The Washington herald., 1908-03-25

Dime Savings Bank.
hEeREEg1ngHEnaR0 and ohicer or direc-
tor in numerous
other enterprises. He was elected TO the
Flfty-seventh, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth.
and Sixtieth Congresses. He was much
In prominence prior TO the jamestown
Exposition. advocating the government
loan to that enterprise. lie labored hard
for the exposition. and after its close
endeavored to get the United States Gov
ernment TO help it out OF the hole. He
IS member OF the Committees on In
dusirial Arts and Expositions. and Mer-
! chant MariES and Fisheries.
An occupant OF the Vice Presidents
seat in the reserved gallery was the cen
ter Of attraction In the Senate yesterday.
All eyes were turned in that direction.
and every one wanted TO know who il
was.
The object OF interest proved 10 be one
S. F. Devasahayan, A. b.. from Dela-
ware. Ohio He IS originally from Tray
sncore. India. and came to Washington
from Ohio with a letter OF introduction
/ from the Ohio Methodist University to
\ Vice President Fairbanks He wore
dark red turbal. and his top coat was
| lined with a rich purple II is presumed
he understood English. for ne sat through
Senator Beveridge's speech on the tariff
| commission. He may have been inter-
ested in the Senator's graceful gyrations
or the euphonious intOnations Of his
voice.
The Indian is evidently gold bug, as
his card is printed in gold ink
Two bills were introduced in the House
Of Representatives. Monday with exactly
the same title and same wording. One,
No. 1893 was presented by Represent
ative Graham, Of Pennsylvania, and the
other. No 1878 by Representative Moore.
| Of Pennsylvania. by request The bill re-
lated TO the banking and currency law.
and was referred 20 that committee
There seems TO be enough bills introduced
for slumber in the committee without
presenting two precisely the same.
The lost and found bureau OF the Cap
itol works almost TO perfection Many
things are reported lost and many found
that are turned over 70 the proper author
tiles In each case the article is listed with
a number, description and name o. the
/ finder or loser. In the course of day.
/ articles OF every description. scarf pins.
umbrellas. watches. money. &c. find their
way into the Office. The article is held
for certain length of time. and il valu-
able. advertised in the daily papers II
no one appears to claim il. the finder is
permitted 10 take whatever il may be
as his own.
During one Inauguration ceremony. an
ambassador lost an elaborate ana expen-
siye Jewel. the insignia or some order
Il was found and returned 10 him in a
short time. Again during a race meet,
a large roll OF money was found. and
after a few days. the owner came. proved
his property ana received the money Il
is needless 10 say, the finder was hand
somely rewarded.
Peculiar Incidents happen in connection
with some OF the finds. Recently a very
valuable pin was found and turned into
the Office A week or so after. man
purporting 10 be the proprietor Of a news
paper in New England. just returning
from Florida. dropped into the bureau
and describing the article accurately.
proved ownership. obtained The pin and
went his way rejoicing. A day or two
after that. another gentleman came in.
showed his card and asked 70 see a
certain Senator.
II so happened that the card bore ex-
actiy the some name and same business
as that OF the man who few days be-
fore got the pin, and the same man was
on duty. The officer related the incident
TO this gentleman, who unhesitatingly
said that he never had such a pin, nor
had he been 10 Florida. Il developed
that he knew the first man from the de-
seription given him, and few days after
he got home the pin was returned. and
is still in the safe keeping OF the proper
person.
Other cases OF this kind could be men,
toned, but the system is so perfect that
the articles most always find the right
owner
Representative Mann is the boss OBJ
jector OF the House. He reserves the
right to object to himself. and he does
1t so often that the Government Printing
ohice keeps standing the line Mr.. Mann
-reserving the right TO object
In times past legislation has passed bills
that would not bear close scrutiny. and
it is well that an obiector is now always
on his job. OF course, he does not at all
times insist on his objection. but when
member asks unanimous consent to
pass a measure. he Las TO explain his
reasons 10 the Honorable Jim. If they are
satisfactory, that gentleman withdraws
his right 10 object. He is so used to this
privilege, that he gets caught mapping
occasionally, showing very OFTEN that he
is after the member and not the bill
Friday, March 20, was Kentucky day in
the Supreme Court of the United States
The State was fighting for the right
to segrate the whites and negroes in
the schools Attorney General James
Breathitt. a leading Republican. was
pleading for the authority OF the State
TO guard the rights Of generations to
come; while that staunch Democrat. a
former Secretary of the Treasury under
President Cleveland. John c. Carlisle.
was defending Berea College, a school
that advocated educating both races I'm
the same class. There was an example
os Republican advocating segregation
and a Democrat advocating coeducation
Both of the distinguished attorneys made
able arguments according to their side
OF the question.
The opinion of the court will in ali
probability, be announced by another
Kentnckian. Justice Harlan.
Bring II Back.
From the Providence Journal.
Twelve years ago the country elected