The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-24

Senator Beveridge is now an out-and-
out insurgent. He is "clean of the reser-
vation." The Indiana Club at Harvard
University has fixed his status. The news
was brought to Washington in a teIe-
gram which Senator Beverage was show
ing to his colleagues yesterday to prove
that there IS now no longer any doubt OF
his insurgency. The telegram reads as
follows
Tho Indiana Club Of Harvard University. at its
annual banquet. unanimously indorss yonr record
as insurgent Senator. We trust that you win
meet with Success and again represent Indiana IN
tbs Senate, HOWARD CARL REED.
Secretary.
Senator Keen's principal duty In the
Senate is to watch the calendar. The
Senator is near-sighted and is Obliged 10
hold the calendar close 10 his eyes. When
the Senate takes up the bills in order, he
stands. calendar up TO his face. and gets
his name into the record with Let that
go over" Occasionally he nudges Sen
ator Hepburn on his left and the Idahoan
knows what IS meant and cuckoos, Let
that go over"
The Senator picked up the wrong calen-
dar yesterday and he and HIS mentor got
mixed IN their dates. II was temporary
mix, however, for the Jersey statesman
soon discovered the mistake and so in
formed the bulky Westerner.
II was pretty warm In the House yes
terday, not IN debate but in temperature.
II was so warm that Representative
Hamilton Fish. the New York insurgent
went out on one Of the porticos and
spent considerable time with his seere-
tary writing a dissertation. presumably
on insurgency, its cause and effect"
The events Of last Saturday sim unger
in the minds Of the regulars in the House.
Newspaper articles and pictures Hlustra-
ting the events have a sort of fascination
for Uncle Joe and his heutenants. Rep
resentauves Tawney and OImsted and
the Speaker gathered in a group around
the Speakers chair and digested a half
tone reproduction IN a Western paper Of
one Of the Incidents Of the fatal day.
Tawney pointed to HIS picture. and Ohm
sted laughed over the size OF his photo
in the foreground And, above all. was
a fine reproduction OF the Speaker stand
ing, gavel in hand. Statesmen, without
exception. invariably show deep interest IN
pictures and caricatures Of themselves in
the daily press.
The official guides at the Capitol are
not only proficient in the art OF speech
and explanation, but are scientists as
well They not only know every nook
and corner IN the great building, the his
tory OF every stone and painting. but
they are adopts on sound and its effect.
When a guide takes a party of visitors
into one OF the halls OF Congress Il Is
part OF his business to point out the
prominent members on the floor and tell
other things of historical interest about
the men seen there. II the guide speaks
SO as TO be heard by his party. his voice
would disturb the proceedings. To obviate
this. he holds his hat in front OF his face
and talks into It. The voice is lnaudihle
20 the persons on the floor. yet the sound
is difused in such manner that every
person in the party can easily understand
what is said.
or all the Senators at the Capitol. SEN
ator Warren gets over the ground with
moro speed than any other. He comes IN
with a rush, looks over the papers scat
tered on the top OF his desk, bolts out
to his committee room. IN again and out
again, always busy and on the go. Sen
ator Warren's faculty for transacting
business is the wonder Of his colleagues. /
The business scumen OF the New Eng
lander Il Joined with the hustling activity
OF the Westerner. Senator Warren was
born in Massachusetts. but has been
identified with the business interests OF
the West since 1865 His committee as
signments are such as 10 require hust-
Ter. he is chairman of the Military Az
fairs Committee and IS an influential
member Of the committees on Appropria-
TONS Public Buildings and Grounds, Pub
lie Expenditures. and Rules. To all OF these
he gives attention, his Western life and
enabling him TO do a great
amount OF work