The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-30
DATA ABOUT CONGRESS.
Clergyman, Stenographer and Section
 Hand Among New Members.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
 Rich men. poor men, beggar men-poli- ticians-all these and pretty nearly every trade and profession are represented in the membership of the Fffty-ninth Con- gress
 Never before has there been such a dl- versity of occupations and professions as found in the present House of Representa- tives. Lawyers, as usual, are in the ma jority, and on a division of lawyers alone this class would poll 210 votes.
 It's because we have so many lawyers in 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 1t interpreted by the supreme court some- times," Col. 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 doc tors there are two-Representative Barch- field, the tallest, widest and heaviest man in Congress-and his colleague, Represen- tative Samuel, of Pennsylvania. John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee was gradu- ated in medicine, but has not practiced 1t recently.
 Next in point of numbers to lawyers are the bankers, of whom there are 10. Manu- lecturers and farmers come next with 13 members each. Editors and merchants are next in rank. each being represented in the House membership by Il men.
 Three members admit in their published biographies that they were at one time "drummers." and three members say they worked as newspaper reporters before breaking into Congress.
 I.t o1,p, j 1arc it, lecturers of lumber; three are blacksmiths and two are house builders. Only three men in the entire membership of the House have the hardhood to admit that they are connected with life insurance companies.
 Some of the other occupation and pro fessions represented with the number of each. are: Stonecutter 1, carriage painter l, tanner l. printer l, newspaper publish CT l. hotel keeper l. truckman 1, apple grower l. telegraph operator 1, milliner l. lecturer l, railroad president 1, oil op- orators S. stenographer 1, timer 1, nur- seryman 1. railroad section hand l. and real estate dealers 2.
 John Sharp Williams. the minority lead er classiies himself as a planter, and Julius Kahn of California admits that he was once an actor and played with Booth
 Representative Denby of Michigan, a son of the United States minister to China, gives as his occupation 'gunner's mate, U. s. N"
 Representative Washington Gardiner of Michigan Is a minister of the gospel, and Representative Wachter of Maryland is down a "sponger of cloth" Represen- tative Michaek, in his ''write-up" of him. self, gives his occupation as book keeper"
 There are stoekmen. ? coal operators a trainman, a miner. teachers and a mechanical engineer. The iron industry is represented by members. Of the remaining unelassfed ffty-two members a majority are lawyers, but do not work at their trade They are generally just politicians, having held public office so long that they do not give any other occupation.
 This House is no wise resembles those of the days when the populists were sending members here. It is not Con- gress of whiskers, although, of courjse, there are some noticeable boards.
 Such whiskers those of Uncle Joe Cannon. former Speaker Keller of Ohio and General Grosvenor stand out most prominently. There are other whiskers. but they are of a No. brand as com pared with Grosvenor5s. These No. whiskers are worn by Palmer of Penn sylvana, Hill of Connecticut Gardner of New Jersey. Cooper of Wisconsin, Mann of Chicago, and Subway of New Hamp- shire
 A majority of the members of the pres ent House are whlskerless and bald. Those who have the least hair on their heads Beidler of Ohio, Littauer of New York, Ollie Jones of Kentucky, Smith of Iowa, Dunwell of New York and Nick Longworth of Ohio
 Those who have superabundant hair are young Fred Landis of Indiana, and his brother. Charles, editor of the Delphia Journal Julius Kahn the member who was actor; Rainey of Illinois, John Wesley Gains of Tennessee and Wash ington Gardiner of Michigan. Powers of Maine has enough hair on his head to make a good advertisement for we grew-this- hair ir-and-can-prove-it" sign.
 The red-haired members are Murdock of Kansas, who ran on a platform of We need red-headed men in Congress- William Sulzer and Michalek. the new member from Illinois, who is charged with net having been naturalized as a citizen of the United States. Uncle Joe" Cannon. too, has red hair-at least what there is left of It 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