Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-28
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.


shipping interests of the North Atlantic
ports have vital interest.
The appeal comes from J. Adam
Bede, now a publisher in Duluth, MINI.
Let Representative William A. Pittinger
Of Minnesota introduce him as ne did
to his colleagues: HE is national in
stitution. His fame has travelled all
over the North American continent.
He is a former member of Congress
from my district Many OF you know
him. love him and respect him. He
served in Congress from March 4, 1908,
to March 3, 1909, and during that time
he achieved a reputation as a states
man and orator OF the highest type. NO
man in America Is better equipped to
discuss the St Lawrence waterway prof.
ect."
Adam Bede was one Of the most pic
turesoue characters Of his day in
Congress. OF particular interest to
New England industry. he points out
that the Anaconda Copper Co. Of Mon
tana is now shipping its products to
Seattle and by way Of the Panama
Canal to the consuming factories in
New England, where several dollars a
ton could be saved by shipping over
the proposed St. Lawrence waterway
with a saving of at least q half mil
lion dollars q year on the products OF
that one company.
He emphasizes that one of the Ma
tons greatest statesmen more than a
century ago urged use Of this giant
waterway In our treaty OF peace with
England in 1888, we asked for free
navigation Of the st. Lawrence, but our
request was rejected. The request was
renewed in 1925 by John Quincy Adams.
1871, under President Grant, did we
gain this right by treaty. Having
striven for such right for 100 years. why
should any one object to the exercise of
the right now? j. Adam Bede asks.
y 4
Members Of Congress have decidedly
individualistic taste In the adornment
of their Offices. Some make of them
veritable museums, some have on dis
play the leading products Of their dis
tricts, be 1t soaps ard toilet waters, as
in the ONCE of Representative Luce of
Massachusetts,, or sponges and cigars,
as in the case of Drane of Florida
Some have pictures Of great industrial
plants, as has Stobbs of Massachusetts;
some have Indian blankets. or replicas
OF oil wells, or bales Of cotton, or
samples Of other fabrics.
Representative Louis Ludlow, veteran
washington correspondent and former
president Of the National Press Club,
who Is just entering upon his duties as
legislator, Is displaying some Of the
trophies Of his newspaper career, In
q decidedly non-partisan array. which
reflects the kindly esteem in which he
Is held by leaders Of both parties.
A pen-and-ink drawing Of Woodrow
Wilson by Clifford K. Bergman, car
toonist Of The Washington Star, shows
the War President reading a message to
Congress. Nearby Calvin Coolidge
smokes plebsian stogie. A large auto
graphed photograph Of the late Charles
w. Fairbanks Is placed next to q SINH
lar autographed photograph Of Thomas
Riley Marshall-both Of them were Vice
Presidents from Indiana. There Is
collection Of cartoons by Berrynan COW
ering activities OF all the Presidents
since Mckinley came into ONCE. In
another drawing Of a group Of ante
bellum journalists are seen the great
men OF the profession-Henry Waiter
son. Horace Greeley, Murat Halstead
and others too numerous to mention
here.
In q corner Of Representative Lud-
lows ONCE is bust of Senator Daniel
w. Voorhees, Of Indiana. which has an
interesting history. It Ia the work of
James Paxton Voorhees,, the Senator's
son, who presented 1t to Ludlow many
years ago after repeated attempts to
sell 1t to Congress had failed.
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Congress paused during the past week
in It's legislative rush to paw tribute to
the great American poet, yet living
Edwin Markham, on his seventy seventh
birthday anniversary. A letter from Ar
thur Charles Jackson, president of the
International Longfellow Society, was
printed in the Congressional Record, as
follows:
1T is more than an interesting CO.
Incidence that this 23d of April Is not
only the birthday Of Shakespeare, by
most authorities acknowledged the
worlds greatest poet, but also the
birthday of Edwin Markham, BY many
acclaimed as the worlds greatest liv-
ing poet.
MY friend Markham, nova resident
OF New York. was born n years ago
In the far Northwest, where rolls the
oregon and hears no sound save its
own dashings.' For 80 years his The
Man With the Hole has challenged
the admiration of mankind. It has
been translated into 80 languages ana
called the battle cry Of the next thou
sand years.
What more appropriate than having
TINS great literary product of America
read into the Congressional Record,
together with Shakespeare's famous
soliloquy from 'Hamlet'l"
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Members of Congress are being be-
sieged by officeseekers, mostly women
who are after jobs during the census
enumeration, the report having been
spread broadcast that Uncle Sam is
hiring without reference to civil service
almost every one who is out Of a Job.
Which isn't at all true.
In fact, Uncle Sam isn't doing any
hiring just yet because the Senate has
not yet passed legislation fixing the
date for the enumeration, and funds
are not available for paying salaries
until after July /.
For the actual taking of the census
throughout the States civil service
status Is not necessary But some 5000
to 5000 employees will be put on the
systematic and tabulate the returns
as they come In. All Of these must
be taken from the civil service lists.
That means that practically all eligi-
bles on the present waiting list will be
called in. It also means that special
civil service examination, much easier
than the ordinary civil service exam
nation, will be held particularly for
census jobs. Those who get employ
ment temporarily will not be eligible
to remain In the civil service and get
transferred to work in some other de-
partment. The special examination
makes them eligible only for the census
work.