The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-05-12
HOW TO BECOME
A CONGRESSMAN.
what a Study Of the Congressional Di-
rectory Reveals by Way Of
Information.

Information.
The proud mother who wants her son
TO grow up and become statesman
can gain valuable information as to the
proper procedure by consulting the Con-
gressional Record. The biographies Of
the representatives Of the people give
the clue.
In u first place, the aspiring parent
ought 70 choose the honest, rugged name
Of William. There are more congress
men with this cognomen to the square
inch in the House Of Representatives,
than any other-50 out Of the total or
39s, John is also fayorite, with 81
bearing that front name in the present
membership. But William Is better
"Bill" sounds good with the masses.
Thirty-one members answer to the
name Of CharIesj 2s to that Of James;
II were baptized Joseph; IS bear the
surname Of George; there are II Henrys,
10 Thomases, Z Roberts, and the same
number Of Franks, Edwards, with
the historic George Washington as
their two first names, and one who
scorns adornment and calls himself plain
Jack Beall, Of Texas.
Then, too, the far-sighted parent
should carefully choose an occupation for
the child destined for congressional fame.
By al means he should be a lawyer
there are 245 legal lights in the present
House, which is away and above every
other profession Second choice is news
paper work. Twenty graduates OF iour-
nalism OF proprietors Of newspapers are
members There are 10 who confess to
farming in their biographies, IL bankers
and famhermen i5r manufacturers OF
forest products. There are three taleg
raphers, two practieing physicians twho,
by the way, always get well advertised
whenever anyone is suddenly taken sick
around the House chamber, az aDr. So
and 20, a member from Such and .such-a-
state, attended the patiently and one
actor Julius Kahn Of California, who
still affects a poetic flowing tie and ID
given 70 gestures. OF course, it's pos
sibIe for men with other professions to
break into Congress John X. Tener Of
Pennsylvania, professional base bah
player at one time, for instance, aehiev-
ed the feat. And 50 did Representative
Anderson 81 Ohio, who Ike the heroes
in Oliver Optics books arose from the
humble walk 81 newsboy and boot black.
Murphy Of Missouri and Cushman Of
Washington. both, are proud 70 write
in their little biographies that they were
At one time railroad section hands. /
There are quite number who declare
they were cowboys and punehers
TO be real representative of the PEG. |
pie. however especially If one comes
from 4 rural district-it sounds best u
be able to state in a biography that he
was born and reared on the farm Ex. |
actly "a representatives claim this dis.
tinction in the latest edition Of the Con-
gresaional Directory Two others Webb /
Of North Carolina and Carter Of Okla I
homa however, have this beat to d /
frazzle," when they proudly include the
fact that they first saw light in log
cabin. That is q master stroke. Need. (
ham Of California has a distinction,
which he makes much Of In his biography +
he was born on an emigrant wagon
route to the great state Of Cali
MIA
hen as aspirant for congressional
rs is able to tack q war record on I
sareer, it undeniably helps. The n
biography in the directory OF II
ssmen-that Of Representative