Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-21
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

ing complexion, which those VINO know
their architecture say Is more in the
spirit Of Washington's early Federal
work than the triangle group, will
stand as monument to the talents and
public service of "a Washington allied
architects, and for that reason should
and will appeal particularly to the
pride of residents Of the National Cap
ital.
This new Office building. erected
under the supervision of the architect
of the Capitol, David Lynn, was de-
signed by these allied architects, who
are credited by Mr. Lynn with having
shown great cooperation with his
office, provision in so working out all
the details of the structure that the
amazing achievement of turning back
into the Federal Treasury approx
mately million dollars of the appro-
priation made by Congress was pos
sible Horace w. Peaslee Is secretary
of these allied architects and has rep
resented that group in conferences with
the architect of the Capitol, the House
Office Building Commission and COM
mittees of Congress. He is sometimes
called "the architects ambassador"
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Playtime Is about over for most
members of Congress who are facing an
unusually hard campaign for re-elec-
ton Many Of them have been making
the most of the last few weeks. Max
ing hay while the sun shines" has been
the actual recreation and regeneration
of some OF them who operate big
ranches, such as Representative Sam
Arentz of Nevada. Senator Simeon d
Fess of Ohio has been using hoe and
old fashioned rake for his golf clubs.
or course, there are others who have
been climbing mountains, swimming
rivers, rescuing beautiful maidens at
the fashionable beaches, winning water
melon-eating contests, acting as bally-
hoo men at church carnivals, ETC., &C
cording to letters and post cards they
have been kind enough to send so as
to keep us informed Of their escapades
Representative Robert G. Simmons
of Nebraska, who alternately inks Us
with his tight hstedness as a member
of the Subcommittee on District Ap-
priations and wins our applause by
starting some project for a Greater
Washington, such as our projected Mu-
nicipal Center. has Just had an I'M
usually interesting experience. He was
a special guest at Nebraskas big rodet
This is one Of the largest rodeoS in the
United StaAA s1d was extraordinarily
we'll attended Tvs year, Representative
Simmons reports.
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Representative Frank Murphy ol
Ohio, one Of the best loved men ir
Congress because he always goes about
doing as many kind acts daily for hi.
colleagues and friends as a versatile
good will can prompt, tells us that hi
is gratified at the number Of members
of the House who are visiting the Sin
mott Memorial in Crater Lake National
Park.
This memorial. he explains, Is ar
attractive stone building on the rim Of
Crater Lake. which serves as an obser'
walton station and orientation point fol
all park visitors In 1t are installed
through cooperation of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington exhibits anc
instruments. including telescopes, which
assist the visitors in interpreting tn,
geological history of Crater Lake.
1t was established in honor of ths
late Representative Nicholas j. Sinnott
who was born in Oregon e. years ago
Practically his whole life was devoted
to public service In Congress he wa.
chairman of the Public Lands Com
mittee He loved his home country o.
Oregon, and particularly Crater Lake.
Representative Murphy thinks thai
there should be quoted into the schoo
reading books the following extract
from one Of Representative Sinnott'
speeches in the House, on June 7, 1924
on Vale and Owgbee projects, in which
he said,
II wish I could take you out into my
country and show you that the AL
mighty Himself meant the SHOWS upor
the mountains should be welded II
those broad areas of fertile volcanic
dust. I wish you could see how amphi.
theaterlike the hills rise and radiatt
from the Colorado and the Columbia Il
the cardinal points. How hills pile OF
hills, how they rise in the purple has
Of twilight like pillows suddenly stillee
on the crest; how the rim Of the amphi
theater and the horizon is pillared with
dozen lofty, eternally snow-cappee
peaks. once blazing beacons, now onl,
rejecting above the dust Of the valley
the soft glow of the setting sun as tn,
day drops into the western waters O
the Pacific. These snowcaps eternal ar
our reservoirs; the Almighty invites u
to wed the snow on those mountain!
with one vast area of fertile volcani,
dust"
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Even in politics bread cast upon tn,
water" etc. A few years ago Sergean
at Arms Joseph G. Rogers, a power I,
the Republican politics of PENNSYLVANIA
did an extraordinary thing in appoint.
ing to the post of cashier and head o.
the financial department of the Ma
tional House of Representatives on,
Kenneth Romney, Democratic hold
over" That was one OF the best Job.
on the patronage rolls of the House
The appointment was made In the in.
tereSts Of efficiency and in appreciation
Of the very satisfactory way in which
the duties had been performed by Mr.
Romney.
There has always been q big scrambl,
for that particular job. When Alex.
ander R. Godron Of Ohio. who was ser.
geant at arms under the Democratic
House during the regime of Champ
Clark as Speaker, first appointed Rom.
ney to the post he naturally broke the
hearts Of a score of other applicants
Some days the cashier handles consid.
erably in excess of 100000. He make;
up the pay roll of the House and han
dies $l0,000,000 year. He does q
rather general banking business fol
members and employees.
Now Kenneth Romney is sergeant al
arms himself, and was In charge Of the
Speakers platform at the Democratic
National Convention. And Joseph G
Rogers, the Republican, is making him.
self just as much at home as when hi
was chief In that Office because he wa,
retained as a minority employe anc
drafted into service by Romney.
There's many "quid pro quo" ever
in political life, and it's because Of such
fair exchanges even under the patron
age systems that eficient, trained EN-.
ployes are retained in service, and 81
the routine work goes on satisfactorily
no matter which party temporarily wins
out in the biennial and quadrennia
free-for-au elections.
The trend Of recent weeks Is accepted
as forecasting more than just the be-
ginning Of readjustment that OBJ
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