The Washington herald., 1908-02-12

! ~ u was elected 20 the
| g ~ McEnery legislature,
! but was never recog-
| .SrHAI09 E1STrP nlzed the Kellogg re-
gime being in the as
| tendency. and he never took his seat. lie
was elected a member Of the State senate,
/ and was returned for three consecutive
terms. He was president pro tempore Of
4 the State senate in 1855 and 1880. when the
/ lottery agitation absorbed Louisiana.
/ Mr.. Foster led the anti-lottery forces.
and was their candidate for governor
/ AS such he was elected. and reelected for
a second term. After serving his eight
years as governor. he was unanimously
elected United States Senator 70 succeed
/ Hon Doneison Cafery. While serving
! his FIRST term Louisiana adopted the plan
/ OF selecting nominees for state Offices by
la primary. The Senator, believing that
! United States Senators should likewise be
/ chosen, insisted that the Senatorship
/ should be included In the primary. and
| announced his candidacy. He was chosen
/ by an immense majority, Senator Foster
serves on nine committees Of the Senate,
/ the most important of which are Appro-
priations and Military Affairs.
] Representative Nicholas Longworth. of
/ Ohio. called by himself the Baby Nc
/ kee' Of the administration. I'm speaking
Of the First district Of Ohio, which he
| represents, says: my district occupies a
unique position in respect TO the uomi-
| nees for Presidential honors. in that
+ there are three avowed candidates with
! IN its borders. the Damon and Pythias Of
/ the Republican party. and Judge Harmon,
/ OF the Democratic party. No other Con
gresslon2l district can present such an
| array as this"
/ While The aye and nay vote was being
taken in the House on the GoldfogIe reso-
/ luton, Representative LuuefeId. the tail
+ prohibltoulst from Maine. whncd away
/ the time by Tipping d coin in front Of the
! Speakers desk. What are YOU doing
/ that for?' asked Representative Sherman.
I'0f New York. 81 want this coin 10 tell
me how you are going e. vote answered
the Maine man. Engaging the No. Of
! the Big Four IN conversation. things
| went well until the name of Sherman was
! called. NO. yelled the Hon. Jim. I'm
mediately there was a rush OF Republican
! members 10 him. gesticulating and ex-
/ postulatiug. for as a matter Of fact Il
was party vote, and Sherman should
have voted AYE"
"The Zip wou,' said Littlefeld.
! representative sherman. on inquiry.
found he was paired voting aye" and
was simply recorded as present
Rev. Henry y. C0uden. chaplain Of the
/ House. who. "a few weeks ago provoked
much comment by praying vigorously for
Ideliverancc from biEots and others Of
Ike fix yesterday launched another Of
his startling prayers To the Representa-
tIves.
The chaplain began his prayer by re-
turning thanks for the discipline TO which
the Almighty subjected his children. hard
though lr be al times. and added. He
who cannot control himself cannot long
command the respect Of others He who
Is a law unto himself is not well cal
culated 10 frame laws for others. Help
/ us. therefore 10 subject ourselves iu all
humility 10 the laws that Thou has or
d8ined'
After the prayer there was "a notice
| able buzz and many queries We're made
as 10 whom the chaplain meant When
asked about II. directly. he said that ne
never prayed for any particular man
or party"
He is the happiest man in his Coinci-
! denCes." said Representative Smith OF
Michigan, that I have ever known
1t isn't often that Representative sher-
man. Of New York, one Of the Big
Four" is caught mapping on the floor,
but he was yesterday, and had 10 ex-
plain to the House
The House had debated for some time
upon a resolution calling upon Secretary
/ Root to furnish the House with CORE
/ spoudence between the State Department
and the Russian government concerning
naluralized Russian Jews.
/ AS the vote appeared, on n division. TO
| be- close. the ayes and nays were asked
! for. and the clerk proceeded to call the
members by name and to record their
/ votes
! Representative Sherman had long
| time 10 wait, with his name far down in
the list alphabetically He could evidently
not waste so much time as seemed TO be
necessary, so while he was waiting for
the clerk TO reach his name he began con-
voTsing with other Republicans.
The vote was strictiy a party one. When
the clerk called Mr.. Sherman's name that
Representative responded with a vigor-
Gus No"
Not even Democrat smled-prObably
they were too much suTprised-but Mr.
sherman remembered In time and changed
his vote upon the record.
Senator Teller. Of Colorado, has run the
gamut Of political affilation having sue
icessively been a Republican. a Silver Re
publican, and a Democrat. He belongs to
the last named party now. and seems to
find it a comfortable one for his purposes.
And the Senator seems. too to have
gained much in the transition. He Is a
conservative Of the conservatives. which
fact, in these days of radicalism on both
sides Of the political fence. almost puts
him I'm a party by himself. He acts as a
sort of brake on both parties sometimes.
on the floor of the Senate. and whatever
he has TO say is sure Of respectful atten-
ton from both sides Of the chamber.
Senator Foraker. Of Ohio. Great Sachem
of the Ancient Order of Anti-Roosevelt-
ians, a near kin of the Ananias Club. is
popular in the Senate nowadays. and ne
is usually the center Of a group which
keeps its various head as close together
as It is possible to get them and its many
hands moving in expressive gesticula-
| tons
Even IN the cloakroOms and the dining
room he is in demand and wherever he
and his friends are TO be found one is
sure to hear the most earnest conversa-
ton broken by little gusts Of hearty
laughter Evidently the Senator and his
! lriends arn nninNing the sIlma Lln., h..c-.I.-