The Washington herald., 1908-01-12

cation. After go
ing through the schools Of his town he
studied law, and was admitted 20 practice
| in 1876. He served in the Maine lcgisla-
ture and was chosen speaker in 1851
His first Congress was the Fifty-sixth,
and he has been returned regularly ever
since. though the last time by much
reduced majority.
Representative Littlefeld Is a champion
of prohibition. and the wet voters tried
hard to defeat him. He won out by a
smaller but safe plurality. He is a fire.
quent visitor 10 the Senate, and any day
when the House Is dragging he can be
found sitting on one of the couches OBJ
serving the d0ings Of the wise men, He
was asked the reason for his frequent
visits With that broad smile Of his and
a twinkle of the eye, he responded:
who knows? Maybe some day ! viii
be here as a Senator. though the Senate
carpenter may have to set my chair
farther away from the desk 70 accommo-
date my size"
With that he stretched out his long
hauls"
An inquisitive member Of the fair sex
was taken down to see how the House
does things by one Of the Representatives
the other day, and she was introduced TO
a large number Of Congressman. She did
not pay much attention TO names, for she
was too busy acquiring knowledge.
Finally she had a short slender, deep
voiced man presented 10 her, and she
caught the title Congressman"
oh. she said and were you here
when the Willams-De Armond scrap was
pulled of the other day2'
Perhaps" suggested the Congressman.
with dignity. you did not catch my
name"
Your name? Why. 1 don't believe
did. she replied, with engaging frank
ness
My name" continued the Congress
man, "is De Almond"
That Uncle Joe" Cannon is naturally
left-handed is fact not generally known.
for his ambidexterity is so clever that
few who watch him In public have a
chance TO notice it, unless they watch
particularly his use Of the gaveL In
variabIy, the Speaker takes that instru-
ment in his left hand and he infIcts
blows on an unofending marbIe-top table
that sound as though he was turning ont
carpentry work Observation leads the
watcher TO the discovery that Mr.. Can
non uses his left hand Ia every instance
for any purpose Of strength. and. IN fact
for all purposes, except writing. His left
Ihandedness comes so naturally that one
would be led to the belief that when il
comes TO chirOgTaphy the same member
would do the work, but long schooling.
/ probably during a boyhood that is back
in the dim. misty past. has taught the
right hand how 70 write, and it does
write when the time comes. Further it
may be noticed that when there is occa-
sion for the Speaker 10 lift something
heavy, OF 10 do anything that REQUIRES
any muscular effort, IL is the Ieft hand
that does that which the right hand
knows nothing about When a gentleman
on the floor Of the House is out OF order
it is the left hand that instinctively
gTasps the mallet that has knocked in
the head several hundred thousand reams
Of would-bs legislation, and the left hand
is able 70 knock holes in the marble IN
such a natural way that any one who
watches the performance knows that the
left hand is the one Of instinct with the
Speaker
OF the eighty-nine Senators sworn in
and serving. twenty-five. or nearly one
fourth. have off1ciated as governors Of
their States. Ten Of the twenty-five are
Republicans and twelve Democrats. The
Senatorial delegations from Arkansas.
Louisiana, Tennessee, and Vermont have
been the chief executives Of their respect
i've States Twelve are from the Southern