Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-24
REPRESENT CONGRESS
Joint Committee Going to the
Jamestown Exposition.
FAVE TOMORROW MORNING
Will Be Chartered at the Chamberlin
at Old Point Comfort.
GUESTS OF THE GOVERNMENT
Many Applications for Invitations
Precautions That Will Be Taken
by the Discussing Officer.
GUESTS OF THE GOVERNMENT

The special joint committee of the Senate
ana House of Representatives appointed to
participate officially in the opening cere-
monies of the Jamestown exposition will
leaVe Washington at O'Clock tomorrow
morning on the steamer jamestown. on
which all the reservations have been made.
L ne party Will be in charge of Serpeant-at-
arms ID. n. Ransdell of the Senate and Ser
geant-at-arms Henry Casson of the House.
with sufficient number of employees from
the ofl1ce of each to attend to all the neces-
sary details of the trip.
Inc entire party will be housed at the
Hotel Chamberlin, at Old Point Comfort.
The trip to and from the hotel to the ex-
position grounds will be made on the gov
eminent boat Iris, and the return Journey
TO Washington will be by the steamer
Newport News of the Norfolk and WASH
ington Steamboat Company's line.
Guests Of the Government.
Inc entire cost of the trip for each mem
Der OF the party will be paid by the gov
ernment-wines excepted. For this purpose
the senate appropriated $1,000 and the
House $4,000. The principal item of cost
VIII De Tor transportation, as each person s
Dill Will be paid from and to his home as
Wen as down the river and back The
largest single charge of this character will
be in behalf of Representative Howell and
wife of ttah-about $500
iheSe members of the jamestown COM
mttee who live in remote states were Sc
iected because they belong on the House
committee on industrial arts and eXposi-
ions or the Senate committee on indus rial
expositions. The former committee is rep
resented by Representatives Sherman. Pol
Iafd, Mckinney, Legare woodward Gold
IA a lou, 81.
ators Warner Brandegee and Daniel
1here has been unprecedented pressure
both inside and outside of Congress for as
sisnments as members or guests of this
committee. This has been the most an
noying and difficult task / ever had on nv
hands, says Sergeant-at-arms Casson
FRA ctlcally the entire House membership
would ike to go. and the pressure from
the outside has been something frightful.
Inc appropriation is limited, and | have
been compelled to turn down applications
by the score and hundred. / never have
returned from any function of this charac-
ter with deficiency, and certainly / can
not afford TO begin on this one.
Personnel of the Party.
The Senate party includes the following:
senators j. w. Daniel of Virginia, Frank
b. Brandegee of Connecticut, James A.
Hemenway OF Indiana, w. p. Dillingham; of
Vermont, Lee S. Overman Of North Caro-
of West Virginia William Mrs. and Miss
Warner of Missouri Julius c. and Mrs
burrows of Michigan. John Kean and sister.
Miss kean. and maid of New Jersey. Ser
geant,at-arms ID. n. and the Misses Rams
dell, Maj and Mrs. NJ. G. Zalinski ]. b.
Realm. j. d. Patton, Frederick Harper, r.
B. Nixon, a. ii. Stewart. Thomas w
Brahaney. J. B. Mcclure, II. II. Riddle
berger and Daniel Mclean.
The House committee, officers and guests
are as follows: The Speaker and Miss Can
non. James S. and Mrs. Sherman of New
York, E. NJ Pollard of Nebraska, James
and Mrs. Legare Of South Carolina, Harry
c. and Mrs. woodward of West Virginia
Henry w. GOldfoge and two ladies, New
York; M. c. l.: and Mrs. Kline and Miss
Howell. Utah; ]. NJ. and Mrs, Miller, Kan
sas; Thomas w. and Mrs. Hardwick
Georgia: James T. and Mrs. Lloyd, Mis-
souri, E. l.. and Mrs. Taylor, Illinois: James
York; Sergeant alarms and Mrs. Henry
Casson. Chief Clerk and Mrs Alexander
Mcdowell. L; N. Littauer, New York;
Richard Barthold, Missouri; G. N. South
wick. New York; Mrs. James R. Mann of
Illinois. l.. w. Busbey and Mrs. Busbey, ].
II. Hollngsworth, Edward Reichard, George
II. Evers. Parliamentary Clerk c. Asher
Kinds and Mrs. Kinds and Chief Clerk
Browning.
Blanks have been provided on which will
be noted every item ordered while on the
trip by any member of the party which
must be signed by the person giving the
order. On the authority of these blanks
the disbursing officer will liquidate the bills
when approved by the sergeant alarms Of
the proper house.
Disbursirg Officers Precautions.
The blanks or tickets are headed Meal
ticket Hotel Chamberlin'' Meal ticket
steamer Jamestown etc, etc. without a
systematic precaution of this sort careless
members of the party might order almost
anything, and the vendors or others filling
the orders might make any sort of charges
that they pleased. if SO disposed. The sys-
tenn adopted therefore. protects the dis
bursting officers and prevents the possibility
of scandal.
We never have any trouble on these
junketing trips with the big men, the real
ly large senators and representatives" says
Disbursng Officer Reichard, who has been
with every excursion of the character men,
toned for more than a dozen years. 1T is
the 2x4s that give trouble. They seem
to think they are the whole push Men
like Uncle Joe, Chairman Tawney. the late
Speaker Henderson, the late Speaker Reed,
in the House. and men of that stripe are
as easy to care for : trip as children.
They want nothing; they look out for
themselves. But the small fry want more
attention than the rajah of Brahmaputra;
and their SPONTANEOUSLY. but they are
the limit. They want Veuve Cliquot at
seven per and all that sort of thing and