Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Representative william J. Granfield
Of Springfield, Mass, one OF the new
corners in the House, who was recently
introduced by Senator David I. Walsh
of Massachusetts as being the man who
started the Democratic landslide in the
aid Bay State. was calling attention Of
his colleagues in the cloak room the
other day to the fact that many of the
most prominent members of Congress
were either born or educated in Mas
Iachusetts. Among those whom he
mentions particularly are: Senator Bur-
ton K. Wheeler of Montana, who was
born at Hudson, Mass, and educated in
the public schools of Massachusetts,;
Mrs. Ruth Pratt of New York, who was
born in Ware, Mass, and educated at
Dana Hall, Wellesley, and Wellesley
College, Massachusetts,; Representative
James M. Fitzpatrick of New York City,
who was, born in West Stockbridge,
Mass; Frederick M. Davenport of Gin
ton, N. Y, who was born in MaSsachu-
sets, and Dan Sutherland, who records
himself in the Congressional Directory
as fifth and last term delegate from
Alaska, who as a youth romped around
the North Shore at Essex, Mass, and
| subsequently engaged in the fish busi-
ness in Salem, Mass, and thence went
to Nome, Alaska, thirty years ago.
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The 10 former members who served
In previous Congresses and are coming
back to the Seventy-second Congress
are: Representatives Augustine Loner-
gan, Connecticut; j. Earl Major, IL
and Fred M. Vison, all of Kentucky:
William P. Cole and David j. Lewis,
! both of Maryland G. C. Dickinson,
| Samuel j. Major. Clyde Williams and
James F. Fulbright, all of Missouri; j.
| N. Norton and A. c. Shallenberger, both
of Nebraska; Alfred L. Bulwinkle and
Zebulon Weaver, both of North Caro-
lima, and F.. B. Swank of Oklahoma.
Augustine Lonergan first came to
terms, retiring to become a candidate
for the United States Senate.
j. Earl Major of Illinois served in the
Sixty-eighth and SEVENTEEN Congresses.
Virgil Chapman of Kentucky served
\ in the Sixty-ninth and SEVENTEEN Con-
crosses. He was pioneer in organiza-
ton Of the tobacco growers of Kentucky
and nearby States into cooperative
marketing associations.
Ralph Gilbert of Kentucky got an
itching for the job of Congressman
when his father, George Gilmore Gill
bert, served from 1899 to 1907. He him
self studied at the University of Vir-
ginia. He served as Shelby County
Judge from 1910 to 1917. He served
eight years in Congress, and was con-
| spicuous in the work of the House
District Committee.
William P. Cole of Maryland served
In the SEVENTEEN Congress, and is q
graduate of Maryland University He is
graduate engineer as we'll as a lawyer.
| He is an overseas eX-Service man, a
graduate of the Fort Myer officers
training camp, and was promoted ia
captain in France.
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The august United States Senate
paused in its strife the other day to pay
notable tribute to veteran employe
| about the Capitol who. in an unssum-
ing way, had performed important work
in the development of the Capital City
and in the building up of Uncle Sans
workshop.
Senator Caraway presented a tribute
! to Bud" Brown, as he was known by
his friends, who had been employed fol
26 years as superintendent of construc-
ton in the Office of the architect of the
Capitol. He supervised the construction
of the Senate Office Building, the Ma
sional Memorial Amphitheater at Airing
ton and the Interior Department Build
ing. Senator Caraway said: His
| whole heart and all his time, and all
| of his abilities went into the service of
his Government. He was a genius in
his way, and, above all, he was the most
humane man ever knew"
Senator Caraway also included in the
record, a poem, entitled Bud Brown
Promoted" which was written by one
of his fellow employees, Horace c. Car
Isle.