Evening star., 1933-01-15
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.


A beautiful concept and summarize.
ton of Liberty was presented to the
House during consideration Of the Phil
ippine independence bill by Camilc
Osias, resident commissioner from thu
Philippine Islands He was quoting The
Filipino martyr, Jose Rizal, who in 1896
penned these lines:
Some have sacrificed their youth
their pleasures; others have dedicated
to her the Splendors of their genius
still others shed their blood: all dice
leaving as legacy to their country ar
immense fortune-Liberty and Glory:
Liberty Is not unrestrained freedom;
liberty is freedom to do right.
Liberty is not indulgence in every
desire; liberty is selective choice.
Liberty does not wallow in the mire
liberty walks the high path of the noble
Liberty is never individualistic; lib
erty is corporate.
Liberty was not born in the jungle
liberty had birth where truth and priv
ilege had severest contest.
"The right of Life, Liberty and the
Pursuit of Happiness is not braggart's
boast, but freemans passion.
Nations have had their birth in lib
erty as brave men died to make them
Liberty is the patriots halo. the
martyrs crown"
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Discussing the balancing of the
budget as "the main issue before the
country. the House and the American
people" Representative Hamilton Fish,
Republican, of New York, Contributed
the following-which he called poetry:
Who killed the sales tax?
Il" said Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Because OF the horror I felt,
killed the sales tax"
Who saw it die?
IT." said Garner, "at our little parlev
Along with Rainey, Collier and Mobley'
We saw it die"
Who caught the blood?
We" said Joe Byrns and John Nc
Duffie.
with political expediency, tried and
trusty.
We caught its blood"
Who made its shroud?
IT, said Bob Doughton,
"Out Of Carolina cotton,
And I made its shroud."
Who shall dig its grave?
I'VE" said the Democrats.
I'VE know what we are at,
We shall dig its grave"
Who'll be the parson?
t." said Sam Rayburn,
'If it gives me heartburn,
And I'll be the parson."
Who'll carry 1t to the grave?
II" said Bill Bankhead,
IF it sends me to bed,
I'll carry 1t to its grave"
Who'll be chief mourner?
81" said Crisp of Georgia,
I still love my pandora,
And I'll be chief mourner."
Who'll sing a psalm?
IT," said John Rankin,
With veteran contraption,
And I'll sing a psalm
Who'll be the clerk?
IT." said Robert A. Green,
ITO avoid being seen,
And I'll be the clerk"
Who'll make the point of order?
II" said Tom Blanton,
ITO avoid further confusion,
I'll make the point of order
Chat the sales tax is dead)."
And who'll toll the bell?
II, said Jim Farley,
Because Of my party"
And so, sales tax, farewell.
From far and near, all the Democrats
Fell assigning and a-sobbing
When they heard the bell tolling
For poor cock robin, the sales tax.
The biggest printing establishment in
the world, operated by Uncle Sam
the Government Printing Ofice-estab-
lished new record last year for the
amount of type set. The record has
stood for IL years. George Carter, the
public printer, in discussing this new
record, says: with the setting of
2,790, ,245, 900 ems Of type during the
fiscal year 1882, the Government Print
ing Office established a new production
record for itself, exceeding by 96,018,100
ems the former record-breaking amount
of type set in the fiscal year 1920 and
topping the 1881 output by 282,431,- :
600 ems.
THE amount of type set by the Gov
ernment Printing ONCE in 1882 with
its equipment of 406 typesetting and
casting machines would fill 1850 pages
of an 8-column newspaper in 7-point
type, or 745, 900 pages of books 5A by 8
inches set in 8-point type. If set In
9-polnt type, the years output of type
would print a library of 612 encyclo-
pedia volumes containing 1000 pages
each.
THE increased amount of type set
in the fiscal year 1882 was required
largely for printing the voluminous re
ports of the United States census Of
1880, the increase in patent specifica-
tions and the unusual number and size
OF the daily issues Of the Congressional
Record"
Representative William P. Connery.
jr., of Lynn, Mass, former soldier and
vaudeville artist, stood up in the House
recently and declared that while he
has been one of the most active workers
for the passage of the beer bill, he him.
self Is a total abstainer. He explained
that on his fourteenth birthday ami
versary-the earliest age at which he
was eligible-he joined the Father Mat
thew Total Abstinence Society in his
native city and took the pledge to alb
stain from intoxicating liquors of any
kind His comrades in the House ap-
plauded vigorously when Representative
Connery added, IT am pleased to say
that have never violated this pledge"
1880 and 1881, the other two depres-
sion years.
Mr.. Awaits staff went back and av-