Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-12-05
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

can pass the responsibility for decision
should Congress decide to legalize the
foaming brew.
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The historic old Senate chamber in
the Capitol, which has been used by
the Supreme Court of the United States
since 1859, will be preserved for pos
terity when the Nations highest tri-
bunal moves to its spacious new build
ing now under construction. While dis
position of the court room and adjacent
Offices will fall under the jurisdiction of
the Democratic controlled Senate in the
next Congress and the Offices will I'M
doubtedly be used for committee rooms,
it is now definitely settled that the IA
nous old Senate chamber, in which the
voice of Daniel Webster was so often
raised, will not be touched during any
changes to the Senate wing of the Capt.
toll. Prior to using this chamber-that
is, prior to 1859-the Supreme Court
occupied a room Immediately beneath,
now used as law library.
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One of the numerous visitors to Wash
ington for the opening OF Congress Is
comedy young Portia who maintains law
Offices in Johnstown and Harrisburg,
Pa-Miss M Vashti Burr. While her
Johnstown law partner, Representative
Howard w. Stull, celebrates in the
House, Miss Burr carries on the legal
affairs at home. There may be a time
in the not-too-diStant future when she
also will come to Capitol Hill in an OFF,
cial capacity, but up to the present
Miss Burr has graciouSly declined the
opportunities of her friends that she
put herself in the running for seat in
the Lower House, maintaining that just
now her chief interest lies in her pro-
feSSion. Outward signs would seem to
indicate that she is making a success
of this job Miss Burr has been retained
by group of PennsylvanianS to study
the direct primary system in the Key
stone State and draft bill suggesting
needed changes in it for the conSidera-
ton of the Legislature. She is promi-
nent in the councils Of Republican
women of Pennsylvania, is legislative
counsel for several State associations of
the larger cities and counties, is the
only woman practicing law in her
county and was one of the first women
to serve as deputy attorney general of
the Keystone State.
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In his campaign for reelection, Sen
ator Ellison D. Smith of South Caro-
lima, who will be chairman of the pow
erful Senate Committee on Agriculture
in the next Congress-"Cotton Ed" to
the home folks-sought to prove to his
constituents that he was one of the few
real dirt farmers in the Senate. To
accomplish this he grouped his COL
leagues on the basis of their activities
in private life, such as lawyers, doc
tors-Senator Copeland-and So on. But
the designation for Mrs. Hattie Cara
way had him stumped So he labeled
her the Senate's only "housekeeper."
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1t is interesting to note that Presi-
dent-elect Roosevelt will not lack for
able council in the United States Sen
ate, as far as fiscal matters are con-
cerned The new Senate win have two
distinguished Democrats who have
served terms as Secretaries Of the
Treasury, namely, Carter Glass of Vir-
ginia and William Gibbs McAdoo of
California. Before becoming Secretary
Of the Treasury the peppery Virginian
had established himself in our banking
Hall of Fame as one of the principal
conceivers and trainers of the Federal
Reserve act. 1t was Mr.. McAdoo who
headed the Treasury during the hota-
ton of the Liberty loans, out Of which
came considerable part Of the money
loaned to foreign nations.
Copyright, 1891