Evening star., 1925-01-04
Capital Sidelights

ago and at that time he wrote:
In fancy now, beneath the twilight gloom,
Where tribunes rule, where dusky Davi bow,
And what was Goose Greek once Is Tbsr now;
s6a: Tna: smnryo =, Capital .s %ssre fancy See sees
| Which second sighted seers. even now adorn
| With shrines unbuilt and heroes yet unborn.
The squares and obelisks and
| shrines and heroes, known and un-
| known. have materialized in the
Capital. Moore's reference to Rome"
was provoked by the fact that one of
! the early proprietors. Francis Pope.
had called his place Rome" and
named the little stream at the foot OF
| his hill the "Tiber." A portion Of this
stream WAS later used as part OF the
| Washington Canal and when covered
over was the beginning OF the city's
sewerage system.
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Senator william L. Borah, who
| nowadays Is always to be reckoned
with. and who Is considered one of
the great statesmen of his day-was
| only a few years ago rated not good
| enough lawyer to be city attorney OF
a small town in Kansas-Lyon by
| name.
That was in 1888. Lyon was then
16 years old. and imbued with exuber-
ance and egotism OF youth. Railroads
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the town had a brand-new tile fac
tory. A drilling outfit had been un-
| loaded to bore for natural gas. The
| present Missouri Pacific branch was
headed straight for this up-starting
burg. Lyon was also demanding
relocation OF the State capital.
A reform ticket won the municipal
election and the new mayor. II. c.
| Taylor, appointed William z. Borah,
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attorney. That was in April. and
during April. May and June the city
council discussed the young bar
rister's qualifications and then the
| city fathers turned him down and
appointed the late Sam Jones in his
stead.
Charles S. Deneen, who becomes a
| Senator on March 4, was elected Gov
| ernor of his native State, Illinois, 20
| years ago. His great-grandfather
| Risdon Moore, was one of the pioneer
| politicians OF the State. He was a
| soldier in the Revolutionary war, and
| was Speaker in the Illinois House OF
Representatives in the territorial
| Legislature and was a member OF the
first, third and fourth Legislatures OF
| Illinois.
| In the Legislature of 1923 this
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active men in opposing the calling OF
a constitutional convention for the
| purpose OF changing the constitution
| and making Illinois a slave State. He
| was one OF the two men who signed
! 4 minority report and who demanded
the total abolition OF slavery. Be-
cause of this he was burned In efigy
In Troy when he returned from the
Legislature.
| " 70 Iep
| professor and adjutant Of the 117th
! Illinois Volunteers during the Civil
f! War.
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| Do you know Thawn-D Dunn Pa AK?
Perhaps 1t would be a bit fairer to
ask II you know that Senator Ralph
| II. Cameron OF Arizona was recently
adopted into the Pima tribe OF In
| dians-on Thanksgiving day, to be
| exact.
This Indian name which he bears in
appreciation OF his fathering the San
Carlos bill for dam to restore wa
ters taken from them 35 years ago,
! means Far Sighted Eagle-Not
Afraid OF Anything"
But Senator Cameron can't do much
| successful boasting in the Senate
| Because there is Charlie Curtis. the
| Senate leader, who Is a descendant
from the Kaw Indians. and formally
| recognized as a member by the sur
| vivors OF that tribe.
Then there is Senator Robert l.
owen OF Oklahoma, whose mother
was Narcissa Chisholm Of the Cher
| okee Nation.
Then over in the House there is
the realest Indian in political captiv-
ity. real aborigine come TO the Ma
tionai Legislature - Representative
Charles d. Carter Of Oklahoma-who
was born in the Choctaw Nation and
who attended the Indian schools at
| Tishomingo and later was superin-
tendent Of the Chickasaw schools.
Whats in a name'--again we have
notable testimony In a. report by the
United States Geographic Board on
the proposal to change the name OF
Mount Rainier" to Mount Tacoma"
This Geographic Board consists Of
IA officers OF the Government appoint
ed by the President and repre- sc nting
the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the
ment OF state, Forest Service, Gem
eral Land Office, Geological Survey,
Government Printing ONCE, Hydro
graphic Office of the Navy, Light
house Bureau. Post Office Depart
ment. Smithsonian Institution. Treas
ury Department and General STAFF of
the War Department. This board
unanimously reported AGAINST the
change of name--for the fourth time
in 81 years on this same question.
land each time the decision was most
emphatic.
The name Tacoma" the Geographic
Board emphasizes, Is not strictly an
Indian word OF the Northwest, but
seems TO be derived from a number
Of more or less similar words Used by
the Indians of the region as a gen.
eric te rm, meaning white mountain
and applied TO all snow peaks OF the
Cascade Range from British Column
bia to Oregon. 1t is not in any Of It's
forms the distinctive name OF any
mountain. Peter Rainier, the Geo
graphic Board points out, was val
liant officer. who attained the highest
rank in the British navy
The proposed change, the board in
f! sists threatens one of the most firm
ly established names on the face of
the earth. and would deal a death blow
to the stability of international geo.
graphic nomenclature"
The change OF name would cost the
Government a tremendous amount of
money for re-engraving and reprint
ing maps and official documents, on
which the name occurs. 1t would
also necessitate alterations in IN
Vulnerable maps. charts, guide books,
histories. school readers and other
publications, so that the aggregate
cost would reach appalling figures.
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| With Congress now considering the
annual supply bills for the entire ex-
penses of government during the next
fiscal year-in addition to the legis-
lative branch, 10 great executive de-
partments and some two score inde-