The evening times., 1901-12-21
OUR NATIONAL LEGISLATORS.

There was some talk yesterday that the
| Foreign Affairs Committee would be dele
gated by the House to represent that
body at the Coronation of King Edward
VII Whether or not the whole commit
tee VIII 90 to England viii not be de-
termined until later. II is believed how
ever. that Representative Adams of Penn
syIvania VIII be appointed chairman of
the committee TO visit England. Chair
man Hit is said to be a candidate for the
United States Senate from Illinois and
hence he would not be willing to leave the
country next summer 1t is not impr3b-
I able that joint committee of the House
and Senate viii be appointed to attend
| the coronation.
On every occasion Representative Pearre
comes to the front as The friend OF the
men who wore the blue in 1876. There
are many veterans in Mr.. Pearre's dis
tTiet and they call on him for every little
thing they want. Mr. Pearre has intro
dUcsd bill that meets with the approval
of all the old soldiers in the country.
It is a simple measure. 1t authorizes the
clerk or carrier in charge Of sub-sta-
ton on a rural free delivery route to
execute pension vouchers. Under existing
law fourth-elass postmasters can execute
affldavits for old soldiers, but with the
extension Of rural free delivery an6 the
adjustment of the fouTth-class post
Office, veterans who live on the line Of
newly established routes must travel
quite a distance TO have their pension
vouchers executed. The passage OF the
Pearre bill will save the old soldier much
time and trouble, as it gives the same
authority to the rural carrier as now pos
sessed by the fourth-class postmaster
Representative Woods of California is
collecting some valuable data which he
will present to the Judiciary Committee
anent the Chinese exclusion question,
which viii come up for consideration soon
after the reassembling OF Congress. Mr..
Woods is one OF the best posted Men in
the House on the Chinese questi-n, hav-
ing devoted much time and study to the
subject He is one of the most energetic
men in the House, He gives his personal
attention to all correspondence, which, in
z.
that. although Republican, he represents
a district which several years ago went
Democratic by 5000 majority.
group of Senator'S gathered in Sen |
aSor Mason's committee room yesterday !
afternoon and INDUCED in a pastime /
which is a delight to the Illinois states !
maE-impromptu story telling One Of the /
yarns concerned Senator Bailey of Texas,
and was 10 the effect that while the
Texan was a member of the House he at
tended a mass meeting in his district.
During the meeting he constantly re-
ferred 10 Jacob t Patrick, prominent
from Kentucky, as Judge"
This incensed Mr. Patrick, who finally
arose and said
i am not q Judge I never was and
more than that I have no title. I am
plain Jake Patrick, the only strictly priv
ate citizen in the entire commonwealth
IF Kentucly. I am not even a Mister"
Well. SIR" replied Mr.. Bailey, ''you
Ire unique. should think that you would
'e at least a Colonel I have always
Understood that in Kentucky it Is the
'asiest and cheapest thing in the world
@ be colonel
There is something in that replied
fr- Patrick 1t is almost as easy and
heap to be colonel in Kentucky as to
De Congressman N Texas
The laugh was on Senator Bailey and
he crowd was refreshed at his expense.