Evening star., 1936-09-13
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY,

With Capital visitors focusing atten-
ton this Summer on the new United
States Supreme Court Building, guides
have been besieged with questions re-
garding other places where the Supreme
Court met. Before the court occupied
its own building 1t had temporarily sat
in IL other quarters.
February /. l790-Met in Royal Ex-
change at foot of Broad street, New
York, for one term.
February, 179l-At new City Hall
Philadelphia, which stood east of Inde-
pendence Hall.
February 4, 1901 -1806-Met in mar
shals office, United States Capitol
Building.
1909 -18l1-Met in clerks office, United
States Capitol, during remodeling Of the
Senate chamber.
1sl2-18l4-Met in law library, United
States Capitol.
August "a. lSl4-Capitol burned-after
fire court met at 204-206 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast for 1856 This
building recently torn down to make way
for new Annex to the Library of Con-
gress
1817-l8-Terms held in north wing,
United States Capitol
18l9-Returned to law library, United
States Capitol.
December, l860-Removed to court
room, United States Capitol
November 6, l898-Due to fire. court
met in District of Columbia Committee
room, United States Capitol, for one
week
1901-For three to four weeks court
was held in Judiciary Committee room,
United States Capitol.
There are four men in Congress-all
seeking re-election-who first entered
upon their legislative duties nearly 30
years ago, on March 4, 1907. They are
Senator William E. Borah of Idaho and
Representative Adolph j. SABBATH of Illi-
noiS. both of whom have served consecu-
lively ever since; Representative Benja-
min K. Focht of Pennsylvania, who has
been an in-and-outer, serving in the
Sixtieth to the Sixty-second, Sixty
fourth to Sixty-seventh and the Seventy
third and Seventy fourth Congresses
and Representative William A. Ashbrook
of Ohio, who served from the Sixtieth
to the Sixty-seventh Congresses, and
then after an absence Of Is years came
back in the Seventy-fourth.
The American people give away per
cent of their income, save IL per cent
and spend IS per cent, Representative
Benjamin K. Focht, Republican, of
Pennsylvania points out and interest
ingly quotes Arnaud c. Marts, acting
president of Bucknell University, to
show how far the per cent goes to-
ward acquiring the deep satisfaction
of soul which comes from sacrificing
selfish desires in order to serve God
and uplift humanity to higher levels of
character. intelligence and refinement"
From the per cent which we give
away voluntarily to the Nations cul-
tural agencies, he emphasizes, we draw
our richest satisfactions:
With this per cent we maintain
Americas s32 voluntary colleges and uni
versities, providing the means by which
some 550,000 young people each year
widen the horizon of their lives and
grow in capacity to serve their fellow
men.
Out Of the 3 per cent we maintain
2,700 voluntary hospitals, we train
100000 Boy Scouts. $4,000 Girl Scouts,
hundreds Of thousands of boys and girls
enrolled in other character forming
groups-Y. M and Y. w. c. A., Y. M.
and Y. w. H. A., and Catholic Youth
Clubs.
AS an official observer for the Amer
lean voters in the great quadrennial
game of politics, there is quiet little
man in hidden-away office in the
Capitol keeping an official record of the
candidates for the law-making body
Leroy D. Brandon, who came to Wash
ington in 1900 from Iowa to work for
Uncle Sam. For 10 years he has been
handling these official lists Of candi-
dates-he used to work with George
Ellis, attached to the Office of the clerk
of the House. He was detailed to duty
at the Capitol from the Government
Printing Office In 1919 He was made
journal clerk in the Sixth-eighth Con-
gress, and when the Democrats came
into control and appointed some one
else to his job he went back to the G.
P. O. But he was promptly detailed
back to the Capitol, where he ofiicially
supervises the preparation Of the House
journal, which is the only official record
Of proceedings. He also supervises the
work of the enrolling clerk.