The Washington times., 1926-06-11
HOLIDAY PL ANS
DISCUSSED
ON HILL
Roll Call Discloses Who
Has Most Congressional
Summer Constituents
By JEAN ELIOT

NNHERE,S much discussion up
on the HilI Just now a. TO
who rates the title Of the
Congressnen' Congressman. :. u
s isn't 4 popularity contest, but q
matter III what the Social Register
calls ssdiIatory domiciles' AN in.
/ formal ron call having been taken
IA discover which Representative
/ win have the largest number OF
CONGRESSIONAL constituents in his
I district this summer.
The decision seems to lie between
Representative Robert Low Bacon,
who halls frona Long Island. and
Representative Charles u. Clifford,
whose home Is at Cotuit. Mass.
Mr.. Bacon would probably win out
were It not for the fact that he
deserts his own bailiwicl In sum.
mer and goes to Woods Hole Mass,
which Is in Mr.. Gifford's district.
Others who are constituents OF the
Massachusetts, Representative dur
ing the summer months are Repre-
sentative William r. Coyle, who
Franklin w. Fort, Representative
w. w. Chalmers and Representa-
tive Laurence II. Watres, who has
-
In Mr.. Bacon's district we find
such summer sojourners as Repre-
sentative John ]. BoyIan, Repre-
sentative George s. Graham. who
has place at Islip; representative
Isoring NJ. Black, jr.s who favors
Eeacliff: Representative John =.
O'Connor who belongs at Sayviile;
Representative Anthony ]. Griffin,
and Representative Ogden i. Mills,
who has b place at Westbury a.
we'll ais vile at Newport. Repre-
sentative and Mrs. John Philip
Hill have been in the habit Of
going to Southampton, Il T.. for
part OF the summer, but they ex.
pect to b. too much engaged with
fence repairing this summer Mrs.
Hill Is to campaign Tor her hus-
band to have much of d holiday.
Elections Break Into Summer
This being election year, there ID.
q noticeable falling of in the mum.
Der of Congressional folk heading
Tor Europe. "A few there are. how
ever. for whom elections have no
terors and who are returned year
after year without u struggle TO.
this class belongs Representa-
George Holden Tinkaam az Nfassa.
chusatts. So he is preparing to
leave Washingto as soon as Con-
gress asI1ourns for 8 fortnieht ~.
Hot Springs sailing Immediately
afterward for Europe. He will
travel In Portugal ana Spain, which
he has never visited. win then ~.
tend the meeting of the Council OF
the League Of Nations III Geneva
and win bring his summer holiday
70 = close with q motor trim
through the Rhine Valley and .
visit IN Paris.
on Tor Europe
Representative ana Mrs. Richard
Ainrdch have already sailed Tor.
EUROPE, g. have RepEe sentative.
and Mrs. Ogden II. Minis. The lat
ter, however, win Sc rome b,,t &
month, taking q ten-day boat each
way. putting in ten days Ia Paris
and returning to New York y loOk
into the political situation.
{ Questioned as 10 his summer
plans. Representative Nicholas
IongW0rtn. Speaker of the House.
says that he is going to spend sew.
eral months down on the farm
IN Cincinnati. IT ia more than.
likely, however, that the popular.
LongwOrtIs VIII find time for some
visits in the East before the sum
Il1er Is over.
Col. Birch Helms former assistant
director Of the military intelligence
division Of the general STAFF. Il in
town after q visit to Australasia and
the Orient and Europe. He Is stay
Ing at the Metropolitan Club.