Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-23
Capital Sidelights

make a provision OF the Constitution
operative, there ia renewed interest in
the work Of the Census Bureau. The
present chief OF the bureau. William
NJ. Steuart. entered the service as
messenger boy Al years ago, when the
population Of the United States was
nowhere near half of what 1t Is to
day. 1t was then 50,155,7S3 and Mr..
STEWART recalls very wildly the meth
DDS followed In making the tabulation
by making pencil tally marks for each
individual and all of the facts con-
corning the individuals. This work
was done very largely by students OF
the Gallaudet College 0or the deaf
and dumb. These students were not
able to talk and could not hear, and
1t was found that they could act as
machines better than any other ella ~
of employees. Electrical ContrivanCes
we're introduced at the census of 1890.
and during recent years Mr.. Steuart
has been developing them to an ex-
tent that will make it possible 10 tabu-
late great amount of data required
for an extended analysis OF the social
and industrial conditions OF the coun-
try. which 1t ia anticipated will con.
tain a population of over 123,O00,000
at the next enumeration. in 1880.
Under his administration the work
of the Census Bureau has been great
1y extended. 1t now collects statistics
in regard to practically all Of our so
cial, industrial and business condi-
tons. Undoubtedly. it Is the largest
statistical office in the world. Elec-
trically driven machines Of almost
every variety are in use. These ma
chimes had to he invented to meet the
requirements of the tabulations and
are especially adapted to this work.
They are not of the variety In gen
eral use in Industrial and business
con1pa MES In addition to the pOpu-
lation the reports of the bureau cover
agriculture, manufacturing. forestry,
mining, irrigation. drainage. the pro
duction and utilization Of power,
fisheries. water tranSportat ton and va
rious other subjects.
The recommendations of President
Coolidge to Congress for appropriation
of 81 700 900 to acquire the site east Of
the Capitol and north Of the Library
of Congress for q permanent home for
the Supreme Court calls attention to
the fact that during the 1877 years of
it's existence this highest and most
dignified judicial tribunsl-the bal
ance wheel Of government has sat
in seven different places: First in New
York; second, in Independence Hall,
Philadelphia; third. in the basement
Of the Capitol, where il was when the
British burned the Capitol in 1914;
fourth, while the Capitol was being re
built the Supreme Court occupied the
magnificent residence of the clerk of
the court: fifth. when the Capitol
wings were built, 1t came into the
present chamber, which was previous
ly occupied by the senate; sixth. when
driven out by an explosion and fire In
1898. it occupied the committee room
Of Senator Mcmillan, which is the Dis
trict Of Columbia committee room, and
for a brief period also 1t sat in the jul
dietary committee room, according to
the records of the clerk Of the court.
In the present courtroom Webster
answered Hayne. There Benton and
John Randolph made their great
speeches. Calhoun stood on one side
in many historic clashes with Clay
and Webster.
The Supreme Court room has been
made further memorable by the fact
that in 1877 the Electoral Commission
sat there which decided the presiden-
tial contest as TO whether Hayes of
the Republican party or Tilden Of the
Democratic party should be President.
This tribunal and the elf.sacrificing
patriotism of Tildsn saved the country
from a bloody civil war.
C. J. Doyle, attorney for Col. Frank
l.. Smith. who has been trying to
crash the gate" at the Senate, as
taxicab driver at the Willard put 1t .
has been staying at the new Carlton
Hotel, where there is a very British
doorman with waxed mustache, uni.
form and all the decorations offensive
to the true American spirit. The other
day. when ushering Mr.. Doyle into his
cab, the doorman instructed the driver,
"'Ouse o Lords, Delaware avenue
and c street"
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The new code of United States laws,
which brings all the Federal statutes
into one volume. will be completed
and issued before Congress adjourns.
The index. which occupies 200 pages,
is just being completed. This new
book of laws-the largest in the
world-will contain 2.t80 pages. The
statutes are grouped under 80 titles
the first relating to the orga nj
cation of government. and then on
from agriculture to war in alphabet
cal order.
Representative Roy G. Fitzgerald
of Ohio. who is in charge of the
codfica ton, says that II is the finest
specimen of law codifcation ex-
tant. representing the combined eff
forts of the two greatest law publish
ing houses in the world of wide
experience-the West Publishing Co.
of ST. Paul, Mimi. and the Edward
Thomson Co. of New York
Every member of Congress is to
receive 10 copies of this work and
other copies printed at Government
expenee are to he distributed to the
Government departments, the courts,
colleges and universities and libra ries
according to a distribution system
provided in the law
This work of codification is the
elimination of 80 years labor 1t
should not be forgotten that the late
Representative Edward c. Little of
Kansas killed himself by his work on
this book.
Rebuked by his wise old grand.
4ather, the famous Senator FRYE of
Maine, whom he tried to ''panhandle"
for European tour after gradua tion
from college, was what brought to
washington. first as a secretary and
later as a member Of Congress, Rep
resentative Wallace II. White. who
Is author of the radio legislation that
is to have right of way in the coming
session of Congress, to clear up the
confusion in the air. During his last
year in Bowdoin he got the idea that
he wanted to make the European
trip with his pal, Jesse d, Dana, who
was going as manager of the Yale
Harvard track teams to compete
against Oxford and Cambridge When
he preached his plan to Senator FRYE.
In receptive mood. the canny old
Senator sharply suggested that he