Evening star., 1925-11-15
Capital Sidelights


tholdt, representing the largest st.
Louis district in the House for 20
years, 1893 to 1916, who recently was
guest at a testimonial dinner on his
10th birthday
Prefactng his claim, Mr.. Bartholdt
said: Thomas Jefferson said that men
are responsible for the righteousness
and not for the rightfulness of their
opinions. In other words, man is
responsible for advocating that which
he believes to be right and for oppos
ing that which he believes to be wrong.
He is not responsible for error of
opinion. By this standard I want my
public record to be Judged"
Mr.. Bartholdt explained that he
made his speech against prohibition
''at time when the people were still
asleep at the switch and never dream
ed of losing their right of self deter
mination in matters touching their
personal habits"
They play base ball hard down in
Texas. according to John II. Farrell
of Auburn, n. Y, secretary of the
National Association Of Minor Leagues,
who appeared before the House ways
and means committee, seeking either
elimination of the war tax on base
ball tickets or exemption of tickets
costing 81 or less from the tax.
"ODe of the players with Texas
league club filed an application with
my Office to have his name stricken
from the reserve list of a certain
club" Mr.. Farrell related. I'VE have
three leagues in the great State of
Texas" he explained. You must
give your reason / told the player.
Well he said, I was playing
shortstop and I had Il bad day. I
made three errors. The owner Of the
club was sitting in the grandstand,
and after / made the third error he
came down and stood along the third
base line. l made the four error
and run scored. The owner started
for me and l started for left field.
and he ran after me. Just as I was
going over the fence he pulled his
gun and took two shots at me. They
play base ball too hard down there
Several interesting facts about base
ball were given TO the tax committee
by Mr.. Farrell. Ninety per cent of the
minor leagues lose money, he said.
but are kept going by civic pride and
contributions from chamber of com.
merce, Rotary and Kiwanis clubs and
similar organizations. Internal Rev
enue Collector Blair helps support
last assessment was for $500
Men DO not always go to a base ball
game In holiday spirit, Mr. Farrell
pointed out; they often go to forget
troubles. The largest attendance In
the coal fields is when men are on
strike.
New England members of Congress
who voted against legislation setting
up and perfecting the Federal land
bank system for agriculture, both in
committee and on the floor of the
Rouse, have been won over to ardent
support of the cause through personal
observation of how the system works
This Is the statement of Representa-
tive James G.. Strong. from the fifth
Kansas district, after q tour of the
country with congressional party,
including members of the committees
on banking and currency both of the
Senate and House of Representatives
They visited the II intermediate credit
banks and Federal land banks at
Springfield. Mass: Baltimore, Louis.
Vile, st. Louis, Wichita, Omaha St
Paul, Spokane, Berkeley, Houston,
New Orleans and Columbia, S. c.
The Federal land bank system has
clearly demonstrated that q co-opera-
tive financial organization that can
credit to meet the longtime loan need
ed both for land and it's products, is
entirely practical" said Representa-
tive Strong summarizing the con.
clusions OF the congressional investi-
gators.
The boys in the press gallery" as
we'll as President Coolidge, have a
good friend in an incoming new men,
Der, Representative Joseph W. Martin,
tr., from the fifteenth Massachusetts
district. He is a newspaper man,
| being manager and editor of the North
Attleboro Evening Chronicle
Although only Al years old, Repre-
sentative Martin is one OF the leading
Republicans in the old Bay State For
nine years he served in the State
legislature, and for the last four years
was executive secretary of the Repub-
ican State committee. While in the
state legislature he became a close
friend of Calvin Coolidge. who was
then president of the State Senate
OF course, Martin had to make good,
for he got flying start in q very
rigorous school of efficiency. He
started his newspaper career when
only seven years old as a newsboy.
After graduating from high school in
his native town he became associated
with the Attleboro Sun, and several
years later achieved his youthful am
bition by gaining control of the North
Attleboro Evening Chronicle.
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Representative John y. Tillman Of
Fayetteville, Ark, considered "13" his
lucky number. He was born on De-
cember 13, and several of his triumphs
| came on the 18th. His hobbies are
| bass fishing and duck hunting.
AS a boy Tillman worked two Sum-
mers thrashing wheat with an old.
| fashioned horsepower thrashing ma
J chine. He also worked several vaca-
tions in his uncle's tobacco factory
try school, and confesses, without re-
| luctance, that he often used the rod
| to save the child.
He was "some hunter as a boy,
| and boasts that he often won an hon
; est piece Of silver selling fox, coon
and 'possum pelts and other trophies
| of the chase.
| Tillman was once treasurer Of the
/ Mathetian Literary Society Of the
| University of Arkansas, and was also
treasurer for long time of the local
| Odd Fellows Lodge, and for IL years
was supreme representative Of the
knights of Pythias Lodge Of Arkan-
| sas.
| AS country boy he worked as q
| hired farm hand at the princely salary
of s12 month, plus dinner. plowing
| in new ground from sunup until
! sundown. He helped to make the
| brick used in the erection of the State
| University at Fayetteville, through
| which institution he worked his way,
graduating with the bachelors degree