Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-03-14
THE NEW CONGRESSMAN
Amusing Ecerpts From Autoblo-
graphies of the Members.
MlSSISSIPPrS BYRD SHORTEST
Only "a Line and a Half in Length-0iher
Representatives Not Re-
ticent.

ticent.
The Congressional Directory, contain
ing the biographies of members of the
Fifty-eighth congress-, written by them
selves, came out the other day, says a
Washington special dispatch to the
New York Times. The autobiographies
OF the new members are full of inter
est, as revealing the frame Of mind In
which d man is when he has just be-
come a full nedged scion. A new
members biography is generally long
and shrinks in size year by year.. 1t
also contains many more facts about
himself which he thinks Of public In
terest than is the case with the old
member.
The longest biography In the book is
that of Robert Baker, a new member
from Brooklyn, but in his case 1t Is evil
IDENTIFY not egotism but a desire to
boom the single tax which prompts the
use of so much printers ink. His biog-
raphy Is a thinly disguised argument
for the Henry George theory.
A new man from Mississippi, Adam
Byrd. has robbed Senator Burton of
the distinction of having the shortest
autobiography in the list. Burton's Is
three lines long. Byrd's is only a line
and a half and is as follows:
adam Byrd, Democrat, of Philadel-
phia, was elected to the Fifty-eighth
congress. receiving 3.0S1 votes"
Almost as short are the biographies
of Patterson of North Carolina, South
all of Virginia, Kincaid of Nebraska
and keliber aAd McNary of Massachu-
sets.
But other new men are not so self re-
strained. Joe T. Robinson of Arkansas
relates in his biography how he defeat
ed w. n. Carpenter, Republican, for
congress and adds, "Mr. Robinson's
vote was the largest vote received by
any Democratic nominee for congress
In the state of Arkansas. and Mr.. Car
penter's was the smallest"
Minor Wallace of Arkansas relates
how he was elected to the F~ifty-eighth
congress ''in the midst of an all day
downpour of rain throughout the dis
trict." Milton ]. Daniels of California
announces in the course of a lengthy
article that he voted for Lincoln In
1864 and has been prominently identi-
fed with the Republican party ever
since"
Franklin e. Brooks OF Colorado con
fesses that he lis a member of several
q~uasipublic organizations" and that he
has done a considerable amount of
editorial and miscellaneous literary
work"
Frank +. Drandegee thinks it of in,
terest that while in college he was in
terested in athletics and for three years
pulled the bow oar in his class crew."
y man who Is proud of his wife Is
Henry 7. i,ainey. a new a from
Carrollton. III. He takes advantage OF
the space afforded for his autobiogra-
ply to say q good word for her.
Mrs. nainey.' he says, lis interest
cd in ~philanthropic work and was for
several years secretary of the Illinois
State Conference Of Charities. She Is
at present a member of the board of
u 0SlCto VI inc III SldlAtS DOJH hOLit,
an institution which is being largely
endowed by John w. Gates and Sam
uel Allerton and Others"
But having said so much for his wife
Mr.. Rainey thinks it well to add a
WORD for himself. He says: MIR. Raj
ney Is a close student. a thorough law
yer and enjoys a large practice in
Greene and adjoining counties. His
cases can be found in almost every vol
ume of supreme and appellate court
reports for the last ten years, during
which he has contributed as much as
any lawyer toward shaping the case
law Of the state"
Martin ]. Wade of Iowa makes
known the fact that ''since his eleva-
ton to the bench he has steadfastly re-
fused to make campaign speeches." de-
cIaring 1t to be improper for a judge to
do SO. He adds that he was ''impor-
tuned for years to become a candidate
for congress. but persistently refused"
The autobiography Of Arsene p. Pujo
of Louisiana begins In this quaint and
old fashioned way: "Arsene r. Pujo,
Democrat, Of Lake Charles, was born
Dec. i6. 1861, nea Lake Charles, Cal
casieu parish, of the marriage of the
Paul Pujo of Tarbes, France, to Miss
Eloise NJ. lie Blue"
Amos II. Jackson of Ohio gives this
account of his commercial pursuits;
Started out in the street vending
business, which he followed until 1882.
Since then has beer engaged in the
manufacture of muslin and fannelette
undergarments. with factories at FIRE.
mont. Sandusky, Tifln and Clyde, o."
! James Kennedy of Ohio is proud Of