Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-08
Up on Capitol Hill

Up on Capitol Hill
A member of Congress he
might hail from Iliinois-tiptoed up to
Star reporter yesterday. laid his finger
on his lips-hs own, not the reporters -
relieved a vest pocket Of Q cigar and
slip of paper and commented on the
weather.
Have you been over the ways and
means room?" he inquired at length. The
reporter admitted that he had.
Then read that said the member. re-
ferring to the slip Of paper. Twas my
first impression and put it down while
1t was hot" Then he evaporated.
Here Is what no had written, and those
who have viewed the royal decorations Of
the ways and means room will appre-
ciate it:
As boy I walked to Boston town,
Full sxty miles away,
And hoofed along as best i could;
1t TOOK q night and day.
But when reached that city fair
! saw wondrous sight
For big John 1.-The champion
Licked two men In a fight.
Years afterward in London
The whole world came to town:
just droves Of kings and potentates
And people Of renown.
But midst the pomp and pageantry
In the center OF the scene
saw her glorious majesty,
Victoria. the Queen.
t'Ah,'' thought I, ''and meier again
Shall behold such things
For well knew each passing year
tanner people brings.
Imagine. then. my rapture
And the JOY before unknown
~ When saw In Kingless Washington
Serene on his throne
"a X 4 X
Representative Longworth Of Ohio was
standing in the House lobby yesterday
talking about the election-he can still
discuss it with interest-and bemoaning
the fact that although odds of four and
five to one on Taft were quoted in the
newspapers, he hadn't seen any real
democratic money offered even at that
price. Then Mr.. Longworth happened
to glance around and note that. as the
House hadn't met yet and the lobby was
open-a lot of people he didn't know
were standing around listening to him.
Because he said, raising his voice a
trffle, although I am not betting man
:: X "
Sidney Bieber, republican national COM
mitteeman for the District of Columbia.
Arizona, where he went on mission for
man whose name cannot be mentioned.
but whose initials are Frank H. Hitch
cock. and yesterday morning he was con-
Spicuous in beautiful clothing and con-
siderable classy gents furnishings on the
floor of the House prior to the noon hour.
Mr.. Bieber looked like the real thing,
and a new member who had seen him
greeting the big noises from various
states asked n colleague who he was.
That said the representative. as he!
scratched his head fruitlessly, why. let
me see. I've forgotten his name. but he's
a millionaire and owns all the water front
in these parts.
Such Is fame.
Somebody is reported to have asked
Uncle Joe Cannon yesterday just before
the House met whether he would oppose
a proposition to permit the use of the
pension office for the inaugural ball next
March. This report is understood to
have originated from the fact that a
man, much excited and apparently in
fear of his life, dashed through the door
of the Speakers Office at 11:17, hot
footed it down the corridor. fell down the
elevator shaft. scurried through the sub
way. leaped on board green down
town-bound car and asked the conductor
to protect him.
The circumstantial evidence is consid-
cred sufficient to prove the rumor true.
The members of the House judiciary
committee are distressed to death that
they will not get the new furniture and
fixings for their room-a duplicate of the
ways and means furnishings-till next
year. At present the committee is occu-
plying its new quarters. and the big COM
mittee table. built to accommodate eight
cen comfortably, which practically filed
It's old room in the vast House Office
building chamber looks like gooseberry
tart on the floor of an empty hotel
kitchen.
Chairman Jenkins is particularly sad,
IS he goes out on March and never will
have chance to duplicate Serene
Payne's red velvet dais performance.
And he thinks he could do it better than
Serene, too.
Senatorial. tradition is sacred thing
and seldom is II violated. Yesterday.
however, a situation arose that called
not be learned who, arose grandiy 10 the /,
occasion.
1t came about in this wise:
When the Senate had got itself duly |
started upon the last session of the Six !
tieth Congress about ten minutes after
Il o'clock Senator Aldrich OF Rhode |.
Island submitted the usual resolution for |,
1.-THE appointment by the Vice President |!
of committee to join with a similar |
committee Of the House in notifying the |
President that Congress was in session |
and ready to hear from him.
Now, 1t has been the custom from time |
immemorial for the chair to appoint two !
senators, one a republican and the other |
a democrat, to perform this solemn duty. |
Mr.. Aldrich's resolution recognized this !
custom.
Mr.. Fairbanks. however. at once ap- +!
pointed Senators -Aldrich. Ga'lineer of |
following the custom, obtaining in regard |
to conference commit tees of naming tMn [