Evening star., 1942-03-22
Capital SideIiehts
By Will P. Kennedy.

Both Senate and House interrupted
defense legislation the other day to pay
tribute to Ansel Void. 40 years in service
at the Capitol, and for 81 years clerk to
the Joint Committee on Printing. COM
piler OF the monumental Biographical
Directory Of the American Congress. It
was that great Viking from Minnesota.
Knute Nelson" who brought Mr. Void
to work in the Capitol. Senator'S Hayden
Of Arizona. chairman Of the joint COM
mittee. and Walsh of Massachusetts,
eulogized the loyal and conscientious,
able and intelligent devotion to duty,
and the industry with which he has
performed the difficult and technical
tasks of clerk to that committee" Rep
rensentative Jarman. vice chairman;
Representatives Woodrum OF Virginia,
Rich Of Pennsylvania and Michener of
Michigan voiced the commentators of
the House
The greatly loved Representative Hat
ton w. Summers of Texas has made
many important and historic speeches
during the 20 years in the House. One of
those that will live and influence genera
tions Of future citizens was delivered on
April 27, 1920. the 9sth birthday of Gen.
Grant. 1t again has been printed in the
Record in connection with the observ-
ance of the birthday anniversary OF
Abraham Lincoln. with whom Grant was
80 closely associated, and who shared
with Lincoln a fine humanitarian senti-
ment toward my people of the South"
a. Representative Summers pointed out.
Representative Thomas H. Eliot now
serving his first term In the House,
grandson Of the noted Charles w. Eliot,
president emeritus of Harvard. in his
attack upon Chairman Dies Of the spe-
cial Committee Investigating Amer
lean Activities, mentioned that his great
grandfather had served in Congress. His
reference was to Samuel A. Eliot, who
after being Mayor of Boston and serving
in both branches Of the Massachusetts,
State Legislature. was elected as Wing
to the Thirty-f1rst Congress in 1850 to
succeed Robert C. Winthrop. who had
resigned. He served less than seven
months and later was treasurer Of Har-
ward University.
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Senator Dennis Chavez Of New Mexico
has told his colleagues the story OF
Coaley. the wild black stallion that for
years has roamed the hills of the white
sand area, and brought recollections Of
other wild horse traditions: white
Devil" in the Sierra Range. the great
stallion Black Kettle. who went from
Texas to Kansas and ended his career
dragging plow; the White Sultan. the
Ghost Horse of the Plains, the Phantom
White Horse. the pacing white stallion
and In Mexico Ell Blanco.
Representatives Mcintyre of Wy
oming and Harrington Of Iowa paid
tribute in the House to the services Of
Leroy D. Brandon. veteran House en-
ploye. who for years has written the Of
fetal history Of House proceedings.
which is approved by the House itself
daily Mr.. Brandon has been q Capital
resident since 1900, and was employed
for many years in the Government
Printing once. On October 6. 1919, at
the request of the clerk Of the House he
was assigned to the Capitol to help in
compiling certain publications. He was
Journal clerk from December /. 1923. to
December 81, 1881, but still continued to
write the journal, because it requires .
certain style and extreme accuracy. AS
his successor in writing the Journal he
trained John @. Gill of Arkansas. while
George Taylor has succeeded to the office
of Journal clerk. Mr. Brandon also COM
piled a list Of nominees for Congress as
a forerunner of the Ofhcial List of Mem
bers Elect which the clerk uses for or
ganization Of the House when he pre-
sides at the opening Of . new Congress.
He likewise compiled the statistics Of
presidential and congressional elections,
showing the vote for each candidate. He