The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-12-27

Pp1 G1-.,,,,,. Committee The
'-' '"'" needs OF Washing
ton viii not suffer at his hands. for.
coming as he does from Chicago. he
knows a thing or two and will cause
the older members to sit up and take
notice when reformatOry measures are
presented for this city.
1 have lived in Chicago since 1899"
said Representative McGavin. and think
l am a good judge of just what IS neees-
sary for the welfare Of a city the size
and Importance Of Washington. It
doesn't need a curfew law just yet and
from what l have seen the city Is quiet
and orderly And Chicago isn't the worst
city or earth" continued Mr. McGavin
once in while we have a banker 90
wrong and other minor occurrences, but
ne get there usually with both feet. and
they are not so big. either"
Senator Warner OF Missouri, was dis
cussing fads and "isms" one night re-
Gently. lie was talking particularly about
the health-food craze. and recalled
the fact that certain kinds Of diet
are not so new as they might be, al
though the Senator did not say just how
long ago it was he first encountered a
diet craze.
When I was a boy" he said. 'there
was talk TO the effect that only persons
who ate bread made from graham -four
would ever have any brain power. and
that sort Of food was extremely popular
for time. II was about the period when
went 70 Wisconsin 70 enter college, and
l was not as burdened with ready money
as 1 might have been. / was just ike the
rest OF the fellows there-anxious 10 get
an education. and prepared TO board my
SELF Well. l ate graham bread ! ate il
Tor breakfast and for dinner and for
supper seven days q week With II ate
molasses. ! ate graham bread until l
thought I could stand il no longer. and
then ate more Of il. When / entered
school I was a rugged. healthy looking
chap OF the farm; when l got out il the
spring ! must admit / looked Intellectual
enough I looked Ike a ghost. But il
only cost me Is cents a week and ! re-
gained the weight ! lost. That's what
cured ne OF food diet crazes"
Henry Algernon Du Pont. OF Delaware.
and Frank Obadiah Briggs. Of New Jer-
sey. are the only two members OF the
Senate who are graduates from West
Point. Senator Du Pont graduated with
honors on May s. 1851. while Senator
Briggs did not leave the Military Acad-
envy until 1872. Senator Du Pont has quite
long war record, and much OF il Is
displayed in the Congressional Directory
he served in the defense OF Washington
with Company d. Fifth Pennsylvania
Volunteers. May to July /. 1851 He en-
tered the army with the commission Of
second lieutenant Corps OF Engineers.
and was made brevet major September
u, 1854 for gallant and meritorious con-
duct at the battles Of OpeqUan and Fish
ers Hill. Va; breyet lieutenant colonel
October 10, 1854, for distinguished services
az the battle OF Cedar Greek, and was
voted a Congressional medal Of honor for
his gallant conduct during that battle
Senator Du Pont retired from active
life several years ago, and has taken up
the quiet pursuit Of farming.
Senator Chauncey N. Depew. OF New
York. no longer holds the record for
occupying more space for his biography
in the Congressional Record than any
other member OF the Senate The palm
has been taken from him. The man whose
life takes more lines is Senator Du Pont.
Of Delaware. The Senator from New
York tells about himself in hfty-three
lines; it takes fifty-six for the Senator
from Delaware 10 go through his war
record. which. by the way, covered the
entire civil war period.
II seems a real Senator cannot be de-
scribed in less than eight lines, according
20 the current directory at least. There
are a number OF members OF that august
body whose lives are simply set forth
in eight lines, among them being the
new Senator from Arkansas. JEFF Davis;
Guggenhein, of Colorado: Flint of Cali
fornia. and Tahaferro, of Florida All
but Mr.. Davis Overstep the eight lines
for few words. and there are a number
OF Senator's among them Beveridge, Hop
hns. ana Aldrich. who say all they care
to in nine lines. William Pinkney Whyte
has the third longest biography. using
forty-eight lines
But the longest record in the book is
that of Gen. J. Warren Keifer It occu-
pies what would almost make an entire
page of the directory, and contains in ali
sixty lines. Gen. Keifer was out OF the
House for while, but was Speaker OF
the Forty-seventh Congress. The longest
history Of a Representative other than
Gen. Keifer's, Is that of Isaac r. Sher-
wood. OF Toledo. Ohio, also a general in
the Federal army, and who skipped serv-
ice in the House from the FOrty-third 10
the Sixtieth Congress.
To Robert Bruce Macon, of Arkansas
goes the palm for the shortest biography
1t takes him four words less than three
lines to tell of his career. and his LIES
story is set forth in a manner that is a
model of brevity- There are half a dozen
TlrV, ,fas a.ly
a half 10 six lines to say all they care to
about themselves George w. Fairchild.
of New York. gets thirty-six lines; VIII
liam ". Foulkrod, Of Pennsylvania, thir-
ty-five, and George c. Sturgiss, OF West
Virginia, takes thirty-eight. Senator AID
rich. the boss of the Senate" sets form
his deeds in but nine lines, and Harry c.
Maynard. Of Virginia. uses but three lines
and three words
Perusal OF the directory gives some
other interesting facts. Richmond Pear
son Hobson was one of the few Demo-
Gratis in Alabama who had Republican op-
position. One Ignatius Green had the
temerity to oppose the hero of the Merri-
mac, and Mr.. Green, according TO the in
formation classified under the HOhson
biography, got but one vote The natural
inference is that Ignatius voted for him.
self. but 1t is doubtful IL he expected 10
get caught at II. There are no less than
three members of Congress now with real
Roman names. They are Augustus Oc-
tavius Bacon. Senator from Georgia; Ju-
Illus Caesar Burrows, Senator from Nichi-
gan, and Marcus Aurelius Smith, Delegate
from Arizona
Speaker Cannon is spending the hoH-
DAYS with his married daughter. in Dan
vile, III. He wanted to remain in Wash