The Washington times., 1902-04-13

tn He towpath does not always lead to
the White House, and it is not
L always the gcod fortune of the
photographer TO reach Congress.
In this column recently reference was
made to photographer vino had found
a place in the Senate, and now, By way
OF contrast, ! will mention a photographer
who missed the nomination to Congress
and who has found something that is
much better, from the material STANDARD
by which We are accustomed TO estimate
the good things of this world.
former clerk to the Committee on
Banking and Currency happened to be an
amateur photographer. Perhaps it would
be better TO say that an enthusiastic ANA
teur happened to be the clerk to the COM
mittee. as he was a photographer first
and all the time, but found time to write
learned reports on financial matters ne
tween the times that his negatives were
drying. During his stay in this city he
managed TO make negatives of every
house of historic interest that he could
find, and in odd moments he wrote verses
and historical articles for the magazines.
In vacation times he made side trips TO
the historic places about Washington, and
at times made negatives at Lincoln's old
home. and during a hurried trip to YER
mont and New Hampshire he secured
many choice negatives Of historic inter-
est. Every day counted something done
in this line until the time came when
new committee selected new clerk, ani
the photographer was ready to turn his
attention TO something in the way of
finance on his own account
In the hustling city OF Worcester, Mass,
the home of this wide-awake man, it was
suggested that he might return to Wash
ington as the Representative from the
Third Congressional district, and upon the
theory OF nothing yentured nothing
won" our photographer entered the cam
paign, and though he made a brilliant
canvass he was defeated in the primaries
by very few votes
So far there did not seem to be very
much OF promise in the defeat, but the
association of our Photographic friend
during the campaign with some of the
business men of Worcester, gave them
better insight into his fitness for posi-
lions OF trust and confidence than could
have been gained If he had not entered in
10 the political race in which he failed
to win.
The owner of large manufacturing
concern in Worcester was at this time
very much in need of a capable business
man who could take up the details OF the
business and relieve the proprietor of the
burden which had broken down his health.
The place was offered to this energetic
young man and as result Of this open
ing Washington lost from her camera
club one of the cleyerest amateurs, and
Worcester gained a wide-awake, we'll
equipped man of business
At the present time our late camera
club member is travelling abroad as the
representative of the manufacturing con-
Germ in Worcester, and SO far as money
considerations go he is several thousands
better OFF per year than he would have
been il he had been elected to Congress
from the Third Congressional district of
Massachusetts,, but the man is still
young man, and Congress may yet count
among its members Frank Roe Batcheld-
er, formerly clerk to the Committee on
Banking and Currency. and for some time
D member of the Capital Camera Club
Time brings many changes and even