The Washington herald., 1908-01-14

lawyer He learned the printing trade,
and then took up newspaper work.
which. as he says. accounts for his un-
usual wit and humor This is his third
/ session, and when the size Of his last
majority is considered, he can come
again.
| Yesterday Mr.. Bede had Representative
/ LOngworth c0rralled, ana for nearly hf-
/ teen minutes he talked to him L was
a question whether he was talking penal
code or telling jokes. At any rate. the
} Presidents sOn-in-laW did not crack
smile. and after ne had endured the
/ talk as long as possible, got up, put his
hands in his pockets. and strode YEARLY
/ TO the cloak rooms, but Bede's mouth
still kept in motion,
/ Senator Frye. of Maine. seems 70 be
on closer terms with the Chaplain Of
the Senate than any other man at the
Capitol In the Senate Committee on
/ Finance, which is provided with con
Xenient and spacious quarters. DIT. Ed
ward Everett Hale hangs his hat every
morning. He also makes the place his
headquarters, rests there and sometimes
receives friends there.
/ In the former days, when there was
no Vice President. and Mr. Frye was
President OF the Senate he occupied the
. Vice Presidents room, just Of the rear
lobby. Dr. Hale was made Chaplain and
Senator Frye invited him to make him
self at home in the Vice Presidents room.
They became very fast friends and. when
a new administration came IN IN 1896. and
sasF -e14~. -
the Committee on Commerce, ne asked
Dr. Hale TO go with him. Vice President
Fairbanks had extended the same hos
pitality TO the Chaplain, who stiu has
the run Of the Vice Presidential Offices
bat none the less he hangs bis hat In
Senator Frye's room and keeps his great
coat there.
/ J. Hampton Moore. member Of the
House from Pennsylvania. is a former
newspaper man. His training IN that
capacity has put him in position 70 know
a news story when he sees it, with the
result that he Is popular in the cor
respondents gallery. Mr. Moore, re-
Gently. published a book. Through the
Tropics with Speaker Cannon copies
OF which were sent TO all the newspaper
men.
John DalzelI is ranking member Of the
biggest committee IN the House-Ways
and Means. Mr.. Dalzell was never Il
newspaper man. He may know a news
story when he sees it. but Mr Dalzen
never sees ft 10 talk for publication.
He is a worker a machine organizer of
unusual capabilities. and. as such. is
ALWAYS found at the Speakers right hand.
with Serene Payne. Of New York He
Is a Yale graduate, a keen lawyer. and
{ rich enough that he never worries about
whether Congr 1ss raises the pay Of its
members. With inquirers he is never
Igruff, but curt, ouick, and too busy 10
talk The result is that he is never be
sieged by persons in search Of informa-
, ton.
Scott Ferris. one Of the members
from the new State OF Oklahoma. just
made his maiden speech, and because OF
his penetrating. clear voice, he attracted
much attention from the galleries and
members.
Mr.. Ferris is a young man. and comes
from near I.awtou. one of the new towns
of the State. He was elected by a safe
majority and SAYS he is a Democrat oi
? the old style. lie is tall Well built, and
5 when be speaks he talks loud enough "a
b be heard all over the place, an advantage
that is obvious.
Mr.. Ferris won the public eye the min
ute he stood up The House was In Com
mittee of the Whole. Another member
had the floor and Mr.. Ferris failed &c
observe the custom governing the parlia-
9 - H--
o stead Of asking the permission Of the
man on the floor for time, he addressed
2 himself to the Speaker. with the result
7 that the old timers in the galleries knew
they were about to witness a nader
: effort.
D When the Senate went into executiv,
, session yesterday, a young lady passing
= the doorkeeper to the ladies' gallery saiC
] to him: What are We ordered out for?'
THE Senate is going to have an execu
. tive session. miss.
Executive session. What is that?"
''WeT," said the doorkeeper, some Sen
ator moves for executive session. the beHi
ring three times, and our orders are t
clear the galleries. That is all I know
D about it, miss"
e Senator Dolliver. Of Iowa. is a grea
70 joker. and he enjoys keenly a jest a
r the expense OF a Senator who Is In tn
t humorist class. The other day Senato
f Crane, Of Massachusetts. who sits nea
5 by, had introduced batch of bills an,
= then discovered that he had omitted one
'Dolliver," said he to the Iowan, wh'
was waiting his turn 10 offer severa
bills put this in for me. if you Will.
ThereupOn Mr.. Crane started away Il
have some conversation with DemOCrati
e Senators about the Aldrich currency bill
" Just when the Massachusetts Senate
y was in the midst Of a heart-to-heart Dem
II cratic talk. page approached with thi
! message:
a Senator Dolliver says will you pleas
II come over there as he must have som
help to get that bill in
But Senator DoIliver finally obtaine
recognition from the Vice President, an
nounced the introduction of the bill for tn
junior Senator from Massachusetts, an
presented his own measures.
n Senator TiIlman Saturday made a viii
d dash for the telegraph office. TIL
Z weather forecaster. Mr.. Jones' Who draw
an elaborate map of the weather for tn
whole country every morning and stay
in the Marble Room of the Senate TO ex
plain the chart of all kinds OF meteor
illogical conditions had just sent tn
South Carolinian some welcome tidings.
The Senator's dispatch read: XIII IN
hogs right away. There is no time {
lose"
It was to the manager of his big plan
tation at Trenton, s. c. The hog-killin
season is important down there. but tn
best days for the work are when ther
are heavy frosts. So Senator Tillma
has the weather prophet watch for tn
coming of frost, and the report that
few frosty nights were at hand impelle
the Senator to the telegraph Office.