Evening star., 1925-03-01
Capital Sidelights

| FREDERICK h. G1lIett, VINO OutranKs
all members of Congress for con-
| tinuous service during 32 years, with
Senator Francis E. Warren of Wyo-
| ming as his nearest competitor, with
80 years of continuous service, Is the
| first Speaker of the House to go to
! the Senate since John G. Carlisle OF
Kentucky, who, like Gillett, had three
| terms as Speaker. Carlisle was
| Speaker from December 3, 1888, to
March 2, 1889.
Between Carlisle and Gillett came
Thomas B. Reed Of Maine, Charles T.
Crisp of Georgia, David B. Henderson
of Iowa, Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois
| and Champ Clark of Missouri
| OF the 80 men who held the speak
| ership before Gillette only 13 became
| Senators, and only one of the 80
James X. Polk of Tennessee, became
| President, and he was not in the
| Senate. The only one of the SO who
| became Vice President was Schuyler
Colfax of Indiana, who was Vice Pres
| ident during Grants first term, and
he was not in the Senate.
Massachusetts, has had five Speak
| ers, the first four of whom got to
| the Senate, for a time at least. There
was Theodore Sedgwick, Speaker
| from December 2, 1893, to May IA
| 1900, who resigned to accept an ap-
pointment to the Senate; Joseph b
Varnum, Speaker from November Z
\ 1903, to March 3, 1911, who was elect
ed to the Senate; Robert c. Winthrop
| Speaker from December s, 1847, to
March 3, 1S49, who was appointed to
| the Senate and then defeated when
he sought election after his term had
expired, and in the same year of that
| defeat was also defeated for gov
ernor-he had been appointed to the
| Senate to succeed Daniel Webster
Nathaniel B. Banks, the "bobbin boy
who was Speaker from December 3
1856, to March 8, 1857, and later rail.
road president, a Union general In
| the Civil War, and then again 9
member of Congress, but he was not
| a Senator.
AS long as the Star Spangled Ban
ner continues to wave over the land
| of the free and the home of the brave
| II will be described in most pictur-
! esque language on the pages of his
tory. After all these years it would
seem as IL all possible changes had
been rung on the artistry OF words TO
express the patriotic thoughts which
| the flag inspires. But every once in
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| vision sees the Stars and Stripes in a
| new light of glory, and with magic
| tongue brings his vision vividly be-
fore our mental gaze.
| Representative Charles E. Winter
| of Wyoming, author OF the State song
and of two Western novels. address
! ing the Sons of the American Revolu-
| ton recently, voiced his conception of
| the deep significance OF the colors OF
L q hns snk -
the Nation.
| In the red see the past" he said
1T Is the symbol of strife. see the
Nations birth. a period of force and
suffering, of bloodshed and destruc-
tion; again follow doubt, discord
| alienation: the storm and convulsion
of the Civil War, and then. amid the
awful throes of the World War, the
Nation passes over the blood crimson
border.
I'm the white 1 see reflected the
present. 1t is the symbol of peace
| The Nation has advanced into the
realm of reason. Arbitration and in.
ternational law have succeeded war
A lasting truce has been struck Sci
| ence, invention, industry, art and phi.
lanthropy give forth their benificent
and refining contributions. The Ma
tion is running to a fuller and a truel
grandeur. Peace hath her victories
| even more renowned than war
IN the blue 1 see the future. It is
the symbol of love. Calm, clear, deep
! serene; 1t inspires hope, trust, truth
| and faith. 1t is the color of the skies
1t is the environment OF the stars; II
is of the heavens. It suggests the
spirit among men that Man is his
| orothers keeper. Justice is en-.
throned at last, while humanity is the
| Inf k1A
| Ing out into a majestic reality of tina,
grandest rule of action-'The Father
hood of God and the brotherhood OF
man."
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Rarely does any man have such a,
experience as that of Representativ,
Henry st. George Tucker of virgini;
when he opposed the amendment I,
an appropriation bill increasing tn,
salaries of members of Congress. H,
said:
Ny own views on the subject ar,
so perfectly reflected by one who's
honored name I bear that I shall con
tent myself with inserting the re
marks of Judge Henry St Georg
Tucker of Virginia on the subject o
increasing the compensation of Mem
bers' in the Fourteenth Congress. frs
session, Friday, March s, 1916" Tha
Representative Tucker received Sc :
DAY Tor his legislative attendance an,
his descendants point with pride I,
the fact that Judge Tucker woul,
never take or receive the increase i,
his salary, but that it has remainet
In the Treasury of the United State
to his credit for 10S years
During the early years of Speake
Gilletts service in the House he re
ceived $4,000 a year for salary. Ii
those days many members devote,
more than half their time to thei
own private businesses The work O
member of Congress began to grow
after he was first allowed a clerk
HIS correspondence grew, bringin,
him into closer contact with his dis
trict, and he soon found himsel
obliged to give more attention t
HIS duties in Washington
| So Speaker Gillett has the distinc
ton OF having had his pay raised
twice in the 80 years he has been IL
Congress-once in 1907, when it va
increased from $4,000 to $500, an,
again when he was elected Speaker
when it went to $4,000. So he will
suffer reduction on March whel
he goes over to the Senate end of tn
Capitol.
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That Senator Duncan U. Fletcher o
Florida is a dead game sport" an,
willing to pay fourfold for a few mo
ments' visit with fraternity men Is at
tested by Representative Royal John
son OF South Dakota. They are bot
members of the Phi Delta Theta Fra
ternity, which had a little session an
buffet supper recently. According t
custom, they dig down for 50 to pa
| annual dues and SO for tha "eate