Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
Capital Sideligghts

ting as chairman at the head or the |
table where nine years ago he sat ,
at the foot as rookie member. To- |
day there is no other member on the
whole committee Of Fl members VINO
served as a member when Mr.. Elliott
came on. At the right hand of Chair f,
man Elliott sits Representative Fritz
c. I4anham of Texas, as the ranking
Democrat, who is entering upon his
fourth term In the House. This year
there are 10 of the Il members OF the
| committee who are new on this JOB.
| The urbane John H. Bartlett, First
! Assistant Postmaster General and
perhaps even better known as former
Governor of New Hampshire. and the
| CantankerouS Judge Edward -
Almon. Democrat, from Tuscumoia'
Ala, engaged in a dialogue before
! the House committee on public
| buildings and grounds which threw
off some sparks OF ready repartee that
amused other members OF the com
mittee and llsteners-in.
! During his long years Of service
| in politics Gov. Bartlett learned the
! very valuable accomplishment or al
ways holding his temper. of meeting
| bitter attack with smile, AND keep
/ ing his mind clear 70 reply telllnsly
on his antagonist or adversary Those
| who know him best from past per-
| formances are wise enough not 10
! take a shot at Gov. Bartlett unless
| they are well prepared TO meet his
| retort courteous, but unarmlng-
J Evidently the peppery Judge Almon
! was not prepared, for When Mt. BART
! lett was a witness before the COM
mittee the Judge asked, III the Treas
/ ury Department knows whole lot
about the public buildings that are
! needed throughout the country and
/ the Post Office Department knows
| whole lot more than the Treasury De
| partrncnt about how they should he
/ built, don't you think that the 40 mem
I bers Of the House and the 80 senators
! know a whole lot more than botn
, The Treasury and Post Office Depart
ments about where these buildings
are needed" Mr.. Bartlett replied:
ITO carry your argument TO logical
! conclusion | will admit That the llp,-
600. 600 people Of the country know
more than all of US put together.
Again the persistent Mr.. Almon,
who is sef-appofnted Leader OF the
lost cause for an old-time pork barrel
public building bill, asked: DO you
not think that the 435 members OF
1.-THE House and So Senators, the chosen
representatives Of the people, can be
trusted 70 exercise as good Judgment
in deciding on public building pro-
gram a 9 TWO cabinet officers: Win
a gracious bow Mr.. Bartlett smiled
! back: 40. indeed, or we would not
toe paying 5000. 900 year IN rentals
for post office buildings when we
could have rented enough money for
| the So. 600 900 to hui-d the post Office
buildings that we would own.
Senator Frederick II. Gillett Of
! Massachusetts, erstwhile Speaker Of
! the House, walks over from the Sen
ate end Of thu Capitol to the House
wing to get his whiskers trimmed by
the same colored barber who has been
doing that little job for nearly score
OF years.
These are the days when home com
nunities are being boosted to d fare
. the"-w we'll on the floor OF Congress.
Senator Duncan L. Fletcher, Demo-
! crat, OF Florida, took up some 10
pages Of the Congressional Record on
Tuesday when he started 10 talk on
the repeal of all estate tax laws and
all laws laying Gift taxes, and put into
the Record scores of newspaper clip
pings on the Florida boom. and con-
CIuded by saying, Il may have some
thing further TO say when this matter
/ comes regularly before the senate
Representative John y. Tillman,
Democrat. of Arkansas, who used 10
work as q hired farm hand. and so
( feels he knows something of the life
OF a farmer. put into the Record the
following poem which he says has in
it humor, pathos and truth, and shows
what fortitude these good people have
in the very face of adversely:
DOWN on THE FARM
Down on the farm bout half-past e.
slip my pants and sneak out the door.
Out in the yard run like the dickens
To milk all the cows and feed all the chick
Clean out the harnyard. curry Maggie and
SEPARATE the cream ard Stop all the pigs.
blsts Two h2urs the9 fo eat f f da IGFS
Then l grease the wagon and put on the
! Throw Jug OF water, the Ole grain sack.
Hitch up the mules. slip down the lane.
6of 6s t9 gon hsT IN Sure * sn Som
Cows on the rampage. hogs in the corn.
Maggie gets astradde the barb-uire fence.
19lnt7 al aching nlu. g IN a Jerk A.
Work ali the summer till Winter is nigh.
Then fsnro at the bank and hesve a big
Worked an the year, didn't make a thing.
snucks, They never 1armed: how can they
When Spring role round 1 take another
Give my galluses hitch. belt another Jerk.
By gosh 1 am ready for fun years WORK
Also lapsing into poetic eulogy OF
the New Orleans Trades Exhibition as
q national asset, Representative
James OConnor. the tremulo- tragedic
orator Of the House. sets forth the
wonderful romance of merchan dise,
thus:
Merchandise! Merchandise! Tortoise she'll
and ndF From sent int scr 1he hs
Br .usht by brigantine ten thousand miles
C S,iG from Hail .1 Vine from Bon BoresnR
Ships with topxallants and royals unfurled
- world 80 ~ . O' '''0 e''1' % 'Ne
Keep up your commerce or crawl to your
Study NEW new methods and open new line.
; Quicken your factories. foundries and mines
, Think OF Colun, bus. De Gamma and Howe. >.
| Work is nfs's currency: you must earn
And send out your ships TO the ends Of the
earth.
Keep this great Nation. the land of the free,
With merch andise-good honest merrhsn.
| Merchandise, men and good ships on the &c a
Not to be outdone in the boomins
: line, Representative John w. Sum
; merS, Republican, of WASHINGTON
State, when the irrigation question
was up for debate under the In
terror Department appropriation bill
reminded his colleagues that "Ths
plains of Mesopotamia and Egyp-
, were watered from the F,uphrates mr.
the Nile when civilization was in It's
swaddling clothes" Then he called
attention that 40 centuries have wit
messed an overwhelming area of dry
l lands reclaimed