut when Congress is
in session, even though Senator
Lodge should unbend and compete
against Senator Heflin for laughter,
Representative Connerv cracks not
a smile. The House expected some
entertainment from him; but Connery
is off-stage and upholding the dignity
of his constituency.
There's another interesting differ
ence about Connery. While other
members of Congress seek recreation
at clubs or theaters or social func-
tions in the evening. Cennery attends
law school nights at Georgetown Uni
versity. He is fitting himself to rep-
resent more ably his district, and to
make the most he can out OF himself.
In that laudable ambition, to achieve
which he is showing himself not at
all afraid of long hours of hard work,
he has the best wishes and encourage
ment of his people back home"
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Representative Jimmy" Gallivaln
picked UP his morning paper recently
and read that one Paul Howiand, per-
sonal counsel for Attorney General
| Daugherty. had been at the White
House for a conference. This threw
Mr. GalIivan's mind back nearly two
score years--to f8SS--when he played
second base on the Harvard base ball
team, ON which Rowland was catcher
| and center fielder and when Repre-