The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-01

bear is that his boyhood nickname,
Berthe" Is sometimes applied to him
by lrreverent newspaper reporters.
The title does not comport with the
dignifed and important position Mr..
Adams holds in the house. He is sec
ond on the committee on foreign af-
fairs, and has frequently been in
charge of very important bills in that
committee. Mr.. Adams Is tall, well
groomed gentleman who has attained
quite an enviable position in Wash
ington society, his name appearing
among the leaders at all high social
functions.
William McAleer, who represents the
Third district, is down in the list OF
members as n &c. d." which means
a Gold Democrat" Mr.. McAleer is
short in stature, but long on good looks.
lie was born in County Tyrone, Ire
land, and brought to this country with
him all his Irish wit and q little bit
of the brogue. Mr.. McAleer's forte in
congress is working for the interests Of
Philadelphia, and he has proved eN-
cecdingly valuable in securing votes
on the Democratic side where some Of
his native "blarney' has stood him in
good stead.
A FAMILIAR FIGURE.
If the Fourth district follows the cx-
ample of the other districts in Phila-
delphia, James II. Young, its represen-
tativc, has a long congressional career
ahead of him. He has now sat in the
house one term, but his experience
about the capitol as q newspaper cor
respondent and senate clerk made him
familiar with all the forms of legsla-
tion years ago, so that the taking OF
the oath Of Office brought him into no
new field in Washington. Jim"
Young is one Of the best-known men
in congressional circles, because of his
thirty years or more residence AMI
work in Washington. A generation
ago he was chief of the Washington
bureau of the New York Tribune, bur
no one, to see his sturdy frame and
fresh, healthy color, would imagine
that thirty-threc years ago he was old
enough to do newspaper work Mr..
Young will be SO years old next March.
Representative Harmer, of the Fifth
district, is the oldest member in the
house, and his figure is one of the
best known about the capitol. He has
never taken a very prominent part on
the floor, but has usually been found
on some important committee, where
his experience has been of value. In
the Fifty-frst congress he was OPP
posed to the election of Mr.. Reed as
speaker, and the big man from Maine
proved to have an excellent memory
Mr.. Harmer did not receive a good
,,l,, Il, HI.
strated that he was looking after his
| friends.
Tom" Butler of West Chester, Il
! beginning his second term as a mem
| Der of congress. He is a man of in
| tensely nervous temperament and is
always busy. He received an assign.
ment in the last congress to a place
on the Naval Affairs committee anG
between fighting for the League Island
! Navy Yard and attending to the wants
of his suburban and rural constituency
he was about as busy a man as there
was in congress, but always retained
! his good nature. Mr.. Butter has g
| son bearing a first licutenants com
mission in the Marine Corps and /:
proud of the fact that the boy Sc
cured the appointment through hi!
owns efforts and without the iniiuenC,
| which his fathers position on the Ma
| val Affairs committee might suggest
Irving Price Wagner who represent
| the Seventh district is known whereve'
Free Masons of the highest degree 1,
| congregate. He is away up in Mason
! ry, but does not permit his devotio"
to that order to interfere with HI:
work in the house, where he has
! achieved distinction as a COMMITTEES
/ man and a dobater on the floor.
| A METHODIST MEMBER.
The Methodist church has a stauIci
representative in the house in the per
son of William Connell, of the Eleventh
district. Mr.. Connell has only ont
term to his credit but in those tive
years he has made a strong impres
sion, especially in the state delegation
He is modest and unassuming, bu
has a store of good hard common sens
that has proven extremely valuabl,
to his colleagues on more than one oc
casion. He is one of the few con
gressmen who have taken the oppOr
tunity to announce in their Geographic!
that they are church members. He :.
: q prominent member and benefactor o
the Methodist Episcopal church.