Evening star., 1928-11-25
Capital Sidelights

VINO Knows Wnetner WlIl1am Tecum-
sch. Clark, formerly a member of Con-
gress with a distinguished military ca
Teer, who died in New York October IL,
1905, while making his home at 1854
Princeton street, in the National Capt.
tai, Is buried In Arlington Cemetery or
in st. Raymond's Cemetery, New York?
= At the time Of hts death he was sur
vived by widow. three daughters and
a SON.. ~.
This information is sought to make
correct the permanent biographical di-
rectory of Congress.
william Tecumseh Clark was born
in Norwalk, Conn. June 29 1894. He
studied law and was admitted to the bar
in New York, and commenced practice
in Iowa in 1855. He served in the
Union Army during the Civil War, and
was commissioned first lieutenant and
adjutant of the 18th Iowa Infantry.
November g. 1861; captain and assistant
adjutant general, March 6, 1862; major
and adjutant general, November "a.
1862; lieutenant colonel and assistant
adjutant general assigned, serving from
February 10, 1868, to April %, 1866;
brevet brigadier general Of volunteers,
July %, 1864, "for gallant and distin-
glnshed service at the battle Of Allan
ta, Ga z and major general November
"a, 1865, for gallant and neritorious
service during the war" He was mus
tered out February !, 1866, and engaged
in business In Galveston, Tex.
He was postmaster of Galveston dur
ing the first Grant administration,
166e-l873. He was elected as q Re-
publican to the Forty-first Congress
March 4, 1869-March 8, 1871). He
presented his credentials as member
elect to- the Forty-second Congress and
served from March 4, 1859, to May 13,
1872. when he was succeeded by Dewitt
'Q. Giddings, who contested his elec-
gress has carried the statement that
he was inferred in st. Raymond,s
Cemtery, New York. :5#tt:+a..
During his painstaking effort to
bring up to date and correct these
biographical records, Ansel Void clerk
of the joint committee on printing and
compiler Of the new directory that is
now on the presses. received word from
Postmaster John j. Kirby, New York,
which throws doubt on the authenticity
Of this record and indicates that the
former Congressman may be buried in
Arlington. The clerk at the Office of
St. Raymond's Cemetery was unable
to determine whether or not the ref
erence was to 1.-THE old or new st. Ray
monds Cemetery. Mr.. Kirby. however,
sent Mr.. Void a copy Of death notice
which stated that Mr.. Clark died in
an operation for cancer. This gave
his home address in Washington and
said that "his body will be taken there
and he will be buried in Arlington"
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Representative Charles r. Winter of
Wyoming, who succeeded House Leader
Mondell in Congress and who has just
completed vigorous campaign for the
Senate, author of the wyoming State
song and two historical novels, inter-
estingly recalls campaigning In his
youthful days. He says:
my public school experience and my
first political battle occurred in the
historical Capitol Of Springfield, ILL.,, at
the age of 6, in the centennial year Of
1875, In the Hayes and Tilden cam
paign.
Wishing to Offset the activities of
my Democratic neighbor boys, Patsy
and Dinny Grant, became the proud
possessor of torch to be carried at
the tail end of Republican parade.
An older brother of Patsy and Dinny-
one of whom, recall, actually sawed
off the limb Of tree between himself
and the tree trunk-bullied and teased
me In order to discourage my boyish
efforts to lengthen and make more i'm
pressive the Republican parade. Finally,
driven almost :, to desperation by his
almost unbearable interference with me
in the exercise Of my political activities,
! thrust my flaming torch under the
tail end Of his coat in an unguarded
PnSYrlf q
bully and g. routed Democratic opposer,
who fled from the scene crying for some
one to put him, out remained a
conqueror by right of victory and
proudly carried my torch throughout
the parade. This was my first Republic
can victory"
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! NoM that Congress is, coming back,
consider the Woodworking official re-
:porters of debate, through whose labors
the American people can read word for
word the proceedings Of both House and
Senate:
James Madison reported the constitu-
tional convention at Philadelphia, in
1787,, which sat from May IA until Sep
tember. II, or q little more than four
months. Madisons widow was paid
$4,000 for the manuscript Of that re-
port. During the last tariff debate the
Senate reporters turned out every week
more than twice as much copy as the
whole Of MadiSon's Journal of the four
months constitutional convention. The
whole printed record of the debates OF
the American Congress since 1t began
amounts to something more than 4O0,-
900 pages. OF this vast total consider
ably more than one-third has been
made since Theodore Roosevelt was in
augurated President in 1901. This
ought to give knockers" some slight
idea of the increasing work done by
Congress-and Incidentally by the Of
ficial reporters of debate.
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The way in which the latest scientific
Developments have been put to use In
behalf of the farmers is pointed out by
Secretary Jardine He calls attention
that now scientists of the department
expedite their studies and relief meas
ures by the use Of airships. Following
the completion Of arrangements with
the Mexican government for a series OF
investigations of the pink boflworm IN
native habitat several entomolog1StS OF
the department were detailed to work
in three field stations in Mexico where
there are suitable laboratories
B, r. Coad, head Of the cotton insect
investigations by the United States de-
partment, with headquarters at Tallu-
lah, La, few at once to El Paso, Tex,
and later to Taihaulilo, Mexico, accom-
panied by a pilot and attended by an
other plane with pilot and mechanic
as an auxiliary and supply plane. Lieut..
Jose Leon, pilot aviator Of the Mexican
aviation service. conveyed the party.
They Can't Fool Us Yet.
From the Louisville Times.
Another interesting. feature Of the