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NICknOmSS
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political reliability by the admin
istration. Senator Alben w. Barkley
of Kentucky is known generally by
the columnists as Dear Alben' ever
since F. D. RS famous letter OF
July Is, 1887. beginning with this
familiar greeting, wherein the Ken
lucky Senator was urged to get sup
port for the court reform bill. He is
also called Little Abby"
Pride of Michigan"
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of
Michigan is often referred to as The
Pride of Michigan as his State is
grooming him for the presidential
candidacy in 1910. Senator Burton
K. Wheeler of Montana was known
in days gone by as The Great Lib
eral." The grand old man of the
Senate, George w. Norris of Ne
braska, has been called Father OF
Public Utility Regulation" Dean OF
the Liberals and the Great Purist.
Owing to his championing of the
cause for silver, Senator Key Pitt
| man of Nevada has been alluded to
many time as The Voice of Silver"
Senator Gerald P Nye of North
Dakota has been dubbed The Dove
Of Peace" owing to his active part
in peace and neutrality legislation.
/ Senator Vic Donahey of Ohio has
been generally called Honest Vic
by his acouaintances on the Hill
From Oklahoma comes Senator
Elmer Thomas. staunch silver ad-
vocate who has earned for himself
the name The Silver Sage" Sena-
tor Josh Lee, from the Sooner State,
who taught public speaking at the
University of Oklahoma. is some
times called The Second William
Jennings Bryan" or again One
Speech Lee" as he has an anti-war
speech he is reputed to have given
several hundred times.
Senator Charles L. McNary. Re-
publican floor leader, who halls from
Oregon, has been named Wise
Charlie" due to his astute floor tao
tics when the Republican delega-
ton in the Senate was small one
Senator James John Davis of Penn
sylvania is universally known as
"Puddler jim" from his boyhood
days in the steel mills. His confrere,
Joseph F. Guffey. is called King
Maker" and The Boss" as he
has welded SO much power in his
Keystone State.
Ellison Durant.
A man of wealth is Senator Peter
G.. Gerry of Rhode Island. who is
called The Millionaire" Few peo-
pie know of Ellison Durant Smith Of
South Carolina, but everyone has
heard of Cotton Ed" Smith.
Texas is reputed to have more
landscape and less scenery, more
rivers and less water. and more cat
tie and less milk than any place
else in the world, and it seems to
have more nicknames per square
mill than any other place also, for
each member of the entire delega-
ton is known in his particular baili-
WICK DV some pet name.
Senator Tom Connally is called
Texas Tom by his friends. Sena-
tor Morris Sheppard is known as
Dean of Congress by virtue of
having served longer continuously
in the Congress than any other hv-
ing member; he is also known as
Father of Prohibition" since he is
an ardent dry. Vice President John
Nance Garner is known as Cactus
Jack Sage of Uvalde,' "Uvalde
Jack" Poker Face" The Owl
and The Favorite Son of Texas"
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia is
termed The Unreconstructed Rebel
by the New Dealers. Senator Lewis
B. Schwellenbach of Washington
who once owned and operated a
laundry, is sometimes called "Louey
the Laundryman." Senator Arthur
Capper of Kansas, wso edits Capper's
Weekly, is often known out in the
corn belt as THE Farmers Friend ,
Senator John G.. Townsend, jr., OF
Delaware is sometimes called Straw
berry" Townsend. as he comes from
a district where they grow this lowly
plant in vast quantities and once or
twice a year he has strawberry
day" on the Hill, when he treats
Congress to the fruit that made
shortcake famous.
Lower House.
Coming to the House of Represent
atives there are a lot more nick
names, since there are lot more in
dividuals to bestow them upon than
in the Senate. Only the more out
standing or noteworthy ones will
therefore be recounted.
To distinguish him from his BROTH
er, Senator John H. Bankhead, ID
William B. Bankhead, from Ala
bama's 7th district, is widely known
as "Tallulah's Papa"
And, believe it or not, there is a
poet in Congress. He is John Steven
McGroarty from California's 18th
district, who is "The Poet Laureate
of California" and also called, "The
Sage of Verduga Hills, as he has had
a column in a major Los Angeles
newspaper called From the Green
Verduga Hills" He has published a
great deal of poetry.
Former Representative William F.
Allen of Delaware was known by his
fellow lawmakers as "Lovebird" Al
len, as in all his speeches he was
wont to say: Il love my State" 81
love my country" Il love my citi-
zens,' and many other lovable
things.
A newcomer to Congress is Thomas
Vernon Smith, Democratic Repre-
sentative at large from Illinois and
former Chicago University professor
He is known as Philosophy Smith,
''The Political Philosopher" anc
simply "T ""
Fred Cummings from the I'd Colo
RADIO district is popularly known as
Sugar Beets" Cummings due to his
active sponsorship of sugar beet