The Washington herald., 1908-03-02

~ mittec 70 the bar in
e. 1889. He served in the
RHREuzwGse,r, Fifty-eighth, Fifty
~-1-NH ninth. and WAS re-
elected to the sixtleth Congress by over
5000 plurality.
Representative Campbell has Scotch
blood coursing through his veins He was
the guest at a recent dinner given by the
ST. Andrew Society, a Scotch organiza-
ton of this city. When ne began his
speech in response 10 the toast, The
King Of England" ne ratified of Scotch
(the diaiecp with a flourish: in fact. il
was so ScOtcky that the native-born
scotchnen present couldn't understand II.
This session OF Congress has been en-
livened not n little by the Representa-
tive Being a member Of the Commit
tee on the District Of Columbia. he has
taken considerable interest In District af-
fairs.
The dialogue between Representative
Helm and the gentleman from Kansas
over the 'jim crow amendment 10 the
railway trackage bill gave a great deal
% color TO that measure during its con-
sideration- Representative CampbeFs
other committee assignments arc Indian
Affairs and Pensions
1t is evident that the Committee on
Committees in the United States Senate
has no horror OF the number thirteen,
even though events have proven that in
many cases ill-luck. annoyances. and
trouble haze been associated with the
number
There are eleven committees in the Sen
ate having a membership Of thirteen. and
several OF them the most important
There are thirteen members OF the Dis
trict OF CoIambia Committee. and its tele-
phone number is Il2. The superstition
surrounding the number can be applied
TO that committee, FOR some OF the meas
ures recommended by Il have been fol-
lowed by bad luck. The Finance Com
mittee has thirteen members. and 1t
surely has a rough road 20 travel
The committees on Foreign Relations.
Interstate Commerce. and Judiciary. all
important. have the same old number
thirteen staring them N the face. Irr.-
I CATION, Military Affairs, Pensions, and
Privileges and Elections are in the same
| category
The Committee on the Philippines. be-
sides its membership OF thirteen, has a
Telephone numbered 31-thirteen reversed
and no one can deny that the questions
arising relating 20 our Eastern posses
sions have caused many uneasy moments.
| Industrial Exposiuons Committee, with
thirteen members, telephone I29-the same
number again-has had some knOtty prob
/ lens 10 solve IN connection with its dU-
ties, and Il is a welI-knOwn fact that the
/ several expositions have cost the United
States a good round sum.
Summing up the foregoing. Il would be
well for the wiseacres OF the Senate 10
/ sit Up and take notice.
| It is seldom that Uncle Joe Cannon
can be made 10 'skidoo." Always strong
in the belief that he is right. he IS as
firm as a rock and as immovable. How
ever, there are times when even he is put
out Of business, and that occasion ar
rives when ;he House forms a Commit
tee Of the Whole under the rules.
II is rule .. and the first section says
that the Speaker shall leave the chair;
in ether words. using the present-day
veTnacUlar. he has % ''skid0o"
When the rules were laid down by the
/ 0ignihed statesmen composing that com
fnittee. Il wasn't probable that they con
! sidered for one moment the full meaning
OF that number %
| Nevertheless, Notwithstanding II is only
too true. rule p is the "skidoo' rule for
the Speaker.
Representative Joshua Frederick c.
Talbot, OF Maryland. Is a modest states
man. but there is one thing OF which he Is
vastly proud. That is the fact that he
had a large hand in building Up the
white Squadron" which formed the
nucleus OF the new navy OF the United
States. which IS now second only 10 that
OF Great Britain.
Mr.. Talbot has been a member of Con
gTess so long that the memories Of few
men run back 10 the time when he began
his career in that body, He has seer
practically the entire development OF
marine warfare. from the old frigate OF
the ciyi war to the modern Dreadnought
He has seen the vessels which formed
that same white Squadron" relegated L
a rear rank as naval architecture evolved
more powerful fighting machines for the
main firing line. but he is still peggins
away at the upbuilding of the navy. al
} though he doesn't go around talking about
the danger Of war with Japan 10 scare
the less progressive OF his colleagues into
the big navy ranks
Senator Dolliver. of Iowa. is a Senator
second-hrst he IS a farmer. And there
is nothing in which he so revels as II
that farm OF his out in Iowa.
II isn't an immense farm, as farms IL
the Middle West so, but it has two river.
running through it. and It is the origina
site Of Eden-at least that is the impres,
sion which one gains from the Senator.
| enthusiastic description. He derives more
pleasure from the farm. and from the
| enjoyment and good health whick il i'm
parts 20 his children. than from all tht
! honors which have come to him in hi:
| public career.
And while the Senator has about hin
none Of the earmarks cf the typical rus
tic, that farm has stamped its inpres.
upon him. He's as big and as broad. 81
to speak. as its acres. and his smile i.
1 as heart-warming as the sunny field.
that dot its surface. The reverie OF III,
| woods and the fields is in his manner OF
speaking, his gait in walking. and his al
| ways deliberate habits.