Evening star., 1933-04-30
Capital Sidelights
ny. WILL p, KENNEDY.

The old Daniel Webster room In ths
original part Of the Senate Wing Of tht
Capitol, which has remained withou,
structural change since Congress first
moved to the seat Of Government here
the very existence of which is known tc
not more than half q dozen Senators
is going to be restored" during the
Summer recess of Congress. This wa
decided at q conference yesterday be-
tween Col. Edwin A. Halsey. secretary OF
the Senate, who has used this room as
sanctuary during the past IS years
while he has been q Senate employee
and David Lynn, architect OF the Cap
itol. When the old filing cases have
been hauled out and this attractive
room with its peculiar beehive shape
and large, round window overlooking
the main entrance on the east front
OF the Capitol has been rehabtlitated, II
will probably be added to the Senate
Library suite and be used as confer
ence and study room by Senators.
The old Daniel Webster room was
near the head of "the grand stairway
in the original building, which has
been closed over and is now occupied
by filing cabinets in the Senate dOcu-
ment room. Some of the original docu-
ments in the Senate files bearing the
name of Daniel Webster and his sig
nature will be framed and hung IN his
old committee room.
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The Senate has the most priceless
collection Of autographs on original
documents signed by all Of the great
statesmen of this Nation-all care
fully preserved" They have been
bound into several volumes with cloth
leaves, in proper chronological order
The work was started many years age
and has been kept up to date. This flle
is kept In the custody Of the financial
clerk Of the Senate, C. F. Pace.
1t contains nominations for the high
est official positions sent to the Senate
by all the Presidents, starting with
George Washington. These nominations
in the earlier days were transmitted IN
the handwriting Of the President-up To
the encumbency Of President Whnam
Howard Taft. Since then they are SUD-
mitted typewriter on Q regular form
but stu carrying the Presidents sig-
nature. These original documents have
been taken from the f1les OF the execu-
tive clerk.
nominating John Jay as Chief Justice OF
the Supreme Court, dated Aug. II. l78S
John Adams the second President, on
Nav 20. 1877, sent to the Senate the
nomination Of his son, John Quincy
Adams. to be Minister to Prussia.
Another document signed by John
Adams nominates George Washington
"of Mo,,nt Vernon" to be lieutenant
general and commander in chief OF the
armies raised or to be raised IN the
United States. dated July 2. 1898. That
was at the time Of the Whlskey Re-
bellion.
Thomas Jefferson On April 20, 1901
sent to the Senate his nomination OF
John Marshall. Secretary OF State, to
be Chief Justice IN place OF John Jay
who declined.
Thomas jefferson on March s., 1901
sent in the nomination Of James Madl-
son to be Secretary Of State.
James Madison on March 7, 1903,
nominated James Monroe to be Secre-
tary OF State.
James Monroe, In turn. on March 5,
1917, nominated John Quincy Adams to
be Secretary Of State. :.
John Quincy Adams on March s.
1925, nominated Henry Clay OF Ken
lucky to be Secretary Of State.
Andrew Jackson on March 6, 1929
nominated Martin Van Buren to be
Secretary of State, and on December
2e. 1885. nominated Roger B. Taney OF
Maryland to be Chief Justice.
Millard Ftlmore's nomination OF
Daniel Webster to be Secretary OF State
is one of the interesting documents IN
this album.
Abraham Lincoln ON March 5, 1851
nominated william H. Seward to be
Secretary Of State.
william Howard Taft's first nomina-
ton was that Of Philander Knox to be
Secretary OF State.
All OF these original documents,
signed by the successive Presidents.
Carving nominations that have had q
very vital effect on the preservation,
growth and development Of this Nation.
are being treasured as foundation
stones of history. to which future gen.
erations may refer.
Representative Kramer OF California
who has Just made the important rui-
ing that IN order to sell beer in the
House restaurant and cloak rooms Con-
Rress does not have to get license
from the municipal government OF the
District Of Columbia, which would mean
that the Federal Government would
be taxed by the Federal City. which
is exclusively under its jurisdiction. Is
no believer that Is Is an unlucky mum.
Der. He has 13 letters in his name and
l3 in his profession-attorney at law
On March 4 he had lived 13 years
in California, Is resident OF what Is
now the thirteenth district, was elected
by q majority Of just $4,000 votes and
throughout the thirteenth district dur
ing his campaign had 13 headquarters.
HIS district. he says, "roams over hills
and mountains, along the canal and
has residents from multi-milliona6es
to people without a dime"
On the way East he stopped at q
hotel and after registering noticed that
the bellboy was given q key to room
1927, which figures added together make
the mystic "13." He says he doesn't
know where the "l3" trail may lead
him, but some Of the big men Of his
district have declared that they intend
to keep him in Congress at least Is
terms. When he received his automo-
bile license plates the number was
2Kl3.
When his colleagues on the Commit
tee on Accounts made him chairman
of q subcommittee in regard to the sale
of beer in the Capitol they probably
did not know that during his early
days in Chicago he was employed by
one Of the largest breweries in Illinois,
which employment continued during
his student days in the law school. and
that he later represented quite q large
number of breweries in legal capacity.
He believes that "by bringing back
beer and wines in a great way we will
eliminate the speakeasy. which has
brought about 30 much distress In the
country"
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There are three members Of Con-
gress from Michigan who have been
true disciples of the Rooseveltian doc
trine, each having six children and two
of them have twins. They are Repre-
sentative John Camillus Lehr Of Mon
roe, whose two youngest children. aged
10, are twins: Representative Michael
j. Hart of Saginaw, who also has q
pair Of twins, and Representative Prem