Evening star., 1928-04-30

Martin Madden intended to write his
congressional memoirs some day. They
would have dealt. In the main, with the
fieht Congress always has TO wage
against would-be Treasury raiders. NO
appropriationS chairman since Holman
OF Indiana was ever so uncompromislng
q watchdog Of the Federal exchequer as
Madden. Departmental officials, from
cabinet members downward. faced III
ouisition at his hands in fear and trem-
bling. The white -hatred Chicagoan was
no respecter of persons when II came 10
defending the national purse. Madden
now and then was what our soldiers Anu
sailors called Hell on the Army and
Navy" What they meant was that he
wouldn't approve a cartridge or cam
non that couldn't be justified beyond
the shadow OF a doubt Madden pur-
sued that line consistently in all fields
OF national expenditure. He worked
hand In glove with the Bureau OF the
Budget. No one was more jealous OF
the Houses prerogatives In money mat
ters. Had Senator r-elect William s.
Ware not resigned his seat In the House,
he would now be In line for the coveted
and powerful appropriations chairman
ship. as ne outranked Representative
wood OF Indiana, who presumably will
inherit Mauuens mantle
II colored man now comes to Con-
gress from Chicago. he will be the
twenty third member OF his race TO
achieve such a distinction. Two at
tanned the Senate, and 20 were elected
10 the House The firSt colored legis-
lator was jefferson r. Long. who was
sent to the Forty-firSt Congress In 1869
from Georgia. The last one was George
w. Murray. who sat for a South Caro-
lima constituency in the Fifty-third and
Fifty-fourth Congresses, from 1893 10
1897. Mississippi Is the only State that
ever elected colored men to the United
States Senate-Hiram r. Revels. who
was in once In 1870 and 1871, and
Blanche K Bruce tmale). who served
from 1875 10 1881.
Mrs. James r. Curtis, Washington
and New York society leader. philan-
thropist and politician, Is one OF the
active spirits In the Hoovef-for Pfe&i-
dent committee In the District OF Co
lumbla. Somebody asked her the other
day what she expects 10 get out OF \
Hoover administration. She flashed
back, a no-parking sign IN front OF
my own sidewalk" Mrs Curtis Is the
daughter OF an old-time Northwestern
Republican, former Gov. William X.
Merriam OF Minnesota who once was
director OF the census. Gov. Merriam
Is stu alive-~~hale. hearty and for
Hoover.
Billy" Wilson. Secretary OF Labor
throughout the Democratic administra-
ktZS. ta&k NArA 4kE ~ ~
dering whether there's anything In a
Iocation~~that Is 10 say, the room In
the Senate once Building set aside for
the Waterman subcommittee, which IL
ree0unting the Pennsylvania 1925 sem
atorial ballots, was formerly the once
Of Senator eieet" Frank L. Smith,
Republican. OF illinois~No. iAl. Mr..
Wilson is a Scotchman and not given
10 superstition. but he has hopes thai
what happened To Col Smith the other
day may at The hands OF the Senate,
II not at the instigation OF repentant
Pennsylvania, be- IN store for William
S Ware Those who think there y
efficacy in the rule OF three may see
something III lhe fact that the Wilson,
Ware contest rooms branch phone
number Ii BaS.
William r. Maocraeken, IF,. Assistant
Secretary nt Commerce for Arlonautics,
Is lust out OF Walter Reed Hospital
after spell vi Influenza, due, his friends
say, To burning the candle nj both ends
last Winter and this Spring The hard"
est Job ot MacCraeken's life was the
management OF Col, Llndberghs recent
| free for all fiying excursions At Boiling
Field, II there was anybody In Wash
ineton official life or anywhere near It's
many tTinges. who didn't work a pull, =
| through MaeCracken, Ia ny with
''Lindy." the Assistant Secretary Of Cum-
meree Ia convinced II WAS only because
| the departments telephone number
eOuldn't be- located ManCraeken Ii
about to tackle the multifarinuH "details
III the Wright Brothers silver Jubilee,
! which the United states Government
a sponsoring next December.