The Washington herald., 1908-01-20

nois needs d presiding officer with Il big
voice and get-there style. the Honorable
jim is selected.
Representative Mann is chairman Of
Elections Committee No. T. and a member
OF the Interstate and Foreign Commerce
and Civil Service Reform committees.
u have had my troubles this session. +"
said he, being chairman of the commit
tee having in charge the new House
building, the disposition Of rooms, &c
! have had questions and objections fired
at me in brOadside charges. bat / haze
been there all the time
1T is all over now" continued Mr.
Mann. Il have been in some pretty lively
scrimmages. but when this bunch Of Con
gressmen get going b. is the worst ever.
l have earned my salary already. and
am working overtime oH the penal code.
Things had been going his way so
easily, and a seeming indifference having
sprung up among his people. Representa-
tive Townsend, Of Michigan determined
10 have some enthusiasm at q meeting
where he was TO speak.
Meeting q big. burly fellow outside the
han. he said 10 him: "As soon as you
get inside begin calling out Townsend,
hurrah for Townsend" The Representa-
tive passed in and took a seat on the
platform. Presently there was an uproar
and "a big voice yelling, "Hurrah for
Townsend, Townsend
Townsend got up to speak
Tho man who did the yelling said 20
his neighbor. who is that?"
That is Townsend, our Representa-
tive"
well. I'll be darned." said the man
with the stentoriau voice. that is the
fellow who told me 10 yell 'Hurrah for
TowngeudH
Senator Beveridge Of Indiana. is some
thing Of an authority on Alaska, because
he has been chairman of the Committee
on Territories for several years, which
committee deals with Alaskan affairs At
the last committee meeting Ee told
story, which he said was the experience
OF "A nice Alaska school teacher"
This girl" Senator Beveridge assured
his committee colleagues. was having a
mighty hard time with her school One
Of the boys was giving her "a Tot of
trouble. For one thing. this boy. Sammy.
apparently never had taken a bath. lie
was worse than an Eskimo. when this
teacher friend OF mine could not stand it
any longer she sent sammy home one
afternoon with note 10 his mother, ask
ing her 10 give him q bath
THE lad returned in short order. so
"a f.
teacher doubted whether he had gone
home ~ all. In his dirty FIST he held
crumpled bit Of paper, which DE handed
over 10 teacher. II was from his mother,
and 10 said
Sammy amt no rose. Don't smell
him. Learn him.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota.
went up to the White House offices yester-
day 10 see President Roosevelt and Pres
ident Roosevelt recalled an incident OF
his campaign IN ls11 when he was swing
ing around the circle. Gov. Guild Of
was one Of the spellbind-
ers on the Roosevelt special. and took his
turn with others in hypnotizing the mul-
utudes. who came, wide-eyed, TO see as
well as 10 hear
When the special reached the North DE-
kota line it was met by Senators McCun.-
ber and Hansbrough, For the first half of
the trip Senator Hansbrough did the in
Productions 10 the thrQngs. and then Sen
ator McCumber assumed the role. He was
never able TO pronounce Gov. Guilds
name correctly. Sometimes he would call
IL Gen. Cid and then something else
that was of the key, and he kept il up
tin the thing got on the Massachusetts
orators nerves Finally. one afternoon.
Gov. Guild explained what his name was.
and Senator MCCumber was one Of those
who heard the explanation. After the
next stop. however, as the President re-
calls the incident, Gov. Guild returned 10
the car in a rage.
What IS the matter?" the President
inquired.
oh. that fellow still gets my name
wrong-Jhat man, Senator Cucumber"
There was a great focking To the Re
publican cIoakrooms Of the House the
other day. when ex-Representatiye Sam
Powers. Of Newton, secured a seat near
the big fireplace and began to recount a
few. He was the king Of cloakroom ra-
contours in his day as a Congressman.
and the memory of his welI-made and
well-presented products has by no means
grown dim
And when he had swapped several with
the Republican brethren he crossed over
to the Democratic cloakroom. where the
best anecdotes are always told IN that
Ff1nuc-
dialect, always without the rs. and dem
that he had not lost the knack .
Of il, in spite Of long residence on money /
making missions in the very heart Of Yam /.
keeland.
''One of the best stories old Zeb Vance /
Of North Carolina, ever told" said Mr. (
Powers, was about that illiterate noun /
taineer. who got mad with a neighbor /.
and went down to Nance's Office. asking /.
the eX-Confederate and long time United /.
States Senator to write d letter He /
could not even spell a word himself"
continued the Massachusetts ex-Congress- /
man, in the real dialect that made the /
take notice, but he wanted I
TO pay Zeb for a communication that /
started off by calling his neighbor an un- I
miugated scoundrel and warmed up as
Il went along"
Postmaster General Meyer is responsible /
Tor the bulging condition of the petition /
columns of the daily government news /
paper. known as the Congressional Rec /
ord. The Senate has a petition column. /
which is the battle ground of COntending 1
forces. The House also has a petition /
column, where the operations of the con- !
tending forces are marked over a lot Of 1
white paper space.
Labor unions, oranges, farmers coop |
arative societies, and a great number of 1
plain citizens are pleading by petition for /
an extension of the parcels post and the 1
of postal savings banks /
Hardware associations, bankers, and /
travellers associations are |
Congress with protests /