The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-21
MR.. SHEPPARD OF TEXAS
One Of the Youngest Members of
the House.
ne IS ALREADY ATTRACTING ATTENTION
Further Efforts to Sh9ke Mr.. hyde by
charging Census Bureau Work--Statss
Represented in Statuary Hall.
Br c. Arthur wnllamsA

10 be called characters" Among these
we're the picturesque Buck" kllgore. Miles
crowley and Thomas z. ochiltree. Stories
OF All three OF these men are still told IN
the hotel Hobbies and the cafes OF Wash
ington, while the history Of legislation at
the National capital during the past few
decades contains many references TO such
mental giants Is David Is. CulDerson, John
r. Reagan Richard Coke ana others, u
say nothing OF the members OF the present
Iexss delegation.
n Is ukely that none OF these, when they
made their congressional deOuts, attracted
more geAeral attention than Las the mOsl
recent ad1ltloa u the list u Texas COZ
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sheppard. WHO s4cceeaeI
lls ulLAeg Lue l4te joan l.. sAepp4Ea' -
IrpfySeEtAuye trUM tAe Uid fOuiIA aAs
Youngest memget ~ tue de4esatloA' DOLL AZ
ll,iiL % years and leAst Oi service, unless
IO4slueraleu oe pau " tLe 4St1 t--''s H-
tsuz GLs seat u lAe Lp-s- Two u --4tS 49,
bnor " t1e ARRIVAL u JGlhe GolAuA hLs
seIl. tIs Lew representative IRON Tue GU
a A4ru 4lslrlct. lac A-s oCeA mere OILY tAEec
NeeAs uuL ~ that SLuu period ne Aas lu4uc
Z ulslluclly i4FUtADle AZ ll-ss4uI ana Las
UUur srNgtal tALAbs " 4!cA iA4iC4Le Lat Le
Will lie ue4rl IEuLI ~ the Iulure.
4ltre ara 4uLl1et % U4a features con
recteu Win yCuus sheppard sGrcesslL!
contest Iur Tie sl4t LOal-ef!y ueiu ~ Als
father. I1e was e!v-teu 10 lue MY -elsAtA
CUlsrgss before ye4ns elected 10 uA tte
UueA p4rud term IA tAe Lt} seventh, aA4 (
wlsA ne arrived LeEti Ola tLe uIst Gay u
the srsslu-, Ge .uUAQ LlULa-lL considerably
~ ADVANCE o. L4s CgEL4-LtG OF election, Z
wElcu Iur tl4t matter, Las Let yet a.
ErsQ, gut i expected WITHIN tue next day
o. IRo. HIS, As LAS already been explained
IL Post was uuE 20 TIE Texas Law LlaA-
lug il Necessary tut returns "a All ylecuuLs
10 Ds hel- = c-ELal4 uuMDtt ~ uaNs Ht4uIe
being officially C4uF4ssgL. bONg44ut-tlt-t ]
LguA4@ tooA TIE u-N member 10 Lauu AMI !
tA4Ae4 LIE matter over wan tue sptaAcit /
Lac resuN nelLs tuai SAT cuuypaIu was cs- /
cbzte1 70 tn- cierA > urSA ana sworn IN as /
4 uelul~r 81 iLe Lu-sr Oh representative /
az tEe Lnlr4 States On the day OF uls AL /
one q Tue local papers. IN reference to
raised 0rii, tL4J Mas 4ut So pxlruurd-
iE2-y, ~ TieN OF the fact that at tue axe
81 - y Io4AI Himself W situation when
las brought embarrassment 10 many men
Old enough TO pe his father. He had had
; ham night for LIS position aud showed
ralirosd journey, was somewhat out OF
sorts as a result ~ loss OF sleep and tile
strain which be endured while his cam
ps-sa was on, and. on tue whole, there
were many reasons why be should not huge
exhibited the utmost sang frold during the
swearing IN process, when the eyes II pIac-
ideally every person on the door Of tue
house ana IN he galleries we're upon him.
49,
There are two other youthful members OF
the house. but sheppard's appearance seem
Cd &c impress all observers with the belief
that he was the youngest Of them all. aud
before the work OF the day was over ne had
teen approached by numerous correspond
entS OF Eastern papers, as had been the
Texans in the house and the press galleries,
with Inquiries TO his age, his campaign,
his former record, etc.
II Is difficult To say whether Sheppard or
Lever OF South Carolina looks the younger.
As a matter Of fact, they are both older
than Feeiy or Illinois who, however, Is
much larger than either OF them, aud who
would never be picked out AS being The
Youngest member ot the house. All three
Of THESE yoututul members Of congress Were
born M 1870. leely ON August 1. sheppard
On May = and Lever on January o. Ftty
VIII not be returned to the Fitty-cgutn
congress, Of which Sheppard will be the
youngest member, although he Will be hard
pressed Tor tue place 10y both Lever and
youus Fred Lands, who was the successful
opponent Of tine veteran George Washing
ton Steele Tor the republican nomination lI
the Eleventh indiana, and who was elected
by I comfortable majority.
II has mol taken many days TO demon
strate the fact that Sheppard is young In
years only lie has even gone to the Other
extreme ia his devotion to what he con
the recipient Of considerable good uaturec
chatting at the hands Of his older col
leagues, who have been in congress lonl
enough 10 set somewhat careless as e
strict attention IN detail. few days az,
sheppard received an invitation to attcnS
political meeting in BrooRyn-an invita-
ton which he particularly wished TO az
cept Some one asked him why he aid no
make arrangements 70 90 and, he answered
vita some surprise that the house was n
session, and, therefore, he could not ahseu
himself, This action Is IN very marked con
trast 10 the course pursued by other mem
beers, some OF whom are absent for month
at time. II Is even said that Sheppard
VII not leave the house long enough to <
Gown 70 the restaurant for lunch; but thi
" denied. However. there IS no doubt tina
unless there Is some excellent reason VIII
young MI, sheppard should be elsewhere
be will invariably be found in his seat duI
Inc the sessions OF the house. He even zoe
bgs ns om SrSqPe q Y05 55 agaipst pense
useless.
These are not the only points Of direrenc
between Mr.. Sheppard and large humble
Of his older colleagues. Those who kno,
him best know that he does not have man
OF the so-called bad habits peculiar to tn
average man. He does not touch intoNicant
and he does not smoke. Further, he zoe
20 church every Sunday. There Is nothln
hypocrtical about him; He is not what
known as ''goody- woody" He Is lust
clean, alert Intelligent young American ,
the type that the nation depends upon, II
deserves the place he has won aud II Ii
dlcations are not at fault there may /
something better for him in the future.
Intimates, OF Mr., sheppard md in hi
only one characteristic TO which obiectio
can justly, be made. He will make nun
Some OF these puns, incidentally, are oldI
Vhdn young Alr. sheppard. lie even WEI
80 far n day or two ago as TO renal
casually that a speech made recently
the house was SO pathetic that even II
seats were left In tiers, Trouble was on
averted by another remark to the enc,
that President Castro OF Venezuela wh(
told that the foreign powers We're abol
% bombard his capital, Caracas. said tn
Ae didn't care.a-cuss.
Seriously, Morris Sheppard Is a your
man OF whom Texas may well be prou
He may be depended on to do nothing thu
Will not reject credit on himself aud a
people he represents.
~
Interest in the statistical eontroveri
which has been going on for so long pa
continues unabated One OF the latest d
yelopments is furnished by the fact tn
out OF all the Southern representatives.
tefested. only two have so far shown tn
they are in any way dissatisfied with Il
work OF the division OF statistics OF II
agricultural department. These two a
Representative Livingston OF Georgia al
Representative Scarborough OF South Car
Nina, whose action In Offering resolutiS
providing for the collection and publicatie
a addltionai cotton statistics By the censT