Evening star., 1934-07-15
BY FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
CHAPTER NJ

BY FRANK u. tARPEN En-.
CHAPTER XI.
TIME speakership will be the first
great issue before the next
Congress. Samuel j. Randall,
Il who has been Speaker of the
last three Democratic Con-
crosses. has the best chance in the
coming contest. Sam Randall is big
man all over. He has big body a big
head and a big brain. He stands fully
feet in his stockings, and his great
frame is well padded with muscular
flesh His face is broad, smooth and
classic: he has pair of the brightest
black eyes that ever acted as the in
dex of soul
Mr.. Randall dresses plainly and
lives plainly. He usually wears a
black broadcloth suit while in at
tendance on Congress and he sports
silk hat. For number of years
after he first came to Washington he
boarded at the hotels and it was not
until about 10 years ago that he
bought the modest little brick house
on Capitol Hill which he will occupy
this Winter as he has every Winter
since that time.
John G. Carlisle of Kentucky is
RandallS most formidable opponent.
Carlisle is much like Randall in ap-
pearance He has the same big. mus
cular form, the same massive head
and the same classic features; the
difference in the faces of the two
men being that Randalls was cut
out with a sculptor's chisel, while
Carlisle's was evidently hewed out
by one of natures stone maSons. Car
isles face is rougher. his jaw heavier
than Randall's. His manners are
also rough and he lacks the pleasant
smile and winning ways of his COM
petitor. Like Randall, he dresses in
plain black broadcloth, and, like him.
he is an inveterate worker. Carlisle
is gerat for statistics, being as we'll
posted on the tariff as any man in
Congress. His rooms are lined with
volumes of figures and when he is
not at the Capitol you will ind
him deep in them. His hobby is
tariff for revenue, but he is rather
considered as free-trade Democrat.
The conservative Democrats who do
not wish to meddle with such a dan
gerous matter as the tariff are sure
to be against him.
Sunset" Cox.
Sunset" Cox is rather a chronic
candidate. He gets the disease when
ever the Democrats get the ma iority.
but the election of some one else
always cures him and he Jokes away
. hc
OF much ability. He is brighter and
quicker than either Randall or Car
Isle. but lacks the solid qualities
Of either. His sarcastic tongue has
made him many enemies and he is
the prince Of repartee in Congress.
He has much literary ability and
has written entertaining books.
To his facile pen Mr.. Cox owes
his nickname. Years ago, shortly
after he had become the editor of
the Ohio Statesman in Columbus.
ne wrote an elaborate, sophomore
description of i'ery fine sunset. wax
ing eloquent and ELUSIVE about the
beauties Of the evening sky. His
fellow editors and competitors COM
mented upon it with ridicuIe. re-
terrlng to him as Sunset" Cox fire.
quently thereafter The sobriouet
stuck, though few remember its
origin today
sam Cox Is always fun of business.
When you see him at the hotel he is
usually talking earnestly and he never
mas a moment TO spare. He is svstem
attic about his work and accomplishes
great deal. He is now nearly 90.
out his WhlSkerS are black and there
are as many dark hairs on his head
as gray ones. He is. in fact. such a
busy. Jolly little fellow that YOU never
would think Of him as growing old
and his Wlry frame Will probably hold
together until it goes to pieces all at
once, Ike the old mans shay. Sam
Cox IS radical free trader. He is
now posing as a free-trade candidate,
but even If he were as good a Demo-
crat as old Andrew Jackson he could
not succeed on such a platform this
year.
The White House Grounds.
The last day of September in Wash
lngton! The month has been cool
and pleasant throughout; today the
weather Is the best Of Indian Sum-
mer. The grass is luxuriantly green
and Nature is Just beginning TO paint
the brilliant colors OF Fall upon the
shade trees that line every street.
Saturday afternoon in the White
House grounds during the Summer re-
minds one much of the gay scenes of
a Sunday in the public gardens of
the greater capitals Of Europe The
lawn is then filed with a well-dressed
crowd as cosmopolitan as you will
/ find anywhere. and the big Marine
Band. one of the best in the world
clad in their flaming suits of red and
gold. give forth the finest music
The concert is free and all classes
may be found in attendance You
may run across a Treasury clerk or a
cabinet officer and you may discuss
the toilette of Frau Won Nirgends. the
chief lady of 8 foreign legation. or of
pretty little. peachy Miss Smith.
uh0Se father is MESSENGER in the