The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-03

paigns in Iowa and
~ '1IfDVfm other States. He has
represented the Eight district since the
Forty-eighth Congress- and HIS constit-
uents swear by him in all things
! Congressman Hepburn Is there with
| the goods when It comes 10 interstate
and foreign commerce, ana as the head
OF that committee looks after the welfare
| Of commercial interests both at home and
abroad
! Everything in Iowa is the best, accord
/ ing 10 his way or thinking. and no matter
! how small the town, the Improvements
are the most modern.
why" said Uncle Pete "in my town
We have waterworks. electric lights. troll
/ ley cars, and all up-to-date public utll-
i tiles, and the country round about is as
/ level as a board. I can sit in my draw
| ing-rOom al home and see the trains
| coming miles away. lower is God 8
/ country. If you don't believe it. come
out there and live TO ripe old age like
Allison and-myself"
January was a great day for the Sen
ators and Representatives who remained
IN Washington over the recess. Between
making Cabinet calls and visiting other
public officials they spent a day. almost
as lively as pension day in the House
Representatives MondelI and Kahn hap
pened TO meet during the day. While
chatting about their experiences MondeI
noticed Kahn toying with china frog.
What have you there, Kahn
"Thls-a toy frog answered the Cali
| fOTnla actOT-statesman.
/ fraer-V=haf do s-orr ravvv- chat foT7ff
! queried MondelL
Il always carry this when calling on
! New Years Day. You see, / take Il out
| 40 certain times and put IL in my hand
thus-and when / see two, it Is time TO go
| home"
John Warwick Daniel. senior Senator
from Virginia was a warrior before he
became statesman. or even a lawyer
and he has achieved great success in all
three fields OF endeavor.
Entering the Confederate service as 500
as the civil war broke out. in 1861. youth
of nineteen fresh from a preparatory
school be was made d second lieutenant
in the famous "Stonewau Brigade" and
proved so valorous a soldier that he was
wounded in his first battle that OF the
! first Manassas After his recovery he
was made second lieutenant Of Company
A. Eleventh Virgins Cavalry. and won
/ his promotion 90 first Lieutenant. being
made adjutant Of the regiment. Then he
was wounded AT the battle of Boonsbor0
Md, and again had 10 leave the line Of
active duty. Once more taking the field
/ he was promoted 20 a majority for ya.or
chief Of staff Ia Gen. Jubal A Early
the famous cavalry chieftain, who once
very nearly succeeded in a bold attempt
to capture the Capital city itself
IN the terrible battle of the Wilderness,
/ in May Of the final year Of the war, Mai
! Daniel was so badly wounded as 20 be
permanently incapacitated for further
/ military service. and he stiN bears with
/ him, in the form OF "a partially disabled
leg, the red badge Of courage which his
foes conferred upon him on that occasion,
| Harry Lee Maynard, the handsome
and capable Representative from the Sec
ond Virginia district. is pointed out by
his. political opponents as one man who
viii not come back for the Sixty-frst
/ Congress. but "a glance at his record
would not seem 70 justify those predic-
tons Mr. Maynard is now serving his
fourth consecutive term as Representative
of the Second district and while he had
a hard fight in his last campaign and the
result was IN doubt almost up to the
night Of election, he defeated his 0ppo-
nent by 4,35o votes to i,4S9
Basc0mb Slemp, the new Congressman
from the Ninth Virginia district, who
succeeded his father. the late Representa-
tive Campbell Slemp, and became in his
turn the only Republican member from
the Old Dominion, is of medium height
and rather slender. with a thin face.
which is made interesting by large brown
eyes that are unusually expressive, and a
small. well-molded. sensitive mouth. His
complexion is dark, MS skin being of an
almost olive tint. and his hair dark
brown.
MI Slemp is usually accompanied by
a cane, the principal use Of which seems
to be the accentuating Of the points he
makes in speaking. He keeps the ferule
pointed toward his vis-a-vis. and
brandishes it in a mild but bewildering
way. now and then bringing the stick
down lightly upon the others knee or
shoulder. as If 10 ram his meaning more
firmly into his hearers mind He is a
capable political manager, and aspires TO
hiring Virginia into the Republican column
by building up in that State what he calls
the Southern Republican party, which
shall follow the traditional Southern at
titude on sectional questions, but strictly
Republican upon national issues.