Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-12
Capital Sideligghts
by WILL 2. KENNEDY.

With q vigorous campaign on for
control of the House, and with some
usually ardent Republican boosters adj
hitting that 1t looks as If the Demo-
Gratis may gain a majority in the House
SUFFICIENT to allow them TO Organize"
the House-that Is, to take over the
Speakership, Craftsmanship Of commit
tees and have first call on the various
jobs usually referred to as patronage"
considerable speculation has arisen re-
garding the committee chairmen and
the preponderant power that the South
would exercise.
Under the seniority rule, time-hon-
ored and adhered to by whichever party
may be in majority, the South would
command the Craftsmanship of 80 out
of the As committees. Representative
John N. Garner Of Texas, now minority
leader, would be elected Speaker, and
Representative James w. Collier Of
Mississippi would succeed to the chair
manship Of the important Ways and
Means Committee. Representative Jo-
seph w. Byrns Of Tennessee would be-
come chairman Of the House Approprta-
lions Committee.
The other committee chairmanshipS
that the South would inherit are:
Accounts, Representative Lindsay G.
Warren Of North Carolina.
Agriculture, Representative James B.
Aswell Of Louisiana.
Banking and Currency, Representa-
tive Otis Wingo Of Arkansas.
Census, Representative John e. Ran
kin of Mississippi.
Civil Service, Representative Lamar
LETTERS of Alabama.
Claims, Representative John @. BOX
Of Texas.
Election Of President, Vice President
and Representatives In Congress, Rep
resentative Lamar Jeffers Of Alabama.
Elections, No. Representative Ed
ward E. Eslick of Tennessee.
Elections, No. 8 Representative John
H. Kerr Of North Carolina.
Expenditures in the Executive De-
partments. Representative Allard H.
Gasque of South Carolina.
Flood Control, Representative Riley j.
Wilson Of Louisiana.
immigration and Naturalization, Rep
resentative John G. Box of Texas.
Interstate and Foreign Commerce,
Representative Sam Reyburn Of Texas
Irrigation and Reclamation, Repre-
sentative G. 3. Hudspeth Of Texas.
Judiciary, Representative Hatton w.
Summers Of Texas.
Library, Representative Lindsay G.
Warren Of North Carolina.
Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Rep
resentative Edwin L. Davis Of Tennes-
see.
Military Affairs, Representative Percy
r. Quin Of Mississippi.
Naval Affairs. Representative Carl
Vinson Of Georgia.
Patents, Representative Fritz Lanham
Of Texas.
Pensions. Representative Allard II.
Gasque of South Carolina.
Post Offices and Post Roads, Repre-
sentative Thomas M. Bell Of Georgia.
Printing, Representative William r.
Stevenson Of South Carolina.
Public Buildings and Grounds, Repre-
sentative Fritz G. Lanham of Texas.
Rivers and Harbors, Representative
Joseph j. Mansfield of Texas.
Roads, Representative Edward B. AL
mon Of Alabama.
Rules, Representative Edward w. Pou
OF North Carolina.
Territories, Representative william G.
Landlord OF Georgia.
War Claims, Representative Miles O.
Allgood Of Alabama.
World War Veterans Legislation, Rep
resentative John z. Rankin Of Missis-
sippi.
1t will be noted that some of these
Southern members will have their
choice of several committee chairman
ships II the Democrats poll a majority.
In that event, in number Of instances,
the next ranking Democrat on the COM
mittee Ii also Southerner and win
succeed to the Craftsmanship.
The coming election holds such great
promise for the Southern members that
the break-away from party allegiance
In the last campaign Ia likely to be
patched up and the entire lower tier Of
States can again be known as ''the Solid
South"
@t**
The noble conception" Of World War
Veterans In the Knox
Post, No. IS, Of the American Legion at
Fredericksburg, Va, to erect O monu-
ment to perpetuate the heroic deed Of
Richard Kirkland, q South Carolina
soldier In the War between the States,
on December Is. 1862, during the battle
Of Fredericksburg, is commended by
Representative John ]. McSwain Of
South Carolina, himself q World War
veteran, who, in describing Kirkland's
intrepid act, says:
THE whole world knows Of the ter
rible slaughter executed by Confederate
rifles from behind the stone wall and
located at the foot Of Maryes Heights
More than 5000 Of Union troops charg-
ing across an open field and seeking to
dislodge the Confederate line were
killed and wounded during the seven
brave charges made across the open
spaces. The dead and wounded were
strewn thick upon the land, and late
in the day young Dick Kirkland, mere
Lad in his early teens, heard some Of
the wounded enemy moaning and beg
ging for water. From many directions
in that field Of death and blood there
arose cries for Water, water; for Gods
sake, waterP The heart of this noble
youth was so moved by these piteous
appeals that he applied to Gen. Ker-
shaw to be permitted to carry water
into the field where bullets were flying
thick and fast from every direction.
Permission was finally granted to exc
cute this seemingly foolhardy mission.
The young Southerner bounded over the
stone wall with six canteens Of water
and reached the nearest sufferer I'M
harmed. He knelt beside the wounded
man, then known by the world as an
enemy" and tenderly raised his droop-
ing head and placed the canteen of
fresh water to the feverish lips of the
suffering soldier. Then from one to
another Of those suffering and crying
for water he went until the supply was
gone. Then he returned for another
supply OF water and for an hour and
half did this noble young man rush
back and forth with his canteens full
OF water to minister to the cries of
humanity. Thus above wars hideous
roar, above the passions Of sections and
parties, did the appeal for mercy and
relief prevail in the heart Of a brave
soldier and q true man. Young Kirk
land was soon promoted to be lieu
tenant, and at the battle Of Chicka-
manga he poured out his own lifeblood
as further evidence of his devotion to
duty"
Long, Long Trial.