Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-12-19
BIrs OF LIFE " WASHINGTON.
variety OF Occupations Represented
by ConGressmcn.

1t takes all kinds Of people to make a
congress. A representative body ueCessar-
lily represents fairly we'll the various pur-
suits Of a cosmopolitan nation. Couse-
quently nearly every trade and profession
are represented in the membership Of the
ifty-ninth congress.
Never before, according to the Washing
ton Post has there been such a density OF
occupations and professions as found in
the present house of representatives. Law
yers as usual are in the majority, and on
a division OF lawyers alone this class
would poll 20 votes
ITS because we have so many lawyers
i'm the house each trying to make bills
more difficult that it's so hard to under
stand a bill. and that we have to have it
interpreted by the supreme court some
times" Colonel Ike" Hill. the Democratic
whip said in commenting on the predomi-
nance of lawyers.
There is no other profession represented
which comes anywhere near reaching the
figures of the lawyer members. OF doctors
there are two. Representative Barchheld
the tallest. widest and heaviest man in
congress. and his colleague, Representative
Samuel Of Pennsylvania. John Wesley
Gaines of Tennessee. was graduated In
medicine. but has not practiced 1t recently.
Next in point OF numbers to lawyers are
the bankers, Of whom there are fifteen
Manufacturers and farmers come next
with thirteen members each. Editors and
merchants are next in rank. being repre-
sented in the house membership by eleven
men.
Three members admit in their published
biographies that they were at one time
"drummers" and three members say they
worked as newspaper reporters bofcre
breaking into congress.
Five members are dealers in or manu-
facturcrs of lumber; three are blacksmiths
and two are house builders Only three
men i'm the entire membership of the house
have the hardihood to admit that they are
connected with life insurance companies.
Some of the other occupations and pro-
fessiuns represented. with the number for
each are: Stonecuttcr /, carriage painter
/. tanner J. printer I. newspaper publishers
.. hotel keeper /, truckmcn !. apple grower
/, telegraph operator l. milliner l. lecturer l.
railroad president l. oil operators C. stenog-
rapher l. timer /, nurseryman !. railroad
section hand |, and real estate dealers .
John Sharp williams the minority leader,
classifes himself as a planter. and julius
once an actor and played with Booth
Representative DENLY of Michigan, a son
of the United States minister to China,
gives as his occupation "gunners mate,
L. s. N"
Representative Washington Gardiner of
Michigan. is a minister of the gospel. and
Representative WachtPr of Maryland, is
down as a "spOnRer OF cloth" Representa-
tive Michalek. in his "write-up" of him
self gives his occupation as 'bookkeeper.'
There are three stockmen, two coal oper-
ators. a trainman. miner, three teachers
and mechanical engineer. The iron in
dustry is represented by three members
OF the remaining unclassfed tifty-two
members a majority are lawyers, but do
not work at their trade" They are gen
orally just politicians, having held public
Office so long that they do not give any
other occupation.
This house in no wise resembles those Of
the days when the populsts were sending
members here. 1t is not congress Of
whiskers. although. of course, there are
some noticeable boards
Such whiskers as those OF "Uncle Joe"
Cannon, former Speaker Keifer of Ohio and
General Grosvenor stand out most prom
inently. There other whisl5ers. but
they are of a No. brand as compared with
Grosvenor's. These No > whiskers are
worn by Palmer of Pennsylvania, Hill of
Connecticut. Gardner of New Jersey,
Cooper Of Wisconsin. Mann of Chicago
and Sulloway Of New Hampshire.
ma jorty of the members Of the pres
ent house are whskerlcss and bald. Those
who have the least hair on their heads are
Of Nan NsN,,ly
Ollie James of Kentucky, Smith of Iowa,
Dunwell of New York and Nick Long
worth Of Ohio.
Those who have superahundant hair are
young Fred lands Of Indiana and his
brother Charles the editor of the Delphia
Journal: Julius Kahn. the member who
was an actor: Rainey Of Illinois, John Wes-
lev Gaines Of Tennessee and Washington
Gardiner Of Michigan. Powers of Maine
has enough hair on his head to make
good advertisement for ''we-grew-this-
hair and -can-prove-it" sign.
The red-haircd members are Murdoch OF
Kansas. who ran on a platform Of I'VE
need red-headed men in congress-" William
Sulzer and Michalek, the new member
from Illinois, who is charged with not
having been naturalized as a citizen Of the
United States. Uncle Joe" Cannon. too
has red hair-at least what there is left of
Il is red.
The galleries are undecided as to which
member of the house is the ugliest, but
according to the capitol guides the votes
for the last three days show Cushman of
Washington and j. Adam Bede tied for
the honor.
All agree that "Bcrtie" Adams of Penn
sylvania is the "cutest' and that Colonel
Jacob Rupert OF New York is the best
dressed.
Barchfield OF Pennsylvania is the tallest
and the heaviest, and Shorty" Dunwell
Of New York is the smallest; Jim" Taw-
ney. who is to be chairman of the COM
/ mittee on appropriations is the best sim
! ger, and Representative Lindsay of New
| York is the worst; Clayton of Alabama is
| the loudest talkeT and Morren OF Pennsyl-
vania the latest, and Cushman of Wash
I ington he tbinpp9t