The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-26
SOME LUCKY CLERKS
,NDIs THE LATEST OF THEM To
LAND IN THE HOUSE.
sENATEs LITTLE FOUR"
PROMINENT MEN WHO FAILED OF
REELECTION.

Charleston Exposition.
washington, May 25.-The clerks 20
Members of the House will wear an
additional feather now, since the nom
nation of Frederick Lands, Logans
mort. Ind, as a Republican candidate
for Congress in a strong Republican
district. Up to three years ago he was
a. clerk to his brother, Representative
Charles B. Lands, who is still in the
House. and who has been renominated
for the next Congress. Representative
Asbury Francis Lever, a petite but
very congenial little chap from South
Carolina. was, until about a year ago,
clerk to Representative Stokes of that
state. whom he succeeded when Mr..
Stokes died. Representative Amos L.
Allen of Maine was clerk to Speaker
Reed many years ago. although in that
capacity ne drew $4,000 year, where
the clerks of members get only 500
month or $1,000 a year. Mr.. Allen
is now serving his second term in the
House and will be nominated and re-
elected this fall. Representative Wal
ter Oakley Hoffecker of Smyrna, Del,
who served during the second session
of the Fifty-siXth Congress, had been
his fathers clerk, but he was elected
only to fill out the term that his father.
John Henry Hoffecker, left at his
death. The late Speaker Crisp's son
also served as a member of the House
during his fathers unexpired term. He
had been the eX-speaker's private sec
rotary. Many other private secretaries
have aspred to the House and failed
among them Mr.. Joseph T. Hall of
Bangor Me-, who was for many years
clerk of the late Representative
Charles E. Boutelle of Maine. William
Tyler Page of Maryland, clerk of the
House Committee on Accounts. is now
a candidate for Congress from the
Second Maryland district.
Fred Lands of Logansport is known
as Back" Lands among his prospec-
tive constituents, and the name or
ieinated in a peculiar manner. All the
Lands boys, and there are about six
of them. started in life as newspaper
men in some capacity. Fred used to
deliver paper in Logansport. 1t was
necessary for him to get up at o'clock
in the morning and his good old moth
er used to get up to light the lantern
and help him saddle the old buckskin
horse A faithful old steed was this,
and the newspaper route he knew as
well as his rider. He would careen
from one side of the street to the other
with wonderful intelligence, stopping
at every door where a subscriber lived.
Fred with a bundle of papers under
each arm would throw one out at each
door. as the old horse moved on. The
residents accordingly called the news
boy Buck" from the color of his
horse.
North Carolina congressman.
1t is not infrequent for brothers to
serve together in the House, although
it is not as frequent that they
come from one state. Claude Kitchin
of Scotland Neck, N. c., and w. w.
Kitchin, of Roxboro N. c. are brothers
and both Democratic members of this
House. Charlie Lands and Fred Lands
Will in all probability be members of
the next House from Hoosierdom.
Henry D. Clayton, of Eufala, Alabama,
has been for some years a Democratic
member of the House. In the last
Congress he had. as a colleague, his
brother Representative Bertram c.
Clayton of Brooklyn, N. Y. The most
notable case of brothers in Congress
together was the three Washburns
quite number of years ago, all ma
lives of Maine, but members from
three different States, Maine, Illinois,
and Minnesota.
AS sturdy a mountainer as ever came
to Congress is Mr.. James Malcolm
Moody of Waynesville, N. c. Down in
the mountains they call him simply
Jim He is a good criminal lawyer
as many of the Southern politicians
ere and like many other Southerners,
VINO have been successful at law, goes
pack to his native heath occasionally,
10 keep some of his constituents out
OF Jail Jim Moody recently returned
rom the Mountains of North Carolina
on such an Grand.
Sitting on the porch of a country
MOTEL surrounded by numerous coun-
lrymen he told a story of the
wonderful growth of trees on
the Rocky Mountains. 1.-THE
oalsam trees there" he said, grow
SSI1ralght up into the air, 200 or 300 feet.
Iney are wonderful trees. The light
VI o me sun penetrates, but little through
thelr branches. Under them grow great
rhododendra several feet. Still under
as carpet, but on which the light of
gay has not shone for miles of carpet
ike eXpanse.
Down under the moss" added the
eIoquent attorney to his wondering
toHsutuents, the water flows from a
thousand rills. But it freezes solidly
ulluer the moss. AS the sun never
CoIIles IL never thaws, but forms a per-
another. ~
4, JIM interposed one of the wonder
Jug countrymen. II see now why Nan
sen never discovered the North Pole.
9ome one has planted way over yon-
uer IN the Smokes"
mat broke up the lawyers fluent
oisquisltion.
The Little Four"
senators Jones of Arkansas. Yelling
Ton Of Maryland, McLaurin of south
G1droilna and Pritchard of North Car
una are irrevently called the "Iittle
rour OF the Senate" These senators
Nere more or less conspicuous MEM
tls OF that body until they were de-
haleu Tor reelection. As soon as il
Laihe known that their senatorial
SfaIe OF activity is to terminate on
1911. IN next they ceased to be i'm
liant factors in the Senate. This
e-ailsed state of feeling does not con-
{. Ilself to the senators named, but
eAeends to every man in congress
ce5.'aai NE just as soon as II becomes
an mat he is to be a has been"
~ i5ator Jones of Arkansas Is sup
4, 70 ne the leader of the minority
a. me Senate. in addition to being
man Of the National Democratic