Evening star., 1938-02-06
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY,

What happens TO members OF Congress
after they have passed into the gallery of
"ex-es' by either their own volition or
the votes of the sovereign electorate and
before they go the way Of all hesh?"
In cloakroom gossip At the Capitol one
frequently hears What became of So
and SOP" When one stops to consider
the question it opens up interesting ret
rospection. The answer is that some of
them go to other important public Offices.
more Of them resume the private practice
OF their professions or their business en-
terprises, very many have become 50
enamored Of the Capital City and its ad-
vantages that they continue to live here
and practice as lawyers or lobbyists and
the ideal goal for many, and generally
the ablest-Quite number get appoint
ments as judges.
There are some few who do something
quite different-for example, Charles R.
Evans, member of the Sixty-sixth Con-
greSs, from Nevada, who had previously
been q miner is now q Capitol guide;
George p. Darrow. who had been q men,
Der from Pennsylvania for about 20
years is now minority employe OF the
House; Miss Jeanette Rankin, a pioneer
worker In the cause Of woman suffrage
in washington State. California and
Montana, the first woman elected to
Congress. 20 years ago, is now legislative
secretary OF the National Council for the
Prevention Of War-one of the best
known lobbyists. But a lobbyist these
days does not carry the same stigma and
unsavory inference as some years ago
when debauchery and boodling and
bribery were the most effective methods.
Now to give illustrations Of those who
have received promotions to higher
political office: Secretary Of State Cor
dell Hull of Tennessee. premier Of the
Roosevelt administration heads the list
He is also on the governing board of the
Pan-American Union. on the Foreign
Service Buildings Commission, member
Of the Smithsonian Institution. National
Emergency Council, the United States
Texas Centennial Commission and the
National Archives Council. He was a
member of the House for u years be-
fore going to the Senate. r. Walton
Moore. who represented the Mount YER
non district in Congress for many years,
was recently honored by having the new
ONCE Of counselor Of the State Depart
ment created for him. Richard N. Elli-
OFT, formerly chairman of the House
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds, is Republican. acting con-
troller general OF the United States;
Secretary Swanson of the Navy Depart
ment was formerly a veteran Senator;
Under Secretary Charles West of the
Interior Department. formerly a House
member from Ohio, has been called Pres
ident RooSevelt's personal lobbyist to
Congress-but he is following in the foot
steps Of such other ex-House members as
Representatives Walter Newton, Mime
sofa; Everett Sanders, Indiana, and c.
Bascom Slemp, Virginia, who similarly
served other recent Presidents Former
House members who are now Governors
Of States are Martin L. Davey, Ohio;
Clyde r. Hoey, North Carolina; E. w.
Marland. Oklahoma: Gordon Browning.
Tennessee. Then there is Mayor Forello
H. La Guardia of New York. Other
House graduates in the Federal service
include Swager Sherley, who before he
left Congress was chairman of the Ap-
preparations Committee: Guy T. Helver-
ing, commissioner OF internal revenue;
Edwin L. Davis and William A. Ayres of
the Federal Trade Commission; Ray
mond B. Stevens of the United States
Tariff Commission: former Senator A. O.
Stanley of Kentucky, now a member of
the international Joint Commission, and
former Senator David A. Reed of Penn
sylvania. q member of the American
Battle Monuments Commission.
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There is lengthy list of those who set
up their offices in the Capital City after
leaving Congress-mostly men of out
standing ability and personal achieve
ment, such as: Senators Harry B. Hawes,
Missouri; c. c. Dill. Washington, and the
blind Senator from Oklahoma, Thomas
p. Gore; Frank w. Mondell of Wyoming
and John Q. Tilson, Connecticut, both
OF whom were Republican House leaders;
Everett M. Sanders, who was White
House secretary; Philip P. Campbell,
looking like Dickens character, who
was during the Republican regime one
OF the great triumvirate as chairman of
the Rules Committee. John H. Small,
North Carolina, for many years chair
man Of the Rivers and Harbors Commit