Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-10
WILL VIEW SCENE
OF FATHERS WORK
Flyer to Pass Capitol, Where
Elder Lindbergh Labored
for Years.

Riding through the Capitol grounds
tomorrow in his hour of triumph, with
the cheers of a countless throng ring
ing in his ears, Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh's gaze will rest upon the tall
white dome beneath which his father
Iabored not many years ago as Rep
resentative from Minnesota.
And the sight of the stately struc-
ture towering before him no doubt
will carry him back to the days when
he, an obscure schoolboy, watched his
father on this battle-ground of politics,
unaware then of the stir he was des-
tined to create in the Nations Capt.
tai within the short space of q few
years by his daring exploit in the air.
The father, however, did not live to
see the son return hero to the Capt.
tai City. He died at Croockston, Mimi,
May "a, 1924, while still an active
figure, though not an office holder, in
the politics of his State.
Attaches Recall Father.
Attaches at the Capitol recall Rep
reSentative Lindbergh as an untiring
worker during the period of his serv-
ice in Congress, from 1907 to 1917.
He was elected to the House in 1906
as a Republican. The extent to which
he applied himself to his duties as a
tons of one official, who observed the
Minnesotan going to his office as early
as o'clock some mornings and not in
frequently remaining at his desk until
10 or II o'clock at night.
Those who knew him here picture
him as a rugged, broad-shouldered
man with a kindly face. One employe
who came in daily contact with Rep
resentative Lindbergh said that while
he was somewhat reserved in manner,
he was none the less friendly to those
who knew him.
He belonged to the progressive
school in politics and is described as
one who thought and acted independ-
emily on issues concerning which he
held decided views. Consequently, he
was not always on the popular side of
important questions, but in advocating
his principles he displayed that tenac-
ity and courage which recently re-
vealed itself in his son when he sailed
alone through sleet and fog across the
wide Atlantic in his nonstop fight to
Paris.
Lost Senatorial Primary.
After serving 10 years in the House,
Representative Lindbergh in 1916 filed
as a candidate for the Senate from
A0AAAuCSOld, Dul lOSl OuI III LIlC pr
maries, after which he returned to his
State. In 1918 the Nonpartisan
League selected him to oppose J. A.
A. Burnquist for governor, but with
out success.
At the time Of his death in 1924, he
was a candidate for governor in the
Farmer-Labor primary, his name al
ready having been printed on the
ballots when his last illness overlook
him.
Representative Lindbergh was the
author of three books, the first of
which, Banking and Currency" was
published in 1913. He was in Congress
at the time and had rather decided
views on financial legislation. In 1917,
at the end of his congressional career,
he wrote, why Is Your Country at
Warp, and in 1923 his third book,
'"The Economic Pinch" came off the
press.
A little more than a decade ago the
senior Lindbergh was in the thick of
legislative battle at the Capitol, and it
is safe to presume that as the son
Journeys over Capitol Hill tomorrow
on his way to Pennsylvania avenue,
that part of the journey will have
particular significance for him.