The Washington herald., 1908-01-21


R4aSbmzmrH8UR LeagUe JUS
b walked in. leaving Wadsworth by nearly
500 votes
He is "a native Of Niagara Falls, but
received his education at St PauIs
a School. Concord. y. H.. and Yale Uni
verslty.
J. Congressman Porter has the honor Of
n introducing and passing the first bill for
j the great power development at Niagara
3 Falls while IN the assembly, a fact which
is a source of great pride 10 him. Il
am glad the Speaker recognized my Pc
cuIiar fitness fer things scientific and
assigned me to the Committee on VentiI-
lation and Acoustics" said Mr.. Porter.
i understand that committee will con-
slider the proposition 10 use benches in
stead Of desks in the House. Can't see
- how ventilation and acustics have any
thing 10 do with seating arrangements.
b but ! guess We are equal 10 the Iaborious
task"
I'm the early part OF the present session
; Speaker Cannon called attention 10 the
rule that forbids smoking on the floor Of
the House, and governing the general
conduct Of the members while they are
sitting about the chamber engaged in the
habit Of making laws. As every one
knows, Uncle Joe" IS rather fond Of q
cigar himself Yesterday when the House
had gone into the Committee Of the Whole.
aud Uncle joe had cheerfulIy yielded
his gavel which he handles so readily
with his south paw" as the sporting
fans say DE left the hal Immediately hv
a back door
The argument over the question Of inn
migration waXed warm. and later the
Speaker came in the main door. a long.
i black. feroci0Us-looking cigar iu his
mouth He started jauutily down the
hau, and then be must have been sud
denly struck with the iucOugruity Of the
situation. for be whlsked the weed from
his mouth. but not until be had tech
. uieally violated another rule
Then he proceeded to violate another
. the same way. He leaned against a desk
ana listened m the argument. when he
should have taken a seat But he didn't
stay long II was long enough however
TO give the De- % the story that his only
use for cigars is 10 chew. for there was
Enthusiastically fire on the end of his cigar
and the smoke curled Up from it as from
an Indian signal fire.
The Heavenly Twins" is the appoIla-
tioH attached 10 two members ~ the
House. They are James Sherman. OF
New York. and John RothermeI Of Penn
, syIvania. Sherman IS "a Republican. and
. Rothermel Is Democrat from Reading.
That seems TO be the only difference he
tween the two. Otherwise they might
well pass for twins, for their facial ap-
iPearance. physical build. and pecu'iarl-
ties seem almost identical.
Yesterday during the debate on the im-
migration question they sat together. and
many persons tn the galleries who saw
them looked again. Many were not sure
which was Sherman who Is the better
known Of the two this being Ro-hemers
first term
Guess sherman must have his brother
visiting him. suggested some one who
didn't know which was which. Both
men wear glasses of exactly the same
style; both wear Burnside adornmeuts on
their faces Both also wear about the
L
is well acquainted with both there is
every chance in the world TO mistake one
for the other.
| Representative William Sulze-. Of New
York. the newest benedict in the House.
/ is expected in Washington soon. There
Is more than usual interest iu his return
for the reason that few Of his colleagues
have seen him since he was married a
fortnight ago. and none Of them knew
of the impending ceremony Naturally
he viii be overwhelmed with congratu1a-
tions. He is one of the best liked men
on the minority side where there are
many members old enough to be his
father, and who will offer the usual post
marital advice handed young married
men. on the supposition they need tutor
ing as to how TO keep peace iu the family
when home-comings are postponed until
the wee sala' hours
few days ago there was a party Of
New York young women in one Of the
galleries They evidently knew Mr. Sui
I zeT for they gazed all about the floor of
the House trying 10 locate him.
There he is gleefuily said one. And
/ he's wearing a flower in his buttonhole"
The member she had spied was Albert
/ Burleson, of Texas. whose bangs decor
/ ate his brow in much the same way Sui
zer wears his hair. When told about it
/ he only remarked that he was glad he
wasn't in for the hazing that was coming
to Sulzer.
There are members OF Congress who
sometimes privately are Of the opinion
that many of the newspaper correspond
| ents in Washington live on a diet Of worm
wood and vinegar, because Of their disIn-
/ clination TO tell anything but straight
news. which is sometimes not as palatable
1 as the fattery that is not so infrequent
in some of the District papers The cor
| respondents, however are only human,
and that they have a prediction for
/ human grub" might be seen by any one
! who is permitted 10 enter the House
! press gallery. There is a paper up there
/ where are written down orders for real,
! old-fashioned maple syrup, made from
/ genuine sugar water eXuded by actual
| maple trees in Vermont Orders are
| taken in lots from one gallon up. and
! from the size of some Of the orders il
might be imagined that there are Corre-
/ spondents who are going to surfeit their
| appetites with sweet stuff so as to be in
proper trim for the coming Presidential
campaign.
"'Tis a day Of discomfort" said Speak |
er Cannon when a member asked him
what the business Of the House was for
| yesterdays session.
L mean a day of unanimous consents
quickly corrected Uncle Joe, and then the
inquirer and others who heard the ex-