Omaha daily bee., 1910-12-31

and is almost ashamed of not being al
ready in the upper house"-and the
sturdy, purposeful. unpublished man whom
the office has sought. who believes i'm
plicitly that he has been called" and will
reduce the tariff, put down the trusts and
often assist the speaker on fine points OF
law before his term ends
The former takes his place without un-
due noise among the residential elect and
proceeds to live Just rs he always has,
whether in New York or Timbuctoo And
he departs II his voters happen to prove
undependable, still suave, polished and
cosmopolitan. But the more plebian mem
Der is sadly often marred in the making
He and his family acquire a love for lux
ury and the society Of folk who receive
them because they are in the congressional
circles, for which there is no sustenance
when they get back home to the lesser
salary and vilaEers-that is, sometimes.
Stories are told Of representatives who
black their own boots and save half their
salaries. and even OF case where the
wife took other members to board and
laid by nice, tidy sum. But the average
newcomer 10 the capitol does none OF these
things He tries at first to economze he
often ends by spending more than the ele-
ment which has merely tried TO live well.
Lining Up at white House.
on the day OF the first public reception
at the White House he and his ilk are
early in line. To see the president Is an
honor But II is doubtful II anybody can
find a second-tsrm representative among
this motley array. The recently elected
thinks II a religious duty TO come out
every time a card Is brought to him by
pert-faced page And maybe grafters
and would-be lobbyists don't know this
The next congress, which uproots tradi-
lions and puts in a democratic majority,
is going to bring them tlocking, and the
new member will see them all until his
head buses and his desk looks like q
sEowstorm with reminders and requests and
promises. He can't find time to do his
regular work because Of this incSssant de-
mand on his time. Besides. there is a
certain pride In realizing that even men
way up in public affairs of his state have
TO wait humbly until he elects to come to
them, card in hand.
II IL a boylsh sort Of pride and amuses
everybody but is sneered at by nobody,
for the member is bandly unconscious OF
his rawness
| He likes to take friends TO dine In the
| senate restaurant and to frank letters al
the postoffice, while people look on. and tc
be alluded TO in tones audible all over
| the chamber and galleries as the gentle
man from So and So" He has maybe had
hard fight and he has won and he IL
/ glad. And some of the foundations fol
the best and wisest measures emanate from
| his sort 1t is only that he acts so diff
! ferently later on,
! Take a representative 20 whom the win
! ter In Washington has become a profes
sonal habit. and the only inducement thai
would make him try a tour on the monster
automobiles would be a delegation from
home. His wife has learned 20 select
day that does not conflict with the judiciary
or the cabinet. and he can say there
the great whAt-Do- You-CAll- Him" withou
letting q trace OF earlier awe creep into
his voice. And. In passing, the longer the
NJ. c. stays In office the farther he lives
from the capitol. Without exception the
newcomers who have not been OF the ole
regime AZ home start on Capitol Hill anc
end at Chevy Chase. Nor does this apply
merely to plebian sons OF the soil
Very many women looked upon as II
in their native towns villages or cities
come TO Washington and learn that they
can trail their handsome gowns over no
tel carpets until they-the goWns-becomt
threadbare and not attract any stteu-
ton from women who are In the stratum