Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-01-27
Members of the Fifty.Eishth Congress
Are Lacking in Averdupois-
Cannon Best at Poker.

tional legislature-a circumstance
which has a bearing upon such mat
tiers of outward show as whiskers and
clothing. Members of that political
persuasion were strongly inclined to
freak boards and oddities CT costume,
which, though interesting, were lack
ing in decorative effect.
Mr.. sulloway Unique.
So the new house is Obliged to re-
fer to the Hon. Cy Sulloway, OF New
Hampshire, as its worst dressed men,
Der. Mr.. Sulloway, it is said, once
went to hear Bob Ingersoll, but went
away dissatisfied. remarking, He
amt radical enough for me. Too
much trimming to the orthodox
Nevertheless, he vas converted by a
salvation lassie, who afterward be-
came his wife, and himself carried O
banner in the procession of the army.
Incidentally. Mr.. Sulloway is the
tallest man in the house. measuring
6 feet 3 inches in his stocking feet.
AS to who is the shortest member
there is uncertainty. The Oldest rep
resentative is Sperry, Of Connect
cut, who was born in 1927, and prides
himself p O the fact that he was
one of the bondsmen for the building
of the Monitor, which whipped the
confederate Merrimac. II the Moni-
tor had been a failure Mr.. Sperry
would have lost all he had by the
venture.
French, Of Idaho, the Baby.
The baby of the new house is Bur
ton L. French, the only member from
Idaho, who is 20 years old. Littauer
of New York, is the baldest man, and
Livernash of California. who is the
living image of Israel Zangwill, pos
sesses the largest crop of hair. Her.
schel M. Hogg of Telluride, Colo,
claims the distinction Of being the
homeliest representative. but Mr..
Hogg does not need to be beautiful,
because he is good.
The dude of the house is Edward
Dew. Morrell of Philadelphia. He Is
a very handsome man. and his appar-
ell does but serve as a frame, so to
speak, for the display of a physical
pulchritude which renders him the OBJ.
ject of general admiration. An up-to.
date psychologist would say that his
'peripheral attributes" were in all re
spects impressive. and. inasmuch as
he Is the husband of a lady miss
Drexel), who bestowed upon him a
fortune of So, 600, 900, tailors' bills are
not to him a subject of much anxiety.
The prodigy Of the house is a new
member, Baker of Brooklyn, who re
fused an annual railway pass between
that city and Washington. When he
gets to be an old member he will
probably follow custom by accepting
| privileges of this kind. But his decli'
nation of the favor has already
brought him fame, and on the day
when congress was opened his desk
was adorned by a large locomotive
built of flowers.
Prince Jonah Of Hawaii.
The new congress Is the first to
boast of royalty in its membership
Prince Jonah X. Kalauuiauoale rep
resents the Honolulu district as a del
egate from Hawaii, and in his auto
biography contributed to the con
gressional directory he states that hi
is by occupation a capitalist, that HI
Is a cousin of the late King Kalakaua
and that he was created prince by
royal proclamation In 1884.
There is some dispute as to who II
the richest man in the house, SO many
miliionaires having invaded its erst
while Democratic precincts within the
last half dozen years. But a genera
%concensus of opinion points to Sibley
of Pennsylvania. as the holder OF thu
plutocratic prize. He is associated
with the Standard Oil trust, and l!
probably worth at least $4,000, 900.
The new house has two brothers
named Lands, Charles b. and Fred
erick. both of them from Indiana. 1T
member of longest continuous service
is General Harry" Bingham. OF Penn
sylvania, who on that account hold
the title of father of the house. Jos
eph G. Cannon would enjoy that dig
nifty but for the fact that he was lef
out of the Fifty-second congress. ow
ing to an indiscreet remark which h
let drop in the heat Of debate. an,
which was made the subject OF mucl
talk at the time.
Cannon Best at Poker.
Mr.. Cannon. however, is recognize,
as the best poker player by all odd
in the legislative body. He neve
plays for high stakes, but as a rul
he wins.
There are no men in the presen
house who are specially noted for ec
centricities. Indeed, the old folk
somehow seemed to have dropped on
of the legislative ranks at the capita
within the last two or three years
Grout, OF Vermont. who ate powder
! ed sugar on his oysters, is gone, an
likewise Updegraf, OF Iowa, who's
fad was mushrooms.
Updegraff usel to give what his fe
low members called 'toadstool feasts
in the house '%estaurant, for the puI
pose of intro iucing to them strang
species of fungi. He was ven a,
customed to say that If the confe,
crates had only realized the edible va
ne of certain kinds of mushroom
they could have whipped the north
the civil war. They lost the gan
because of an ignorance which fata
ly crippled their commissariat.
At School With Kaiser.
II is the odd points in mems hi
tories that make them interestin
John s. Williams, the floor leader
1.-THE Democratic side. went to scho