The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-09

| maze man and deserves a lot OF credit
| His parents were poor, and but for a phi
| lanthropic lawyer he would not have OBJ
| tanned any education. He went to Texas
in the early eighties and his rise has been
rapid Formerly one of the good and
| true free siIverites. he has at last crossed
the line and he is now in favor of Arthur
Pue German, a gold Democrat, for Presi-
dent IN 1904. Mr.. Bailey believes that he
is on the right track for further rise in
national politics, and intends to lead the
procession.
Senator PIatt Of Ne= York is the most
noR-committal man in the upper house Of
Congress. He never makes a statement
without qualifying it. George Gorham, the
/ former Secretary of the Senate, met the
senior Senator from New York in the
committee room occupied by the latter
| the other day. Greetings were exchanged.
/ We'll, Senator. how are you today"
| said Mr. Gorham-
Il am not as strong as a horse, but
am not as weak as cat" was the re-
ply
Representative Cannon of Illinois has
lived in Washington too long to be a
stranger here Uncle joe as he is pop
/ ularly known. had determined to take
a house in the northwest section Of the
/ city, and had brought his daughter here
! TO manage it for him. At the last mo-
ment the old trick of raising the rent
was applied by the agent.
I know trick worth two of that"
said Mr.. Cannon. He left the agent in
the lurch. and although the latter offered
the house to him at greatly reduced terms
the wary Cannon went back to his old
quarters at the Cochran
These fellows cant fool me-" said he
4 have seen too many people from the
West taken in If I had taken his old
house he would probably have raised the
rent on me after I had moved in. No res
Idence in Washington for me after this
narrow escape
There are two men at opposite ends
of the Capitol that are daily taken for
each other. They are Representative
Robert B. Gordon and Barney Clayton,
Acting Assistant Doorkeeper of the Sen
ate. Both hail from the Fourth Congress
sionaI district of Ohio The Representa-
tive is frequently greeted with: Hello,
Barney; anything doing II the Senate to-
day?'' or Say, Barney, tell Senator Han
IA I want TO see him"
Mr. Gordon usually smiles and says:
4 guess you are mistaken. Who is Bar
ney?"
On the other hand, it's a common occur
renee for old soldiers to hold up Mr..
Clayton in the streets and in the corri-
doris Of the Capitol and request him to
have their pension bills made special. Mr.
Gordon, it should be remembered, takes
special interest in pension liquidation.
When Mr. Clayton is mistaken for the
Representative he winks and says:
We'll, I think you are mixed hope
TO be in Congress some day, but I'm not
there yet. I see you take me for Congress
man Gordon"
The attention of visitors TO the House
galleries is invariably attracted to Rep
resentative Loud OF California. And the
cause of the attraction is explained on
the score that Mr.. Loud is a double Of
General Grant. More times than he can
remember he has been asked if he was
related to the late general, the resem-
blance is so marked. Mr.. Lc.Id is known
far and wide as the author OF the Loud
bill. He will not reintroduce the bill this
session, because the Postmaster General
has made the ruling relating to second
class mail matter that was contemplated
in the Loud bill. The gentleman was
Chairman of the Committee on PostofTce
and Post Roads in the last Congress-
The friend Of the public school teacher
is Representative Bell of Colorado At
the last session Of Congress ne made a
strong fight 70 secure an increase in the
salaries Of the teachers. but was opposed
in the committee room by Messrs Grout
and Allen However not to be outdone.
Mr. Bell went over to the Senate side
and saw to it that an amendment was put
in the District Approx riation bill giving
the increase asked for.
If there IS one class Of public servants
who ought TO be well paid" said Mr.
Bell, 1T is the men and women who give
their lives TO teaching the young
There is no denying the fact that Rep
resentative Waehter OF Maryland stands
close TO Speaker Henderson. The best
proof of this is the fact that on Friday
Mr. Wachter was appointed Chairman of
the Committee on Enrolled Bills. IN one
sense this is an important craftsmanship.
It's the duty of the chairman to take the
enrolled bills to the President, and the
record shows that nearly every member
who. in the past, has been at the head of
the Enrolled Bills Committee grew in
favor With the President Another sig
nifcant thing is that Mr.. Wachter is the
first Southern Republican in the House to
be honored with a Craftsmanship, and he
is just serving his second term The COM
mittee room of the Committee on En-
rolled Bills will now become the head
quarters for Maryland Republicans.
English and American Jokes.
(clIicsgo Trihune)
Few American iOLee can thrive - IT.