The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-01-06
CONGRESS AND COMMONS.
LONDON PAPER TIINHS LATTER ~ "
WORE HEPRESENTiTIIE.
sixty-six Fer Cent. Of LAWYERS In Congress and
Only II Per Cent. In Parliament other
Interests Represented Herr kress's Air
chip An Interview with the Engineer OF
the Fastest Train In the World.

Interests Represented -hetr hTess Ar
ship An Interview with the Engineer Of
the Fastest Train In the World.
LoSpoS, Dec. ?: Daily Nsrs has been
analyzing the personnel Of the British House
of Commo ns and of the American Congress.
and asserts that the former l. far more rep
resentative of the various interests OF the
country than Is the latter.
In this country" says the DAILY NsTs'
-ths lawyer Is the most popular OF all can
didates. In the United States not only Is
he the most popular candidate. but he is
virtually the ruler OF tho country. In the
American upper house there are sixty law
yers In a total membership OF eighty-seven
IN the lower house there are 2S3 Ia a total
OF ss7 members Jumping both houses to-
ssther. there are 2es lawyers in . total OF <+
members. This Is equal to 90 per cent. Our
own Parliament has 40 lawyers. or only 70
per cent. Of the whole House. The farming
interest In America Is better represented than
In England. there being twenty-five farmer
members Of Congress TO sixteen British NJ Ps.
Bankers and fnanclers are about equally
represented In both countries. the numbers
amounting to slightly over 3 per cent. in
America. and nearly sH per cent. In England.
There are thirtv-three English Journalist
P.'s. equal to S per cent Of the House.
while there are only fourteen American press
Congressmen-eaual to 8 per cent Of Con-
rrees Doctors are VII gularly scarce In the
American legislature, There are only two
Of them. while our Parliament has nine
There IL only one brewer In Congress. only
one Representatives, Of the vast tobacco In
Gustry, only one cotton planter. one oil pro-
Queer. one grain dealer. one fruit packer.
one miller. ana I'VE member interested In
the coal md iron industries and mines We.
bv contrast. have seventeen colliery pro-
pric,ors and coal merchants. twentv-three
brevors. distillers and vino merchants.
and eighteen iron masters and metal mer-
chants Education has four. compared with
our thirteen representatives There Is not
q single ship owner or builder in Congress
W. have eighteen NJ P's OF this class The
American Congress has eight merchants.
three railway Presidents and agents. FIVE
real estate men. one contractor. one printer,
two civil engineers. one dealer In advertis-
ing signs. three retired" gentlemen. six
public offcials i've have seventeen. two
members Of no occupation. md a score or
20 Of nondescripts. THERE'S no Parliamentary
class TO correspond with our six,y-fve gentry
and ~wners. our thirty-one peers sons
aad brothers, nor. ouriously. with our thirteen
l1bor Representatives
herr Wllnsln hTssS. VINO, owing 10 tH6
Emperor Francis Joseph's Gift and con-
tributions which are expected TO follow.
will now complete his aerial machine. first
began to work upon it twenty ears ago. His
idea Il TO support his ship" with the help If
great wings OF silk OF hemp eXtende ed by means
81 steel ribs resembling the spokes Of a hicy Gle
wheel. These would In themselves act as
paraohutes and allow the car beneath to
descend gently. This car or boat rests on
runners like IN ose OF a sledse. which would
enable II to glide on Ice, snow, or grass, and
tho boat itself would sit on water
The machine IL 10 be raised and moved by
two propellers similar to a ships screws
These while prorelline the vessel win make
the wings or sails face the air With these
latter or part Of them directed upward a
power will come into action which will first
support the weight 81 the boat and then raise
II In the air AZ II grows stronger. The screws
srs to be set In motion by a benzine motor Of
twenty horse power and Of such exceeding
liahtness a. has never been before constructed
1t 10 believed that It will not weigh more than
from eight TO ten kilo9rammes per horse
power " Will be made of aluminium.
Herr Krsss 10 set his model In motion uses
india rubber SPRING.. and though the littl.
mschine never flew longer than a matter
Of minutes, the experiment. however often
II was repeated, always succeeded. Prof
Won Radineer. q high authority. Is convinced
that Herr Krsss win succeed. The inventor
attended the technical schools TO study ma
chine construction when he was almost so.
because he did not like TO trust any detail
Of his invention TO other hands than his own,
He hopes that the hrst experiments with
his full-eized air ship will be made In the
spring on the Lake OF Neusiedel across the
H. srls~ fyAnttar nat MAN., ,,V.a fr1..
Vienna. He calls his invention Dragon
flyer.
An English Journalist gives the following
account Of his interview with the driver
Of the fastest train in the world, 3 the Calais
Paris express:
-Ninety-sevsn kilometres tabout % Q miles
IN hour. " said the driver. is my lowest speed
over the 800 kilometres between here and
Paris On the level stretch after Boulogne
and before Abbeville l run generally up TO
JOG kilometres an hour. M'sieur. sitting in
the luncheon car. cannot know what such a
speed means. On the engine the vibration
IA 90 terrific that l have had a special wooden
platform made TO prevent the Commissions
Of legs and arms I used to constantly sus-
tain. Every joint In the metals causes the
eng Inc to Jump-sometines so much that
any one but . locomotive driver would be
frightened. You have no such speed on your
English railways. l have heard.
There's only one dangerous spot. just
before going in Bouloene there's a nasty
curve, which sometimes causes the res
taurant car to swing. but the train IL so
heavy that there IA really no danger. 1t Is
only unpleasant for the passengers. who. be-
cause the plates upset. often think that We
are about to leave the rails and take n trip
across the country Since the disaster down
st Dsx the other day. however, the company
have given me striotest orders to report any
Inequality Of the line. and make any .ugses-
tions ] wish to secure the most perfect safety
Yes, 4 could run the whole way into Paris II
II were hot for water. which | am compelled
TO take In at Abbeville
Cool head9 Certainly. m'sieur. but YOU
see Il 10 habit. Iran the new engine the other
day on a trial trip from Calais to Paris with
merchandise. and got up to III kilometres
an hour. I would have gone quicker. but
signals we're unfortunately against me
II Ia. ] am doing the run Ia Paris daily
without varying Ave minutes In arrival.
but whom those new engines are put on the
srv1ce will be accelerated ny fully half an
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