The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-04-01
How They are Familiarity Known al
the National caplsal-0ther Items
Of Interest.

in most cases, are rather glad of it. IL
shows the possession of a certain popu.
larity which even elevation to the Senate
has not been able OF stille.
Some OF the sohTiquets arc appropriate
enough, while for others meaning has
to be searched. Thus the suave and
smiling Aldrieh-~he of the iron hand in
the velvet gl0ve--is known as the rig
Chief on the Boss" either OF which
titles fits him pretty we'll Bacon ia
aOld Constitutiona beeauso M can never
allow an opportunity TO pass 70 discuss
constitutional questions. Beveridge is
"the Wasp OF the Wabash, OF the Boy
Orator. the former because OF his ca.
pacity 10 make stinging remarks. and
the latter because Of his youthful APP
pearance,
Briggs Of New Jersey ia Buffalo Bill, .
from his resemblance to Col Cody. Bris.
tow IL '0ld Sieuth," III resemblance 81
| his post Office inspection days. Carter
| is Uncle Sam and Clapp the eBlack
| Eagle 81 the Northwest" Depew is, Of
course. Our Chauncy," and Daniel the
Lame Lion Of Lynchburg,p or the "Sil.
yer-tongued Orator" whom Mr. I'illman
once described as "the man lost in adj
miration Of his own rhetoric"
Culberson IL the Detective" or some
times sherlock Holmes; and Cnllom Is
"Old Abe" because Of his resemblance
to Lincoln, Crane Il SLENDER William
and his colleague. Lodge, was "The schol.
arr until the telephone incident TO the
White House. since when he has been
dubbed Central"
Lafollette Is Battling Bob" and Tay.
lor Fiddling Bob" Iillman is Of
course, @Pitchfork Ben Galllnger II
known a. Doc or The Mayor the
latter because Of his position as chairman
Of the district Of Columbia committee
and the former because at one time be
Ipractieed medicine.
Money, whose middle name II de So
to," Il called "The Diseoverer," Smoot
Of Utah Is the Apostle Hepburn il
Mr. Piekwick,n because OF faneied
resemblance to Dickens's famous charac.
ter. Clay Is 4Pompadour" Hale, "The
Censor" Frye, Grandpa Dick Il slick
Dick" because Of his noiselegs methods
of accomplishing what he desires.
Stone Il Cum shoe Bill, and stephen,
son Uncle Ike" while Wetmore Ii fThe
SPHINX
The asllver Dart" the most recently
developed Of American flying machines,
win probably be- acquired by the war
department, together with the Wright
machine. ar the nucscus for the aerial
/ branch 81 the Signal Corps
Inventor Herring Of New York, who
has q contract with the department for
tile delivery q machine. has formed Il
combination with Glen Curtis, and THE
silver Dartg With the addition 81 Her.
rings inventions, will probably be SUBJ
mitted for the trials which are to take
place ii Fort Myer next June.
10 n confidently expected that both
this ard the Wright machine viii stand
tile tests demanded BY the department
pom acceptance men win BIZ selected
for training sc aeronauticai pilots. just
bow they are 10 BE- designated Is some.
thing II q problem
General Aiien u now looking for
w0rd whiCh gil express the idea 81
pilot ard aeroaaut aHd engineer, far
more difficult task than was the seJee.
tion of chauffeur fqr motor car drivers
ar molormenH for street cars Several
hybrid names have Bsen sgsoaested such
a. aer0NcrH and AdrOnibser,s but,
these have been discarded. Skypfiots
viii donbtIsh become the popular des-
ignation.
Callers had been demanding admission
- The attorney genefai fol- days SEN
at0Ts ard representative, mem wearing
ffoek eoats and TOD hats. Az well Az
many nos ~ fastias0Hsly attfrcd wese
among TIE great numbers who were
er0wdiag the0 uts7 Offices None n thefn
m0uM say 4 vard FEY publication ri
finally developed tiaat most ~ them
MeFe interested 10 TIRE eandidacv Of men
Hh0 manted Judges asrs district attog.
Heyships 81 marshaigh9ps n faF oG Alas
a.
one dav sbe erush tried tsa patsares
II pr0Minens department. Official Nh8
had heen Striving IN some tSHe 70 take
~ certain important matters with hfs
sief Lacking ever she bNaea he ex-
esimef testify E'd Ike ~ know what
san b. Tile wonderful attraeaion Is 3
federal begsA N th5t Aaf @G e0Mrtsy.
mhers almost eVegY eae holder 8 cor
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