Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-19
Capital Sidelights


associates, when he quit to take another
job.
Mr.. Nettleton is now special agent
for the Pennsylvania Railroad In Wash
ington. operating under the office of the
general manager for the Eastern region
His first big job is to help build up the
new market center In Southwest Wash
ington alongside the tracks and terminal
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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There is much sentiment as well as
political expediency expressed In the
official record of Congress. Representa-
tive James M. Beck of Pennsylvania
has contributed a beautiful tribute to
Mother" the conclusion of which is.
1T would be difficult for me TO men,
ton any of the accomplishments OF
man without necessarily involving the
attitude OF self-sacrif1cing mother. for
feel that these men could not have
accomplished what they have, had they
not had the undivided support of
maternal love and care.
If 1t were in my power to gather
together all the laurels of victory and
chaplets OF fame OF the eternal ages,
l would make them all into one beauti-
ful wreath of appreciation, love and
praise. and would place that wreath
upon the brow of the patient, self
sacrificing, loving mother-the UNI
crowned queen of the centuries"
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Some SO years ago Albert Daggett a
young worker in the State Department
here In Washington, was returning to
his seat in the old Ford Theater when
Abraham Lincoln was shot by John
Wilkes Booth. Daggett helped to carry
the assassinated President across the
street to the lodging house where he
died the following day, April Is, 1865.
Albert Daggett later in the. day wrote
a long letter in beautiful script to the
girl whom he afterward married, Miss
Julie Tremcre of Troy, N. Y. in which
he poured out his hot indignation and
horror at the assassination His grace
fuI writing grows smaller near the end
OF the letter, sign of nervous agita-
ton. He wrote on black -bordered paper
Daggett afterward became collector
OF the port Of New York He has since
died, but his widow. now more than 80
years old and living in retirement, has
just given George r. Farnum. an assist
ant attorney general. permission to tell
the story as written by an eyewitness,
In the interests of historic accuracy.
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Representative Clarence J. Mcleod of
Michigan, organizer OF the reapportion-
ment bloc which proposes to insist upon
legislation to carry out the ALLEGATION of
seats in Congress according to the
census as provided for in the ConStitu-
ton. breaches this little political sermon
Within the past week certain eminent
citizen OF great industrial state ven
tured to suggest that his State was out
OF luck politically because it had no
representation on the Supreme Court,
Court of Customs Appeals, Tariff Com
mission or Interstate Commerce Com
mission. Yet those bodies are nom
political as far as possible, and they
nave no direct relation to the Constitu-
ton. Suppose, in addition to the above
mentioned lack of proper prestige, the
same great State We're also deprived for
period of eight years of one or two or
even three members in the House of
Representatives to which 1t was right
fully entitled according to the Consti~
tution-that fundamental American
document whereby our forefathers
agreed to the establishment of a ma
tional government by the consent OF the
governed.
Such is the aggravated grievance.
almost without notable exception. of
each OF the great States of California.
North Carolina, Ohio. Texas and Wash
ington.
Moreover the distinguished citizen
referred TO above might have enumer-
ated great many more Federal boards
and commissions. without mentioning
one upon which the eight States Just
named have spokesman. And what
is vastly more important, the laws which
all OF these boards and commissions
administer. and which the courts in
terpret, are made III Congress, and
especially In the committees of Con.
gresS, where the same eight States arc
certainly inadequately represented. &C.
cording to their populations, and in the
case of committees may not be repre-
Sented at all"
In order that the school children
Of his district and the Nation, and theil
parents, may have concise and author
ttative information regarding how Con.
greSs operates, Representative Guy u
Hardy OF Colorado, who is one of this
most sincere friends of the National
Capital in the House, is devoting his
spare time to careful study and pre-
PAL III FtEOuS ufioGSI
forces that help to control legislation
in the United States Congress"
In view of the fact that House Leader
Tilson has been Secretary Hoover'S
companion on his trip to California fol
the notification ceremonies and is to
have charge Of the speakers bureau II
New York. there is timely interest in
the sketch Representative Hardy has
just prepared about the floor leader
ship
The floor leader. especially the leader
of the majority side, has a good deal to
do with the legislative program. The
majority leader. of course represents
the majority on the floor. What he
asks for is usually granted Motions
he makes are usually passed He en-
beavers TO represent the majority view
and the majority follow his leadership
and back him up He is often asked
on the floor by the minority leader or
by others about the program ahead and
he outlines it as we'll as he can. He
leads in debate on administration mat
tiers and gives to the House and the
country the viewpoint of his party ON
legislative programs.
The leader must keep in touch with
proposed legislation. the status of bills
mittee Of which he is chairman and
with the attitude of the rules COM
m!ttee. He confers with committee
chairmen and members In general
The majority leader often eonfers with
the President and advises with him
regarding administrative measures. lie
takes to the President the sentiment
of the party IN the House and he
brings TO the Republicans In the House
the sentiment of the President,
The majority leader acts also as
chairman OF the committee on COM
mlttees and Of the steering committee
The majority leader at this time is
John Q. Tilson of Connecticut. He
has served In the House OF Repre-
sentatives 10 years. He Is efficient, In
dustrious and popular Mr.. Tilson
was born In the mountains OF Tennes-
see, worked his way through college at
Yale University, took up the practice
OF law at New Haven, and served as