Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-20
Number Now in Halls Of Con-
gress Not SO Great as
Formerly.
FIGURES IN THE HOUSE.
speaker kcircr aud Ills Pct Bill--
"kid" congressman, Wolf and Craig
Aged but Live Correspondent.


Special Correspondence.
Washington. Dec. H. x-Spcakor j.
Warren Keifcr of ohio is suu detcr-
mined to press his measure Co cut down
southern representation GOO the house ~
representatives unless tho states of that
section restore tine franchise 90 the
blacks who have been disqualified m
the last Congress Representative Crum-
packer of Indiana was foremost ip this
matter. but he gave &C up as a hopeless
task. mot having hcen able to induce
the Republican caucus 90 indorse the
proposition. The question is before
the high courts of the land. and oven
tually tho supreme court Will render q
decision ON the coustituuonality of thr
acts hy which Che negroes were de-
MED The right 90 vote
80 NEGROES IN CONGRESS.
The other day group of negroes
We're standing boz The upper corridor
looking down upon the house m ses-
sion. Said one of the party who was
of the untutorcd sort Oar was
time whom nigEers had seats iu dat
hall But twas long time ago. You
ain never gWiuc ter see another nigger
iu Congress. Pears to me dis done got
.,,,,,h ., Coo. wine CD l,ro,yn si-in-
moi ,,e,.r, ,,.,, trs lash - his r,os to
s,,,... a.. a.. t,.,,g. lt,,.. bis r.tf-.
,nsnt DE- has been U,ine i'm NeO Jers,
and practising law % Philadelphia
lie represented a North Carolina disc
trict Several thouand of his race
followed him Co New Jersey where
quite negro colony was established.
A VETERAN CORRESPONDENT
i''S "No"' Se lu va"
any u'"H'' .Nvnv "' ,'.' '4"'
asui's veteran "."Hn'irI 'oi
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cost 40 cents a. word. alr. shaw is sull
engaged actively m his work. goes TO
lhe CapiIol every Jay ana N,,DNS
'tvulu Wv" iu |'t ~" .,,.5 49,.
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FEW OF HIS COLLEAGUES LEFT.
Ex-Congressmsu O'Nem of Boston
was mere 5hlS week ana lls,.e ,s , ,i,,
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g,,,Itlt. Ia At,r,-l,na VAS in CONGRESS
| tefora o,Neiu but Tho former had sew
.,1 hr,.i,, A., his se,.yi.s ana tyas not
r,.,,,Ic'' 81 tba F,iffistb onl, abnut
a., ,- st,. p.r,,blicane arc leff I'm tho
t,.,,,.. M, ,,.e,G bare whom OXEN re-
tfro5 Ar,or-r thet1 are Spcalcr Car-
49,. 81 Af.ssrs Daiqau pirgbafri
is.,-,s ana flerh,,rn
.
W ~" ~ '' SoI-.rtJ
pon,.s.n,,tiyos Wolf or MARYLAND
Z ANA rraIr IN Alabama an. KID mem
/ ~ az 3ba house. WoIf is N wears
/ - 400 ana ,,ratg only 40 Hardwiclz of
/ ,s,'.,.,,is 49, ,1o,.. bo,-isb imam either
1 b,,t b.,fs qr When Hard,yirk 6rst came
/ H. C,pe,e.s he vas fraauantlv taken
/ rn, ono of th. pagss ana various menu
hars called to him to rum out to tho
document room ana get bills for them
/ until t,ay discovered hs WAS "a member.
''''''
NOT BOlN bl RULES
You are violating the rules by smok-
ing in the corridors, said "a capital poo-
/ ..raiira ,,bo Was nulling away on "A
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.'t .r, -.,,,'f.r .,i,,,,,,,., rs,,arl,ed
/ rh.. no, ,,b, baa heen called dov,n
,.,er'il.,, me- ssnst,l,r answered th,.
/ ..efi.e,. ~ an, ,.,fbe~ nov. bars ana did
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