Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
Capital Sidelights
by WILL p. KENNEDY.

second assemblies, more than q year
from now there viii be at least.e1 new
faces in the House-6s Of them Demo-
Gratis and IS Republicans. Included
among these are Is who served in for
mer Congresses.
SO, "if and when" the Republicans
organize the new House-as they now
hold on paper, q plurality of two over
the incoming Democrats and q major
ity of one when the lone Farm-Labor
member Is counted-William Tyler Page,
clerk of the House, will have quite an
attendance at the school" which he
conducts to advise new members re-
garding their rights and duties and the
parliamentary practices. Mr.. Page,
however does not call 1t a school; his
word is symposium"
whats in q name?"-as some great
writer has queried.
Ask those who have been cataloguing
the results Of this months congressional
election and they'll tell you that never
has the House had such q long and
varied list Of surprising or unusual
given names. OF course, you win md
such as these: Adam, Addison, Adolph,
Burton, Byron, Clarence, Clyde, Claude.
Clifton, Camilo, Don, Fritz and Felix,
Guy, Godfrey, Grant and Gardner,
Hubert. jed ana Jeff, Lloyd, Lynn,
Lindley, Milton, Melvin, Malcolm, Miles,
Morgan, Nicholas, Nathan and Pedro.
But here are . few others that will
nomenclature-Zebulon Weaver, North
Carolina; Olger B. Burtness, North
Dakota; Gale H. Stalker, New York;
Harcourt J. Pratt, New York: Fiorello
II. La Guardia, New York; Aiming 8.
Pran, New York; Emmanuel Celler,
New York; Loring Black, New York;
Leonidas G. Dyer, Missouri; Wall
Doxey, Mississippi; Bird j. Vincent,
Michigan; Clark Burdick, Rhode Is
land; Pehr @. Holmes, Massachusetts,:
Bolivar e. Kemp. Louisiana; Rene De
Rouen, Louisiana; Numa r. Montet,
louisiana; Glover G. Gary, Kentucky:
Cap r. Garden, Kentucky; Brent
Spence, Kentucky; Burnett M. Clipper
field, Illinois: Homer w. Hall, Illinois;
Kent Z. Keller, Illinois; Cortland C.
Giflen, Indiana; Cassius G. Dowell,
Iowa; Cyrenus Cole, Iowa; Glenn Girls
void, Indiana: Lister Hill, Alabama;
La Fayette L. Patterson, Alabama;
Efiegene Wingo, Arkansas; Heartsill
Ragon, Arkansas; Tilman B. Parks,
Arkansas: Wilburn Cartwright, Okla
vania; Butler B. Hare, South Carolina;
Royal G. johnson, South Dakota; Cor
don Browning, Tennessee; Wright Pat
man, Texas; Marvin Jones, Texas;
Quinn Williams, Texas; Schuyler o.
Bland, Virginia, and Menalcug Landlord,
Virginia.
Checking these over 1t seems pro-
thetic that any American citizen named
just plain John" TOM" Dick" or
Harry" Is at handicap for election to
Congress and that his parents must
oiva him n YrNnYa tYnt1a11al mama AZ Alnav
ever hope to have him become q ma
tional legislator.
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the House from 1911 to 1917. He later
was twice an unsuccessful candidate for
the United States Senate. He has been
member Of the United States Tariff
Commission.
G. G. Dickinson Of Missouri, previous
ly taught school In Virginia, Kentucky
and Missouri. He served his home
State in both the House and Senate
and was regent Of the State Normal
School. He served In the National
House Of Representatives from 1910 to
1921 and from 1928 to 1929.
Fred M. Vison Of Kentucky served
during the World War In training
camps in this country. He served In
the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth and Sew
entieth Congresses.
Samuel j. Major Of Missouri served
in the sixty sixth, Sixty-eighth, Sixty
ninth and SEVENTEEN Congresses.
Clyde williams Of Missouri served In
the Seventeen Congress.
James r. Fulbright Of Missouri was
formerly speaker Of the State House Of
Representatives and mayor Of his home
town of Doniphan. He served In the
f~k1 aV.A Gnvnsa&fnklS HonwpaMaam
j. N. Norton of Nebraska was twice
elected mayor Of his home city, was for
many years In the State Legislature and
member of the Nebraska Constitu-
tional Convention, was . candidate for
Governor In 1924 and served In the
Seventieth Congress.
A. @. Shallanberger Of Nebraska was
Governor Of that State from 1908 to
1912, and then became an unsuccessful
candidate for the United States Senate.
He served ~ years in the National
House Of Representatives.
Maj. Alfred L. Bulwinkle Of North
Carolina is an ex-service man who suf-
fered serious war injuries while with
the American Expeditionary Forces.
He served in the Sixty-seventh, Sixty
eighth, Sixty-ninth and Seventeen Con-
crosses.
zebulon Weaver Of North Carolina
previously served In both the House ana
Senate Of the State Legislature. He
came to the Sixty-fifth Congress with
credited majority Of nine votes, but In
a contest was unseated by one vote In
the closing days of that session and was
elected to the next four Congresses by
decisive votes.
Fletcher F. b. Swank Of Oklahoma
was farm hand and rancher In his
youth and later was county superin-
tendent of schools and county and dis
trict judge. He served in Congress for
eight years.
Burnett M. Chipperfield Of Illinois
after being secretary and trustee Of the
Western Illinois State Normal School
organized q regiment for service in the
War with SPAIN He served one term
in Congress and was an unsuccessful
candidate for the United States Senate.
During the World War he saw overseas
service and was promoted to lieutenant
colonel, Judge Advocate Generals De-
partment, and was judge advocate Tor
the Army of Occupation in Germany.
He was awarded q meritoriouS service
citation certificate and was cited for
gallantry in action. He has been elected
to serve in the unexpired term OF the
present Seventy first Congress.
Michael K. Reilly Of Wisconsin
served in the Sixty-third and Sixty
fourth Congresses and Is also TO serve
out the unexpired term In the present
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