Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-17

branch Of frost that is passed out to in
itiates In the senate and house Of repre-
sentatives. The farmer as well as the
latter are expected TO 90 away back and
sit down until the bench shows the polish
Of a few years wear. But the women
folks. fresh from the provinces" so-called,
show great disrespect for the custom and
vigorously resent social hazing. AS a
means OF making their social demands eff
~fective, they organized a congressional
club last year and launched a lively cam
paign. The result is far from a triumph.
Reports current in Washington indicate that
the club is about to collapse. Trouble has
been brewing in the club these many
months. 1t was formally brought UP only
at the last meeting held and Just before
many OF the officers were about to leave
the city for the summer. II ell came about
because certain members have so far failed
to pay their Rnnuol dues. AS the club has
leased a fashionable home on X street, this
is a matter which concerns the club to
more than an ordinary extent.
But behind this practical phase of the
situation lies another, which is casting
gloom into the hearts of the 'wouldbes,'
who have lately come TO Washington TO
preside over congressional homes, and who
had been led to believe that membership In
the Congressional club would films open to
them the floor Of every smart household
i'm Washington. This has not been the
case in the slightest degree and the dis
appointment, to say the least, Is keen.
Senator Jonathan p. Dolliver OF Iowa"
writes the Washington correspondent ~
the Brooklyn Eagle, rs by all odds the
biggest figure in the tariff debate. He
completely overshadows all other senators
as a debater of the schedules. Dolliver
has confined himself to discussions of the
cotton and wooden goods, He convinced
everybody Of his complete mastery of the
technical details of these complex sub
jects. His speeches have been the most
effective that have been delivered.
"Aldrich outshines the rest as a general
authority on the tariff, but he is nothing
Of an orator, and never makes an effort
to impress the galleries. He talks straight
out in simple language with no attempt at
effect. Dolllver, in addition TO being a
brilliant orator, has a mind that works
like a triphammer. He is a master of
invective and has a delivery which gives
the greatest possible emphasis to his ar
gument. He is a real wit in addition. 1t
Is d uSllBHl 10 ilSlcl 70 hlH' DOlAlNtI WdS
born in Virginia. His father was a Metho-
dist minister.
"A curious rivalry exists between Dol
liver and his colleague, Mr.. Cummins.
Prior to the coming Of the latter to the
senate, Dolliver had been living the easy
life of a statesman, sure of his job. He
began to bestir himself when Cummins ar
rived in order to avoid an unpleasant com
M Ma n4llExta~ lie ~ .nfl,ta that
he seems to have Cummins worried. The
latter makes more speeches than Dolliver,
and has tackled a wider range of tariff
subjects. 1t is noticeable, how ever, that he
fails to make the hit that Dolllver does.
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The serious illness and impeding death
of Samuel Spar. postmaster at Williams
burg, Pa, has revealed a situation without
a parallel in the history of the Postoffice
department. For the last five years many
Hungarians and Italians employed in the
q~uarries have been deposlting their saw
ings with the postmaster, believing that
they were depositors with the government.
Some months ago the present postmaster
was taken seriously Ill and has not been
able to attend to business. His increasing
weakness, the clRmors of the depositors
for their money and his inability TO re-
pay it, led to an assignment by Mr.. Spar.
1t Is thought his entire Indebtedness to the
foreigners will approach 5000
In 1904, about the time the unauthorized
postal savings bank was organized in the
Williamsburg postoffice, Levi Sparr was
postmaster and Samuel Spar assistant.
Levi was absent from home a great deal
and Samuel attended to the business. The
first receipts given to the foreigners bear
the signature OF Levi Spar, postmaster"
with the letter "S' below the signature.
They also bear the stamp OF the money
order department, M. o. b.. with the
date OF issue.
Later on passbooks were issued to the
depositors. They were kept like a regular
bank book. containing the credits on one
page and the debts on the other. They
all bear the IN. o. B." stamp and the
signature of Samuel Spar, postmaster.
The foreigners say they believed they were
lending their money to the government.
They have a postal savings system in
Italy and in Hungary.
The Spar Savings bank" was very
popular, and during good times the post
master is believed to rave had as much
as $45, 900 on hand.
The late Rev. Edward Everett Hale was
known as the most omniverous reader In
Washington. He devoured practically every
thing that came from the printing press,
including all kinds of fiction and the best
historical works.
The assistant chaplain OF the senate, DR..
Pierce, recently returned an armful OF
books to the congressional library for DR..
Hale. II was a varied assortment and
showed the range Of the taste OF the dis
tinguIshed divine. In the lot were half a
dozen novels, a history of Crete and a
frivolous book dealing with the first forty
wears of social life in Washington.
Senator fernando de Soto Money of
Mississippi is a bit nearsighted. He stepped
into the democratic cloakroom and stopped
10 talk with another senator.
who is that out there talking2 Is It
that old fool of a Bill Stone3 Seems to
me he'd get tired OF hearing himself talk
pretty soon and give some OF those other
fellows a chance, Who is that on the
couch there beside your
.anA. tbatfs that old fool Gf a RIII