The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-10

| dietary Committee
oEFHLLiRSHAH and the I II i T d
IA NJ on the
| District Of Columbia Committee. He is a
| friend of the District and it's institutions,
and as such promises his support in all
matters which tend to enhance the beauty
Of what he describes as "one of the
| finest cities in the world He believes
/ that our educational institutions are good,
and every effort should be made TO make
them inferior 10 none
You may count me In when the Dis
/ trict's interests are concerned, said the
| Senator. Il am here during the sessions
of Congress and watch its growth and inn
provement with much pride.
/ The last row of seats on the Democratic
/ side of the Senate is remarkable at this
session of Congress. in that every one
OF its occupants is distinguished by some
unusual characteristics
/ In the seat next the central aisle sits
Senator JEFF Davis. the icOnOclast Of the
Senate. who has already fractured the
/ precedents of that august body respect
| ing the conduct Of new solons. and would
/ put an end TO trusts and TO trading in
/ futures. On his left sits "Fiddling Bob"
/ Taylor, Senator from Tennessee, famed
as much for his abilities as a raconteur
as for his aptness in playing the fiddle.
Then comes the youngest Senator. Will
/ lam James Bryan, of Florida, who is just
thirty-two years old, and enjoys the priv
/ ilege Of being the AdOnis Of the Upper
1 i1ouse. as well as its most youthful mem
/ Der. Right beside him sits Senator
Nhyte, Of Maryland, the oldest Senator,
/ who Is more than a half century older
/ than Senator Bryan. Next is Senator
/ Gore, Of Oklahoma. the blind Senator.
and on bis left sits his colleague. Sena-
/ tor Owen. in whose veins runs the blood
/ of long line of chiefs OF the Cherokee
! Indian Nation.
/ The row will be completed by Senator
| Bankhead of Alabama, VINO ran for the
/ House and found himself in the Senate
when the race was over.
!
Senator Daniel. OF Virginia. and Will
/ lam J. Bryan met in the central aisle
Of the Senate yesterday and stopped op-
posite each other They shook hands. and
/ for some minutes enjoyed a duarkedly
cordial conversation. This occasioned
! surprise TO some persons 10 whom II was
/ later mentioned, who remembered that
/ Senator Daniel and the Peerless Leader
! Of Democracy have not been the warmest
( Of friends in the recent past
/ But. for the enlightenment Of those who
may share this surprise IT had best be
stated plainly right here that the Bryan
/ to whom the senior Senator from Viz
GINA showed such marked cordlality, and
/ who returned this attitude in kind, was
not the Peerless Leader Il was William
/ James Bryan, the new Senator from Flor
ida.
There has been for some time a warm
contest among Senators as to whose
State grows the very best apples in the
world Senator Ankeny. Of Washington
started it by shipping into the Capitol a
number OF boxes Of excellent specimens
/ Of that States abilities in the apple
! growing line Then, in the opinion OF
many apple Connoiseurs. Senator Bourne
/ Of Oregon, went him one better by flood
( ing the Senate cloakrooms and press gal
+ lery with a consignment of fine red
. Hood Valley Spitzbergens, accompanied
/ by a letter challenging the world 10 beat
them.
No Senator is prouder Of his State thar
I Senator Martin. Of Virginia and TO hin
the oregon s0lon's challenge was as a rec
/ rag to a fighting bull So he let it b.
understood that ne was going to call the
/ Oregon bluff and. moreover. that III;
weapons would be none other than the
famous Albemarle pippin. So he ordered
a few samples. the story goes. and. Sc
[ lecting the best, which IS said 20 have
/ been a paragon. ordered several boxes
like it shipped up.
/ They came and were opened in the
/ cIoakrooms. and Senator Martin invited
the Senators 10 help themselves. But he
hadn't seen the apples and when il was
noised abroad that they were not disap-
| pearing with any great rapidly, he in
vestigated. The apples were poor and
| understood. and the Senator's face fell as
he gazed upon them. Now. it is said, he is
cunning for the man who shipped them
An interested spectator on the floor OF
the Senate yesterday was Capt Smith
member Of Parliament from Stratford-on-
Avon. England. the home of Shakespeare
/ Senator Dolliyer had the visitor in charge
and introduced him 10 the other Senator'S
! The captain seemed TO be particularly
interested in the naval efficiency and per
sonnet bill introduced by Senator Hale
and congratulated the Senator at the
conclusion Of mis- speech.
Senator William B. Allison, the Nestor
! Of the Senate. is the only living charter
member of Masonic lodge No. 125. F. A
a. NJ, Of Dubuque. Iowa. That lodge
will celebrate its fftieth anniversary ir
March, and the Senator public duties
permitting, will attend the ceremonies
The Senator keeps up his interest in the
organization and when home attends tbs
meetings.
Mr.. John J. Crockett, the newly ap-
pointed reading clerk and Senator Ali
sons choice for the position. is grand
/ senior warden of the Grand Lodge. F. A
| A NJ, of Iowa. He viii begin his new
duties at once.
MIR. FinIey's Good Work.