Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL r. KENNEDY.

IsSSV1ut Which - ptic great ulAEy Oh Cnt
American peoples elected representa-.
national Journal" Is sought by Repre-
sentative John ]. Boylan, Democrat, 'oi
New York, who has vigorously renewed
the fight he started two years ago for
appointment Of commission TO make
q study Of proposed changes in the
printing Of the Congressional Record
which he said "as now constituted does
not present o fair; correct or complete
picture Of the proceedings Of the Con-
kress."
Admitting that his proposal is "revo.
lutionary," Representative Boylan con-
tends that there is more wit and wis
dom in many q cartoon without word
or even in comic strip than in some
congressional orations have read In
the Record"
The New York Representative. who
is nothing, If not original in much Of
the material which he puts into the
record; Is incensed because he was not
q cartoon On ths tarin which struck
his fancy. But he got around the pro-
hibition by printing Q diagram instead
Of d cartoon and printing Herewith
extension OF remarks" setting forth his
determination to night for "iIioderni-
zation' and explaining how, in his
opinion, the Record does not discharge
It's responsibility to the American pe0-
pie "in substance or In STYLE"
''It should reflect the nianpers-good
or bad-the customs, the habits, the In
ventions, the art, the thought, the opin-
ion, the ups and downs Of American
life and our civilization," said Repre-:
sentative Boylan. ITO the historian of
kA~ R,.k,1~~ ~taA,,IA %,,NvAlw4a vpam :
terial by which he can reconstruct the
great American scene and al the f1e-
nres who play their parts thereon-the
Presidents, members Of Congress, phi
poets, artists, prize fighters
and athletes. There should be room for
q Babe Ruth as well as 4 Speaker Long
worth, for Ltndbergh and Byrd, as well
as for President Hoover. We do not
know how history viii Judge us Or where
the hand of the historian will place US.
Let US not have pride In ourselves and
conflne the Congressional Record to o
mere museum OF our oratorfeal achieve
and It's men Of achievement. .l.,,, =.
"It "a obvious that speeches alone do
not count for much. Yet that u AL the
Record contains now. It b. my belief
that the, rules governing the, Inclusion
Of material In the Record should be re-
vised to sanction insertion OF anything
that helps to give q picture, OF Amert-
can life Of today. This may conceiyAbly
mean cartoons, pictures, rotoEravtlres
comic strips. headlines. editorials and
even. sporting, page-1in fact. AL the
adornments. Of the modern, entertain
ing and historical newspaper"
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Almost daily some member Of Con-
gress brings interesting historical infor-
nation to, the people Of the United
States In the Congressional Record con-
corning important events, IN the de-
the ordinary student has never run
across. For example, Representative
william r. Eaton Of Colorado, recently
wrote to Mai. Gen, William D. Connor
commandment of the Army War College
in regard to q monument to, contnetio-
rate Glorieta Pass, Pigeon Ranch, and
Apache Canyon battlefelds in the STATE
of New Mexico, where the first ,reei:
ment of Colorado volunteers sent out BY
Gov. Gilpin, the first Territorial Gov
ernor Of Colorado, played the. I1osj
active part IN settling the Confederate
activities In the Rocky Mountain coun-
try. Gen. Connor explained that nc
study was made Of the New Mexico
campaign for the purpose of cotnrnertno-
ration. because no requests had been
that an act Of Congress approved II
1925 directs the Secretary Of War x
have studies made, and iI1veSt!gat ipps
Of battleflelds In the United states, bal
as there are several Thousand Of thess
places, only such are considered as have
been brought ID the attention. of tht
Secretary Of War by members Of Con-
greSS.
Representative Eaton in, this connec.
ton said that the. part that Colorado
played in the Civil war was exceedingly
creditable. Between 1000 and 5.00I
men enlisted. making up q superb hodI
ments were in more than . score, o:
cially distinguished themselves, In. ths
hard-fought engagements in. dloriets
Pass, between Fort Union and Sants
Fe, He. quotes from. Eugene Parsons
history that this has been called thu
bloodiest battle of the. war"
In emphasizing to his colleagues VIII,
he has urged the Secretary Of War and
the Army War College to .authenticAt,
the importance of these engakernentl
Representative Eaton also called as wit
neSses other noted historians includini
Hubert Howe Bancroft.
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Another interesting historical ami
verSary just brought to the attention o
Congress by Representative Charles A
Jonas. North Carolina, Is the 150th an
niversary Of the battle of Ramsour
NILS, which he describes rs one Of tn
battles Of major importance In the wa
for independence, because Of its perma
nCf No R,vtt q
events. Measured in these terms" h
said. "Ramsours Mills deserves a promi
nent place in the true history o
America"
"Raimsours Mills" Representative
Jonas argued, Completely destroyed tn,
morale OF the Loyalists in North Caro-
lima. There was not another seriou
effort TO recruit Tory army In Nortl
Carolina. The contribution Of this bat
tie TO the final success, Of the patrio
cause can scarcely be estimated. Defea
Of the patriot army at Ramsours Mil
would have been disastrous to the pa
triot cause IN the South. It would kav
been a call and general rally to arms O
the Loyalist Sympathizers ali over Nortl
Carolina, which would have made It wei
nigh impossible for the patriots to pre-
vent the conquest Of the colony by th
armies OF CORVALLIS. RamSours Mil
paved the way to, the victory at king
Mountain the following October. wher
was. fought the most decisive battle o
the war marking Enthusiastically the den
Mite turning Of the tide OF war In favo
OF the Americans.
1T was Thomas Jefferson who said
Kings Mountain was the turning poin
in the War for. Tndepende No othe.
such battle Is recorded In American
history --none so decisive, none ShoWinI
such bravery and heroic. daring by un
trained soldiers, and, none 20 Ar-react,
ing In Its contribution to American Ia
dependence. -,
.As Ramsours Mlls made possihI
Kings Mountain, So also It made pos