The Washington herald., 1908-01-15

Representative Lamar was educated in
Monticello. Fla, Athens. Ga. and Leba-
non, Tenn, receiving the finishing touches
in Tupelo Miss. He served as clerk Of
the court county judge. and attorney
general OF Florida. The latter position he
hned twelve years.
Elected to the Fifth-eight Congress. his
record secured for him the reelection TO
the Fifty-ninth and slxtieth.
His popularity is so pronounced that it
isn't worth while for any one 10 oppose
him, there being only 3s4 votes cast
against him last election. His most i'm
pOrtant committee assignment Is that of
Foreign Affairs, There is another La
mar in the House. Robert Lamar. Of
Missouri. but William Bailey Lamar IS,
as he puts It, The Lamar Of Florida,
str"
Senator Ankeny, Of Washington, is
candidate for reelection. Representative
Jones. OF Washington. is a candidate
against him. II one sees an opportunity
to be useful to his beloved State in sug
gesting public Improvements or appropri-
eomplishment Of his purpose, lest the
other beat him TO il, as they say out
West.
It had been a neck and neck race until
This week. Senator Aukeny came to the
Senate early Monday morning, and nerv-
ously awaited the order Of business
which was the introduction Of resolu-
tlons. Then he rose and, with a look Of
cleaning triumph in his eye. he presented
a resolution asking the Secretary of the
Navy % inform the Senate whether it
was practicable 10 place three submarine
torpedo boats on the Washington coast
as a means of national defense, and as TO
the probable cost Of the same. Then he
rushed out into the lobby 10 greet his
private secretary, Arthur Statter.
I guess that viii hold Jones for
awhile" remarked the Senator, with a
look OF exultation. But Statter was weep
ing
1t is no use" Statter sobbed THAT
man Jones didn't even wait for iuforma-
ton: he has introduced a bill this day,
e appropriating $50000J0 for five torpedo
e boats for the Washington coast, which
( goes US two better"
p The open winter has played havoc
e with the receipts of the railroads in
Minnesota" says Senator Knute Nelson.
1t has been so unusually warm that the
coal carrying business has been reduced
to a minimum. The dealers and con-
sumers had laid In their supply during
, the summer and that has not been used.
while the weather has decreased the
4 earnings Of the roads. It has been a
b source Of great comfort and saving to the
poorer classes. who suffer much wher
they experience a real Minnesota winter
Senator Foraker and Senator Overmar
we're discussing civil war experiences
and Senator Foraker told how, while De
was marching through the South. hs
took occasion TO question a number OF
straggIers whom he met as 10 their po
litical status. Invariably. he said, the
investigated native declared for IN,
Union. They were all Union men"
a But then he crossed the North Caro-
= lima border, and he had not been in tbs
territory Of that State very long when b,
met in the Cape Fear section. a tall
lank Highland Scot
Well" QueTied the future defender o.
s the Brownsville sho0ters-up, how abou
( you? Union man, I suppose
q ''No-o-o. suhv' was the emphatic reply
= "Oh; then you must be a secessIonist.'
p. Not a bit of it, suh"'
Huh. What are you. then?"
l. 7. sub. responded the stranger
e stretching himself proudly 10 his ful
d height. "am jest a damned rebel, sub
j. from my toes up"
r Senator Foraker said he passed on
? without molesting the man, for he didn
: think such an Out-and-outer would sta!
: q prisoner long, even If he were captured
Senator Taylor. Of Tennessee: Senate
= Bacon, Of Georgia, and Senator Bryan
= Of Florida. stood near one Of the door
:, in the Senate chamber yesterday, evi
IDENTIFY enjoying a very amusing eonver
:, sation. Senator Bryan. as everybod,
+ knows by this time, is the younges
member OF the upper House. but Senato
Taylor is by no means in that class
He's one Of the mediums. so far as az
is concerned.
{, AS the talk progressed, the Tennessee
! solon and his friend from the Everglad
e State got close together. and slowly. witt
/ a fatherly gesture, the elder mans arm
/ stole around the waist of the slende
FloTidian- Then for a long time the,
# stood there talking, the gTay-haiTe
, / Tennesseean's arm affectiOnately embrac
q ing the ravel-locked ''youngster.
ii Gen. J. Warren Keifer. Of Ohio. forme
Speaker of the House, is one of III
members to whom the new House of1c
building does not appeal greatly and h
has told some of his friends that he doe
} not know what to Go with the spac
5 allotted him in the new building.
is my work, says the general, is don
: when 1 can find time to do it, I hav
: no regular hours, and for that reason
." I have my secretary come TO my hous
when I am there. I do much work Il
the morning before I go 10 the Capitol
then do what departmental work I hav
j.. on hand. After the session, I like I
80 home"
There are many other members who fee
the same way. and the indications ar
to that the office rooms viii be 70
/. secretaries only.
The new ST. Gaudens gold pieces ar
OF unfamiliar to men of high public sta
ton, as Senator McComber, Of Nortl
Dakota. has just learned. He attended
s. Washington luncheon the other day
of There was much good natured badinag
among the guests and the younger me
=. attempted several pranks. One jol
youth had one of the new gold pieces
which he offered to the North Dakot
Senator IN exchange for greenbacks.
IS THAT Is not money" said the Senator
- who thought It an effort to fool" him