The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-13
OUR NATIONAL LEGISLATORS.


| Senator Mason. his rotund form shaking
with merriment. and his face shining with
/ good nature, made his first speech of
the new session yesterday AS usual, it
was a plea for the Pure Food laws. As
! soon as the Illinois statesman rises at
his desk to make a speech, it is safe to
I say that the subject will be pure food.
| Mr.. Mason is walking exem3lar of his
own doctrines, and is the most contented
/ looking man in the upper body of Con
| gress- He has reached the stage wherein
! ne cares not whether his necktie is on
| straight or his hair thrown back in true
Senatorial style. He is the eontentc1
man of the Senate and his motto is:
There is no sin, save that of unkind-
ness"
Senator Foraker has made a significant
statement in refuting the charge that
the contest over the organization of the
! Ohio Legislature is really to advance his
own interests over those of Senator Han
mas Presidential candidate in 1904.
I have already selected by candidate
for President in 1904" ne said His
name is Theodore Roosevelt
Two members of the Kentucky delega-
rion in the House are avowed candidates
for United States Senator, Charles K.
Wheeler of the First district and David
| H. Smith Of the Fourth Just as soon
as Congress adjourns for the holiday re-
cess, they viii leave for Frankfort, the
State capital. and begin an active per-
sona1 campaign. Both are deservedIy pop
uIar, and their hope is that a combina-
ton can be formed by which Governor
McCreary, who is said to have the in
side track, can be beaten.
Representative Smith is saie to be
one of the best campaigners in Ken
lucky, and on the stump he can hold
his own He is a leading lawyer in the
Blue Grass State, and is member of the
House judiciary Committee. In the event
of deadlock in the legislation, the wise
ones say the Senatorial lightning will
strike D. Linn Gooeh, of Covington, who
now represents the district of ex-Speaker
and ex-senator John G. Carlisle. 1t is
not known that Mr.. Gooch is d candidate,
but he halls from lucky section of the
State. The successor to Senator Deboe
will be elected next month
In the mail yesterday Representative
Sheppard of Texas, received small pack
age which contained a cotton boil pluck
go from the cotton fields of Roxtor La
mar county. The boil was a beautiful
specimen of fine locks OF cotton that
measured fully FIVE inches long. It was
I
planter of Lamar County. Accompanying
the cotton boil was note. which said:
The Grout bill is still pending and If
passed it will hurt our chief industry"
On the floor Of the House yesterday
morning Representative Boreing Of the
Eleventh Congressional district of Ken
lucky, was the recipient OF many con-
gratulations on the appointment of r. D.
Hill as United States Attorney for the
Western district Of the Blue Grass State.
Mr. Hill had IN addition TO the support
of Mr. Boreing the endorsement of Repre-
sentative Irwin, Judge Walter Evans, and
the entire Louisville bar The reappoint-
ment OF Mr. Hill is the second victory for
Representative Boreing in the matter of
Kentucky patronage The member from
the Eleventh district is taking no hand
in the contest for the other Federal Offices
IN the State.
At home Representative Thomas NJ Jett
OF the Eighteenth Illinois district is
known as Fifty Thousand Dollar Jett''
He was given this sobriquet because in
the last two Congresses he was successful
IN securing an appropriation of $50 600
for improvements on the Illinois side of
the Mississippi River banks And ne has
assurance OF a like appropriation for the
same purpose this Congress. Mr.. Jett is
known as one OF the mainstays Of the IIli-
nois Democracy.
For twenty years George R Patterson
of Pennsylvania. vas a drummer or COM
nerciai traveller Now ne is member
OF Congress. H. is the friend OF TIE
coal miners, and they elected him. Mr..
Patterson and NJ. Bankhead have the
distinction of being the only ez-traveIing
men IN the Fifty seventh Congress There
| is this difference between the two. Mr.
Patterson is still salesman on the road,
/ but by proxy only. For a new member
Mr. Patterson was quite fortunate in his
/ committee assignments. being placed on
Mines and Mining and Pensions